Brantt wrote:

Roger Dorn wrote:Oklahoma is about to execute an innocent man. Another example of American exceptionalism.

Wow........the governor stopped it at the last second. I wonder if she grew a conscience.

Passing a permanent reauthorization of the Zadroga Act would put to rest the question of whether “never forget 9/11” is just a slogan on a bumper sticker or a sacred commitment by public servants to those who risked so much and lost so much that day. If Congress fails to act, that question will answer itself.

House Republicans have been supportive of the program but have opposed its permanent extension because they say they want the chance to periodically review it and make sure it is operating soundly. The Senate has not moved a bill.

pacino wrote:You need an ID to vote in Alabama so they're going to close DMVs in mostly Black Belt counties. They also have over 100 vacant positions. Fees were raised across the board. edit: Don't worry, they have a van!

they're also closing 5 state parks because they're losing money. because parks are supposed to make money.


This is because they wanted to save 4 million dollars in the general fund. because fuck direct services to the people and recreation.

The looks we've gotten into Hillary Clinton's emails so far have generally been more comedic than revelatory about her inner thoughts. But one released in the most recent batch is rather more enlightening — showing her instinctive, defensive fear of criticism from the right on social issues:

Clinton's email comes in response to this 2011 Washington Post report that the State Department would no longer ask people to list their "mother" and "father" on passport application forms — and instead would only ask about "parent one" and "parent two." The change, the Post reported, came at the behest of gay rights groups that had been pushing for it for years.

But Clinton was blindsided by the report — and her response was furious. "I'm not defending that decision, which I disagree w and knew nothing about, in front of this Congress," she wrote. "We need to address this today or we will be facing a huge Fox-generated media storm led by Palin et al."

It was addressed. The Associated Press's Matthew Lee reported the next day that Clinton "had ordered" the State Department to amend the change so that it would no longer ditch "mother" and "father" entirely. Instead, the forms would ask for "mother or parent 1" and "father or parent 2."

This fits with what Clinton wrote in the email: "I could live w letting people in nontraditional families choose another descriptor so long as we retained the presumption of mother and father."

pacino wrote:You need an ID to vote in Alabama so they're going to close DMVs in mostly Black Belt counties. They also have over 100 vacant positions. Fees were raised across the board. edit: Don't worry, they have a van!

they're also closing 5 state parks because they're losing money. because parks are supposed to make money.


This is because they wanted to save 4 million dollars in the general fund. because fuck direct services to the people and recreation.

pacino wrote:what i dont get is she's not even Catholic; why would a bishop set up the meeting? i know the Pope will meet with anyone, that's his job, but bishops usually are a little more specific.

jamiethekiller wrote:pretty much all of the church hates this guy. so anything to hurt his credibility they'll do