I seriously predict a 20% rise in the suicide rate from November 2016-November 2017; I know a lot of dedicated lawyers and some politicians are going to fight this like crazy, but in the meantime, a whole lot of vulnerable people are going to fall into deep despair.
Fuck Bannon, that fascist cunt. Fuck Trump.
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan
Everyone was waiting for the other shoe to drop after Trump tried to position himself as the best friend LGBT people ever had by not undoing Obama's EO prohibiting discrimination in the federal gov't and by federal contractors. But this would pretty much undo it all anyway by permitting "religious" (read gay hating bigot) exemptions.
"Hang on while I log in to the James Webb telescope to search the known universe for who the fuck asked you." -- James Fell
The breadth of the draft order, which legal experts described as “sweeping” and “staggering,” may exceed the authority of the executive branch if enacted.
Gee, ya think?
People who are wrong are just as sure they're right as people who are right. The only difference is, they're wrong.
— God@The Tweet of God
The new SCOTUS justice nominee Gorsuch is primed to support the right of corporations to discriminate, see his Hobby Lobby decision.
I'm not sure that my health can tolerate this administration. I'm trying so hard to be well, but every day brings new horrific ugliness that makes my anxiety go off the charts. I don't know how to not care about this stuff!
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
~ Carl Sagan
I expect lawyers for NAMBLA are working hard to change this: (from Wikipedia)
NAMBLA's website states that it is a political, civil rights, and educational organization whose goal is to end "the extreme oppression of men and boys in mutually consensual relationships."
and get them legally defined as a religion. Likewise restoration of fundamentalist Old Testament rites of slavery and sacrifice.
What a wonderful country try we live in, now that it is great again.
And don't forget to pray for all the things our president has announced as his greatest concerns, like Arnold's tv career.
The truly hilarious thing is that you imagine yourself exempt, which is why you so blithely write off the lives of those at risk.
When they are done with us (or maybe before), what do you think they will have in store for you - a drug addict (active or recovering, they won't give a crap)?
They will incinerate you like yesterday's trash.
"Hang on while I log in to the James Webb telescope to search the known universe for who the fuck asked you." -- James Fell
The little minion has forgotten that even the collaborateurs were eventually burned.
“I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.” ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg, paraphrasing Sarah Moore Grimké
The truly pathetic thing, wesw, is that as someone who is dependent on Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid/SCHIP, you'll be getting screwed the hardest by the budget cuts Trump and the GOP Congress will enact so they can give even more tax breaks to the wealthy. And all the while you'll still be licking Trump's boots, saying "Please, sir, can I have another?"
