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oraxx's avatar

Dan Patrick was a right-wing radio blowhard in Houston, and Rush Limbaugh wannabe. This is 100% of what he brings to the table. He's Rush Limbaugh without the towering intellect. Since he only adheres to the King James Version of the US Constitution, it's unlikely that he's seen that part of our foundational document that bans religious tests for holding office in the United States. Dan Patrick is a dangerously stupid excuse for a human being.

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Alverant's avatar

Rush Limbaugh's "towering intellect" is an anthill.

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Lynn Veit's avatar

You mean an inverted anthill, right?

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Jennifer's avatar

An ant crater.

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Boreal's avatar

I wonder how Rush's corpse is doing these days.

https://postimg.cc/pm0Ry0Hj

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Zorginipsoundsor's avatar

Looking for brains.

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Maltnothops's avatar

Probably well preserved from all the dietary supplements he hawked. That shit couldn’t have been good for you.

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Ethereal Fairy's avatar

Well preserved from all the ammonia, I am sure.

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Ethereal Fairy's avatar

An inverted one like an Antlion makes, a/k/a a crater.

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Troublesh00ter's avatar

WADAMINIT! Rush Limbaugh had a "towering intellect?!?" SINCE WHEN?

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oraxx's avatar

I was hoping the sarcism would be impossible to miss. lol

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Troublesh00ter's avatar

Aaaah, don't mind me. Sometimes I'm slow to cop a clue. 😝

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oraxx's avatar

I'm old and often forget who I've said what to.

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Troublesh00ter's avatar

No worries, my friend. You're in good company.

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Joe King's avatar

Compared to Dan Patrick.

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Troublesh00ter's avatar

That's the kind of comparison that could induce reverse peristalsis!

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Bonnie Boyce's avatar

This is irony and sarcasm. Some of us who live by sarcasm don't always understand that many others do not.

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Jay Reynolds's avatar

In his mind.

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XJC's avatar

And therefore a rising star in the Republican party.

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oraxx's avatar

He's too old to be a rising star, which I see as a good thing.

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XJC's avatar

Like Trump…

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John Smith's avatar

Probably overcompensating for extremely small genitalia (I am just speculating here), like his ruler Trump!

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Ethereal Fairy's avatar

There is a saying that the smallest balled howler monkey screams the loudest, usually accompanied by a pic of trump.

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James Scammell's avatar

USA USA USA …

“CHRIST ON A CRUTCH” as we used to say as young fellas in our youth when something really ugly shocked us. We didn’t know what it meant, but the expletive certainly made us feel better.

USA USA USA …

LOLLYPOP PATRICK … now I take a deep breath and say CHRIST ON A CRUTCH !

LOLLYPOP looks so sweet in the photos.

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Maltnothops's avatar

Lollypop, lollypop, la la lollypop. 🎶

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Ian D's avatar

These fellows must think that their character and life "resumes" must automatically disappear into thin air when they go from place to place 🤔

Hate to see anyone unemployed, but if there's a factory that produces these types if would be good for US citizens if it was shut down.

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Joe King's avatar

𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢’𝑟𝑒 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒, 𝑃𝑎𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑜𝑘𝑎𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑀𝑢𝑠𝑙𝑖𝑚 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑟, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑟, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑝 𝑡𝑜 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦’𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚.

Pissing on the Constitution. Again.

𝐼𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦, 𝑃𝑎𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑊ℎ𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝐻𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒’𝑠 “𝑅𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝐿𝑖𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑦 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛.” 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝑁𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑃𝑎𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑘, ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟, 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑜𝑚 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠.

And here is why. To all of them, the Establishment Clause means almost nothing. They want to make Christianity mandatory. If they can push SCOTUS to declare the Establishment Clause to mean that congress is only prohibited from declaring one individual sect the official Church of the United States, they will immediately try to declare Christianity the official religion. And then it would be only a matter of time before the government definition of Christianity gets narrowed down to their preferred types.

Does Mr Patrick want the Troubles? Because that's how you get the Troubles.

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Troublesh00ter's avatar

I want to see this go to court if for no other reason than to know that Patrick gets his ass lectured from the bench about wasting the court's time, money, and PATIENCE with his bullshit. I want to know that he gets dressed down so severely that he can't meet the judge's eyes when it happens.

Yeah, I know that he has no shame about this. I still can't help but think that such a situation would have no small amount of impact.

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Stephen Brady's avatar

Patrick is your typical TX authoritarian patriarch. He is right and everyone else is wrong.

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Troublesh00ter's avatar

All the more reason to clobber him PUBLICLY and unrelentingly.

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Matri's avatar

And permanently.

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Lewis Dalven's avatar

What court in TX would give him this dressing down? Aren’t TX courts chock full of judges who think like he does?

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Troublesh00ter's avatar

Could be ... but there are judges out there who have demonstrated their impatience with frivolous lawsuits and bullshit like what Patrick is spouting. Yeah, maybe I'm indulging in wishful thinking here.

And if the judges aren't there, then the FFRF and Americans United and American Atheists ARE there ... and they've shown me again and again that there's no quit in them.

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Lewis Dalven's avatar

I am from Massachusetts, insulated from this nonsense by the relative sanity surrounding me, so when TX, FL, OH, etc. pull these anti democratic or theocratic stunts, I naturally feel there is little to no sanity there…but I also know there are lots of people struggling to break the stranglehold on political power held by the GOP and the Xtian Nazis in those states, and that ACLU, AU, FFRF, and PFTAW are at the forefront.

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Troublesh00ter's avatar

Ohio (my home state) USED to be reasonably sane ... and then we had Kasich in there and now DeWine, along with a Christian Cast of Caustic Characters who seem to be bound and determined to follow Trump's lead and screw things up beyond all recognition.

Hell of it is, I LOVE where I live and all the neat stuff around me. I HATE the current government.

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Black Hole and DM mourner's avatar

Even if they could find a judge, count on paxton to use any mean, legal and illegal, to have it dismissed.

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Lynn Veit's avatar

As much as I would like to see him ripped a new one, I doubt it would do anything except confirm his belief that he is being persecuted for his holy righteousness. I tend to think he would even revel in it as proof of how he is suffering for Jesus and how it amplifies his wingnut creds, but that would depend on whether he actually believes this crap and thinks he is scoring brownie points in heaven, or whether he knows the value of the martyr card and will not hesitate to use it.

At any rate, he would stand in that courtroom, defiant as all get-out. It wouldn't have any effect on him.

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Ethereal Fairy's avatar

It can't be any worse than when the judge remanded Ben Sasse to take remedial law classes, after he found no voter fraud on his task force.

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Stephen Brady's avatar

If the rethugs succeed in getting christianity declared the official US religion, the Catholics and the Baptists will each declare new crusades against the other. Gilead will descend into internecine warfare very quickly.

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Ethereal Fairy's avatar

I'd rather they do it before they install Gilead, not after.

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Stephen Brady's avatar

We will be slipped into Gilead bit-by-bit and piece-by-piece.

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Black Hole and DM mourner's avatar

christians never condemned other christians' sects for heresy, never killed anyone and never fought wars in Europe. From david farton last paper brick.

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Accidental Bertha's avatar

True Christians know that you can't kill anyone, enslave anyone, commit atrocities and genocide, colonize other's countries - it violates the commands in the New Testament, Jesus Christ himself have those orders, believers are held to the higher standard. Europe hijacked Christianity and Jesus, turning him into an American with a musket or an AR-15. Blond hair,blue eyes. What the European colonizers did is un-Biblical, caused harm ,not good. White Supremacy and Christianity are basically incompatible. And the Cans don't like to talk about this, because then they'd have to admit they're wrong. Especially the last 500+ years.

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Holytape's avatar

Every gets the freedom to celebrate Christian in his way. Because I am sure that if you say Christianity does support his world view 100%, he will throw a shit fit.

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Troublesh00ter's avatar

Patrick really seems as though he wants a confrontation and/or an excuse to 1) be the bully that he so longs to be and 2) play the persecution card if someone calls him on his bullying. In this regard, Hemant's suggestion to pack the gallery with those who continue to sit during the i̵n̵v̵o̵c̵a̵t̵i̵o̵n̵ bloviation is completely on point. It is indeed time to make some "good trouble," to indulge in more than a little civil disobedience in the face of Patrick's utterly improper behavior.

Congressman John Lewis would expect nothing less.

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Black Hole and DM mourner's avatar

Fill the gallery with people in wheelchairs for a more embarassing moment.

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Troublesh00ter's avatar

FUCK, YEAH! Wheelchairs and crutch users!

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Zorginipsoundsor's avatar

Veterans who use wheelchairs and crutches.

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Joe King's avatar

Veterans wearing their uniforms and medals while using wheelchairs and crutches.

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Black Hole and DM mourner's avatar

All of the above with only white men. Sorry for the women and non-white who served their country but with the double standard, it would garner more outrage if it was done to white men.

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Lynn Veit's avatar

Sad but true.

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Jim Smith's avatar

I've still got my wheelchair from my accident.

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Joe King's avatar

If the fool follows through on his threat and has those people removed? FFRF, ACLU, Americans United et. al. will have the lawsuit filed before the first person is forced across the threshold.

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Troublesh00ter's avatar

Seems to me that Danny-boy has run afoul of the FFRF before now. Dumbass hasn't learned his lesson ... YET.

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John Smith's avatar

The Christian skull are to much bone, and a very small mind!

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Ethereal Fairy's avatar

and a huge Amygdala.

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Lynn Veit's avatar

Some of those types just grow more defiant and belligerent after such encounters.

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Ethereal Fairy's avatar

That is because his donors/owners send money for every dick-waving stunt.

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James Scammell's avatar

This is also what could be done …

pack the gallery with those who want to continue to sit, but have every second person stand and silently do the CRIMINAL TRUMP FISTS PUNCHING THE AIR WALTZ for the duration of the blah blah.

That’d be one form of GOOD TROUBLE. There must be others.

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Whitney's avatar

Yeah, that upvote was just for the excellent use of the word "bloviation" which sounds so ridiculous when said out loud most folks aren't familiar with it. That term deserves more love than it gets, and was so accurate in this case it gets a special mention.

Oh, yeah, and the rest of the post was great, too. ;)

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Zorginipsoundsor's avatar

Have you not heard of "bloviators?" Such as Lush Limpbaugh?

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Whitney's avatar

I have indeed, but they mostly seem to get called blowhard or other terms. Obscure English is the best English for dealing with bloviators, since it usually takes a while for them to figure out they've been insulted leaving time to make a clean getaway if needed.

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Ethereal Fairy's avatar

Limpblob was one of the biggest bloviators, although Orangina the clown, is trying to out bloviate him.

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wreck's avatar

OT:

'I'm right here': Trump struggles to find foreign leader sitting in front of his face

"President Donald Trump flubbed the introduction of Finnish President Alexander Stubb on Monday during the meeting with European leaders who support Ukraine.

Trump was announcing each leader, who then would make a comment or thank him for the invitation. He gave each official a little compliment.

As he announced Stubb, however, he appeared not to realize that the Finnish president was sitting right in front of him.

"President Stubb of Finland. And he's somebody that — we're all here, we're, we're," he looked around the room, seemingly confused.

"I'm right here," said Stubb.

"Oh, you look better than I've ever seen.President Donald Trump flubbed the introduction of Finnish President Alexander Stubb on Monday during the meeting with European leaders who support Ukraine.

Trump was announcing each leader, who then would make a comment or thank him for the invitation. He gave each official a little compliment.

As he announced Stubb, however, he appeared not to realize that the Finnish president was sitting right in front of him.

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"President Stubb of Finland. And he's somebody that — we're all here, we're, we're," he looked around the room, seemingly confused.

"I'm right here," said Stubb.

"Oh, you look better than I've ever seen. You look — but you've done a great job, and we wanted to have you here because you're somebody that we all respect," Trump continued."

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-finland/

But Biden's Old!!!!!

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Black Hole and DM mourner's avatar

The surprising thing is that he flubbed only one introduction.

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Daniel Rotter's avatar

As someone else said on another site about this, Trump is WAY too vain to get glasses or to even wear contacts.

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Chris Titchmarsh's avatar

It is all about appearance. Trump and his attack dog made that clear in February. Zelensky in his sweatshirt looked every bit the statesman, certainly compared to the 2 suited and booted assholes.

Then the red carpet and military flyby for the dictator who invaded Ukraine.

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JoyLynn's avatar

Can you imagine him trying to put contacts in? And yes, much too vain to wear glasses.

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John Smith's avatar

Don’t you know rules are for those “other” people, not for true Christian nationalists fascists like Trump and his asshole supporters.

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Claudia's avatar

Apparently he’s been playing golf with Mr Stubb. It’s another sign that he’s losing his marbles.

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Ann Higgins's avatar

Or wanted to demean him. Perhaps he won too many rounds.

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Lynn Veit's avatar

That sounds a little too subtle and nuanced for Trumpy.

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Ann Higgins's avatar

Possibly. But he is also very vengeful where people he thinks have bested him are concerned.

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Kiwiwriter47's avatar

And Com-mu-nist-ic....

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XJC's avatar

"Patrick’s behavior reveals something about the broader strategy of Texas Republican leadership: There’s a relentless insistence on controlling public spaces, public expression, and public conscience to serve their own ideological agenda."

Nailed I again, Hemant--like Jesus to the cross.

The Stupid shall inherit the earth.

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Val Uptuous NotAgain's avatar

Republicans, no matter where they are, are not at all concerned with the constitution, right or wrong, good or evil, their only concern is get the most power and money for the most harm possible. Just look at how they responded to the democratic representatives when they broke quorum. That was constitutionally protected, and the republicans threatened arrest, tried to hunt them down, agitated enough to inspire a bomb threat on the hotel the dems were staying in, and once they were back in session demanded infantile “permission slips” and guards, resulting in holding one representative hostage because she protested the ridiculous demands. Fucking republicans have decided that the constitution and democracy is in their way, so they must go. But we can’t let them get away with it. Constituents should go to the legislature and sit for the invocation. Every day until he retracts or has an aneurysm. You cannot compel people to believe. You cannot compel people to obey. These threats don’t work. Make it backfire in his face.

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Troublesh00ter's avatar

Val, I hope you don't mind if I put this out there again, mostly because it's not just true, but so damned evident in the here and now:

𝑀𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑒𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑦. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑. 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑏𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑢𝑠. 𝐼𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑛 𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑚. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑦. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝐴𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝑑𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠’ 𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑇𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑝 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑒𝑛𝑑, 𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑛 𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑔𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑦, 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑛, 𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑣𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑢𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑈.𝑆. 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦.

-- David Frum, Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic

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Val Uptuous NotAgain's avatar

Don’t confuse republicans with conservatives. What the current Republican Party is, is not conservatism, it’s reactionary and oligarchy. There are plenty of conservatives in the Democratic Party that will become the new right wing party. The Republican Party has left the idea of governing a long time ago. They mean to rule. They’ve meant to rule long before even Reagan, but he was the tool they used to start the process. (Only because they got caught with Nixon) At any rate, your quote is accurate regarding the Republican Party. Conservatism is something else altogether.

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Lynn Veit's avatar

Nixon was also one given to pomp and self-aggrandizement. He wanted royal guards in ridiculous uniforms at the White House just like all those European leaders had at their palaces, but the press and public roundly trounced him for it and it was short-lived.

Now Trump unveils plans for a grandiose gold-plated ballroom and nobody bats an eye.

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Whitney's avatar

He's already plowed under the Rose Garden, which broke my heart. Sure, it was just a garden, but it was a nice touch in a city that needed the green space and had so much attached history, and he did it for his ego. The US flag drains added to the new patio are entirely too fitting.

Scroll down for the pics: https://ca.news.yahoo.com/pictures-trumps-finished-white-house-111522688.html

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Lynn Veit's avatar

I could cry looking at those photos. I saw one of the commenters there said it looked like a drained pool at a bankrupt casino. I agree. Guess that's what it takes to make Trumpy feel at home. Bland, ugly, utilitarian.

But not to worry, that tacky gaudy gold-plated ballroom will balance it all out. Flashy, ugly, gauche.

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Ethereal Fairy's avatar

I vote for the aneurism, if we get to pick, or an exploding head like in the old movie "Scanners"

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NOGODZ20's avatar

Hey, Patrick...

If your imaginary friend in the clouds has such a problem with people not standing for prayers to it then let it get off of its sofa, come down here and try to make an issue of it itself.

Until that happens? Fuck off. Instead of worthless invocations, how about simply getting to work?

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Troublesh00ter's avatar

Granted that it's intuitively obvious to us, but yeah ... Yahweh NEVER personally gets bent about his creation dissing him. It's always his putative representatives that get their panties in a twist.

WHYIZZAT??? 😁

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Holytape's avatar

What a Republican conservative Christian is a hypocrite? As soon as he realizes this I am sure he'll die of shame. Of course he'll have to get a sense of shame in the first place. Also he'll have to be self-aware enough to be able to realize his hypocrisy. And considering he hasn't developed a sense of object permanence, we might have a way to go. But I am sure that as soon as Dan Patrick, gains object permanence, becomes self aware and gains a sense of shame, he will become potty trained. I meant embarrassed that he is a hypocrite, who shits in his pants.

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Joe King's avatar

"If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein."

--Justice Robert Jackson, WV State Board of Education v Barnette, 1943.

Dan Patrick needs to learn this. And if he publicly learns it and refuses to apologize for his actions, he needs to be questioned, on the record, as to why he wants to violate the Constitution.

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Troublesh00ter's avatar

WOOF! Excellent quote (cut-paste! 😁)

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Accidental Bertha's avatar

Can Patrick be recalled or forced to resign? Guys like him only get worse over time.

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Troublesh00ter's avatar

Keep in mind, this is TEXAS. They LIKE their religious bigots in Texas ... mostly.

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Pam Humphrey's avatar

That’s exactly what I planned to say. This is Texas. I remember my first day of school, when I was asked several times (by other 6-year-olds and a couple of teachers) what church I went to. I said Methodist and was met with shocked silence. Southern Baptists aren’t traditionally open minded. In Texas, right-wing conservative Christianity has been pounded into all our heads. It takes awhile to get it out. Some of us, like Dan Patrick, never do.

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Zorginipsoundsor's avatar

No.

Recall elections are exclusive to municipal governments in cities with a home-rule charter, which grants them the authority to establish their own governing rules, including provisions for recalls.

In home-rule cities, citizens can initiate a recall election by submitting a petition. This option applies to various elected officials, including mayors, city council members, and other municipal officers.

https://texapedia.info/recall-election/

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NOGODZ20's avatar

Quick OT

Happy 74th Birthday to former Queen bassist John Deacon and Happy 73rd Birthday to Star Trek's Jonathan Frakes

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Chris Titchmarsh's avatar

It is also William T Rikers' birthday. He is minus 310 today.

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Psittacus Ebrius's avatar

Freddie was a showman. He's sorely missed.

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Ethereal Fairy's avatar

What a set of pipes he had, that man could sing.

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Psittacus Ebrius's avatar

Agree completely. I would also add Roger Daltrey and Paul Rodgers. IMO.

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Morgan's avatar

Separation of Church and State…and not everyone is a fucking Christian

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Ethereal Fairy's avatar

And does not want to be!

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Morgan's avatar

🙌🏽🤙🏽🙌🏽

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Bonnie Boyce's avatar

Almost all religion is just performative art...rituals to be "seen by others." Jesus Christ had something to say about that. But then again, I'm not so sure that modern evangelicals actually know how to read, and the New Testament is not among their favorite texts.

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NOGODZ20's avatar

Especially the 4 gospels.

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Sean's avatar

christans are the reason christianity is on the decline.

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Ethereal Fairy's avatar

They have certainly turned me off on it.

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Holytape's avatar

JUSTICE THOMAS: We agree with the DEFENDANT Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in his orders to remove the godless from the state house because the constitution clearly states,.... Who am I kidding, Bro gave me a hundred dollar gift card to the Bass Pro shop.

JUSTICE ALITO: I concur, but also women who vote are witches and should be burnt at the stake for calling me not nice names.

Judge Brett: Dude, do you think I can shot gun this beer with my butt?

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Black Hole and DM mourner's avatar

Nothing from ofdrumpster ? Or is she too busy asking her own... husband how to vote on the next cases on the docket ?

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Troublesh00ter's avatar

She's too busy deciding which side of the fence to stand or ... or maybe just straddle the fence ... and WHOOP!

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Black Hole and DM mourner's avatar

No, that's oral bob II job.

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Troublesh00ter's avatar

I presume you're referring to our esteemed (or maybe just STEAMED!) Chief Justice. Considering recent history? Yeah, about right.

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Black Hole and DM mourner's avatar

You presume right.

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Randy's avatar

The true act of blasphemy here is Dan Patrick calling himself Christian.

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Troublesh00ter's avatar

These days, it depends on how one defines the word, "Christian." There seem to be more than a couple camps as it comes to that, and they agree on not bloody much.

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Randy's avatar

My pastor describes himself now as a "Jesus follower" to distinguish himself from those who call themselves Christians while vociferously opposing the actual teachings of Jesus.

I often come back to the Flannery O'Connor story, "Wise Blood." The protagonist, Hazel Motes, was raised in a household where his parents made him walk with sharp rocks in his shoes so that his every step would remind him of the pain and suffering of Jesus. Because the only Jesus he knew was associated with pain and suffering, he begins proclaiming the Church of God without Jesus, which he sees as liberating good news for all those who have been in pain.

Similarly, because "evangelicals" have been the loudest voices in the room, the only Jesus that many Americans know today is about self-righteously bashing LGBTQ people, spreading lies about immigrants, throwing people in torture gulags, treating women as second-class human beings, and worshipping earthly power. The label "Christian" has become so toxic that the faith needs a rebrand that involves something other than being associated with US "Christians."

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John Smith's avatar

All religions rot the mind! Makes people stupid and gullible!

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NOGODZ20's avatar

Your pastor sounds like David Graf. A Chritian commenter on this newsletter who thinks himself to be a follower of Jesus yet ignores what Jesus said to those who call themselves his followers,

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Ethereal Fairy's avatar

Defending the slaughter of Palestinians, by equating them to Hamas was the last straw for me. I sent him a link to Canadian article about how Bibi got kicked out of office for helping Qatar to fund Hamas. His reply was classic "I'm not a fan of Netanyahoo."

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NOGODZ20's avatar

He always tries to narrow it down to Nentanyahu and Hamas while ignoring the fact that the Palesinians have been treated abominably by Israel long before Bibi and those Hamas monsters ever existed.

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Lynn Veit's avatar

Dan Patrick is a prime example of a Christian. A petty, arrogant, and intolerant control freak. Blasphemy does not apply here. This is the performative piety of a wanna-be kkkrister dictator, a man who sees himself as a ruler, not a leader, and when he lays down the law with a crack of his metaphorical whip, you better stand/sit/kneel in supplication to him and his imaginary god --- or there will be consequences.

Today, it'll be throwing you out of the chamber. Tomorrow it will be arrest and detainment.

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Accidental Bertha's avatar

Well said!!

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Boreal's avatar

OT:

Patrick is filth, as are all republicans. I am "represented" by this worthless bint, who won't meet with her constituents, whose staff is rude, surly and contemptuous to any who want actual representation from their congress critter.

This worthless slag is upset that those she purports to represent are finally figuring out she's a sack of trash pretending to be human.

“You Sold Us Out!”: Elise Stefanik Drowned Out by Booing Crowd

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/sold-us-elise-stefanik-drowned-143520501.html

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Troublesh00ter's avatar

She FA'ed. Now she gets to FO. Her tough luck.

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Boreal's avatar

She hates this district and the constituents. She's a carpetbagger whose millionaire parents had a camp here, and by camp I mean Gilded Age style "cottage."

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Crowscage's avatar

You have a Representative In Name Only. A fucking RINO.

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Boreal's avatar

She’s nasty.

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