A few years ago, I was using the bathroom in a restaurant just outside of Boston. A person came into the next stall with their feet facing the bowl. Whatever, I thought. Then, said person proceeded to vomit. Copiously.
And, in that moment, I so wished that the person had simply been someone taking a leak.
I'm not sure that even the most committed and earnest ally can fully understand what it is to have people react to you with horror and/or aggression when you are just trying to exist in the world as the person you are. Just trying to exist, then being tired or distracted and forgetting to performatively "be" a specific gender until you walk through a door and someone recoils in shock. Or loudly tells you and everyone else that you're in the wrong room while you're just trying to get in, get out, get on with things. It's beyond exhausting.
“ they jam the contents of a different bill into a bill that’s already cleared procedural hurdles and public scrutiny, in order to bypass all that for the new legislation they’re shoehorning in.”
The fuck? How is that even a thing it is possible to do? The only use for such a thing is to enable actual *vomits in mouth* waste fraud and abuse.
I feel like it's not going to be much longer before Republicans start trying to pass bills requiring color-coded triangular badges to be worn by certain groups of people. So they can be sure everyone's using the right toilet, among other things.
It would be nice if these idiots had some ideas that were actually beneficial to their constituents for a change.
"Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, an acolyte of Martin Luther King Jr., has died at 84. Jackson disclosed in 2017 that he had Parkinson’s disease.
Jackson made two bids for the White House, Patrick Oster reports. After winning 18% of Democratic primary votes in 1984, he captured 29% in 1988 and won 13 primaries and caucuses to finish behind only Michael Dukakis, then the governor of Massachusetts.
“My constituency is the desperate, the damned, the disinherited, the disrespected and the despised,” he said in a 1984 address." (Bloomberg)
They can't. Well, what I mean is ... the trademark can't be granted to a historical figure like Lincoln or Washington or Reagan. What dipshits do they have for attorneys?
I also was ranting this morning about frivolous litigation. This kind of shit shouldn't even be entertained in a US court and the filer should be fined. Tort reform!
I would like to congratulate Kansas, because lawmakers spending time on who uses which bathrooms must mean that they have already solved every other problem in the state. We should all move to this utopia, immediately.
From everything I’ve seen, MAGA nation has had no problem adopting the mantra of “Better a thousand children be raped by Trump, than allow one trans person to use their preferred bathroom.”
The response to this and all such bullshit is this: Sexual assault is already illegal. Indecent exposure is already illegal. Peeping is already illegal.
If only there was some way to see naked women without breaking trespassing and sexual assault laws oh right the internet exists.
The hypothetical someone who’s looking to sexual assault another person in the ladies room isn’t going to say “SHOOT. I’m only legally allowed to use the men’s room in the state of Kansas! I guess I’ll have to go home and read the Bible instead! I’ll get you next time gadget !!!! Next timmmeeeeeeeeeeee (mad cat screeches)”
I really wish I could back in time to find out the exact moment when being a total fucking sociopath went from merely being a desired quality to be a member of the GOP, to being absolutely mandatory.
A few years ago, I was using the bathroom in a restaurant just outside of Boston. A person came into the next stall with their feet facing the bowl. Whatever, I thought. Then, said person proceeded to vomit. Copiously.
And, in that moment, I so wished that the person had simply been someone taking a leak.
I'm not sure that even the most committed and earnest ally can fully understand what it is to have people react to you with horror and/or aggression when you are just trying to exist in the world as the person you are. Just trying to exist, then being tired or distracted and forgetting to performatively "be" a specific gender until you walk through a door and someone recoils in shock. Or loudly tells you and everyone else that you're in the wrong room while you're just trying to get in, get out, get on with things. It's beyond exhausting.
Idaho Legislature sucks
MAGA / GOP to rebrand as PEE-PEE POO-POO WEE-WEE PARTY! "Come and Have a Look!™"
“ they jam the contents of a different bill into a bill that’s already cleared procedural hurdles and public scrutiny, in order to bypass all that for the new legislation they’re shoehorning in.”
The fuck? How is that even a thing it is possible to do? The only use for such a thing is to enable actual *vomits in mouth* waste fraud and abuse.
Point taken, but can’t a nine-year old use the bathroom without being accompanied by a parent? She should have said four-year old.
Bills like these make a lot more sense if you just assume that all Republicans want to traffic and/or molest kids.
I feel like it's not going to be much longer before Republicans start trying to pass bills requiring color-coded triangular badges to be worn by certain groups of people. So they can be sure everyone's using the right toilet, among other things.
It would be nice if these idiots had some ideas that were actually beneficial to their constituents for a change.
Or original.
A great man has left us. 😢
"Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, an acolyte of Martin Luther King Jr., has died at 84. Jackson disclosed in 2017 that he had Parkinson’s disease.
Jackson made two bids for the White House, Patrick Oster reports. After winning 18% of Democratic primary votes in 1984, he captured 29% in 1988 and won 13 primaries and caucuses to finish behind only Michael Dukakis, then the governor of Massachusetts.
“My constituency is the desperate, the damned, the disinherited, the disrespected and the despised,” he said in a 1984 address." (Bloomberg)
I thought there'd be a post about him by now.
I scrolled down in the Tabs and found several mentions of him. I posted another piece on him in another essay this morning. Lest we forget...
Sorry for the O/T: Trump family business files for trademark rights on any airports using the president's name https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-family-business-files-for-trademark-rights-on-any-airports-using-the-president-s-name/ar-AA1WwO69?cvpid=d426c67e5f064c80cd7fa108b039e2a9
They can't. Well, what I mean is ... the trademark can't be granted to a historical figure like Lincoln or Washington or Reagan. What dipshits do they have for attorneys?
I also was ranting this morning about frivolous litigation. This kind of shit shouldn't even be entertained in a US court and the filer should be fined. Tort reform!
Always Be Grifting.
So Dumb and Dumber get richer so they can blow all munnies within a couple of years.
I am not at all inclined to spend $$$ on anything bearing THAT trademark.
I saw an Olympic meme about two man luge being called Seated Rivalry.
No, the true homoerotic sport is MMA. And don’t forget the quarterback bending over the center to take the snap.
I would like to congratulate Kansas, because lawmakers spending time on who uses which bathrooms must mean that they have already solved every other problem in the state. We should all move to this utopia, immediately.
And clearly, such a freedom-loving place is undeniably an anti-vax heaven, a veritable Xanadu to which all anti-vaxxers should move forthwith.
Idaho has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the Country...
The whole Trump Epstein scandal should put a nail in the coffin of the trans-panic.
It would if we were living in normal times.
You’re far more optimistic than I am.
From everything I’ve seen, MAGA nation has had no problem adopting the mantra of “Better a thousand children be raped by Trump, than allow one trans person to use their preferred bathroom.”
Trump would be forced to resign in normal times. These are Rape Epoch days.
The response to this and all such bullshit is this: Sexual assault is already illegal. Indecent exposure is already illegal. Peeping is already illegal.
Reactive redundance is a Rethuglicon reflex.
If only there was some way to see naked women without breaking trespassing and sexual assault laws oh right the internet exists.
The hypothetical someone who’s looking to sexual assault another person in the ladies room isn’t going to say “SHOOT. I’m only legally allowed to use the men’s room in the state of Kansas! I guess I’ll have to go home and read the Bible instead! I’ll get you next time gadget !!!! Next timmmeeeeeeeeeeee (mad cat screeches)”
"Top DHS propagandist Tricia McLaughlin to leave Trump administration"
"My husband got a $220 million advertising contract with the Department. My work is done here."
That's just good retirement planning right there.
So more transphobic word salad.
I really wish I could back in time to find out the exact moment when being a total fucking sociopath went from merely being a desired quality to be a member of the GOP, to being absolutely mandatory.
Citizens United
McKinley