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Supreme Catastrophe?
Author: BobR    Date: 06/28/2018 13:28:18

When SCOTUS Justice Antolin Scalia died suddenly in early 2016, it seemed like we were poised to make changes to the court that would swing it in the direction of human rights for years to come. It was still too early to tell who the presidential candidates would be, but it seemed that Hillary Clinton would be the presumed Democratic party candidate, and none of the candidates on the Republican side seemed electable. Still - Senate majority leader "Turtle" McConnell created an unresolved constitutional crisis by refusing to take a vote on President Obama's replacement pick until after the election.

Perhaps McConnell had some "inside information", because the gambit worked. The worst possible nightmare happened - tRump became the candidate, and then the president-elect. A man who knows nothing of the Constitution or law (or even common decency) got to choose a Supreme Court justice. The spate of recent rulings show the consequences of that.
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39 comments (Latest Comment: 06/29/2018 00:33:39 by Will in Chicago)

Let them eat in peace?
Author: Raine    Date: 06/27/2018 13:11:29

I have been stewing about this since this editorial was published over the weekend:
We nonetheless would argue that Ms. Huckabee, and Ms. Nielsen and Mr. Miller, too, should be allowed to eat dinner in peace. Those who are insisting that we are in a special moment justifying incivility should think for a moment how many Americans might find their own special moment. How hard is it to imagine, for example, people who strongly believe that abortion is murder deciding that judges or other officials who protect abortion rights should not be able to live peaceably with their families?

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41 comments (Latest Comment: 06/27/2018 21:08:00 by livingonli)

Ask a Vet
Author: TriSec    Date: 06/26/2018 10:03:12

Good Morning.

We can start right on the border this morning. Attitude is everything, and here is what Oregon National Guardsman thinks about migrants at the border.



An Oregon Army National Guard soldier will be disciplined after he wrote on a Facebook fundraiser for immigrant families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border that "they're lucky we aren't executing them.”

Now, he will face punishment from his command, according to Guard officials.

Screenshots of the comments were captured and first reported by the Oregonian Thursday.

The Guardsman was reportedly Pfc. Gerod Martin, a military police officer serving in the National Guard since December 2013, Maj. Stephen Bomar, a spokesman for the Oregon Military Department, told the Oregonian.

“We started looking at it and were trying to decide if someone had hacked his account,” Bomar told local news station KATU. However, Martin later admitted to posting the comment himself.

The Oregon National Guard was made aware of the post when social media users saw Martin was dressed in a military uniform in his profile pictures and reported him to the organization.

“If you have a social media account that is affiliated with the military in any way shape or form, like it has a patch or says Army or Air Force ... then you fall under the rules of the Uniform Code of Military Justice,” Bomar said. “This was a clear violation in uniform to say anything like that, or anything political because we enforce the policies of our politicians.”


But of course, note that it's a violation of POLICY....they're not stating that there was anything wrong with that point of view. If only one person actually says it, how many more think it?

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23 comments (Latest Comment: 06/26/2018 22:52:23 by Raine)

NOT NORMAL
Author: Raine    Date: 06/25/2018 13:13:35

I don't know about you, but I am having a really hard time with some people saying we should let those who are just following orders be left alone in public.
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30 comments (Latest Comment: 06/25/2018 20:22:31 by livingonli)

Early Warning
Author: TriSec    Date: 06/23/2018 10:18:59

Good Morning.

We've hit the busy part of the season here at ol' Trolley Shop. A year ago, I was a newly-minted conductor, making my way through my first month giving tours and managing the crowds.

Being new to the industry, I had no "history" and just plowed along, trying to make sense of it all as we went through the ebb and flow of a typical tourism year in this city.
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2 comments (Latest Comment: 06/24/2018 01:13:17 by livingonli)

For What its Worth Friday
Author: wickedpam    Date: 06/22/2018 13:05:04

I don't listen to commercial music radio that much. So I have no idea what the kids are listening to to stoke the fires of revolution in their hearts. Here, however, are some older songs from various genre's and decades that speak to a message of change.



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30 comments (Latest Comment: 06/22/2018 23:20:56 by Will in Chicago)

Thurs Stub
Author: BobR    Date: 06/21/2018 13:17:48

Getting a late start this morning... back in a bit with a real blog
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40 comments (Latest Comment: 06/21/2018 19:44:57 by Mondobubba)

Today, I can't.
Author: Raine    Date: 06/20/2018 12:57:20

I can't write about it today.

I have not and will not give up, but today, please forgive me, I can't.
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83 comments (Latest Comment: 06/21/2018 01:33:32 by livingonli)

Ask a Vet
Author: TriSec    Date: 06/19/2018 01:23:08

Good Morning.

Actually posting this on Monday eve - going to be a busy Tuesday am, and won't necessarily have the time to do this.
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45 comments (Latest Comment: 06/19/2018 20:31:58 by Mondobubba)

Stay strong.
Author: Raine    Date: 06/18/2018 13:16:51

These are horribly dark times. Don't give up. They want you to give up. Don't give up.
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34 comments (Latest Comment: 06/18/2018 23:46:18 by Raine)

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