Kick you know I was just kidding about the eff you.

Heh. Yes, of course, I do.

Sometimes I still get angry at Chris Webber and his teammate on the bench who foolishly signaled TIME OUT.

He goes home, his Mom gives him a license plate that reads "TIMEOUT," gets a pep talk from the family, and a few weeks later, he's the #1 pick in the NBA draft going to play in Orlando with Shaq O'Neal... also the #1 pick in the prior year's draft. Life is good... even if it sometimes seems like it isn't. You've got to experience the lows in order to appreciate the highs, I always say.

The fucking Nadia fixed the game.

La Cosa Nostra? I believe they'd testify, "That was not 'our thing'."

Hunter Dickenson, All- Murican as a Soph, is coming back so tell me your school so I can root for you to meet us deep in the Big Dance, K?

Heh. You will not ever be meeting either of my schools at the dance, and if I told you what they were, I'd pick up a nickname and would never hear the end of it. :)

Nadia was my Ma and although she could be evil,

It was HELL, recalls Former Child

B.Kliban

I never detected that level of evil in her...

Kick you know I was just kidding about the eff you. Sometimes I still get angry at Chris Webber and his teammate on the bench who foolishly signaled TIME OUT. The fucking Nadia fixed the game.

Hunter Dickenson, All- Murican as a Soph, is coming back so tell me your school so I can root for you to meet us deep in the Big Dance, K?

well, since i've been double DOG dared...

Great examples!

I have bone for the dog pile:

https://outandequal.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Nonbinary-History.pdf

And therein lies the problem..

What is this prattling about lies?

Ya'all should be speaking FACTS..

What exactly do you think the definition of "truth" is? Rhetorical question. I mean, why do you think it is that people are sworn under oath to "tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth" on penalty of perjury?

Here, let me rub your nose :D ... I mean, help you:

truth noun

\ ?trüth \

plural truths\ ?trüt?hz , ?trüths \

Definition of truth
1 a
(1): the body of real things, events, and facts : ACTUALITY

(2): the state of being the case : FACT

(3) often capitalized : a transcendent fundamental or spiritual reality

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truth

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"Fact" is the very definition of "truth"... and vice-versa.

So you constantly pointing out that me and Russ (or anyone else) are speaking "truth' is basically like kicking yourself in the keister... repeatedly. :)

:)

Love you, Russ!

https://medium.com/exploring-history/gender-bending-in-viking-ancient-greek-and-egyptian-mythology-c58645fd50dc

:D

Victims of Communism Day’ legislation now on Gov. DeSantis’ desk for signature

The legislation sets aside a remembrance day and requires students learn the human cost of communism.
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/522589-victims-of-communism-day-legislation-on-gov-desantis-desk-for-signature/

Is there ANYTHING that Governor DeSantis can't accomplish!!! :D

Federal judge allows Florida immigration lawsuit against Biden Administration to proceed

TALLAHASSEE — A federal judge Wednesday rejected a request by the Biden administration to toss out a lawsuit filed by Florida over the release of undocumented immigrants.

Pensacola-based U.S. District Judge T. Kent Wetherell denied a motion by U.S. Department of Justice attorneys to dismiss the case, which Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office filed last year.

The lawsuit alleges that the Biden administration has violated immigration laws through policies that have led to people being released from detention after crossing the U.S. border with Mexico. Also, it alleges that the releases affect Florida because of issues such as increased education, health care, and criminal-justice costs.

Justice Department attorneys raised a series of arguments in seeking dismissal of the case, including disputing a Florida contention that the Biden administration has a “non-detention” policy.

But Wetherell, a former state appeals court judge, ruled that the lawsuit should continue to move forward.

“Suffice it to say the court is wholly unpersuaded by defendants’ position that they have unfettered discretion to determine how (or if) to comply with the immigration statutes and that there is nothing that Florida or this court can do about their policies even if they contravene the immigration statutes,” Wetherell wrote in a 37-page decision. “This position is as remarkable as it is wrong because it is well established that no one, not even the president, is above the law and the court unquestionably has the authority to say what the law is and to invalidate action of the executive branch that contravenes the law and/or the Constitution. Thus, if Florida’s allegations that defendants are essentially flaunting the immigration laws are proven to be true, the court most certainly can (and will) do something about it.”
https://thecapitolist.com/federal-judge-allows-florida-immigration-lawsuit-against-biden-administration-to-proceed/

And Democrats LOSE again!!! :D

I have to call President Trump a liar here..

He said I would get tired of winning..

I am STILL not tired!! :D

"Parents, when we tell you critical race theory isn't taught in our schools we're lying. Keep looking," the whistleblower said. "It means one thing, go away and look into our affairs no further."

Moreover, some left-wing K-12 teachers openly admit they approve and seek to transmit CRT concepts to their students. A current assistant principal at the Castle Bridge School in Washington Heights, New York, David Rosas, said on Chalkbeat that the controversial topic "is not something I will shy away from… Critical race theory is interwoven in all that I do."

"I needed space to be a teacher who was racially literate and racially radical," he continued.

A Detroit superintendent, Nikolai Vitti, publicly admitted during a school board meeting that CRT was embedded within the schools' curriculum.

"Our curriculum is deeply using critical race theory, especially in social studies, but you’ll find it in English, language arts, and the other disciplines," Vitti said. "We’re very intentional about creating a curriculum, infusing materials and embedding critical race theory within our curriculum."

So much for the claim that CRT and "Equity" is not taught in K-12...

The facts clearly prove that it is...

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Critical race theory originated in the family of critical studies and seeks to promote what its adherents believe is a pervasive and inescapable racist legacy in the U.S. legal system. The theory has been packaged to children in K-12 schools and teaches them that America is a fundamentally racist country.

An Illinois high school history teacher, Frank McCormick, told "Fox & Friends" that he decided to blow the whistle on what was being taught at his school because parents are being "gaslit into this lie that CRT does not exist in [K-12] education."

If Democrats can't KILL babies... They'll indoctrinate the kids.. :eyeroll:

Bullshit.. :D

Show me where gender confusion was a societal concern prior to Democrat activists MAKING it a concern....

I double-dog dare you.. :D

Why won't Democrats condemn SCOTUS Justice Dox'ing???

Why won't Weigantians condemn this dox'ing??

Enquiring minds want to know? :D

no, it has been determined by society for thousands of years before democrats even existed.

Why would teachers lie??

Because they are DEMOCRATS first and foremost.. And teachers a distant second..

When Democrat ideology and the welfare of the children come into conflict??

Teachers will always choose Democrat ideology first..

Which is sad..

Things are so much different today from when my lovely wife was a teacher..

You’ve only spoken the truth when you have spoken on my behalf; and you only did so because I was not present to do so myself.

And therein lies the problem..

Ya'all should be speaking FACTS.. Instead, ya'all are speaking your "truth".. Democrat "truth"..

Which is as far away from FACTS as is possible to be and still be in the same galaxy...

Now please kindly extend that self-awareness and stop speaking for me. I won't presume to speak for Russ, but I feel certain he too would be positively overjoyed if you would extend that self-awareness to him and stop putting words in his mouth that he never stated. I know this because I've read his multiple dead-on-accurate posts imploring you to stop asking him to defend positions he never took and/or to deny words he never stated.

PREACH!!! You may speak for me anytime you feel it is prudent to do so, my sweet beautiful friend! You’ve only spoken the truth when you have spoken on my behalf; and you only did so because I was not present to do so myself.

Your 126 and my 127 posted... exact same time. :)

What are the statistical odds of that happening? Great minds….

Love you, Kick!

R

Continue... :D

judge-marjorie-taylor-greene-is-qualified-reelection/

Judge: Marjorie Taylor Greene is qualified for reelection

ATLANTA (AP) — A judge in Georgia on Friday found that U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is qualified to run for reelection, concluding that a group of voters who had challenged her eligibility failed to prove she engaged in insurrection after taking office. But the decision will ultimately be up to Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.

Before reaching his decision, state Administrative Law Judge Charles Beaudrot held a daylong hearing in April that included arguments from lawyers for the voters and for Greene, as well as extensive questioning of Greene herself. He also received extensive briefing from both sides.

State law says Beaudrot must submit his findings to Raffensperger, who has to decide whether Greene should be removed from the ballot.

Raffensperger is being challenged by a Trump-backed candidate in this month’s GOP primary and would likely face huge blowback from right-wing voters if he was to disagree with Beaudrot’s finding.
https://tinyurl.com/2p8ertmn

Democrats maintain their perfect losing streak.. :D

WOW It's been a while since I run afoul of the NNL filters...

Wonder what part of the above tripped the filter...

Maybe the Weigantia Administration decided to do the same..

Hmmmmmmmm

Maybe I was wrong and there IS an agenda at work here..

It's been known to happen.. :D Me being wrong I mean.. :D

and injured 140 police officers in the process.

As opposed to the 22+ years of Democrat BLM and AntiFa riots where THOUSANDS of cops were injured and at least 8 cops were brutally ambushed and assassinated..

But THAT comes from Democrats so that's not important.. :^/

But, of course, since it's coming from the Democrats, ya'all won't agree to that fact..

But it's a fact nonetheless...

As long as you agree that it IS in people's heads, we're good..

it's also in society.

Only because Democrats activists have FORCED it into society...

in my opinion, it's attempts to deny these facts, or to claim equivalency with other criminal riots or non-violent attempts to cast doubt on election results, which are "partisan posturing."

Of course, the fact that 6 Jan was a RIGHT Wing violent riot and all the OTHER thousands of riots and attacks on HUNDREDS of government buildings were Democrat riots has NOTHING to do with your opinion, eh?? :D

Remember.. I was born AT night... Not LAST night.. :D

You are, of course, correct.

Also, another insurrectionist has pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate. I am beginning to lose count of those pleading guilty to sedition. Well, not really losing count, but the list grows ever longer.

A third member of the Oath Keepers pleaded guilty on Wednesday to "seditious conspiracy" and "obstruction of an official proceeding." William Wilson, Joshua James, and Brian Ulrich... guilty and cooperating.

Wilson conspired with Oath Keepers founder Elmer Stewart Rhodes to "oppose by force the lawful transfer of presidential power" and also joined others in amassing firearms" on the outskirts of DC — some distributed across hotels and ‘quick reaction force’ (‘QRF‘) teams — and planned to use them in support of their plot to halt the lawful transfer of power."

Wilson and the other conspirators used Signal, an encrypted messaging app, to engage in numerous communications in the weeks leading up to the riot. In one post on Dec. 14, 2020, Wilson wrote, "It is time to fight!"

Interesting reading with links to his plea agreement at the bottom of the webpage:

https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/leader-north-carolina-chapter-oath-keepers-pleads-guilty-seditious-conspiracy-and

in my opinion, it's attempts to deny these facts, or to claim equivalency with other criminal riots or non-violent attempts to cast doubt on election results, which are "partisan posturing."

Oh, I quite agree. Not a big fan of that whole false equivalency partisan posturing, for sure. :)

january sixth was a criminal riot, whose context differentiated it from similar criminal riots because it was an explicit attempt to prevent the certification of a presidential election result, and injured 140 police officers in the process.

in my opinion, it's attempts to deny these facts, or to claim equivalency with other criminal riots or non-violent attempts to cast doubt on election results, which are "partisan posturing."

JL

So what you are saying is, it's all in their head and the only "science" at work here is psychological/psychiatric science..

OK.. I'll buy that..

Amazing those who hysterically scream about 6 JAN are strangely silent about harassing SCOTUS Justices and their families at their homes..

Ya'all see why it's hard to get excited about ya'all's 6 Jan hysteria???

Because it's just nothing but partisan posturing..

regarding the whole "wrong body" phenomenon, that was a criticism of an author who oversimplified research about brain types. my own judgment is that most human societies have developed gender concepts based on the vast majority who do fit cis norms, so individuals whose emotional development doesn't fit neatly into either social category naturally respond by choosing the category that best fits their feeling. sometimes that concept of self doesn't match their sex organs, so their body feels "wrong" because there's no existing social category that would be 100% "right."

JL

So all it means is that the first comments were not archived.. :D

And the first archived comment isn't yours... unless you are that other Michael whose comment is actually there.

But I understand why you want to call the facts into question.. I'll ignore any subsequent attempts to start a fight.. :D

Will you learn some simple math too? :D

And yet.....

[...and congratulations, you're the first "real" commenter to post here!]

Did I not say I saw that?

And yet... your name is actually not on the first archived comment, and the date it was posted wasn't over 16 years ago... but you were close.

Hey, you can just go eff yourself, Kick.

Who me? I'll have you know that I actually had those Wolverines at the top of my bracket, and I was going to win the entire thing and have bragging rights for a year if only Webber shoots and sinks the three at 11 seconds versus doing what he did. I'm still a fan, you know.

I'm gonna hate Texas Basketball for the rest of my life because of this.

Too many teams to expend yourself over; save your energy.

Punish y'all come tournament time.

I just bet you will... you'll be comin' around here next March... struttin' around like a peacock that just knocked off a 3rd seed... and smashing brackets all over America. :)

Since the advent of human civilization, gender has been determined socially. Genetics and sex organs certainly have played a role in that determination, but they're not one and the same. "Woman" consists of about 99% genetic females, including those who developed atypical sex organs but still are genetically female and identify as female.

Among the other one percent are those who are genetically XY or atypical, who have atypical sex organs and were assigned female at birth, as well as trans women.

These are social, not biological, categories, and always have been.

JL

Could be worse.. We could have had the bad date that the monkey had.. :D

Yep... "bad dates":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU5D-PoE6bs

Raiders of the Lost Ark

But I understand why you want to call the facts into question.. I'll ignore any subsequent attempts to start a fight.. :D

And yet.....

Michale --

[...and congratulations, you're the first "real" commenter to post here!]

Oh.. And if Americans get 50K towards paying their student debt, then it's only fair that OTHER Americans get 50K towards paying their mortgage...

The government has been forgiving student loan debt for decades and decades... nothing new. The fact that they might expand the forgiveness of said loans to include more Americans isn't the equivalent of "paying" the loans. They're simply saying you are no longer required to pay the loan the government holds.

If OTHER Americans get 50K towards paying their mortgages, what do those of us with no student loans and no mortgages get?

Try to keep the answers clean, m'kay? :)

Thanx so much for the response.. It's really REALLY appreciated..

No need.

I completely understand why you would agree with Russ..

Because he is correct.

I hope you also understand why I'm disagreeing with your incorrect statements: Because you are totally incorrect and are repeating falsehoods that are easily searchable public record, some of which are required to be disclosed by law.

Neither of ya'all actually live here in Florida and don't understand the nuances of Florida living.. :D

No one has to live in Florida to understand a public financial disclosure or to understand easily searchable public records. Your governor or any other right-wing mouthpiece claiming that Disney doesn't pay taxes is right-wing disinformation.

Suffice it to say that the majority of Democrats here in FL support the Parental Rights Anti-Groomer bill, so we're doing OK..

Suffice it to say, you frequently move the goalposts when your misinformation is proven to be incorrect.

As always, I really REALLY appreciate your input.. :D

You said you wanted someone to prove you wrong if they could... so you'd have been fibbing if you didn't appreciate the actual facts versus the misinformation you've been posting.

Thanx so much.. Yer a peach.. :D

I'm more of a pomegranate if we're doing analogies to fruit. :)

Reedy-Alrighty I learned something and I haven't even gotten outta the bed, yet.

April 1993. No timeouts remaining. You're down 2 points, clock ticking, 11 seconds remaining in the game.

Better Question: What don't you do? ;)

Hey, you can just go eff yourself, Kick. I'm gonna hate Texas Basketball for the rest of my life because of this. Punish y'all come tournament time.

When one considers that I was THE VERY FIRST REAL commenter in Weigantia and have been posting for over 16 years, your "almost never" is actually QUITE a few times.. :D

When one factors in all the months and months you weren't actually posting for all kinds of archived reasons, you actually don't meet your own definition. When one factors in the first comment that's actually archived on the blog:

http://www.chrisweigant.com/2007/04/30/open-letter-to-reid-and-pelosi-re-iraq-bill/#comments

I don't see your name written on the actual archived first comment; it says "Michael Gass." Yes, I can read the one beneath it, but I don't see an actual comment from you. I definitely see the date on the comment, and it definitely also does not meet your definition.

I won't presume to speak for Russ, but I feel certain he too would be positively overjoyed if you would extend that self-awareness to him and stop putting words in his mouth that he never stated.

~ Kick

You DO realize that you said you wouldn't speak for Russ, but then turned right around and spoke for Russ.. :D

I realize you misunderstood the word "presume to speak for" as meaning "wouldn't speak for" and the words "I feel certain he" as putting actual words in his mouth, which I had already explained I wasn't doing with the qualifying language I used that didn't mean what you claimed they meant. Ask Russ if I observed correctly.

hehehehehe 'S Okay... I understand..

hehehe... Clearly, you quite obviously did not understand.

You are still having a hard time adjusting to the new dynamic here when you and I are besties..

*laughs*

No.. GREAT talk!!! ;D

Which qualifies as good, I suppose. :)

Could be worse.. We could have had the bad date that the monkey had.. :D

I'll just let #37 slide..

You meant 137, of course.

It's likely just a bad date on Kick's part.. :D

Or likely just a really bad date on your part. :D

This ain't the place for argumentative and sensitive people.

You are certainly free to leave if that "muscular debate" you keep claiming to want is too much for you to handle.

I mean, you can choose to be one or the other but not BOTH, for GOD'S sake, girl! Heh.

In point of fact, I can choose whatever I wish to be without regard to anyone's incorrect assessment of me. :)

The public disagrees with Pelosi on abortion

But even if Democrats could set aside the fact that economic woes crowd other matters out, it’s not clear they’d benefit electorally from controversy over Roe. They routinely overstate public support for the party’s abortion policies. Although 57% in one poll said abortion should be mostly legal, 43% want it banned outright or permitted only in special circumstances.

Fully 75% reject the claim that it is simply “a woman’s right to choose.” Most actually agree with the 15 weeks' gestation threshold of the Mississippi law that the Supreme Court is adjudicating. Democrats call the law extreme, but the public doesn’t agree. Pro-abortion slogans from noisy protesters on the court steps don’t reflect public opinion. Activist rhetoric never does. Democrats are drinking their own Kool-Aid when they suggest otherwise.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/the-public-disagrees-with-pelosi-on-abortion

Democrats need to come to grip with the FACT that they have sunk so low and so far, there is no way up from where they currently reside...

Why must you most ALWAYS be so darned argumentative?

I'm responding to someone who wished to argue the point I made. If you've got an issue with that, you might want to avert your eyes from the "muscular debate."

... and so sensitve, too? :)

You're definitely reading something into there that absolutely isn't there if you believe I'm sensitive. :)

I make no assessments as to who is and is not killing their babies...

Democrats should have been happy with SAFE, LEGAL and RARE and not gone DARK SIDE in #CELEBRATING their infanticide and #SHOUT OUT their baby killing, eh??

~ Michale

*

Incorrect. You definitely claim that "Democrats" are by describing it as "their infanticide" and "their baby killing."

I simply point out the FACT that Democrats USED to be all about baby killing being "SAFE, LEGAL and RARE"

You (royal you) can almost never lump all Democrats into one category and claim to be speaking a "FACT."

It's factually apparent that today's Democrats became unsatisfied with having their baby killing "SAFE, LEGAL and RARE" and wanted to actually #CELEBRATE their infanticide and #SHOUT OUT their baby killing..

It's factually apparent that you believe your opinions are facts that apply to an entire group.

I can also assure you that the Republicans and NPAs who ARE killing their babies are NOT #SHOUTING OUT their baby killing or even #CELEBRATING their baby killing..

No, you factually cannot assure me of that since I know a Republican who's out marching right now and publicly speaking about her abortion in order to destigmatize it.

THAT disgusting and perverse trait is ONLY from your Democrat Party... :eyeroll:

I'm not a Democrat... never have been and never will be. I wouldn't be ashamed if I was; I'm just not. You can post that (or any other) lie a million times and it will not magically make it a fact, but it will definitely be wasting your time.

It will be law and it's not punishment for free speech, but rather correcting an egregious wrong that has resulted in over 60 MILLION deaths of gestating humans..

It's a really early draft that will never be law. Having read it in its entirety, I highly suspect it will be drastically changed when it's handed down since the draft as written would make a lot more than abortion illegal... basically anything that's not in the Constitution could be barred by law and cite that draft opinion. For instance, you'd have the right to bear arms but not the right to have ammunition that could kill humans of all ages since that's not specifically guaranteed in the Constitution.

I meerly point out the FACT that Democrats could have had their "SAFE, LEGAL and RARE" baby killing if they would have just been content with their "SAFE, LEGAL and RARE" baby killing..

As I said, abortion is still legal in multiple states in America and countries in the world; you merely repeating your opinion that singles out Democrats for blame doesn't change that fact.

Then you and your Democrats have absolutely NOTHING to complain about, n'est-ce pas?? :D

You may or may not have noticed that it's you who are obsessing over this in dang near every post.

Agree with the remainder of the post! :)

Mmmm'kay??? :D

No one wants to condemn Democrat AntiFa???

"Gee!!! I wonder why that is!!???"
-Kevin Spacey, THE NEGOTIATOR

Thanx so much for the response.. It's really REALLY appreciated..

I completely understand why you would agree with Russ.. Neither of ya'all actually live here in Florida and don't understand the nuances of Florida living.. :D

Suffice it to say that the majority of Democrats here in FL support the Parental Rights Anti-Groomer bill, so we're doing OK..

As always, I really REALLY appreciate your input.. :D

Thanx so much.. Yer a peach.. :D

Disney pays NO TAXES now because they are their own county..

Totally incorrect.

Disney is publicly traded and, as such, they are required to disclose (by law) a litany of information to the public and their shareholders.

https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/investor-relations/

Now that Disney will no longer be their own county, NOW Disney will have to pay taxes and fees to the county..

Disney isn't a county, and Disney already pays taxes and fees to two actual counties and the state... hundreds of millions of dollars in state and local taxes that are easily searchable public record so aren't up for debate.

Your claims are completely bogus..

Your claims resemble your remark. Russ is dead-on accurate.

The science behind gender ideology is dubious at best
https://unherd.com/2022/05/you-cant-be-born-in-the-wrong-body/

Democrats' gender "science" is nothing more than very poorly disguised Democrat activism..

Meet Jean Claude... :D

Psaki chokes up as she introduces her 'partner in truth' Karine Jean-Pierre as Biden's new press secretary: Openly-LGBTQ deputy will be first black woman to take job on May 13 - when Jen leaves and likely goes to MSNBC
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10787259/Biden-announces-Karine-Jean-Pierre-replace-Jen-Psaki-new-press-secretary.html

And she is an LBQTPABCXYZEIEIO'er too!!! :D

"Now, I don't know what all that means, but it sounds pretty bad.."
-Tom Cruise, A FEW GOOD MEN

:D

https://giphy.com/gifs/major-payne-sensitive-vardoeger-AZvMr2XNJIxPi
"SEN...SA.....TIVE!!"
-Major Payne, MAJOR PAYNE

Antifa is most active in the Pacific Northwest and this time, they may be organizing their terror as police departments are starved of resources and staff. Police were barely able to handle sustained Antifa violence before they were defunded and experienced a mass exodus of staff. What do you think happens when departments that are down hundreds of cops are faced with armed criminals causing chaos?

Portland and Seattle residents may rue the day they let their Democratic political leaders dismantle their respective police departments.

Antifa, however, may celebrate the ease by which they are able to wreak havoc once again.

Who would have POSSIBLY thunked that THIS would be the result of Democrats and their DEFUND, DEMORALIZE, DEMONIZE THE POLICE policies...????

Oh.. Wait....

Your 126 and my 127 posted... exact same time. :)

Given your vast archived history with Weigantia and the fact you (almost) never refer to yourself using the terms "we" and "our"...

When one considers that I was THE VERY FIRST REAL commenter in Weigantia and have been posting for over 16 years, your "almost never" is actually QUITE a few times.. :D

I won't presume to speak for Russ, but I feel certain he too would be positively overjoyed if you would extend that self-awareness to him and stop putting words in his mouth that he never stated.

You DO realize that you said you wouldn't speak for Russ, but then turned right around and spoke for Russ.. :D

hehehehehe 'S Okay... I understand..

You are still having a hard time adjusting to the new dynamic here when you and I are besties..

's OKAY.. I'll give you that time.. :D

Naw, don't thank me.. It's the least I can do.. :D

Good talk. :)

No.. GREAT talk!!! ;D

After the draft opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade leaked, a mob of activists formed at the Supreme Court. By the next day, the mob had grown, inspiring rallies and marches across the country, some turning in violent. In the Pacific Northwest, progressive activists never sit out a political fight.

Hundreds of activists gathered at Lownsdale Square in downtown Portland to protest the Court’s decision. Holding signs claiming that "Women will die" and "We will not go backward," activists promised to "abort the Supreme Court."

Later that evening, Antifa terrorists smashed windows of local businesses, vandalized property, and started fires. Police say the criminals threw incendiary devices at the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse. There was one arrest

Similarly, dozens of Antifa took part in a Seattle-based pro-abortion march. They appeared to have little interest in the actual issue, instead taking the opportunity to march to the East Police Precinct, the site of 2020’s Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, to chant, "I smell Nazis" while waving lit flares in the air. They held a sign reading, "Burn our rights, we burn ur state" with an anarchist symbol. While on the march, they allegedly destroyed a local TV station’s video equipment.

Let's all join together and condemn these Democrat riotous activities with the same fervor and passion that ya'all condemned the 6 Jan riots..

Mmmm'kay??? :D

Given our vast history with Weigantia, we see this as simply an error on the administration's part and not some sort of agenda..

~ Michale

Of course, that's the ROYAL "we" and not me speaking for LIZ or JL.... :D

Given your vast archived history with Weigantia and the fact you (almost) never refer to yourself using the terms "we" and "our"... and the fact you (almost) always speak for all kinds of posters here by assigning them words on their behalf that they never said, I'm going to disagree that you weren't presuming to speak for Liz or JL.

I will give you credit for catching yourself in the doing of it; that's certainly progress.

Now please kindly extend that self-awareness and stop speaking for me. I won't presume to speak for Russ, but I feel certain he too would be positively overjoyed if you would extend that self-awareness to him and stop putting words in his mouth that he never stated. I know this because I've read his multiple dead-on-accurate posts imploring you to stop asking him to defend positions he never took and/or to deny words he never stated.

Good talk. :)

Just think, Russ.. You'll have ALL the opportunity to condemn the Democrat/AntiFa/BLM riots you claim you want to.. :D

Won't that be so grand???

It's likely just a bad date on Kick's part.. :D

No harm, no foul.. :D

Kick, thank you again SOO MUCH for showing me BLOCKQUOTE..

I am sure everyone joins me in thanking you.. It's a big part of what makes Weigantia so much more enjoyable..

So, thanx a bunch.. Yer a peach.. :D

Expect Antifa terror to ramp up as abortion rallies hit the streets

Antifa poses a greater threat to the community with pro-abortion rallies, than it did during BLM protests

Violent Antifa activists are active again in Portland and Seattle, inspired by a leaked draft of a Supreme Court decision this week reversing Roe v. Wade. Neither city is ready for a repeat of Black Lives Matter-inspired left-wing riots and vandalism. But Antifa is now more dangerous than ever.

Antifa operates most effectively during left-wing movements where they rely on partisan media outlets and like-minded politicians to either justify or ignore their violence. It’s one reason why they pose an enormous threat as pro-abortion activists take to the streets to protest a Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

In 2020, after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Antifa extremists exploited the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. They viciously attacked cops and their political opponents (even murdering one), destroyed property, and took communities hostage with self-governing autonomous zones. They faced little resistance from BLM activists and politicians who benefited politically from the violence.

The goal was to intimidate progressive politicians and silence opposition in order to defund, and eventually abolish, the police. They were largely successful, pushing progressive cities into sweeping changes to policing, while simultaneously cutting police budgets.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/antifa-terror-abortion-rallies-jason-rantz

"I already told you why I do not support BLM and if BLM ever did what you describe, I’d be happy to speak out. "
-Russ

You had a chance to speak out against AntiFa on DOZENS... HUNDREDS of occasions..

But you refused to even concede that AntiFa even existed..

So, please.. Don't give me that BS tripe on how you condemn intimidation tactics.. You SUPPORT intimidation tactics when it suits the Democrat hate America agenda...

This has been well established as fact...

But hay... In the spirit of Weigantian Amity, let's condemn the Democrat/AntiFa/BLM intimidation tactics together.. We have Democrats/AntiFa pushing violent intimidation against churches, SCOTUS Justices and Republicans..

Being the awesome person that I am, I will allow you to condemn the evil Democrats/AntiFa first.. :D

Naw, no need to thank me.. :D

Why must you most ALWAYS be so darned argumentative?

But I have to disagree..

No, you don't "have to disagree"... you've chosen to disagree.

You can be forgiven,...

I need no one's forgiveness.

... not being here as long as Liz or JL or I, but there has been a couple of occasions where Weigantian administration has made an error and forgot to check the box that says COMMENTS OPEN or some such like that..

I could have joined the board yesterday and still have been correct in stating that it isn't a "technical error." In fact, if Chris's blog is always set up in such a manner that he has to "check the box" every time in order to allow comments, then that's technically the way it's set up. If Chris failed to check the box like he (almost) always does in order to overcome the technical fact, then that's a "human error."

Given our vast history with Weigantia, we see this as simply an error on the administration's part and not some sort of agenda..

I presume by your use of the terms "our" and "we" that you're presuming to speak for "Liz or JL or I" in the same manner you frequently lump people in categories and speak for them. I presume by your use of the word "agenda" that you presume that my post implied some sort of "lockout" on Chris's part... which it did not.

Could be wrong, but that's the way the history of Weigantia indicates it...

I don't presume to speak for anyone else, but you're definitely wrong if you presumed that me saying it wasn't a technical error was some kind of "agenda" on the author's part. I was simply stating it wasn't a "technical error" on his website since it was working just fine. :)

But thanks for joining us so early in the morning.. It's often quite lonely here til people starting waking up to start their new day..

I hope this becomes a habit that you and I can share the morning together.. :D

That would just be SOOOO grand... :D

Thanx for the awesome response.. It's SOOOO appreciated.. :D

You're lumping all Democrats into one category as if Republicans and NPAs aren't getting abortions.

I make no assessments as to who is and is not killing their babies...

I simply point out the FACT that Democrats USED to be all about baby killing being "SAFE, LEGAL and RARE"

It's factually apparent that today's Democrats became unsatisfied with having their baby killing "SAFE, LEGAL and RARE" and wanted to actually #CELEBRATE their infanticide and #SHOUT OUT their baby killing..

Such glee at baby killing prompted a push back from sane and rational patriotic Americans..

I can also assure you that the Republicans and NPAs who ARE killing their babies are NOT #SHOUTING OUT their baby killing or even #CELEBRATING their baby killing..

THAT disgusting and perverse trait is ONLY from your Democrat Party... :eyeroll:

You seem to be implying that the SCOTUS draft opinion is actually current law and is retribution to punish the exercise of freedom of speech...

It will be law and it's not punishment for free speech, but rather correcting an egregious wrong that has resulted in over 60 MILLION deaths of gestating humans..

I meerly point out the FACT that Democrats could have had their "SAFE, LEGAL and RARE" baby killing if they would have just been content with their "SAFE, LEGAL and RARE" baby killing..

Regardless of their political affiliation, abortion is still legal to Americans in multiple states in America and multiple other countries worldwide.

Then you and your Democrats have absolutely NOTHING to complain about, n'est-ce pas?? :D

It's a great morning, which qualifies as good, I suppose.

It is, indeed, a great morning!! :D

The fun thing about all this obsequiousness is the fact that it's archived. :)

"I know, right!!"
-Felix, WRECK IT RALPH

That means we can peruse these historic words time and time again to see how awesome it is that we're besties, eh!!

"Ain't it cool!!"
-John Travolta, BROKEN ARROW

:D

Good morning, Kick!!

It's a great morning, which qualifies as good, I suppose.

Welcome back...

I never left.

You were surely missed.. :D

The fun thing about all this obsequiousness is the fact that it's archived. :)

Democrats should have been happy with SAFE, LEGAL and RARE and not gone DARK SIDE in #CELEBRATING their infanticide and #SHOUT OUT their baby killing, eh??

You're lumping all Democrats into one category as if Republicans and NPAs aren't getting abortions. You're also making another false equivalency between attempts to "destigmatize" with "celebrating."

Democrats could have had their SAFE, LEGAL and RARE abortions if they only would have been satisfied with their SAFE, LEGAL and RARE abortions, eh?? :^/

You seem to be implying that the SCOTUS draft opinion is actually current law and is retribution to punish the exercise of freedom of speech... which would actually violate the First Amendment to the Constitution in violation of sworn oath.

Regardless of their political affiliation, abortion is still legal to Americans in multiple states in America and multiple other countries worldwide.

Ain't that right, Canada? :)

Word.....

Emails obtained by Fox News Digital reveal middle school staff encouraging the creation of a LGBTQ-related club at their school
https://www.foxnews.com/media/school-hide-students-gender-transition-lgbtq-content-parents

This is why the FL Parental Rights Anti-Groomer law is so popular with Democrats in FL..

Because there is a REAL need to fight Left Wing indoctrination in our schools..

WOOOT!!!!!!!

"I know you don't have a good excuse so I won't force you to come up with a bad one."
-Capt Whitaker

Why are you against Democrats and fighting on the side of Big Corp not paying their fair share, Russ???

I already told you why I do not support BLM and if BLM ever did what you describe, I’d be happy to speak out.

And yet, you NEVER have..

As I said.. That's very odd, wouldn't you agree.. :D

Do YOU understand now how Disney will pay far less taxes if Reedy Creek’s special purpose district is shut down?

Not factually accurate..

Disney pays NO TAXES now because they are their own county..

Now that Disney will no longer be their own county, NOW Disney will have to pay taxes and fees to the county..

Your claims are completely bogus..

Irregardless of the fact-less nature of your claims, you still haven't addressed WHY you want to protect a big corp from paying their fair share..

Just because they have gone WOKE and you like woke?? :^/

Why are you on the side of Big Corp and NOT the American people??

You refuse to answer that which, I guess, is an answer in itself.. :D

OH MY GODD! YES, Disney will now have to pay TENS OF MILLIONS IN TAXES!?!? That is a HUGE tax break for Disney! Reedy Creek’s yearly budget is over $156 million…which Disney has paid in taxes every year! Neither of the two counties that will now have to absorb Disney into their budgets have corporate tax rates that are set at the high rates that Reedy Creek’s are.

Russ, hi! Nice post. You're correct, of course. DeSantis lied, and the right-wing propaganda media took it from there and amped up those fabrications and then we (naturally) see the lies regurgitated here. Lather, rinse, repeat.

Example: "Disney is now going to have to pay tens of millions in dollars every year."

The right-wing propaganda falsehoods generally fall along the lines of: "Disney was tax-exempt and now they're going to have to pay" or "they had a sweet deal where they barely paid any taxes, and now they're going to pay tens of millions."

Why sugarcoat it? That is just an outright lie from the Governor of Florida and the right-wing propaganda machine.

The facts: Disney already pays state and local taxes in the hundreds of millions every year. In 2021, Walt Disney World paid $780.3 million in state and local taxes. This is also not some kind of super secret information kept from the public because it's included in Disney's financial reports since they're publicly traded and have been since 1957! There are rules; the rules aren't a secret!

Disney doesn't escape property taxes either, which tax assessment is also public record because rules:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dw3uqlrs9PB6Zs28KERSko0UFwJkLy9V/view

Reedy Creek was created in part to give Disney the freedom to tax themselves at a higher rate to cover the services that were unique to Disney’s corporate image.

Exactly... so as not to pass on those higher costs to the residents of the two counties.

Your Governor has screwed Floridans just to make him look like he’s tough.

Yes, sir... the effects of the action are even written right there into SB 4-C, which is also public record because of those pesky rules.

Unless otherwise provided by law or ordinance, when there is dissolution of a special district government, the special district transfers the title to all property owned by the preexisting special district to the local general-purpose government, either a county or municipality, which shall also assume all indebtedness of the preexisting special district.

~ The Florida Senate, Bill Analysis and Fiscal Impact Statement, page 4 (public record)

Disney has bond debt that will now (by law) belong to the taxpayers of Florida. Florida already knows this because it's written right there in that "impact statement" that is public record. The two counties (by law) will now have to provide the services that Reedy Creek used to provide, like you already said, services to the tune of millions of dollars.

Those are the facts. :)

What's ODD is that YOU have no issue when BLM tries to silence corporations illegally by threats and extortion..

I already told you why I do not support BLM and if BLM ever did what you describe, I’d be happy to speak out. But I’m not interested in discussing your weak attempt at sidestepping the conversation we were engaged in…

Do YOU understand now how Disney will pay far less taxes if Reedy Creek’s special purpose district is shut down? Of course, since FL’s constitution states that the State must pay all debts owed by a SPD if it wants to shut it down, Florida will have to pay off the debt that Reedy Creek’s bonds hold — over $1 billion dollars. This is only a win for DeSantis if the Republican base is willing to buy his lie! Just like with how Trump’s misinformation regarding the dangers associated with the virus led to the death of hundreds of thousands thanks to COVID-19, trusting Republicans when it comes to money issues never ends well for anyone but the rich.

Well, their progressive, so stoopid kinda goes hand in hand with that..

The obvious motive for the leaker is to create such a firestorm that one of the conservative justices will get scared and change their vote..

This is where the leaker's stoopidity comes in..

Does the Left HONESTLY think that ANY of the 5 justices will lose their nerve???

Com'on!! Justice Thomas nerves of steel are well documented.. Alito's nerves are also on display in the actual opinion of the court...

Kavanaugh, Gorsuch and Barret were put on the court SOLELY for this purpose, according to the Leftist mythos... So THEY are not going to bend...

The stoopidity of progressives never ceases to amaze me..

Far from actually changing the outcome of baby killing in America, this progressive was too smart by half and might have actually GUARANTEED this outcome..

Like the Klingons in ISHMAEL, this progressive by their own actions, brought about the very effect they had hoped to prevent.. :D

Ya just GOTS to marvel at progressive stoopidity, eh?? :D

Breyer is FIGMO :D

There's one just for you, MC... :D

Are we really shocked that the draft opinion in the most significant Supreme Court case in 50 years was leaked? We certainly should be, as the leak is, to quote legal scholar Carter Snead, a “shocking act of betrayal and a breathtaking breach of ethics.”

To those who don’t follow Supreme Court politicking closely, the leak matters because it is an act of corruption of the highest order, one that appears to have been done to exert political pressure on the justices to change their opinions.

The justices represent the one branch of government that was designed to be independent of political pressure. The leaker strikes at the heart of the American system of government and its design.

Who has the motive to attack the Judicial Branch the most??

It's obvious that the leaker is a clerk for Kagan, Breyer or Sotomayer...

It might even be one of the actual liberal Justices..

Breyer is a Short Timer and doesn't have anything to lose. He might like the idea of going out a progressive hero... But Breyer is pretty laid back and doesn't seem interested in being a progressive hero...

My bet is Sotomayer.. She seems hysterical and is a progressive before she is anything else.. Plus she is the confirmed racist of the group...

So, yea.. I could definitely see Sotomayer being the guilty one..

Of course, that's the ROYAL "we" and not me speaking for LIZ or JL.... :D

If you can definitely post on this commentary but not post on that other one: That isn't "technical issues." That's no comments allowed... on purpose.

That's an AWESOME insight, Kick.. Really.. :D

But I have to disagree.. You can be forgiven, not being here as long as Liz or JL or I, but there has been a couple of occasions where Weigantian administration has made an error and forgot to check the box that says COMMENTS OPEN or some such like that..

Given our vast history with Weigantia, we see this as simply an error on the administration's part and not some sort of agenda..

Could be wrong, but that's the way the history of Weigantia indicates it...

I hope you have the most wonderful'est day, Kick!! :D

Perhaps the greatest thing to be feared from a ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization was another muddled opinion full of lofty language and lacking legal clarity that would have dragged out the years of legalized abortion for many decades more.

The fight over abortion has raged precisely because the court, both in Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, hijacked the issue from the American voters and left the lower courts and legislatures with an illegible road map for implementation. That legacy has gnawed away at the fabric of our culture and has wormed its way into nearly every issue in politics.

We need a clean break from Roe, and the leaked opinion gives us the way to make that break.

Yes, we DO need a clean break from the bad law that is Roe V Wade.

And, thanx to the wisdom of the conservative SCOTUS Justices and the awesomeness that is President Trump...

A clean break we shall have..

All that's left now is for Democrats to attack hundreds of government buildings... So much so that the 6 Jan Committee will look like the political farce that it is with Democrats attacking and destroying hundreds of government buildings as the 6 Jan Committee's backdrop.. :D

Couldn't ask for a more perfect storm of events, eh?? :D

Oh, Chris is just having some technical issues ...

If you can definitely post on this commentary but not post on that other one: That isn't "technical issues." That's no comments allowed... on purpose.

Yet, the leak feels more like the death rattle of a movement that has fought to keep decisions about how to regulate abortion out of the American people's hands for generations.

Alito demonstrates legal courage
The leak also is a misfire. If anything, the leak has given the American people a preview of the kind of constitutionalism that voters crave and a glimpse of the legal courage we have yearned for.

The draft opinion’s greatest gift is its clarity. “We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,” writes Justice Samuel Alito. “The Constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision.”

One has to admire Justice Alito's courage and wisdom..

No mealy mouthed opinions here.. Straight to the heart of the matter...

ROE V WADE MUST BE OVERRULED

"Mr Gambini. That was a meaningful, insightful, well thought out objection... OVERRULED.."
-Judge Chamberlain Hollar, MY COUSIN VINNY

:D

What a great day it's going to be today, eh?? :D

Welcome back... You were surely missed.. :D

Justice Alito's draft opinion on abortion is a courageous gift to American children
The opinion dismantles with great precision the many sagging lies that have upheld Roe for nearly half a century. It obliterates the viability standard, for example, as an arcane one founded on rusty science and on weak moral reasoning.

It soundly rejects the notion that stare decisis protects bad law forever and quotes from countless scholars on the left to make the case. And it rebukes the assertion that societal reliance on a bad law is grounds for permanence, pointing out that the same reasoning is what the court first used when it "blessed racial segregation."

WE DID IT!: U.N. climate change report says we're on the path to an 'unlivable' planet.

But perhaps most notable is the courage that undergirds the writing. Justice Alito writes: “We do not pretend to know how our political system or society will respond to today’s decision overruling Roe and Casey. And even if we could foresee what will happen, we would have no authority to let that knowledge influence our decision.”

If the leakers think that a man who writes like this and the justices who stand boldly behind his words will be kowtowed by the wails of the elite, by the theatrics of red capes and by angry hashtags, then they betray their own blind desperation.

Nonetheless, the leak has given Americans the gift of seeing the truth come tearing out of the halls of justice. It’s truth we are ready for.

And it's truth we desperately need if we are to begin the work of building up a culture where women can truly flourish without curtailing the civil rights of an entire class of people.
https://news.yahoo.com/justice-alitos-draft-opinion-abortion-203813877.html

Something that has been COMPLETELY ignored in Weigantia is the FACT that many Democrat scholars and legal pundits have ALSO condemned Roe v Wade as bad law..

Even the vaunted RGB has condemned Roe v Wade as bad law..

So, when Democrats whine and complain about RvW being overturned, the *ONLY* arguments they can make are hysterical and emotional arguments without a lick of logic or fact..