Arkansas Secretary of State approves language for state abortion rights Constitutional Amendment

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Tuesday January 23, 2024 · 5:11 PM PST

2024/01/23 · 17:11

After multiple attempts, the group Arkansans for Limited Government has come up with language that passed muster with the R Secretary of State, allowing a proposed Constitutional Amendment that allows expanded abortion rights up until 18 weeks to start gathering signatures.

www.nwaonline.com/...

Currently, abortions are only allowed in Arkansas to save the life of the mother. The proposed amendment would add fatal fetal abnormalities, rape and incest.

In November of 2022, voters rejected an amendment that would have raised the percentage for Constitutional Amendments for passage to 60%. This echoes the situation in Ohio, where the initial attempt to increase the margin failed, allowing the Abortion Rights amendment to pass in the next election cycle.

Arkansas is far from a progressive state, but this can only be good news.

~90K signatures are required by July 5.

The website of the group putting forth the amendment is arliberty.org For those in state, there is an option to pledge to sign the petition. I encourage you to do so if it applies, and then follow up with a signature this spring and a vote this fall

The website reads more Libertarian than Progressive, but that might be what it takes in Arkansas.

In Northwest Arkansas, the Walton Art Center says no to drag

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Wednesday May 10, 2023 · 8:56 PM PDT

2023/05/10 · 20:56

Northwest Arkansas Equality has announced that the Walton Arts Center in downtown Fayetteville has denied them the ability to book the facility for NWA Pride in June for any event that would allow minors to attend Drag events, though their regular booking of touring shows that involve drag themes as part of the “Broadway Series”, including The Rocky Horror Picture show and Tootsie recently, and Hairspray in the upcoming season.

I am a regular attendee of such shows. I am deeply disappointed in the Walton Arts Center.

nwapride.org/...

March for Choice, June 24, 2023?

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Saturday November 12, 2022 · 9:26 AM PST

2022/11/12 · 09:26

Women’s March on Washington, Jan 21, 2017 credit:Wikipedia

For almost fifty years, the March for Life has showed up on the National Mall to demand the right to intrude upon the choice that a woman has over her own body. Every January 22, the anniversary of the Roe decision, they have gathered, sending flotillas of school busses loaded with Catholic student pawns, and gathering together a rag-tag army of forced birthers. It has been a focal point of their calendar, a chance to network and hobnob, a demonstration of their strength and determination.

This year, their annual pilgrimage bore the fruits they so fervently wished for, or at least the first fruits of a bitter harvest. I wonder what attendance will be this coming January, what with the changed environment.

But enough with the introductions. We ought to do the same. On June 24, 2023, the first anniversary of the Dobbs decision, we should likewise gather on the National Mall, showing our political strength and determination to fight for fundamental rights. Of course, the more important date where we expressed our might was November 8, but this would be a telegenic reminder that we are still working towards our goals. It could also become a focus of our calendar, but more importantly a tool towards our goal.

Political protest is better developed on our side. Let’s show it.

Josh Duggar sentenced to 151 months (12.5 years) in Federal Prison for Child Pornography

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Wednesday May 25, 2022 · 5:58 PM PDT

2022/05/25 · 17:58

Noted scum-bag and sister molester was sentenced to 151 months in Federal Prison after his conviction for Child Pornography. He was arrested April 29 of last year, and convicted on two counts on December 9. He has been in custody since that time. No word on whether he will get credit for time served.

Perhaps a new reality show is in order: 12 Years and Counting.

Of course the Republicans want you to believe that it is the Democrats who are the pedophiles.

www.nwahomepage.com/…

Josh Duggar arrested for Child Pornography

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Friday April 30, 2021 · 10:05 AM PDT

2021/04/30 · 10:05

Demonstrating that he has the morals necessary to be a Republican, particularly a Republican representative from Florida, Josh Duggar has been arrested for receiving and possessing materials depicting the sexual abuse of children.

Famous? for his role in 19 and Counting, and more famous for having allegations of abusing his sister and other girls of non legal age, he faces first court appearances in July.

www.nwaonline.com/...

Wow, my first time to the rec list, and I will be forever associated with this maggot.

Thanks, I guess.

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Friday June 05, 2020 · 9:43 AM PDT

2020/06/05 · 09:43

I am wondering if the President's military takeover of DC will have a long term unintended consequence. The District's inability to restrict Federal forces, be they Bureau of Prison riot forces, Customs and Border Patrol agents, or National Guardsmen from Tennessee is because of their status as a Federal District. Were they a state, their governor could object and at the very least the matter would be taken up by the court, perhaps not in time to have prevented "the stroll", but eventually some decision would be reached.

But they are a Federal District, so they have no autonomy over such things, nor Senators or Representatives in Congress. There are multiple other concerns, many connected with Congress's meddling in and chipping away at Home Rule issues. But the Executive Branch has taken actions this week that come perilously close to invasion.The nation as a whole has noticed.

If the November election turns out as I suspect it might, I predict that DC Statehood will become a front burner issue. In the past, the Republicans could, and did, object that Statehood was a naked power grab by the Democrats just to add two Blue seats to the Senate, and one to the House. And that is at least a fringe benefit of such a move. But now the issue can also be framed as one of "Federal troops running roughshod over a helpless American city." That slogan could be further massaged to, if not gather actual Republican support, at least show that a big chunk of their objection is strictly political/balance of power related.

Whether that might lead to further statehoods, for Puerto Rico and/or the Virgin Islands, and Guam/Samoa/Northern Mariana Islands is a separate, but related question. Your thoughts?

A true patriot hurries back to Congress to break an impasse

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Tuesday July 25, 2017 · 7:45 AM PDT

2017/07/25 · 07:45

It was a brutally hot July, and the Congressional delegation was deadlocked. One man could sway the vote, strike a blow for the American people. Though ravaged by cancer, this well respected soldier and politician came when summoned to make his voice heard. Well is he remembered and revered in his home state for the impact of his vote in Congress, as he should be.

Meanwhile, Senator McCain, having received health care from the Mayo Clinic, is flying back to Washington, DC, to vote in favor of the Motion to Proceed for a bill that will strip Health Insurance from twenty to thirty million Americans, so that the richest of the rich will see their taxes decreased.

Senator McCain, I have read of Caesar Rodney. I have met faculty and students of Caesar Rodney High School. I have seen Caesar Rodney portrayed in “1776”. Senator McCain, you are no Caesar Rodney.

Framing "birthright citizenship"

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Thursday August 20, 2015 · 2:44 PM PDT

2015/08/20 · 14:44

Just a short comment...
The big discussion of the past few days has been about birthright citizenship v. anchor babies. Even using the term birthright citizenship seems fraught with ...something or other. Then I realized why it was bothering me. Any other time you hear birthright, the next step in the argument is "entitled". As in entitled to a birthright (rather than having earned it "legitimately", whatever that means).

So let's try a new term on for size, Consitutional Citizenship. As in the immigrants came here based on the promises of the US Constitution, which all elected officials swear an oath to uphold.

Luke Russert wrong again

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Tuesday September 09, 2014 · 1:56 PM PDT

2014/09/09 · 13:56

In his lead-in to the current report on the Senate races, little Luke horribly mis-states the situation:

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Thursday January 03, 2013 · 9:56 AM PST

2013/01/03 · 09:56

Just heard this on MSNBC as they were overcommenting during the Speaker Voice Vote:

Louie Gohmert (R-Insanistan) voted for the recently booted Allen West for Speaker of the House.

Words fail.

Not that I endorse Wayne LaPierre's proposal...

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Friday December 21, 2012 · 12:37 PM PST

2012/12/21 · 12:37

But it would be fun to ask those who back it how to pay for it.
My answer, "Tax the sales of semi-automatic guns and ammunition clips holding more than twelve rounds."
Rough calculations below the chalk outline of the NRA's twisted logic, brought down by a masked gunman with an AR-15.

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Tuesday November 06, 2012 · 7:02 AM PST

2012/11/06 · 07:02

I live in northwest Arkansas, a red section of a red state (though there are occcasional pockets of blue). I have had the luxury of missing most of the campaignn ads save for what have come across the screen here. I spent several weeks traveling with a deep red friend from Texas, and all we could agree on was that we were each lucky that we did not live in Ohio or Florida so that we did not have to watch non-stop political ads. But last night...

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