Tuesday shorts

| November 12, 2024

OK, folks. Holiday’s over, those of you who glom onto freebies should be well stuffed – back to the grind.

In a big, and welcome, win, Judge Stephen McGlynn, a Federal District Court a lower court and declared the Illinois “assault weapons” ban unconstitutional.  He banned enforcement of the law as well, but allowed 30 days before the ban took effect.

“There is no happy consensus on guns, particularly those defined as ‘assault weapons.’ With malice toward none on either side of these debates, and with no desire to impose policy judgments by judicial fiat, this Court seeks to understand what exactly it means for a firearm to be ‘dangerous,’ ‘unusual,’ ‘bearable,’ ‘in common use,’ in ‘dual use,’ and/or a ‘military weapon,’” he wrote.  The Hill

It is expected that anti-gun Gov. Pritzker  will use the interim to file an appeal.

And in that bastion of civilization called Iraq, they are getting set to lower the age of consent. To 9.

The proposed legal change also deprives women of rights to divorce, child custody and inheritance.

Iraq’s parliament, which is dominated by a coalition of conservative Shia Muslim parties, is preparing to vote through an amendment that would overturn the country’s “personal status law”.

The legislation, also known as Law 188, was heralded as one of the most progressive in the Middle East when it was introduced in 1959 and provides an overarching set of rules governing the affairs of Iraqi families, regardless of their religious sect.

According to the article, the eventual goal is a conservative Shia ruling council to govern the affairs of the country, similar to Iran and Afghanistan.

Iraq already has high rates of child marriage. According to the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef), some 28 per cent of women in Iraq are married by 18.

This is because of a loophole in the personal status law which allows religious leaders, instead of the courts, to officiate thousands of marriages each year – including those involving girls as young as 15, with permission from the father.

These unregistered marriages are widespread in economically poor, ultra-conservative Shia communities in Iraq.

But because the nuptials are not recognised by law, the girls and any children they have are denied a plethora of rights.

For example, hospitals can refuse women admitted for childbirth without a marriage certificate.  The Telegraph

So 15 isn’t young enough, they have to go for 9? As a father of daughters, I know what my reaction to that is…

And a coupla quick election notes…the other Ukrainian Army LTC,  Yevgeny Vindmann (Alexander’s brother) won election to Congress in Virginia. Sigh…

Retired Army Lt. Col. Eugene Vindman, the twin brother of one of the main witnesses in Trump’s first impeachment who also helped blow the whistle on Trump, defeated Republican Derrick Anderson, a retired Green Beret, to win a House seat in Virginia in one of the most competitive races in the country. Military.com

Elsewhere, post-election:

Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., drew mockery on social media after news broke the college invited students to a “self-care suite” on Wednesday to recover from the stress of the 2024 presidential election.

Students at Georgetown’s McCourt School of Public Policy were reportedly offered treats like “milk and cookies” and “hot cocoa” as well as “Lego” toys and “Coloring and Mindfulness Exercises” to get their minds off the election results.

The Harvard Crimson reported that several professors in the Sociology, Math and General Education Departments at Harvard University canceled classes that day, made attendance optional or extended assignment deadlines.  Fox News

Leaders of tomorrow…snerk.

Category: "Your Tax Dollars At Work", 2024 Election, Guns, Iraq

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Jimbojszz

Good morning. But 9. Omg. Pervert society full of child molesters.

Odie

What next. Will those predominantly Muslim cities and towns right here in this country proclaim it to be legal here as well? Will they claim sharia law trumps our laws concerning age of consent? Will a father or mother be charged with a hate crime against a minority when they not so subtly defend their daughters? Their sons?

Will a judge have the stones to sentence perpetrators to a class called “A short study on the inner workings of mechanical mulch producing apparatus”?

That sounds better than feed him to the wood chipper. Those with sensitive feelings will be pleased.

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Jimbojszz

I would prefer something a bit more harsh a punishment. Like a day with Kamala. Then tossed to a herd of hungry pigs.

Odie

Tied to a fire ant hill inside a hog pen with a slathering of honey based BBQ sauce. Let the dogs and the pigs fight over who gets what. Live stream from several trail cam angles. Better if sound was available, at least for awhile.

Fyrfighter

I’d bet the answer is already yes to the first part of the Odie. I doubt they do much to follow our laws in those areas.

President Elect Toxic Deplorable Racist SAH Neande

Affected people need to learn and follow The Four Esses. Especially the last two, “Shovel” and “Shut Up” (no po-po involvement).
Just make the muzzies (and their sycophants)……..disappear. Hogs, worms, and buzzards gotta eat, too.

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2banana

Why age 9 you ask?

Mad Mo married a 6 year old and raped her at age 9.

Her name was Aisha.

Mad Mo had many wives and sex slaves.

Many were children.

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Fyrfighter

That’s how he rolled..

Tallywhagger

That is why they regale him as the prophet. He had special knowledge conferred only by Satan.

5JC

Looks like Green Beret ARNG Col Mike Waltz (not to be confused in any possible way with tampon Timmy) was a pickup for National Security Advisor. Excellent choice IMO. Multiple deployments to the box with medals for valor.

5JC

Here is a bio. On paper, His beautiful wife is probably more qualified for the job, but she is busy working for Desantis.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Waltz

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rgr1480

Anybody got a clearer image of his fruit salad? This is what I could find.

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5JC

Best I could grab.

5JC

I see a “V” and three oak leaf clusters but it is tough to make out. I might wonder about so few jumps, but it is ARNG. They are lucky if they get 2-3 a year.

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Fyrfighter

Truly sad that the people in that Virginia district are so indoctrinated as to elect a known traitor over a patriot. As Ron White says, “Ya can’t fix stupid”

USMC Steve

Was that district close to DC?

Tallywhagger

Northern Virginia is just a suburb of D.C.

CodeMonkey

Prince William County and Fredericksburg city elected that fool. Spotsylvania, Caroline, Orange, Stafford and King George counties voted overwhelmingly for Anderson.

KoB

When the term “…shall not be infringed…” was FIRST (snickers) published ALL weapons were considered military grade.

The Religion of Pieces…where men are perverts and goats are nervous.

The Vindman Boys should be tried for treason. Jus’ sayin’.

Oh FFS, grow up you effin’ crybabies.

Cue up Bob Seger…”Night Moves”…

Tallywhagger

What FM radio did to his voice is an immorality against humanity. If I never hear him again it will be just fine.

OTOH, he has a great voice and can play a guitar. Same with Jackson Browne. Ah hell, just about anything good from the 60s on was beaten to death by radio. Except for the blues. Never heard the blues on the radio.

Odie

If you have Sirius, BB King has a channel. If not, Diogenes Middle Finger web site has a Friday or Saturday blues drop. Only 1 artist, but it gets you down another worm hole to hear more of there stuff.

Tallywhagger

There is a contemporary fellow in the business known as Billy Strings. He can play anything in any style and his singing is pretty decent, too.

Odie

Will look him up.

Odie

Altered blues band is worth a mention as well.

KoB

Oh, I agree with FM Radio butchering everything from the 60’s (and 70’s), Tally. Hundreds of good tunes from dozens of groups and you’d hear the same 39 songs over and over and over and over and over… During my Road Warrior traveling days I kept a goodly supply of cassette tapes to back up the 18 pre-sets on the car radio. This was pre xm/sirius days. And even those “pay radio” channels have a 90 minute rotation of the same old same old. I never renew the prescription service once the “free trial” period is over when I purchased a new ride that offered it. Used to plan on the long haul return home trip til nighttime and could pull in the 100K watt clear channel AM stations to get a good Blues fix. Good Times! I guess most of those are all talk radio now.

I picked that particular Seger reference for the nod to Ms Thang ie…”She was a black haired beauty with big dark eyes…And points all her own, sittin’ way up high…Way up firm and high…”

Jimbojszz

Louis Armstrong. Jazz. When the St go marching in. What a wonderful world. Timeless master pieces. You can’t get that same sound as you did on vinyl. Digital just doesn’t cut it.

Veritas Omnia Vincit

Well, their great big book of mythological bullshit has a prominent figure who married a child…so they’re all just trying to keep the faith….

And liberal assholes in this country will call you Islamophobic for pointing out that this “religion” is nothing more than a horrific method of control. Keeping a population poor and ignorant is the best way to maintain control over the population and suppress a rebellion…after all if your eternal life relies on fucking your neighbor’s child neither your neighbor or you are going to argue because you’re too uneducated to understand that false promise of a joyful eternity is just that, false.

A lot harder to justify raping kids when you remove the mythology from the mix.

Amateur Historian

My reaction to the Iraqi news:

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Amateur Historian

Also:

SidneyBroadshead

At Harvard, the General Studies department arranges for students who graduated high school but didn’t pass certain College Course core classwork to take equivalent classes. This is so they can take college level courses.
It’s supposed to be for foreign students, but most are Legacy students who got grandfathered in.
They have General Studies on their IDs as their Majors until they finish all their high school equivalent credits. If they’re particularly ignorant, it may be more than a year.