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Monday, February 8th, 2010- Last night’s silliest attempt to make political hay of the Super Bowl comes from The Nation’s Katrina vandenHeuvel.
- Up . . . and over.
- South Carolina passes vague statute requiring “subversives” to register with the government.
- Super Bowl Sunday-domestic violence link debunked.
- GOP deficit hawks get dovish when it comes to spending on their favorite projects.
- Two Supreme Court vacancies may be coming.
I’m surprised anyone at The Nation would even acknowledge that football exists.
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TBS, I, for one, am just glad that our NFL masters have condescended to give us a few months’ respite.
On Gov. Spending –
If it goes to your state/district, it’s not discretionary and is, in fact, vital spending; otherwise, it’s unnecessary government spending that should be eliminated.
Classic.
What if they had a register for subversives and EVERYONE signed up?
What if you believe in the principles of counter-economics (SEKIII’s agorism) and plan to IGNORE the government? Do you still have to register as per that SC law?
(and “conducting”?? I don’t quite get that one – unless they meant “to conduce to overthrow”)
SCOTUS justices leaving: Positive or negative?
People try to put us d-down (Talkin’ ’bout my generation)
Just because we get around (Talkin’ ’bout my generation)
Things they do look awful c-c-cold (Talkin’ ’bout my generation)
I hope I die before I get old (Talkin’ ’bout my generation)
SCOTUS justices leaving: Positive or negative?
For the immediate future it just means more strident dissenting opinions.
“every member of a subversive organization, or an organization subject to foreign control, every foreign agent and every person who advocates, teaches, advises or practices the duty, necessity or propriety of controlling, conducting, seizing or overthrowing the government of the United States … shall register with the Secretary of State.”
hmmmm…”EVERY PERSON WHO ADVOCATES, TEACHES, ADVISES ETC., OF CONTROLLING THE GOVERNMENT…”
Sounds suspiciously like the Democratic and Republican parties….register NOW please! EACH AND EVERYONE ONE OF YOU!!!!
If I lived in South Carolina I would seriously consider registering just to demonstrate the absurdity of the law. According to the article, “The law states that ‘fraternal’ and ‘patriotic’ groups are exempt from the law, but only if they don’t ‘contemplate the overthrow of the government.’” As such, one could simply organize a “patriotic” or “fraternal” historical society which discusses Jefferson’s statement that “when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object, evinces a design to reduce [the people] under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security,” and such an organization would have to be registered under this law.
Is it ironic that the subversive law comes from South Carolina?
“Largely” but not completely debunked Super Bowl Sunday-domestic violence link.
The second study cited in the post “found a tiny positive effect for a rise in domestic violence dispatches on or after Super Bowl Sunday.” That study had a larger set of data, but not in a peer-reviewed journal.
Dear S. Carolina, here’s my five bucks, Thanks, George.
Someone ought to forward that domestic violence article to Warren Sapp.
#11 – “a tiny positive effect for a rise” seems somewhat short of being statistically significant.
Hurray for Jeff Flake!
Aren’t the Who British?
The subversion law is just a catch-all for people they want to arrest for subversion before they fabricate all the proof. They do the same, on a federal scale, to foreign visitors. You have to declare you’re not coming to the US to commit terrorist acts, break any laws, etc. If you do, they’ll catch you first on violating your declaration, and only then decide what you have done.
the s. carolina law’s funny and all, but I bet people who register find themselves on all kinds of interesting databases long after this law falls by the wayside…
Two SCOTUS justices leaving . . .
Too bad they’ll be replaced with more “law and order” (i.e. authoritarian thuggish) justices like Sotomayor.
Hmm… Bush’s religious loonies or Obama’s badge lickers. . . shoot me now.
The poor up and over puppy probably suffers from a neurological disorder.
There are lots of Congressmen who are destroying the country, some even from SC. Be a good citizen and fill in a form for each. Don’t forget the $5. If you don’t have the FRNs, you can use other paper money.
The South Carolina article quotes someone referring to the law as ‘retarded.’ Will Sarah Palin call for him to resign as well?
Here is what happens when you “open fire” on a police dog.
Here’s the comic relief:
Yep, you know how cops are always seeking out the absolute irrefutable truth with unflinching dedication and total immunity to mythical influences such as “the thin blue line” and other completely unwarranted folk lore about how they cover each others asses no matter what.
And when everyone finally has their story straight, they will announce precisely what went down or at least make that more common claim that everyone acted according to strict police regulations.
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Re. the SC subversives law:
“…every person who advocates, teaches, advises or practices the duty, necessity or propriety of controlling … the government of the United States…”
*Everyone* who votes in government elections is attempting to control the government, and even worse, their neighbors. Some votistas even believe that voting is a moral duty.
“Would You Hurt Me If I Said No to Your Politics?”:
http://www.strike-the-root.com/node/25638
I hope I keep going hard when I get there, too.
That South Carolina law requiring subversives to register isn’t silly – it’s very dangerous. They don’t expect anyone’s actually going to register. But what this gives them is another huge threat to use against anyone arrested for political activities they don’t like. Say you’re a Marxist (or a libertarian!) handing out literature or writing a blog that denounces the government. This law would allow the police to threaten you with 10 years in jail for doing this because of your failure to register as a subversive.