The nation’s most restrictive abortion law remains in place for now, after a federal appeals court on Thursday sided with the state of Texas.
In a 2-to-1 order, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit refused the Justice Department’s request to reinstate an earlier court ruling that temporarily lifted the ban, which bars abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy and makes no exceptions for rape or incest.
The four-sentence order, which is expected to be appealed the Supreme Court, was backed by Judges James C. Ho, a nominee of President Donald Trump, and Catharina Haynes, a nominee of President George W. Bush. It did not detail the court’s reasoning, but noted the dissent of Judge Carl E. Stewart, a nominee of President Bill Clinton.
The order follows a temporary decision last week by the same panel of judges to reinstate the ban, less than 48 hours after it was suspended by the lower-court judge. The decision was based on previous rulings in a separate challenge, which said that because the ban is enforced by private individuals, and not government officials, it is not clear when and how the law can be challenged in federal court.
Hmmmm. If Orange Adolf has taking the virus seriously (it’s not the flu, folks) and pushed the vaccine when it was available, we might be fully-staffed, up and running by now.
As it stands, with back-ups at the ports, let’s take this season to enjoy something other than stuff. All of those calling themselves Christian (but they’re not) over at Faux Noise should be on board, Jesus being the reason for the season.
I’m taking this year’s holiday breaks (Thanksgiving and Christmas), to purge and pack. Just did that with our dad’s place and now I want mine to look like a sparsely-appointed hotel room.
BiD, hopefully, work of local artists & craftsmen plus individual home made presents will once again be what’s in for gift giving.Â
by products of buy local good: saves energy, protects environment and no disappointment depending on ports or post office slow downs and back-ups.Â
BiD, you and Mrs. P. Of course she wants it to start mostly with the basement and garage, which is full of mostly my stuff. As the dutiful husband – and agreeing we’ve accumulated too much crap in the 18 years we’ve been in this house – I have started the process albeit not at the speed she’d prefer.Â
I saw that 5th Circuit decision and was not at all surprised. Neither was I surprised by the lack of reasoning in the opinion. Lazy judging at its best. Of course it will be scheduled for oral argument and a ruling will issue but that won’t matter coming from the 5th circuit.
“The GOP is losing its hold on suburbs of Dallas and Fort Worth as they grow more diverse. Two proposed districts show how far the party is reaching to entrench rural, white electoral power.“
“They looked south and saw a swath of rural, mostly white counties. To connect them, they extended a bizarre finger northward into Dallas County, picked off the Democratic-leaning areas and melded them into a different district — TX-6 .“
“In a bid to shore up TX-6, giving it a hypothetical 20-point margin of victory for Trump, the Republicans’ proposal to revamp the district significantly stretches its footprint — including six more counties to the south and east.”
If you’ve gotta cheat to win, you’re a bunch of losers.
[…]The former president’s threat drew winces among GOP operatives and U.S. senators gathered for a donor retreat for the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) in Palm Beach, Fla., this week. Many still blame Trump for the loss of two U.S. Senate seats in Georgia in runoff elections early this year, saying his false claims of fraudulent ballots kept people from coming to the polls.
“It gives everyone cold sweats over the Georgia situation and the prospect he could have some impact again,” said one top party strategist, who like others interviewed for this report, spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations.[…]
So long as they serve him he owns them. Â Winces my ass. Maybe hold your little gatherings somewhere else would be a start to a wince free post dumbass party.
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If tRUMPsky tells Republican voters to stay home, all the gerrymandering in the world won’t help them.Â
pogo & BiD. somewhere in the piles of old stuff you’re purging could be superfluous or unused gifts from christmases past which would make fine new presents this year. imaginative recycling takes many forms.
Yeah… Â and imagine all the poor little children who will have to hear for the first time in their lives…. Â no, you can’t have that for Xmas. Â Oh… the horror… Â the heartbreak… of finding out that Christmas isn’t just about getting the latest, greatest stuff.
patd, maybe so, but we don’t really exchange gifts with family at Christmas and lord knows LP doesn’t want our crap. What we do is wrap them in paper or something to keep them from breaking and donate them to the Habitat for Humanity home store. Most of it is glassware and ceramic stuff Mrs. P has accumulated over the years and I don’t think the urchins’ eyes in East Bumfuck would light up at a cheap glass punch bowl and cup set.
Thousands of open jobs at Colorado resorts remain unfilled as ski season nears
ironically, “The Grinch” is about celebrating families and friends, not material things, but of course Laura Ingrahahaham misses the point, as her heart is three sizes too small (and her brain likely much smaller than that)
Oh, and the Grinch redistributes all of his ill-gotten gains at the end, let’s see Republicans do that
The $5 trillion insurance industry faces a reckoning. Blame climate change.
Insurers are getting rocked by climate disasters.Â
They’re also shaping how we prepare for the next one.
In the first half of 2021, disasters inflicted a staggering $42 billion in losses covered by insurance, a 10-year high. Then in September, Hurricane Ida cut a path of destruction through the Gulf Coast and flooded neighborhoods from Louisiana to New Jersey, causing between $31 billion and $44 billion in insured losses. Ida now ranks among the top five costliest storms in US history.
Oh please. @FoxNews is trying to turn supposed artificial tree shortage into Biden canceling Christmas, falling into tree manufacturers' cynical trap to buy now before prices go higher, and urging trees for multiple rooms. Nuts! @johnrobertsFox@IngrahamAnglepic.twitter.com/3Hf1PKpDoc
They can’t cut real trees down fast enough, around me- it’s like friggin’ Isengard
meidas touch on who the real grinch is
You’re a mean one, Mr. Mitch. Your evil is unreal. ‘Cause Americans are dying and you wouldn’t take the deal. Mr. Mitch!
even though this was done in 2020, it’s still applicable to what’s going on now and how mitch continues to grinch up the works
i’ll once again recommend BBC World Service radio- the rest of the world is trying to solve real problems, Americans are arguing about stupid bullshit like xmas decorations and abortion
“Let’s argue about Congressional procedure we can’t change and established medical science we don’t understand!”
*world burns down*
I’m good at living in small cubes.
—Willie Nelson
Maggie’s Farm……that was the one what got him and Bloomer boooed up in Newport all those centuries ago.Â
I don’t wanna be no damn folk singer…..I’ve had it with that folk singer crap. I just wanna be in a freakin BAND.
Wait, is the artificial tree shortage artificial?
All of our dad’s vinyl is now at my brother’s place, squirreled away with his guitars and other stringed things. I found the “First Family” comedy album. The Beatles “Revolver,” and lots of Kenny Rankin. I heard Kenny Rankin’s version of “Blackbird” before I knew it was a Beatles song. It never sounds right when I hear the Beatles’ original. I donated most of my vinyl about a decade ago. Silly.
“Coal prices are at record highs in the country as supplies struggle to keep pace with demand from power stations.”
“…data shows that the rising costs of raw materials are cutting aggressively into Chinese company profits, a problem that could force them to slow production or even shed workers. Some factories have reduced shifts because of power rationing.“
“The Clean Electricity Performance Program, the cornerstone climate policy in Democrats’ massive social safety net package, will likely be dropped from the final budget deal after pushback from Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia…”
“Democrats had designed the program to give utilities federal grants to increase their share of electricity from clean sources and penalize those who fail to up their clean electricity. Manchin has been critical of the concept from the beginning, saying it would pay utilities to do something they’re already doing — transition away from fossil fuels.”
hard to be “un” if not “hinged” to begin with
next stop scotus
5th Circuit keeps Texas abortion ban in place – The Washington Post
https://thehill.com/homenews/news/576882-bill-clinton-hospitalized-with-sepsis
Hmmmm. If Orange Adolf has taking the virus seriously (it’s not the flu, folks) and pushed the vaccine when it was available, we might be fully-staffed, up and running by now.
As it stands, with back-ups at the ports, let’s take this season to enjoy something other than stuff. All of those calling themselves Christian (but they’re not) over at Faux Noise should be on board, Jesus being the reason for the season.
I’m taking this year’s holiday breaks (Thanksgiving and Christmas), to purge and pack. Just did that with our dad’s place and now I want mine to look like a sparsely-appointed hotel room.
BiD, hopefully, work of local artists & craftsmen plus individual home made presents will once again be what’s in for gift giving.Â
by products of buy local good: saves energy, protects environment and no disappointment depending on ports or post office slow downs and back-ups.Â
BiD, you and Mrs. P. Of course she wants it to start mostly with the basement and garage, which is full of mostly my stuff. As the dutiful husband – and agreeing we’ve accumulated too much crap in the 18 years we’ve been in this house – I have started the process albeit not at the speed she’d prefer.Â
I saw that 5th Circuit decision and was not at all surprised. Neither was I surprised by the lack of reasoning in the opinion. Lazy judging at its best. Of course it will be scheduled for oral argument and a ruling will issue but that won’t matter coming from the 5th circuit.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/10/15/texas-redistricting-dallas-fort-worth/
“The GOP is losing its hold on suburbs of Dallas and Fort Worth as they grow more diverse. Two proposed districts show how far the party is reaching to entrench rural, white electoral power.“
“They looked south and saw a swath of rural, mostly white counties. To connect them, they extended a bizarre finger northward into Dallas County, picked off the Democratic-leaning areas and melded them into a different district — TX-6 .“
“In a bid to shore up TX-6, giving it a hypothetical 20-point margin of victory for Trump, the Republicans’ proposal to revamp the district significantly stretches its footprint — including six more counties to the south and east.”
If you’ve gotta cheat to win, you’re a bunch of losers.
From WaPo:
So long as they serve him he owns them. Â Winces my ass. Maybe hold your little gatherings somewhere else would be a start to a wince free post dumbass party.
If tRUMPsky tells Republican voters to stay home, all the gerrymandering in the world won’t help them.Â
pogo & BiD. somewhere in the piles of old stuff you’re purging could be superfluous or unused gifts from christmases past which would make fine new presents this year. imaginative recycling takes many forms.
Yeah… Â and imagine all the poor little children who will have to hear for the first time in their lives…. Â no, you can’t have that for Xmas. Â Oh… the horror… Â the heartbreak… of finding out that Christmas isn’t just about getting the latest, greatest stuff.
patd, maybe so, but we don’t really exchange gifts with family at Christmas and lord knows LP doesn’t want our crap. What we do is wrap them in paper or something to keep them from breaking and donate them to the Habitat for Humanity home store. Most of it is glassware and ceramic stuff Mrs. P has accumulated over the years and I don’t think the urchins’ eyes in East Bumfuck would light up at a cheap glass punch bowl and cup set.
Thousands of open jobs at Colorado resorts remain unfilled as ski season nears
https://news.google.com/foryou?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen
Que “Maggies Farm”
for the readers in this group…
ironically, “The Grinch” is about celebrating families and friends, not material things, but of course Laura Ingrahahaham misses the point, as her heart is three sizes too small (and her brain likely much smaller than that)
Oh, and the Grinch redistributes all of his ill-gotten gains at the end, let’s see Republicans do that
“artificial tree shortage”
What are 3 words that describe American culture?
They can’t cut real trees down fast enough, around me- it’s like friggin’ Isengard
meidas touch on who the real grinch is
You’re a mean one, Mr. Mitch. Your evil is unreal. ‘Cause Americans are dying and you wouldn’t take the deal. Mr. Mitch!
even though this was done in 2020, it’s still applicable to what’s going on now and how mitch continues to grinch up the works
i’ll once again recommend BBC World Service radio- the rest of the world is trying to solve real problems, Americans are arguing about stupid bullshit like xmas decorations and abortion
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_world_service
“Let’s argue about Congressional procedure we can’t change and established medical science we don’t understand!”
*world burns down*
I’m good at living in small cubes.
—Willie Nelson
Maggie’s Farm……that was the one what got him and Bloomer boooed up in Newport all those centuries ago.Â
I don’t wanna be no damn folk singer…..I’ve had it with that folk singer crap. I just wanna be in a freakin BAND.
Wait, is the artificial tree shortage artificial?
All of our dad’s vinyl is now at my brother’s place, squirreled away with his guitars and other stringed things. I found the “First Family” comedy album. The Beatles “Revolver,” and lots of Kenny Rankin. I heard Kenny Rankin’s version of “Blackbird” before I knew it was a Beatles song. It never sounds right when I hear the Beatles’ original. I donated most of my vinyl about a decade ago. Silly.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/14/economy/china-inflation-gdp-supply-chains-intl-hnk/index.html
“Coal prices are at record highs in the country as supplies struggle to keep pace with demand from power stations.”
“…data shows that the rising costs of raw materials are cutting aggressively into Chinese company profits, a problem that could force them to slow production or even shed workers. Some factories have reduced shifts because of power rationing.“
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/15/politics/clean-electricity-program-cut-budget-bill-climate/index.html
“The Clean Electricity Performance Program, the cornerstone climate policy in Democrats’ massive social safety net package, will likely be dropped from the final budget deal after pushback from Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia…”
“Democrats had designed the program to give utilities federal grants to increase their share of electricity from clean sources and penalize those who fail to up their clean electricity. Manchin has been critical of the concept from the beginning, saying it would pay utilities to do something they’re already doing — transition away from fossil fuels.”
BS and FU Joe Manchin
“Blackbird” Kenny Rankin