News Weakly - 7/13/2024

File Under "Crazy California"
California's ballot is ... interesting. Californians banned same-sex marriage in their constitution in 2008, but the court banned Californians from doing so, so now they want to change the current amendment defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman to read "The right to marry is a fundamental right" where "marry" goes undefined and should, if logic was to be followed, soon include marrying your dog, your pillow, or 13 other people. They are voting on borrowing $10 billion on climate programs ... because they're already broke. They are voting on banning "forced labor in any form" ... which would (no kidding) include prisoners. I guess they'll have to be paid minimum wage and not required to work. They want to make repeat shoplifting a felony ... but won't arrest them if it's less than $1000. Makes perfect sense ... to someone somewhere. What we've come to expect from California, I suppose.

Journalistic Softball
A talk radio station in Pennsylvania landed an interview with Joe Biden last week. The host, as it turned out, agreed (without the station's knowledge) to ask only the questions provided by the Biden campaign. They fired her. No notion of holding the candidate accountable. No idea of asking what listeners might want to hear. No concern about trust. She just went with the softballs offered by the campaign. Oh, and, no, she had no bias ... obviously. The separation was "mutual." Because "We both know that was the wrong thing to do."

The Next Step in Lawfare
The Supreme Court granted that a president performing official acts is immune from criminal prosecution. So Chuck Schumer and the Democrats are working on legislation to strip the court's ruling and Trump's immunity. Because the goal of all legal and legislative action these days is to cut Donald Trump off at the knees. "We're going to make our opinions law to suit our preferences. Sure, maybe we'll have to rescind it when we do the same thing, but ..." Thanks, Mr. Schumer, for your service. If the Justice Department can't take down their opponents, perhaps they can make new laws that will.

Nothing To See Here
After successfully shutting down Elon Musk's exorbitant pay package from Tesla in court (effectively undercutting the concept of capitalism), lawyers asked for an exorbitant pay package. The case will be heard in court Monday. A single Tesla stockholder (with 9 shares of stock) filed suit against Musk's pay package and won. The lawyers demanded a $7 billion compensation in Tesla stock. "No, your pay is too much," they successfully argued in court, "but we should be allowed whatever we ask. You can't have the money Tesla wanted to pay you, but we should." Nope! No double standard here!

The Irony Is Strong With This One
New York is putting a constitutional amendment on their ballot for November. Termed an "equal rights" amendment, the aim is to secure abortion rights (read "no equal rights for unborn children") and protect "gender identity" and "gender expression" (read, "We don't care what your religious views are; you will follow our views on this" and "You will have to let your children choose their gender and you will pay for it."). It falls right in line with "Some are more equal than others."

Truth in Reporting
The headlines say that the House has passed a bill to ban noncitizens from voting in federal elections. The headlines are a lie. Noncitizens have not been able to legally vote in federal elections since 1996. Just to be clear. This law from the House is to require ID's that prove citizenship, not a ban on noncitizen voting (which was already in place). Don't be fooled by the hype ... from either side. We have a highly questionable source of information these days. It's called "the media" -- news, social, or otherwise.

From Bee to Shining Bee
Democrats, scrambling to bolster Biden's chances of election, are warning of a terrifying fascist state where government shrinks and people can afford groceries. "An unspeakable, horrifying hellscape," said Chuck Schumer. Meanwhile Obama is reassuring the nation that he's still running the country. In other news, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is blaming the spike in violent crimes on 19th century monks who invented gunpowder. Ah! It's so clear, now. And one observation from Genesius Times on the possible replacement of Biden with Kamala Harris story. The headline is "In order to save democracy we must replace the democratically-nominated candidate with someone no one voted for." Ah, those pesky Dems, eh?

Must be true; I read it on the Internet.