September 16, 2014

A Foolish Consistency

September 16, 2014 Buck Banks

On the issue of gay marriage Pam Bondi sometimes varies.
O’er Floridian thresholds gay brides can’t be carried.
But if wed somewhere else
And you want a divorce,
Not in Florida, where you must stay unhappily gay married.

Gillibrand Was Not Always Able to Defend Herself Against Sexist Dolts

September 16, 2014 Buck Banks

If I could have just melted in tears, I would have. But I had to just sit there and talk to him and I switched the subject and I didn’t hear another word he said, but I wasn’t in a place where I could tell him to go fuck himself.

— Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), in an interview on HuffPost Live, on a labor leader who told her she was too fat to win a statewide election.

Lindsey Graham is the New Chicken Little

September 16, 2014 Buck Banks

This president needs to rise to the occasion before we all get killed back here at home.

— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), quoted by the Huffington Post, on the threat posed by ISIS.

It’s Expensive to be Poor

September 16, 2014 Trish

3

Times more annually that it costs a community to leave a homeless person on the streets than it would cost to provide housing.

Impressions of Government Regulation Remain Consistent

September 16, 2014 Buck Banks

22%

Of Americans say there is too little government regulation of business and industry, while about half (49%) say there is too much, according to Gallup. These attitudes have been consistent over the past five years.

Day: September 16, 2014

A Foolish Consistency

Gillibrand Was Not Always Able to Defend Herself Against Sexist Dolts

If I could have just melted in tears, I would have. But I had to just sit there and talk to him and I switched the subject and I didn’t hear another word he said, but I wasn’t in a place where I could tell him to go fuck himself.

— Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), in an interview on HuffPost Live, on a labor leader who told her she was too fat to win a statewide election.

Lindsey Graham is the New Chicken Little

This president needs to rise to the occasion before we all get killed back here at home.

— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), quoted by the Huffington Post, on the threat posed by ISIS.

It’s Expensive to be Poor

3

Times more annually that it costs a community to leave a homeless person on the streets than it would cost to provide housing.

Impressions of Government Regulation Remain Consistent

22%

Of Americans say there is too little government regulation of business and industry, while about half (49%) say there is too much, according to Gallup. These attitudes have been consistent over the past five years.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“They’ve invested heavily in AI labs. They’ve invested heavily in data centers. So, the first family has a financial stake in this industry, and as a result, the president of the United States is compromised.”

— “Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) on Monday said President Trump will likely not heed calls from technology leaders to implement guardrails on the development of artificial intelligence because of his family’s investments in the industry,” NewsNation reports.

— Jane Haman

“We’re working through some political issues in Israel. I think we agree with them on the end state. They just have a crazy election, and that makes them a little irrational in certain regards.”

— Jared Kushner, quoted by CBS News, on the lack of progress in Gaza.

Numerati

470

Reuters has documented at least 470 targets of retribution under Trump’s leadership – from federal employees and prosecutors to universities and media outlets. The list illuminates the sweeping effort by the president and his administration to punish dissent and reshape the government.

$184 million

50%

38%

31%