tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post9082261722087228425..comments2024-03-22T05:17:53.112-04:00Comments on Big Bad Bald Bastard: The Flight of the GirlsBig Bad Bald Bastardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-43618900337557880842018-05-27T19:55:27.252-04:002018-05-27T19:55:27.252-04:00Yeah, if they win the abortion fight, they lose th...Yeah, if they win the abortion fight, they lose the wedge issue... better to keep the base riled up!Big Bad Bald Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-19830378747088627242018-05-27T15:34:23.709-04:002018-05-27T15:34:23.709-04:00I dunno about that. I fully agree - and have long ...I dunno about that. I fully agree - and have long written - that the LAST thing the Republican party wants is to actually WIN that fight. But the courts are where Trump is making real 'progress' toward rolling back the clock on civil and human rights. Just as the GOP never thought that their tactics would lead to something like Trump, they never thought they might actually get their way on abortion.<br /><br />If they do 'win', it will serve merely to create a patchwork of 50 different state-level abortion laws. And if that used to seem unthinkable, it's exactly what we've ended up with in the healthcare war.<br /><br />It's quite weird, but just as same sex marriage rights started with local politicians (Gavin Newsome in SF) and moved to the states before finally forcing the Federal government to make a decision, abortion rights could go in exactly the opposite direction.<br /><br />The good news is there will ALWAYS be states where abortion is legal. The not-so-good news is we can certainly imagine states where it is not. It WILL be interesting to see - if that happens - the enforcement and penalty mechanisms they choose...mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-70430415927208911332018-05-27T15:23:38.805-04:002018-05-27T15:23:38.805-04:00I don’t think that would ever happen. The Republi...I don’t think that would ever happen. The Republicans know the deck is stacked in their favor, politically, and a plebescite would bury them.Big Bad Bald Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-83108892900746064642018-05-27T10:41:48.725-04:002018-05-27T10:41:48.725-04:00Good for Ireland. Not so much under the thumb of t...Good for Ireland. Not so much under the thumb of the Vatican as people say, I guess... I wonder what would happen if we voted on abortion in the States.Harry Hamidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13176265571549991218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-68437138018047916012018-05-27T07:11:16.003-04:002018-05-27T07:11:16.003-04:00Thanks for the correction there, old chum.Thanks for the correction there, old chum.Big Bad Bald Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-29482506478083453912018-05-27T05:17:35.567-04:002018-05-27T05:17:35.567-04:00That song was released thirty years ago
The 8th A...<i>That song was released thirty years ago</i><br /><br />The 8th Amendment itself was only 35 years old (a response of Irish theocrats to Roe vs. Wade in the US.)Smut Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409476490132867809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-77732740559735992412018-05-27T05:12:30.835-04:002018-05-27T05:12:30.835-04:00Looking at the pictures of returning emigres,
In...<i>Looking at the pictures of returning emigres, </i><br /><br />In that particular case, an image of an art performance event <b>encouraging</b> people to return to vote.<br />https://londonirisharc.com/repeal-london/2018/1/31/home-to-vote-a-referendum-is-on-the-way-and-ireland-needs-you-8tfwm<br /><br />Also, "émigrées".Smut Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409476490132867809noreply@blogger.com