Trump Names New Labor Choice, Will Introduce New Immigration Order, Complains About Accessibility of Illegal Drugs: P.M. Links

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  President Donald Trump named R. Alexander Acosta, a former law school dean and an assistant attorney general under President George W. Bush, to replace Andrew Puzder as his choice to head the Department of Labor.

• Trump also in a wide-ranging press conference both complained that coverage of contacts between his administration and Russia were fake news while at the same time promising to investigate the leaks that caused it. He said he would be introducing a new immigration executive order to apparently replace and narrow down the one federal courts have blocked.
• While the media may obsess over how Trump treats them (and over Trump's own obsession with his numbers), maybe pay more attention to Trump complaining that "drugs are becoming cheaper than candy bars." No, this isn't an acknowledgment that protectionist trade policies and sugar subsidies are driving up the price of snacks. Trump believes that America is a "drug-infested nation" and that the low prices are a problem, rather than perhaps a reason why violent crime trends had been heading downward.
• South Carolina Rep. Mick Mulvaney has been confirmed to lead the Office of Management and Budget. Sen. John McCain voted no because Mulvaney wasn't as willing to throw as much money at the military as McCain would.
• Neil Gorsuch's Senate hearings for Supreme Court consideration will begin March 20.
• Washington State's Supreme Court ruled unanimously that a florist could not refuse to provide her services and floral arrangements for a gay couple's wedding. They rejected her argument that her religious freedom was being infringed upon and rejected the argument that her floral arrangements count as protected artistic expression.

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[Fist of Etiquette]

Trump also in a wide-ranging press conference both complained that coverage of contacts between his administration and Russia were fake news while at the same time promising to investigate the leaks that caused

Tremendous press conference. Tremendous. Better than the press deserved, actually. Believe me.

[Rufus The Monocled]

Hello.

[jack sprat]

Hiya

[(??o?)?? S?X?_|_]

For anyone interested, especially those who are considering stepping away from the Reason comments, whether temporarily or permanently, I co-admin a private email group strictly for the Reason commentariat. We've currently got about three dozen active members. It's Tulpa-free (with verification) and anonymous (unless you wish to voluntarily self-identify). For an invitation, email me with your handle, and we'll get you verified and added to the group.

We'll post this on the AM and PM links every day this week to give everyone a chance to see it.

[Bacon-Magic <3 Hayek]

^This.

[Playa Manhattan.]

I hear that glibertarians.com is pretty cool too.

And 100% Dalmia-free.

[(??o?)?? S?X?_|_]

To quote Bacon, ^This.

[commodious rebrands]

^This.

[BigT]

vThat

[Fatty Bolger]

I like a little bit of each.

[commodious rebrands]

You can throw with us.

[C. Anacreon]

A little bit me, a little bit you.

[Playa Manhattan.]

I'm proud to announce that Jesse got his first hate mail for his Calexit article.

[Bacon-Magic <3 Hayek]

Is he sending a link to 55 gallon drums of lube to the emailer?

[grrizzly]

BTW, a great article.

[jesse.in.mb]

Thank you.

[jesse.in.mb]

"article" I did get called a reporter by a party official, so that was fun.

[(??o?)?? S?X?_|_]

Oooooooh I hope you post it in its entirety (if you haven't already; I've been rather busy today and haven't checked) for our reading pleasure.

[jesse.in.mb]

I dunno what (if) there's a policy on it. The email was technically to the site admin not to me.

[Zunalter]

Love that tortilla as well.

[jesse.in.mb]

It's a crepe! This has been part of HyR lore for years (reasonable pulls gravatar images in if you have an email-linked handle).

[Zunalter]

Bah! pardon my incivility for not recognizing your crepe!!

[jesse.in.mb]

It's cool. Someone thought it was an owl at one point, so tortilla is at least in the round flat carb universe.

[NOT a Naked Intruder]

Someone thought it was an owl at one point

"Honey?! This tortilla tastes funny..."

[ant1sthenes]

TBH, you're probably as much of a reporter as a lot of people who professionally and self-seriously claim the title of "journalist".

[gaoxiaen]

Any info on how to e-mail you?

[(??o?)?? S?X?_|_]

It's in my handle.

[Bacon-Magic <3 Hayek]

^This

[gaoxiaen]

[e-mail]?

[Bacon-Magic <3 Hayek]

^This

[Playa Manhattan.]

No no no. There's no question mark.

[Bacon-Magic <3 Hayek]

^That

[Bacon-Magic <3 Hayek]

Click on his name.

[Playa Manhattan.]

^This

[Charles Easterly]

Sure, Playa, yet how do we know it's not this ?

[Zunalter]

The link to his email is in his username.

[Bacon-Magic <3 Hayek]

^This

[gaoxiaen]

It doesn't do anything.

[gaoxiaen]

Everyone else's works.

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

Crusty's works the best!

[dajjal]

I'll bring the cetaphil.

[Enough About Palin]

I reported you as spam because that's what this shit is. At least anonbot had a sense of humor.

[brokencycle]

I must have missed it because I don't always read the comments, but what is the objection causing people to flee reason?

[BakedPenguin]

Some people are angry about incessant Trump coverage, which has often been seen as inadequate (in story research) and/or unfair. (or just tiresome) Some people are upset that Shikha Dalmia tweeted an anti 1A statement while the Milo Y / Berkeley riots were going on. Others are upset because a long-time poster's mother was roughed up by a cop under dubious circumstances at a high school basketball game and Reason refused to do a blog post on it.

[Galt1138]

Nice!

[Galt1138]

Shoot, this was meant as a reply (??o?)?? S?X?_|_ to about the commentariat group.

[Fist of Etiquette]

Neil Gorsuch's Senate hearings for Supreme Court consideration will begin March 20.

For both sides it will be like he nominated the Ghost of Reagan.

[TheZeitgeist]

Bork-Bork-Bork!

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

President Donald Trump named R. Alexander Acosta

Another fascist Nazi by association alone.

[Fist of Etiquette]

The R stands for Reich.

[Playa Manhattan.]

Hi Crusty.

[Bacon-Magic <3 Hayek]

^Brutal

[Crusty Juggler - #2]

Oh snap!

[Heroic Mulatto]

It was never about Robby, Crusty.

It was about the opportunities for Thicc Thursdays.

[Bacon-Magic <3 Hayek]

*seizure warning*

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

That tight feeling in your lower regions, and the little spasms?

Spoiler... That is not a seizure, Bacon!

[DOOMco's Ref Chipper]

she should have been in narcos.

[Suellington]

That was some fine Colombian.

If you liked Narcos you should check out Tropa da Elite. I think they translated it as Elite Squad. Gray Brazilian movie with Wagner Moura about the drug was there.

[DOOMco's Ref Chipper]

Will do. Thanks! I did really like narcos. I want to know how close it was to reality.

[Crusty Juggler - #2]

It was never about Robby, Crusty.

Forgive me for having a little fun with the super-cool kids.

[Swiss Servator]

*Comes into view, sheds a single tear and fades back out*

[Playa Manhattan.]

Would you like to join us? Open bar 'til midnight.

[Crusty Juggler - #2]

Would you like to join us?

If I wanted to I would.

[Tim from Philly]

Thanks again HM. You are truly doing GODS work.

[NOT a Naked Intruder]

^This (seriously)!

If you had a newsletter, I would gladly subscribe.

For the articles, of course.

[Hail Rataxes]

Hi Tulpa

[Fist of Etiquette]

...and rejected the argument that her floral arrangements count as protected artistic expression.

At least not the way she does them.

[commodious rebrands]

Worst PM links.

[Bacon-Magic <3 Hayek]

Come on, these aren't even close to the worst links ever. Plus alt-text.

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

Are these even PM links? Because it doesn't say so!

C'mon, Shackleferd!

[Scott S.]

Oops! Guess who is also in the middle of setting up advance blog posts to promote magazine pieces over the next few days?

[White Tennis Balls, Jr.]

H-Hitler?

[This Machine Chips Fascists]

Putin?

[commodious rebrands]

See, I didn't think this was links, I figured you were just running down the press conference.

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

Sen. John McCain voted no because Mulvaney wasn't as willing to throw as much money at the military as McCain would.

$50 Billion Double Dollars?

[Fist of Etiquette]

To be fair, McCain wasn't looking to personally double or even match Mulvaney's donation.

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

Neil Gorsuch's Senate hearings for Supreme Court consideration will begin March 20.

The Doomsday clock is at 11:59.

[DOOMco's Ref Chipper]

They will add seconds to it soon, we have 4 years of trump at least.

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

They will add seconds to it soon, we have 4 years of trump at least.

Who knew 'Gone in 60 Seconds' was so prophetic.

[Crusty Juggler - #2]

Thimble tossed! Game piece voted out of Monopoly board game

Voters have rejected the thimble, an integral part of the game since being added to Monopoly in 1935. The move is part of a campaign to select the next generation of game pieces.

Hashtags, emojis and even a rubber duck may replace dogs, cats and hats in an upcoming version.

Hasbro Inc. is holding a worldwide contest to let people choose the eight tokens to be included in the next generation of the property acquisition game, based on the real streets of Atlantic City, N.J.

[Zeb]

Why? Monopoly isn't even a very good game. The best thing about it is nostalgia. So it should stay exactly the same.

[waffles]

That and nobody ever suspected the thimble.

[C. Anacreon]

It wasn't that thimble a thelection, thilly.

[gaoxiaen]

I agree, but if it has to be changed, I'd like a flash-bang grenade.

[Zeb]

They should replace the top hat with a MAGA hat, though.

[BigT]

Um.....dildo

[Domestic Dissident]

"This is the greatest board game ever invented, believe me."

[TheZeitgeist]

Washington State's Supreme Court ruled unanimously that a florist could not refuse to provide her services and floral arrangements for a gay couple's wedding. They rejected her argument that her religious freedom was being infringed upon and rejected the argument that her floral arrangements count as protected artistic expression.

Someone needs to find Muslim plaintiff for GayWar stat.

[Eternal Blue Sky]

"Someone needs to find Muslim plaintiff for GayWar stat."

Would be interesting to see, but I doubt it could happen. If a theoretical Muslim wedding planner exists, then they probably have to, as a business necessity, accept marriages that fall outside of their personal definition of "marriage".

A Muslim florist that refuses to do marriages to gay people but will service a marriage that does not, say, have two Muslim witnesses is on shaky theological grounds, and I'm not sure would be able to make a case for their discrimination in court of law, explaining why they refuse CERTAIN non-Muslim marriage ceremonies but not OTHERS.

And a Muslim florist who does not want to associate with any non-Muslim marriages at all will probably go out of business before the first inquiring gay prospective patron arrives.

Freedom of Association is nice and all, and worthy of defending, but you won't find ~many~ business-people in minority groups who are stupid enough to try to enact customer discrimination.

[TheZeitgeist]

Freedom of Association is nice and all, and worthy of defending, but you won't find ~many~ business-people in minority groups who are stupid enough to try to enact customer discrimination.

Among Muslims are many anxious to discriminate, some fresh off the boat. Think Somali meat-packers refusing to handle pork, random taxi drivers refusing service to people holding a bottle of alcohol; when the odds are low the martyrdom mentality is high - they admire David battling Goliath much as any of the monotheistic sheepherders.

[Eternal Blue Sky]

It really depends on the degree of discrimination. It's one thing to not pick up drunkards in your taxi, but a Muslim taxi driver can't, say, refuse service to ALL kafir because, well, he needs their money.

[Eternal Blue Sky]

I mean, obviously by the act of even coming to the country, they are displaying SOME willingness to work with people they disagree with in order to make money. Otherwise they would've stayed wherever they came from.

[MikeT1986]

Which is actually why, in this era especially, there's little need for the laws, especially at the cost to freedom of conscience.

[Eternal Blue Sky]

Trade is the key to tolerance.

[Zunalter]

Whether or not there is "need" they violate freedom of conscience and association...so how often they would be needed is beside the point.

[creech]

Though I bet the a...holes at Westboro Baptist could find a gay baker.

[ant1sthenes]

I think the point is just to toss the golden apple into the prog tent.

[Eternal Blue Sky]

"and rejected the argument that her floral arrangements count as protected artistic expression."

I mean, nature does pretty much all the work for you!! That's God's artistic expression, if it's anyone's!!

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

Washington State's Supreme Court ruled unanimously that a florist could not refuse to provide her services and floral arrangements for a gay couple's wedding.

If she does a poor job do you think they would arrest her? (serious question)

[Fist of Etiquette]

I didn't read the thing, but I doubt she got the gig. This is likely about extracting some penalty after the refusal.

[C. Anacreon]

I always wonder if these people just go around to all the little shops they can possibly find, and act outrageous, just hoping, hoping that someone will deny them service so they can sue. They are probably not even getting married for real, just living the plaintiff life.

[Sevo]

I suppose you all have heard of the "#DayWithoutImmigrants protest"
http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.co.....-updating/

In the bay area, a bastion of progliditic activism, it seems like something around 40 restaurants are 'closed', except maybe not. Some are letting their employees strike, but staying open. Make of that what you will.
For some perspective, it seems that there are some 18,000 restaurants in the area under discussion:
https://www.quora.com/ (how many restaurants in the SF bay area)
Real widespread support, I'd say.

[We are all Sloopy's mom (RBS)]

I wonder how some of the workers, like say a barback who gets a portion of a bartenders tips, feel about being forced not to work today?

[Enough About Palin]

About that many are closed in Minneapolis as well. I went to Crazy Taco (best in the skyways) and had a sad. Been craving them all week.

[ant1sthenes]

So... isn't that just basically saying "Hey, ICE, we employ lots of illegal immigrants, and we knowingly and willfully hire them in violation of the law. Please round them up and then take all our money."

[Crusty Juggler - #2]

Kid Rock for U.S. Senate? Unlikely candidate is favored by a GOP official

Wes Nakagiri, a Livingston County Tea Party activist who was elected to the party's central committee Friday night, said Kid Rock, who endorsed President Donald Trump, "has name I.D., is an out-of-the-box idea, and would kind of get rid of that stodgy Republican image."

[MarkLastname]

"Wes Nakagiri"
I read that as Nakedgirl at first.

[Sevo]

"Obama Stimulus Funds Went to California Dam in 'Good Shape,' But Not Oroville
[?]
"The stimulus was intended to "shore up the nation's aging infrastructure," said former representative Mike Thompson, a Democrat who served California's 1st District where the Oroville dam is located before being redistricted to the 5th.
Thompson lauded numerous stimulus projects, which included $2.2 million for "more attractive" sidewalks and $2.5 million for a 205-acre "zero net energy" community on the University of California Davis campus to put a greater "emphasis on walking" and bicycling.
http://freebeacon.com/issues/o.....-oroville/

As you can see, the central planning really paid dividends here.

[DesigNate]

"205-acre "zero net energy" community on the University of California Davis campus"

Holy shit, someone figured out how to replicate matter without using any energy! Wait, you mean it takes a fuckton of energy to develop 205 acres of land, thus making it virtually impossible for it to be zero net energy? You don't say.

[Juvenile Bluster]

Washington State's Supreme Court ruled unanimously that a florist could not refuse to provide her services and floral arrangements for a gay couple's wedding. They rejected her argument that her religious freedom was being infringed upon and rejected the argument that her floral arrangements count as protected artistic expression.

I wish I could be surprised by such rulings.

[SRVolunteer]

I wonder if that argument would have worked for Trump if he wanted to force all those boycotting performers to play the inauguration...

Can't force a band to play for you.

Can force a florist to design for you.

[The Last American Hero]

Unfortunately for him, the protected class isn't assholes. Read the fine print.

[ant1sthenes]

Hey, if cops can be a protected class, why not presidents? I mean, thanks to the Secret Service, they already sort of are.

[Fist of Etiquette]

...the low prices are a problem, rather than perhaps a reason why violent crime trends had been heading downward.

Time to get into a drug trade war.

[waffles]

Welfare for drug dealers. This Trump guy gets it.

[Zeb]

Well, it's certainly true that Mexican meth is undercutting hard working American meth cooks on price and kicking their asses on quality.
And US domestic cocaine and heroin production are practically nonexistent.

[Pope Jimbo]

Well the Mexicans are taking over the Minnesoda meth market, so maybe you are right about the cocaine and heroin shit too.

I thought meth was easy to make out in the country. Why are we importing that shit from CA?

[MythicalLibertarianWoman]

FYI: Any time someone says something we disagree with, it is now gaslighting. Make a note of it.

[The Last American Hero]

I abandoned a few months ago or so, and haven't missed it one bit. The shrillness went to 11 during the election, and then somehow got even worse in the aftermath.

[DOOMco's Ref Chipper]

floral arrangements are an art. just ask people who photograph them.
of course, If you ask a friend on the left if they would serve trump they will say no.
My old job dealt with crazy people. No one wants to deal with that, and we shouldn't have to.

[Bobarian (Would Chip Her)]

Any job that deals with the public has that problem.

[DOOMco's Ref Chipper]

mine was security, so I felt like it was always worse. Paranoids with too much cash, buying thousands of dollars worth of stuff. calling every day because now one of the locksmiths for sure made a copy of the key and gave it to the CIA or whatever.

[DJF]

So the homosexuals have continued their attack on the free market via the cake bakers and have moved on to the florists. When will this use of the state against free thinkers end!.

[Bacon-Magic <3 Hayek]

I don't know how all homosexuals think on this subject, but I'm pretty sure they all don't think alike. The one's pushing these statist tactics are more than likely progressives.

[Eternal Blue Sky]

In my experience, there are more straight progressives offended on the behalf of gay people then there are gay people.

[Zeb]

Seems likely. In the case of trannies, definitely.

[jesse.in.mb]

^This

[Crusty Juggler - #2]

My friend is a gay, asshole! MY FRIEND!

[jesse.in.mb]

My friend is a gay, asshole

It took a second for that comma to register in my brain.

[This Machine Chips Fascists]

23 micro-aggression demerits for all involved in this subthread, myself included.

[John Titor]

Meh, you're just imagining it.

[Fist of Etiquette]

He said he would be introducing a new immigration executive order to apparently replace and narrow down the one federal courts have blocked.

Seems like the thing to have done in the first place.

[Bob K]

Trump had to sign the order first before he knew what was in it.

[Jerry on the sea]

He said he would be introducing a new immigration executive order to apparently replace and narrow down the one federal courts have blocked.

Forever. And ever. And ever. And ever. Ad infinitum.

[This Machine Chips Fascists]

The, I think PBS, reporter who asked him about that tried to follow up with, "If it's so urgent why don't you..." before The Donald skated away. I assume she was asking why the delay until the new "travel ban" if it was so urgent to issue the first one. A valid question if she had been able to finish. Too bad she didn't start off with it.

[Crusty Juggler - #2]

Love Actually sequel - first pictures emerge as filming gets under way

Filming got under way today on a 'sequel' to Love Actually - a 10-minute skit for Comic Relief reuniting the characters from Richard Curtis' 2003 romantic comedy.

omgomgomgomgomgomg

[waffles]

I hate that movie with a white-hot fury. I hope for cost overruns and a spectacular flop.

[lap83]

I tried to sit through it but was unable to. It's like the elevator muzak of romantic comedies

[Charles Easterly]

I Rewatched Love Actually and Am Here to Ruin It for All of You, by Lindy West.

waffles and lap83,

Are any of your reasons similar to Lindy West's?

/asking for not only myself out of interest, yet for a buddy's wife who told me that this is one of her favorite movies.

[Half-Virtue, Half-Vice]

Love Actually is too fucking god for this -- GOD DAMN YOU HOLLYWOOD!! Did you learn nothing from Independence Day 2???

[Trigger Hippie]

...Andy Levy?

[ant1sthenes]

They'd better not do that "resurrect a dead actor with creepy CGI" shit.

[Trigger Hippie]

I 'member when I used to complain about the accessibility of drugs, if for an entirely different reason.

*looks back fondly at my twenties*

[Juice]

Still can't find acid.

[Trigger Hippie]

Me neither. I solved my probpem by just getting old and sticking to weed and beer. And vodka. I probably drink a bit too much.

*sips beer*

[Juice]

Me too, pretty much.

*hits bowl*

[GILMORE?]

Complains About Accessibility of Illegal Drugs

I'm sure if he just asks around he can find a guy. Check the mail room, its always worked for me.

[Jerry on the sea]

maybe pay more attention to Trump complaining that "drugs are becoming cheaper than candy bars."

You're a gullible man Shackford. These are exactly the kind of trivialities that should not concern us (the War on Drugs is of course another thing).Trump is throwing these lines at us just for his own pleasure, to show how shallow we have become. Don't give in!

[BigT]

Apparently Donald is a comparison shopper!

[dajjal]

Hey guys I'm starting up a circle jerk right here in the comments. Who's in?

[Juice]

Are you the pivot boy?

[Fascist loofa-faced shitgibbon]

No doubt you prefer being the hub in a wheel of bukkake.

[John]

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/368430.php#368430

Have some yummy media tears. Donald Trump is freezing them out!!

[CatoTheChipper]

Trump has the good sense to do the same as Obama did during press conferences.

When Obama called on NYT or WaPo, he called on friendly reporters. The only time Obama mentioned "Fox" by name was to call it "destructive" and fake news. When Trump calls on Townhall or Fox, he calls on friendly reporters. Trump's criticism of WaPo and CNN is far more justified by the facts than was Obama Fox-bashing.

Trump is just following the same Alinsky playbook that Obama used. It may not play well with progressive MSM elites and DC cosmotarians, but even this flyover-state libertarian loves it.

[Juice]

Trump's criticism of WaPo and CNN is far more justified by the facts than was Obama Fox-bashing.

Nope. They are both exactly right. They know which outlets are their friends and which are their enemies.

[John]

The florist in Washington was friends with the gay guy in question. And she had done arrangements for him for years. When he asked her to do his wedding, she politely referred him to another florist. And the guy sued her.

It is good to see Reason covering this case. I mean nothing says they care like a non editorial blurb in the PM links. Tell me again how Scott Shackford, the staffer who covers this stuff, cars so much about religious freedom. He is all over this? Right?

I wish they would just be honest and admit how fucking happy they are to see this woman go bankrupt. It would at least have the virtue of honesty.

[Zeb]

Right. Not covering a specific case means that they are completely in support of the outcome. Which was decided 9 hours ago.

[John]

If nothing else, it means they really don't think the issue is important.

Reason doesn't care about supporting religious freedom. Their actions show that. Why don't they care?

I think saying they don't care because they don't really support religious freedom is a reasonable guess. Don't you? Why do you assume they do? The only evidence we ahve is that they don't care. It seems to me that supports my conclusion more than it does yours.

[John]

I get it Zeb. You don't' care about the issue either and you like reason and don't like to see them criticized. But can you at least understand that for people who do care about religious freedom operate under the assumption that Libertarians do to, Reason's refusal to cover this case or speak up on behalf of the florist here is a bit disappointing?

I understand, the woman is a nasty horrible person and had it coming. But I am one of those irrational people who thinks that it is not okay to stomp on someone's constitutional rights even if they are a horrible person who had it coming.

[Scott S.]

http://reason.com/search?q=shackford+florist

Go lie about me and Reason's position on this somewhere else. I've had enough of this crap. You have posted comments on these very blog posts you claim do not exist.

Enough. I have been ignoring you for some time now, because you insist on misrepresenting my positions (and I'm not even getting to Stephanie Slade's writing on religious freedom), so let me just be clear. This is the one time I'm responding you because I'm tired of this crap. There will be no further responses from me to your comments, ever.

The end result of your behavior is that I end up ignoring comments entirely and rarely interact with other commenters, and that's not fair to them. So in order to interact with them, I'm going to simply ignore anything that you say.

[Not a True MJG]

^This.

[Jerryskids]

^This.

[jesse.in.mb]

Brutal

[Not a True MJG]

John got rekt like a Missouri Nazi.

[Playa Manhattan.]

Shakelford don't take shit from nobody.

Fuck off, John.

[DOOMco's Ref Chipper]

Day-um.

[Pompey:? Class Mothersmucker]

Nice.

[John]

Nice rant Scott. In three paragraphs of ranting you never once said that the woman was being screwed and the guy who is suing her completely wrong. You just can't bring yourself to say it. That is because you don't believe it.

You are a phony Scott. You don't like being called one, stop being one and tell the truth.

[MarkLastname]

I also noticed Scott didn't mention the Holocaust a single time in the links. I wonder if he even thinks it really happened??!!

[Jibby2]

Wow. Missed this last night. John truly is just like the hysterically anti-trump media he despises. What are we calling that TDSDS?

[creech]

Yeah, they left out a virtue signaling statement like "no matter how repugnant the views of this vile florist, she does have a right to refuse service....."

[The Last American Hero]

Mexicans-Pot-Ass Sex. You should know this by now.

[UVaGrad]

https://www.google.com/#q=stutzman+site:reason.com

Six of the first eight links are articles on the case you're saying Reason and/or Shackford aren't covering, and three of them are written by Shackford. But hey, don't let 30 seconds on Google get in the way of your rant.

[This Machine Chips Fascists]

Who are you so wise in the ways of science?

[Charles Easterly]

Who are you so wise in the ways of science?

A Graduate of the University of Virginia?

[MarkLastname]

Grab it's motherfucking leg!

[colorblindkid]

Vote: Which is more idiotic?

Guns are easier to get than books.

or

Drugs are cheaper than candy bars.

It's a close call, but I'm going with the one from the Constitutional scholar as being more idiotic.

[DOOMco's Ref Chipper]

Guns. Some drugs are cheaper than candy. 1 hit of acid vs giant chocolate bar.

[John]

The local library gives books away or sells them for pennies two or three times a year. I wish these progs would tell me where they give guns away twice a year.

[TheZeitgeist]

I wish there was gun library with bizarre twist on Dewey Decimal system organizing appropriate aisle of firepower choices that I can select from to borrow for a few days at a time.

"Let's see here, M-M-M, uh...M16, M4, aha! Here it is - M82."

[John]

I would like to go check out a fully automatic Tommy Gun for a couple of weeks once in a while.

[DOOMco's Ref Chipper]

Ron Paul had an ar giveaway I entered. That one time.

[BakedPenguin]

Some drugs are cheaper than candy. 1 hit of acid vs giant chocolate bar. Nom nom nom

[BakedPenguin]

The first 2 lines should have been in quotes

[Zeb]

Both are completely false and made up. I call it a draw.

[Jerry on the sea]

I do hope CNN does an investigative report on this very serious issue. This might be bigger than the case of deep dish vs. thin crust pizza!

[CatoTheChipper]

I'm pretty sure that Obama meant his statement to be taken literally.

I'm pretty sure that Trump knows that his audience would take that statement like other Trumpian hyperbole.

[GILMORE?]

President Donald Trump named R. Alexander Acosta, a former law school dean and an assistant attorney general under President George W. Bush, to replace Andrew Puzder as his choice to head the Department of Labor.

I give him a week

[OldMexican Blankety Blank]

Washington State's Supreme Court ruled unanimously that a florist could not refuse to provide her services [...]

I knew sooner or later the Marxians would bring back forced labor on to an unsuspecting population.

[John]

Its just one of those things Mexican. Reason doesn't want to talk about it.

[Juice]

I don't understand why the argument isn't "We don't run a public accommodation. We run a private business." Instead they hinge it all on religious freedom.

[MarkLastname]

Because then they would have to defend the right to practice racial discrimination, which is really bad 'optics' for conservatives; more convenient for them to just make it a religious freedom issue.

[lap83]

Seriously, religion and artistry seem almost beside the main point. Picking cotton could also be considered NOT protected as religious belief or artistic expression, does that mean plantation owners can once again force black people to provide those services? Oh, right, progs need their votes but they don't need the votes of Christian wedding vendors. So fuck em

[chemjeff]

Trump believes that America is a "drug-infested nation"

Well then. Now we know why he got along so well with Jeff Sessions.

[BigT]

rump believes that America is a "drug-infested nation"

And the problem is what, exactly?

Oh, wait, Donald doesn't even drink.

[ant1sthenes]

Is his personal stance on substance abuse, and the personal reasons for it, not well known? While I can and do criticize people for making policy based on individual tragedies, I usually save the stronger condemnation for the people who cynically exploit them, not the people who suffer them and have an unrealistic sense of risk due to personal experience.

[Enough About Palin]

Complains About Accessibility of Illegal Drugs

Well they should be more Accessible.

[Pope Jimbo]

WTF

Local GOP pol trying to push legislation that would make it easier to expel students. It would take away the requirement that the student "willfully" violated rules.

A honor student got out of an expulsion last year for having a pocketknife in her purse. She says she forgot about it. Supreme Court of Minnesoda agreed that mens rea is a real thing (even for gals).

[MarkLastname]

You mean Minnepop, right?

[GILMORE?]

Neither here nor there.... this song always puts me in a good mood.

this has a similar effect

[DOOMco's Ref Chipper]

Tom tom club was great.

[Pope Jimbo]

Is MPR racist?

The story is about some Minnesoda dude who was shot by Chicago cops (victim has since died). What caught my eye was the quote from one of our local activist spokesmen for the black community.

Minneapolis activist Mel Reeves said Robertson was on a bus layover on his way home from a funeral in Memphis when he encountered police. It wasn't clear which agencies were involved.

"He and his friends appear to have been profiled by the police, police had asked them to to leave wherever they were," Reeves said. "We don't know what happening exactly next, tho' there were witnesses, but we do know that he was unarmed and he was shot in the back."

Why the fuck did MPR write "tho'"? Doesn't that sound just like "though"?

[Robert]

McCormick-Tribune spelling reform.

[Juice]

Washington State's Supreme Court ruled unanimously that a florist could not refuse to provide her services and floral arrangements for a gay couple's wedding. They rejected her argument that her religious freedom was being infringed upon and rejected the argument that her floral arrangements count as protected artistic expression.

And if they were to give her shitty floral arrangements in protest, the court would say that it was also discrimination.

[This Machine Chips Fascists]

Dead Roses

[BigT]

Dead Flowers

[AlmightyJB]

Great tune

[Pompey:? Class Mothersmucker]

Trump believes that America is a "drug-infested nation" and that the low prices are a problem, rather than perhaps a reason why violent crime trends had been heading downward.

He's gonna legalise all drugs, SIV! #MAGA

[mister ali]

While the media may obsess over how Trump treats them (and over Trump's own obsession with his numbers), maybe pay more attention to Trump complaining that "drugs are becoming cheaper than candy bars." No, this isn't an acknowledgment that protectionist trade policies and sugar subsidies are ???? ?? ?? ?????? ????? ???? driving up the price of snacks. Trump believes that America is a "drug-infested nation" and that the low prices are a problem, rather than perhaps a reason why violent crime trends had been heading downward.