This thread is constitutional.
- This just in:
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli media are reporting that former Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir has died. He was 96.
—Kaili Joy Gray
- John Cole, on conservatives:
They are now in disarray. Half of them feel betrayed by Roberts, the other half feel betrayed by life in general. The message for liberals should not be to move on from this victory, but to press the advantage. Obviously, Obama wants to move on and talk about jobs and the economy, but for those of us in the rank and file, this decision is an unlimited ammo dump. Keep pressing the advantage, keep talking about the benefits that consumers will experience under the law, keep mocking the “socialism” and “unconstitutional” claims, and keep moving forward. Remember, this is easy turf. A couple years ago Republicans were arguing that crushing a child’s testicles was constitutional. Now they want to argue that denying your child health care when he has leukemia is constitutional. Go in for the fucking kill, liberals.
- kos is in the state of Washington for a couple of events with Orange to Blue candidate Darcy Burner. Tickets still available!
- In case you missed it, the Texas Republican Party is calling for an end to critical thinking:
We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) (mastery learning) which focus on behavior modification and have the purpose of challenging the student's fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority.
No surprise. When you're trying to create your own alternate reality like the GOP is, you don't want your children examining it with any degree of critical thinking.
- By all means, family values:
A former executive at the Las Vegas Sands Corp., whose chairman is Republican mega-donor Sheldon Adelson, has accused the company of "controlling and directing" prostitution at its casinos in Macau, the Wall Street Journal reports. The accusations are part of a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by the former executive, Steve Jacobs.
Why should we be surprised that someone who makes money off of casinos would allow for prostitution at his overseas locales? It's just offshoring the type of work that can't be done in the United States, right?
- Care to buy an abandoned Italian medieval hamlet? Just $3 million...
- Elections have consequences: The Hollande administration in France is poised to legalize same-sex marriage and adoption.