5605

I guess refocusing human rights on property makes a sort of sense because, as we all know, corporations are people, my friend.

5606

That, plus the obvious other people / property connection. My human rights include the right to my human property.

5607

Yeah, but I have my fingers crossed that reviving literal chattel slavery is a bridge too far even for the party of Trump.

5608

Let’s see. “The rioters pulling down statues thus see nothing wrong with desecrating monuments to those who fought for unalienable rights – from our founding to the present day,” - so the Confederate generals were fighting for property rights, eh Mike?

But wait: “No one can enjoy ‘the pursuit of happiness’ if you can’t own the fruits of your labor!” So he’s also a communist? Unless… you don’t suppose maybe he meant to say “the fruits of other people’s labor”? In conservative businessman world it is the besieged factory owner who is doing all the hard work, and being denied that fruit by the evil government.

5609

Probably he really meant to say ‘the fruits of your capital.’

5610

human capital stock, I believe is the preferred nomenclature.

5611

I’d dearly love to see this amoral POS go down, but unfortunately he’s in one of the reddest seats in the country.

5612

What a cowardly, worthless, weak, lackey. He reportedly warned DJT not to commute him, because he thought it’d be damaging, now, publicly, he’s lockstep, as always. Fuck him.

5613

That man is sullying the good name of ‘McCarthy’ in American politics. (Sorry, Eugene)

5614

It’s a sign of the times
It’s a sign of the times

Meet me at the book burning

5615

Loyal to the Bank of America.

5616

Kemp is actually asking a court for a gag order on Bottoms

5617

That quite literally violates the 1st Amendment. What disgusting troll Kemp is.

5618

It’s terrible, but it’s not suppression of speech. He’s blocking her from speaking as mayor within the function of her office, not from speaking as a private citizen. He’s arguing that within her role as mayor she lacks the authority to countermand or alter the governor’s orders.

5619

Kemp is obviously terrified of her.

5620

She doesn’t report to him. She is an elected official not an appointed one, so I don’t see how he can muzzle her even in the context of government.

5621

For those like myself who can’t keep track of every scummy Republican’s shenanigans, Brian Kemp is the one who basically stole the election for the governorship… from a black woman. Man, he really does not like black women.

5622

If Kemp can get a gag order against Bottoms for saying things that are untrue (which is quite debatable), then someone can get one against Trump for the same thing.

5623

This is from June 23.

conservative economist Stephen Moore sent out an email blast claiming that the surge in coronavirus in the South and West – where GOP governors have rushed to reopen the economy – is a “myth,” and that “blue states have not only failed to keep their citizens safe, they’ve ruined their economies as well.”

Moore has a daily newsletter, “Unleash Prosperity,” that, like those of Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, gives Republicans their talking points for the day. In yesterday’s newsletter he unloaded on blue states for their pandemic lockdowns, and heralded red states for not doing the same. Both Moore and ALEC have actively campaigned against state coronavirus lockdowns and lobbied for a rapid reopening of the economy.

In his newsletter, Moore dismissed increases in coronavirus cases by arguing, like Trump and Mike Pence, that it’s because more people are getting tested and that “very few of the newly captured cases are likely to become seriously ill or die.”

5624

Screw these monsters who only care about money. If he really thinks the virus isn’t a problem, why do employers need immunity from lawsuits?

These people are horrible. Roll out the guillotines.