Bad Ideas.....

When the new cheerleader coach told her favorites that they didn't have to wear panties.

Or shave!

 

It's A Givhan That She's Racist

WaPo's Robin Givhan moves from: It's OK to refuse to dress the First Family to: Ralph Lauren is possibly the nation's most bipartisan American designer, in less than two weeks.  I think that signals progression in a closed mind.

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Many of us here despise the media but who exactly is "the media"?

Speaking just of TV, is it Ted Baxter, Murray Slaughter, Lou Grant, or Mary Tyler Moore?  Is it whoever owned the station they worked for? Each of them played interconnected roles.

Bonus: The MiniApple's own Hüsker Dü do Love Is All Around

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Asked about her husband Bill's infidelities, Hillary Clinton related the story of the Prodigal Son.

I was more reminded of Waylon and Willie.

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"How much is liberalism like a religion?"

"The Theology of Liberalism"

There is a sort of orthodoxy required among liberals. Do you believe in climate change? What about the gender pay gap? Those who do not toe the line often find themselves exiled — not just from the fold, but from the conversation.

To some extent, these views are merely what we mean when we say the word “liberal” — they describe a political program roughly supported by one major party. But at some point, these views have become prescriptive; they have morphed into a moral structure to provide meaning and guidance in place of religion. When political beliefs start to explain why bad things happen to good people, they may be crystallizing into something closer to faith.

Political views and religious belief are indeed two very different things, and many liberals have even criticized the pseudo-religious trends in their movement and party. Nevertheless, some recent events should make us wonder just how religious liberal orthodoxy has become...

The accusations are endless. If you don’t believe in liberal positions about climate change, the minimum wage or social justice programs, you must have been bought off — there simply is no other possible explanation. How could you hate the poor so much? How could you doubt established facts? How could you hate yourself?

“Don’t like big government? You’re a nihilist,” Harsanyi adds. Supporters of traditional marriage and sexuality are “transphobic, homophobic.” Pro-life advocates “may claim that you want to save unborn girls from the scalpels of Planned Parenthood, but your real goal is to control women — even if you’re Carly Fiorina.”

This move to silence the debate does not end with Twitter. Last month, 20 climate scientists petitioned President Obama to use the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) – a law intended to fight organized crime — against people who “denied” climate change.

When Brookings scholar Robert Litan dared to analyze the downsides of a new federal regulation backed by Senator Elizabeth Warren, Warren essentially forced him to resign, despite the scholar’s more than 40 years at the organization.

When retired neurosurgeon and presidential candidate Ben Carson said that the Nazis confiscated the firearms of Jews prior to the Holocaust, prominent liberals didn’t rebut his arguments. They didn’t even call him a liar. Instead, they wrote “f**k off” and accused him of “blaming the victims.” Carson was right, by the way, even though his comments were politically unwise and a bit oversimplified...

Nowhere is the mechanism of liberal confession more pronounced than on many of today’s college campuses. Princeton student Tal Fortgang recalled that multiple times in 2014, when he voiced conservative opinions, he was met with an immediate response: “Check your privilege!” (read more)

"Treat meat eaters like smokers"

"Meat should be treated like tobacco with a public campaign to stop people eating it, Jeremy Corbyn's new vegan shadow farming minister has suggested."

Kerry McCarthy, MP for Bristol East, has irked the British farming industry with her veganism and vice presidency of the anti-hunting League Against Cruel Sports.

In an interview with Viva!life, a magazine for vegans, she admitted she was a "militant" when it came to clamping down on meat consumption.

She said: "I really believe that meat should be treated in exactly the same way as tobacco, with public campaigns to stop people eating it.

She said: "Too much milk is being produced and if you live by the market you have to risk dying by the market."

Tim Bonner, of the Countryside Alliance, said: "Kerry McCarthy’s views on meat eating and livestock farming are completely out of step with the vast majority of people.

"Her ideas are verging on the cranky. This appointment is only going to make it more difficult for Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party to reconnect with rural Britain."

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This one goes out to the sensitive ones who like to shuckle and to get into the groove:

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After this, if you're still mad about lions, you can vent your anger by wishing you had a rocket launcher to make some S.O.B. pay die:

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Chris Matthew's Advice: "Go all-in on scare tactics"

Matthews offered his own campaign advice for Democrats this Fall:

"[A]nte on various issues, such as framing voter-ID laws as attacks on minorities and pro-life measures as attacks on abortion rights."