Ding Dong the witch is dead!

Which old witch? The wicked witch!

Ding Dong the wicked witch is dead!

Don’t know your problem with Aravosis, but he’s definitely been a voice for this movement.

Through his blog and TV appearances, for two.

Yes, my mother died of that sucker bet “Happy Housewife.” A dozen years after she’d given up a good job to become a dependent wife and mother — and medicated with barbituates to keep her in her place — she begged my father to be allowed to go back to work. He refused that request, and not long after, she committed suicide.

But I also heard stories from women of that generation, with responsible work in Journalism, who were shunted into the “Happy Housewife” media.

One, who’d covered Aviation for Life magazine, was demoted to going on the road for a suitcase company doing demonstrations of how to pack a suitcase to those Happy Housewives.

Another, who’d worked for Esquire magazine was told that her position would be filled by a soldier coming home and the only opening would be in a new home decor section.

All well and good, I suppose. Don’t watch CNN, since they went Fox-Lite.

But does this mean MSNBC might divest themselves of Joe Scarsborough?

One can live in hope.

One of the boys in the self-proclaimed “Team Rape” is the son of the local prosecutor.

Oh, that should go well.

My gaydar is going ping! ping! ping!

Perhaps Colorado and Washington will have to sue the bastards:

Oakland Sues Federal Prosecutors Over Medical Marijuana Crackdown

“The city of Oakland became the first known jurisdiction yesterday to sue the federal government over its attempts to shut down medical marijuana dispensaries, escalating the local-federal battle over criminalization of the drug.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/10/11/993261/oakland-sues-federal-prosecutors-over-medical-marijuana-crackdown/

I spoke too soon, as usual, Obama is dealing in weasel words:

Obama’s Pot Comments Leave Door Open For Crackdown

“remarks he made to ABC’s Barbara Walters on the topic left most of the biggest issues unresolved, leaving pro-legalization advocates concerned that the potential remains for a federal crackdown in Colorado and Washington, whose residents voted to end pot prohibition in November.

The biggest news is that Obama ruled out a widespread campaign against individual users. According to a report in the New York Times, the administration was at least considering bringing forward prosecutions against small-time smokers as a stern reminder that federal drug laws remain in full effect, so this provides some clarity in that regard.

…But the federal government doesn’t traditionally have the resources or mandate to go after minor drug offenses anyway, so it’s unclear how significant an olive branch Obama offered.

The bigger outstanding concern for legalization proponents is whether growers and distributors of pot who can now operate legally in Colorado and Washington will be targeted by federal law enforcement. There are also concerns that state officials tasked with regulating and taxing sales of the drug could face federal prosecution.”
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/12/obamas-pot-comments-leave-door-open-for-crackdown.php

It’s a lie, but at least an improvement on the rumors that the Feds would hamfistedly continue their “War on Drugs” in Colorado and Washington, despite the will of the people in those states.

(Wonder if this is an indication that the White House will curb the feds from acting like junior G-Men in the states where medical marijuana is legal?

They’ve been harassing, so far, in Cali.)

As for Talking Stick, I believe that over on Pandagon, the “Stick Rule” for when to ban a troll was named for, and created to use, on this Stick.

Oops, silly me. As usual Digby nails the reasoning behind the right tards:

“In case you were wondering who are the biggest jackasses in the Senate, here’s a handy list:

Alexander (R-TN)
Blunt (R-MO)
Boozman (R-AR)
Burr (R-NC)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coats (R-IN)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
Enzi (R-WY) Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hatch (R-UT)
Heller (R-NV)
Hoeven (R-ND)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Johanns (R-NE)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lee (R-UT)
McConnell (R-KY) Moran (R-KS)
Paul (R-KY)
Portman (R-OH)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Rubio (R-FL)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Thune (R-SD)
Toomey (R-PA)
Vitter (R-LA)
Wicker (R-MS)

They all voted against the UN Convention on Persons with Disabilities. And it came up three short because of it.

Why? Well, I’m guessing it’s mostly because they are empty, soulless people who care nothing for those who are vulnerable and relish the opportunity to punish sick and disabled people whenever possible. But the ostensible reason was because the treaty calls for access to reproductive health for disabled people and this lunatic fringe equates “reproductive health” with abortion. (That’s what kooky Ricky was going on about yesterday.)
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2012/12/these-zealots-can-find-controversy.html

I doubt that either of these two actually “think” their conspiracy theories are real: but they need to spin ever new conspiracies with which to feed their audience of bigots and know-nothings.

Their daily bread depends on it.

I can only pray that the fundies all vote for their candidate Jeebus.

It’s who they want in office, first and foremost.

Mitt’s the anti-christ, folks!

Vote Jeebus, he’s your man/God.

Nice God the Republicans have there.

You go, girl!

Less than a 5% jump? Oh you pussies who have insurance through employment don’t know what pain is really like.

Like when my individual health insurance policy jumped from nearly $800 a month to nearly a $1000 a month.

That’s like a 25% jump in one year!

For just little ole me, who had been having health issues, of course. A policy which already didn’t cover $500 a month for the only treatment that worked.

So I rolled the dice, dropped the health insurance and ran through my savings to save my health.

Now I’m poor enough to qualify for the new Obamacare low-cost clinic care plan in my county, which is a damn sight better than what I got from $800 a month private “health insurance.”

Translation: “We lost the last bigotry dogwhistle pile-on, nothing to see here, move on.”

“But hey, we’ve still got this bigotry dogwhistle pile-on to entertain and bring out our rubes to the voting booths.”

Yeah, and Gore probably won Florida, too.

Not likely the Republicans are going to forgo cheating this round, either.