The Real timschochet

Lots of reasons but the main one is that states rights were established to support slavery. These days they’re used to interfere with individual rights.

They will.

Thats not what they do for me. Nice try though.

The Dobbs decision is the first that comes to mind. There was no need to codify Roe because it’s part of the Constitution, inherent in the right to privacy. Conservatives decided on their own to make it a states rights issue. They created law by doing so, similar to the Dred Scott decision.

This is an inaccurate headline. It bans the sale of NEW gas powered lawn equipment, not their use. I’m indifferent to it. We need to get off carbon based energy for sure but the way to do that is to produce new energy sources rather than try to ban the old ones. But it’s not an outrageous proposal.

Not in this instance, or in several others. This is the most activist court ever.

He’s been doing this for years at his son’s games. He walks in during the anthem so as not to cause any extra attention. Perhaps the word “dirt” should be applied, not to LeBron, but to the folks who try to make a big deal out of this. Just shut up about it.

I’m not trying to troll. I’ve written before that I approve very much of most woke ideas, which are about treating everyone with dignity and respect. I like living in a woke society and I’d like our schools to have more of this, not less. And yes I’m dead serious. Are there exceptions when woke can go too far? Sure, and you guys love pointing them out. When you do I will probably agree with you in that particular instance. But overall what are we talking about when it comes to woke? Respect for gays and trans. The Me Too movement. Acknowledging the dangers of man-made climate change. Teaching the truth about the history of American race relations, and recognizing that some institutional racism still exists today. These are all good positive things. I’m for them, and I want woke to win out.

The only problem with our education system is it’s not woke enough,

I have the same problem with both to be honest with you. The Jan 6 trial is going to have to prove that Trump incited that attack. I’ve never been convinced. It will depend, not on what he said that day at the Ellipse, but on what he said to Mark Meadows and did privately.

Ancient rabbinical law addressed the “crime” of women who deliberately had miscarriages. The punishment was death. Jesus, however, never addresses this, to the best of my knowledge.

Was there a call for the mass murder of Jews? Because that seems to be the claim but I can’t find any evidence of it. Also what individuals were targeted? I haven’t read about that.

They certainly did exist.

Question for you: I’m not a Christian, but my understanding is that Jesus never mentioned abortion in the New Testament. Am I correct?

The tax means something to about half of the owners (including the Angels’ owner Arte Moreno.) It means nothing to the Dodgers or the Yankees or the Blue Jays or Padres or Red Sox. That’s why those teams will always eventually be in contention, while my Angels almost never are. It’s very frustrating.

I wouldn’t just open the border. In fact I’ve come around sharply on this issue in recent months. During the Obama and Trump years, we were taking in 2-3000 illegals a month. Now we’re taking in 12,000-15,000 a month. As much as I sympathize with these people (and I do, I don’t look at them negatively), those numbers are unsustainable for us.) We’re going to have to put a halt to it. I want to find a way to do it humanely; I hate the Trump proposals which struck me as vindictive and cruel. I still want to revamp the entire system long term. But for now we have to stop these numbers from coming however we can. Did I just lose my liberal card? It’s what I think.

Texas SC rules against woman; she has already left the state. This looks terrible for Texas and Republicans in general. Blessed be the fruit!

In about ten years we won’t be arguing about what’s available in school libraries because there won’t be any.

One thing I like about this list, better than the order: the song selections. For example they list “Whole Lotta Rosie” as their selection for great guitar by AC/DC. I love that tune but I never bothered to listen to the guitars in particular. Now I will.

That all depends. If it helps them think for themselves I would say yes. And for the vast majority of college graduates I would say yes.

It shouldn’t surprise you that I completely disagree with all of this.

Dude. I was trying to lighten the mood a little bit. Never mind then.

I don’t disagree. Let’s make it illegal I’ll go for that.

@Cdub100 have you tried matzoh ball soup? A pastrami sandwich at a good Jewish deli? How about a bagel? This is tasty stuff you may be missing out on.

It’s kind of exhausting arguing with an anti-Semite (though I continue to suspect it’s part shtick. If he truly hated all Jews why would he even bother to engage with me in the first place?)