The Goat Pen

No need to brag about my extensive philanthropy. Everyone needs a few good tax write offs. Am I right? Huh?

Republican who voted to impeach Trump is now being primaried by Dems.....It doesn't pay to be nice.

https://news.yahoo.com/house-dems-try-s ... 53080.html

Yahoo writer makes it a racial story

https://news.yahoo.com/a-north-carolina ... 23896.html

btw, he is an African American male.


compare that to the story written by the NY Post

https://nypost.com/2022/07/22/nc-towns- ... n-protest/

Sucks when you actually have to follow the laws equally huh?

That town is like 10 miles from where me and Stu live...

When they say an entire NC police force has quit, you realize we're talking about 4 people here. This place is like Mayberry...

They're pissed because they can't use the N word anymore on them radio thingys.

"Every day we rely on law enforcement to save lives. Then, on January 6, we relied on law enforcement to save our democracy," Biden said in remarks delivered virtually to a conference for Black law enforcement officials being held in Florida.

"We saw what happened: the Capitol Police, the DC Metropolitan Police, other law enforcement agencies were attacked and assaulted before our very eyes. Speared. Sprayed. Stomped on. Brutalized. Lives were lost," Biden went on.

"And for three hours, the defeated former President of the United States watched it all happen as he sat in the comfort of the private dining room next to the Oval Office. While he was doing that, brave law enforcement officers were subject to the medieval hell for three hours, dripping in blood, surrounded by carnage," Biden said.

"Face to face with a crazed mob that believed the lies of the defeated President, the police were heroes that day. Donald Trump lacked the courage to act," he said. "The brave women and men in blue all across this nation should never forget that. You can't be pro-insurrection and pro-cop. You can't be pro-insurrection and pro-democracy. You can't be pro-insurrection and pro-America."

"You hear a lot of politicians about how much they love you, how much they care about you, how they'll do anything for you," he said. "In the state you're in today, Gov. (Ron) DeSantis, Sen. Marco Rubio, Sen. Rick Scott, all oppose banning assault weapons."

"To me, it's simple. If you can't support banning weapons of war on America's streets, you're not on the side of police," he said.

He noted he owned two shotguns, but that the Second Amendment is "not a right that's absolute."

"When it comes to public safety, the answer isn't to defund the police. The answer is to fund the police," he said.

Read that again

"You can't be pro-insurrection and pro-cop. You can't be pro-insurrection and pro-democracy. You can't be pro-insurrection and pro-America."

"And for three hours, the defeated former President of the United States watched it all happen as he sat in the comfort of the private dining room next to the Oval Office."

I like how he threw in that "defeated"...

Didn't this chicks husband pull his dick at a bowling alley? Wasn't she a stripper? Not that their's anything wrong with that but Jesus. Literally.

hedge wrote: ↑Tue Jul 26, 2022 9:31 am When they say an entire NC police force has quit, you realize we're talking about 4 people here. This place is like Mayberry...

all I'm pointing out is the disparity between the two articles.

One immediately implies race is an issue without stating the woman sued for discrimination at the job she last held 8 years earlier.

Instead he talks about her 16 years of experience without noting she hasn't been in the public sector since before 2017

"We saw what happened: the Capitol Police, the DC Metropolitan Police, other law enforcement agencies were attacked and assaulted before our very eyes. Speared. Sprayed. Stomped on. Brutalized. Lives were lost,"

Oh please...

innocentbystander wrote: ↑Sun Jul 24, 2022 1:39 am No one (other than the people who already hate Trump) care about these hearings. It's just confirmation bias for you. The people who are going to prison for Jan 6, are already prosecuted and in prison. The rest, meh.

Seems the Washington Post is on to something about the DOJ and Trump tonight. Hmmmm.......

some Democrats now believe term limits for SCOTUS is a good idea

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3575 ... -justices/

In a statement Johnson said the bench “is increasingly facing a legitimacy crisis.”

“Five of the six conservative justices on the bench were appointed by presidents who lost the popular vote, and they are now racing to impose their out-of-touch agenda on the American people, who do not want it,” he said, referring to justices nominated by former Presidents Trump and George W. Bush.

“Term limits are a necessary step toward restoring balance to this radical, unrestrained majority on the court,” he added.

they are suggesting 18 years

would they think term limits are a good idea if the "balance" of the court was progressive? I'm going with no on that.

That is the real legitmacy crisis