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It's time to protect workers from forced political contributions blah-blah-blah. How would you react if your employer informed you he would be taking a modest cut from your paycheck each month for his political action committee? What if he told you that if you try to opt out of this arrangement he'd hassle you and might fight you all the way to the Supreme Court? Did you know that labor unions already do this? And for the most part, they have been getting away with it. That's why it's heartening to see a new report, from the Washington Examiner's Sean Higgins, that Republicans plan to take up federal labor law if they win the Senate in next month's elections. Legal precedent has for three decades supposedly guaranteed the First Amendment rights of nonunion workers — who are nonetheless required to pay dues — to avoid subsidizing Big Labor's political drives. But Knox v. SEIU, which ended in a 2012 Supreme Court decision, demonstrates how this guarantee often fails in practice. In 2005, SEIU abruptly raised its dues for the California public employees it represented for the explicit purpose of creating a $12 million campaign fund to defeat two state ballot measures. The union offered no opportunity for workers to opt out of contributing, unless they sought a refund the following year. It took the better part of a decade for the public employees who sued the union to have their First Amendment freedom of association vindicated. At one stage, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals tried to invalidate their rights altogether in favor of a supposed union right to collect their money. Republicans now want to fix this gross injustice by means of an Employee Rights Act if they take control of the Senate. The bill would require unions to get members' affirmative permission to use their money for political activity. Workers who support union political drives could still contribute, but workers who want union representation, or who have been forced to accept it against their will, would be protected from funding causes they dislike. The bill would also force unions to show their members how their money is being spent. Most political expenditures go under the radar and are reported only long after elections are over, and even then only in opaque annual filings with the Department of Labor. When the Wall Street Journal scrutinized these reports in 2012, it found union political spending to be about four times greater than what was then believed. Democrats in Washington have made a fuss recently about big money and so-called dark money in elections. Last month, 49 Democratic senators actually voted to weaken the First Amendment to halt the supposedly corrupting influence of money on politics. Yes, they would actually amend the Bill of Rights to blunt the influence of private donors who don't share their views. One might take their bleating seriously on this matter if they first acknowledged the egregious wrong of forcing workers to fund political spending out of their paychecks. I posted every word of that Examiner story, so you will easily see that "Beck"  in not mentioned al all.  WTF?  Nada.  The landmark 1988 Beck decision, in a nutshell, forced unions to get specific authorization from each member before they could spend their portion of dues on political activities.  It also stipulated that notices to that effect be placed in the work place so all members were aware of that right.  By the by, that decison was made by  some of the most liberal judges in the courts history.  To wit: BRENNAN, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which REHNQUIST, C. J., and WHITE, THURGOOD MARSHALL, and STEVENS, JJ., joined, and in Parts I and II of which HARRY  BLACKMUN, O'CONNOR, and SCALIA, JJ., joined. BLACKMUN, J., filed an opinion concurring in part [source] Needless to say, unions were none too happy.  So, they did what liberals always do with court decisions and law they don't like.  They ignored it, and nobody did anything about it. Here's the beginning of a post I made in 2006 about the continued noncomplience of unions.  Nothing has changed. Shakespeare kept a copy of Nostradamus at his bedside, which probably accounts for the passage, "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers turned judge by Carter and Clinton." That's the famous passage as it appeared in the draft manuscript of King Henry VI. The Bard, however, feared that high school students would be put off by so enigmatic a reference, so it was altered. Too bad. Nearly a 20 years ago the U. S. Supreme Court established what are now known as "Beck rights" in the landmark decision Communication Workers v. Beck.1 Beck rights dictate that workers cannot be forced under union contracts to pay any dues or fees beyond those necessary for the performance of the union's employee representation duties.¹. To that end, employers were supposed to post notices so employees would be made aware, and know where they could report violations [Etc].

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When Van Jones Speaks ...

“ 'Ebola Is a Great Argument for Big Government' Former Discredited Obama "Czar"  Van Jones "We can't let the Republicans get away with some of the stuff they're doing this week, just trying to bash Obama!  Hey, you know, government is always your enemy until you need a friend. This Ebola thing is the best argument you can make for the kind of government that we believe in."   Van Jones [Full] Another exemplar of Progressives creating a problem and taking credit for trying to fix it, while only, as a rule, compunding the problem.  You're welcome. ”

University Psycho Babble Exemplar

“ According to a book written by longtime Florida A&M University professor Barbara A. Thompson, ... Professor of Something Very Bad, Barbara A. Thompson ... Barack Obama is no mere mortal. He is, as she wrote, "Apostle Barack," sent to create a “heaven here on earth,” a post at PJ Tatler said Monday. In her book, "The Gospel According to Apostle Barack: In Search of a More Perfect Political Union as 'Heaven Here on Earth,'" Professor Thompson says she was given this message in her dreams. "Yes, Barack had worked tirelessly on behalf of the American people, especially those who elected him in 2008. His followers needed to re-elect him to a second term, so that he could continue to accomplish the promises he made, thus, realizing his vision of America as a more perfect political union or heaven here on earth,'” the book description at Amazon says. "Then, as I began to contemplate ways to assist Barack in his 2012 re-election bid something miraculous happened. I felt God’s (His) Spirit beckoning me in my dreams at night. Listening, cautiously, I learned that Jesus walked the earth to create a more civilized society, Martin (Luther King) walked the earth to create a more justified society, but, Apostle Barack, the name he was called in my dreams, would walk the earth to create a more equalized society, for the middle class and working poor," she added. [Full] Metzger I'll let an Amazon review speak for me, and, I am sure, for the entire rational world, such as exists. Most Helpful Customer Reviews 106 of 108 people found the following review helpful 1.0 out of 5 stars Barbara: Put down the Cool-Aid! November 9, 2012 By David Howell Format:Paperback I would have given this a Zero Star but that is not an option. Rather than waste money on this book, and fuel the author's next "dream," reflect on this wisdom from over 2,000 years ago: "Do not blame Caesar, blame the people of Rome who have so enthusiastically acclaimed and adored him and rejoiced in their loss of freedom and danced in his path and gave him triumphal processions. Blame the people who hail him when he speaks in the Forum of the 'new, wonderful, good society' which shall now be Rome's, interpreted to mean: more money, more ease, more security, more living fatly at the expense of the industrious." -- Marcus Tullius Cicero ”

Closing in on Voter ID (Right)

“ Take Al Franken’s 2008 victory  .... You would not know it if you read only the New York Times or watched only MSNBC, but the Left and President Obama are losing their fight to block the widespread introduction of voter ID cards. In courts of law and the court of public opinion, the issue is gaining traction. With few exceptions, liberal pressure groups have lost lawsuits in state after state, with courts tossing out their faux claims that ID laws are discriminatory, unconstitutional or suppress minority voting. ... over incumbent Republican Sen. Norm Coleman. A watchdog group matched criminal records with the voting rolls and discovered that 1,099 felons had cast ballots illegally. A local TV news reporter found that nine of the 10 felons he interviewed had voted for Franken. State law allows prosecutions only of those who admit knowingly committing voter fraud, and 177 were convicted. Franken’s victory margin was just 312 votes. It gave Democrats their 60th Senate seat, creating the filibuster-proof majority that helped make Obamacare law. ... There is sharp disagreement over how many people lack proper identification. Former Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell, who is himself black, pointed out in the Wall Street Journal that “one of the most often-cited factoids — something that sounds authoritative but is not fact-based — is the NAACP’s claim that 25 percent of black American adults lack a government-issued photo ID. Think about that for a moment. This would mean that millions of African-American men and women are unable to legally drive, cash a check, board an airliner or participate in everyday activities of modern life.” Hyperbole of this sort perpetuates the patronizing view that minorities are helpless victims. Liberals say Blackwell doesn’t understand how high the barriers are for some people who lack ID. But if he were really wrong, it is difficult to see why so few voters apply for a free ID in states with such requirements. [Full] I am quite unable to forgive the Franken Fraud.  Without that, there would be no Obamacare.  There would be nothing the regime have hoisted upon us that could not be undone.  While it's possible (but improbable) that Franken was not a knowing party to the fraud, there is no question about Obama Democrat guilt.  Left to me, some harsh punishment is meted out to the lot.  Very harsh.  ”

Feel guilt about Obama vote

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Scientists grow penises...

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Liberal Pedo Pushers

When Progressives are in charge                             Pedo Power!                                       “ The Progressive's playbook. 1. Make evil seem relatable and sympathetic 2. Project its actions as uncontrollable due to persecution 3. Suggest that understanding evil will prevent it from committing more abuses All three are present here. Hey remember when crazy right wingers predicted that gay marriage would lead to legalizing polygamy? Well that happened. Also they predicted that the next step would be to seek the same civil rights protections for pedophiles. And that’s happening in no less a forum than the New York Times which couldn’t find any terrorists to slot into its op-ed page and went with pedophilia instead. How can you possibly make child rape sympathetic? Liberals always find a way. Think back to your first childhood crush. Maybe it was a classmate or a friend next door. Most likely, through school and into adulthood, your affections continued to focus on others in your approximate age group. But imagine if they did not. By some estimates, 1 percent of the male population continues, long after puberty, to find themselves attracted to prepubescent children. These people are living with pedophilia, a sexual attraction to prepubescents that often constitutes a mental illness. This is so dishonest on so many levels that if boggles the mind. Pedophilia isn’t some sort of delayed development. Like rape, it’s about power. It’s not a mental illness. No more than homosexuality is. Framing it this way suggests that it’s something everyone grows out of. [MORE] "Oh you kidders. Ten years from now they’ll have to hire them or be sued for discrimination. Twenty years later, Disney will punish employees who work in the boy scouts because they won’t let pedophiles become Scoutmasters. We already saw this movie. We know how it ends." ”

Alison Lundergan Grimes is lying

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"If you're trying to change minds and influence people it's probably not a good idea to say that virtually all elected Democrats are liars, but what the hell." U.S. Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes is lying about her support for the state’s coal industry according to Kentucky Democrats, including members of her campaign team, who were captured on a hidden camera video.

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Naomi Wolf - Feminist Douchebag

NAOMI WOLF

“ Naomi Wolf wants to know if you're REALLY sure that ISIS is beheading civilians Naomi Wolf will deny that she appeared in sexploitation films As Daniel Henninger of the Wall Street Journal once posited, the most traumatic event in recent history for many on the left wasn’t September 11th, 2001, but losing to President Bush the previous year. And apparently, those closest to the epicenter were driven the furthest into hysteria. Al Gore was driven (further) insane when he lost to GWB in 2000, going from a man who attacked Bush #41 in 1992 for not removing Saddam Hussein from power, to demonizing Bush #43 for removing Saddam Hussein from power, and smearing his supporters as “digital brownshirts.”  Gore, whose political career was reborn in 1989, when he made an about-face from a relatively conservative Democrat in the 1980s to comparing global warming to “An Ecological Kristallnacht” in a New York Times op-ed, sold his Current TV channel to Al Jazeera, owned by the ISIS-funding petro-state Qatar for $500 million at the start of 2013. With her above Facebook post today, Naomi Wolf, legendary (if perhaps somewhat apocryphally) for advising Gore in 2000 to switch to earth tones to bring out his hot-blooded alpha male (no, really) has joined him in la-la land. It shouldn’t be all that surprising. In August of 2009, the former self-described “third wave feminist” thought that the Islamic women forcing women to cover their faces was totally groovy, and underneath, the Islamic world was as laid back about sex as say, your average, Greenwich Village coffee house. (No, really.) Or as Phyllis Chesler paraphrased Wolf’s essay in Sydney Morning Herald, “The Burqa: Ultimate Feminist Choice?” In the fall of 2008, she predicted that if John McCain won, we’d see the coming of the Palin-Rove Police State. (No, really!) Here’s what Wolf’s fever-swamp rant at the Huffington Post in September of 2008: [This Ed Drisccll Takedown of The Year  is just precious'] A fun thing to read.  Unless you're Naomi Wolf.  Or a Douchbag. ”

The Flying Douchebags

“ Obama: “I’m not on the ballot this fall ... but make no mistake, [my] policies are on the ballot — every single one of them.” The line has quickly made its way into Republican campaign ads Biden Overstates Deaths in Joplin, Missouri Tornado By 160,839 WRECKING BALL! Biden continues to apologize; first Turkey, now UAE ”

Art's art

art is everywhere

Unplugged

Terps - Ohio State

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Today's Prediction Ohio State by 18.  Sigh.

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A Role Play ...

“ I know this much ... I'm trying to put myself in the place of those 6 in 10 Americans who don't know what party controls the United States House, or Senate.  But here's what I do know.  I know lots of people who are unemployed, and cannot find a full time job. If I'm married, I'm worried about the future (If I'm not married, but employed, all I worry about is tonight's date, or beating Ohio State).  I know that a hell of a lot of illegal aliens are flooding the into the country from Mexico, or thereabouts, and I know that Obama and Democrats are letting more in. Isn't that against the law? I know there are reports of hundreds of Americans dying from an Ebola epidemic, which is worse than the Black Plague, and is sweeping the nation (I said I was disengaged);  I know those illegal immigrants are responsible.  I worry about my family. I know I don't have health insurance, even though Obama promised it; or if I did have it, it's gone; or  if I do have health insurance, I'm paying through the nose for it, and I can't afford it.  I know that Obama has been mucking things up around Iraq. He took our troops out, and now we had to go back.  But we're losing this time. I know that Muslims over there are beheading children and journalists. I don't like Muslims at all, and while I won't say it aloud, I fear them, and I wish all of them were expelled from the United States.  I know that Obama is a Muslim, and a Democrat. I know that there's an election in November.  I should vote.  If I do, it won't be for any Democrat. That's not what I think.  I watch MSNBC and the Daily Show. I know better. ”

Kim Jong Un Fish Food?

The Nanny State - one regulation away from total bliss                        TEXT

“ Is the World's Goofiest Psyco Jerkoff* Leader Feeding Maggots? It is impossible to know exactly what is going on in North Korea, but something big has happened. The third generation Kim dynasty heir, Kim Jong-un, has been missing from public sight for a month, and may be ill, dead, or overthrown. There is much speculation, and contradictory reports are circulating, including the assertion that Pyongyang is sealed off, and no one is being permitted to enter or leave.  But one fact is clear and it is dramatic.  CNN reports: With Kim Jong Un out of sight for a month, a covey of North Korea's high officials popped down to South Korea for a last minute jaunt on Saturday, and delivered a diplomatic bonbon. The three officials told South Korea that Pyongyang is willing to hold a second round of high-level meetings between late October and early November, South Korea's Unification Ministry said in a statement Saturday. Read more: That would dash all hope for a ‎Team America: World Police II, The Piglets * Not born in Kenya ”

Petition to Deport Brock

Petition to Deport an Illegal Alien 10/02/2014 When the history is written, Larry Klayman will be among the scant few recognized for refusing to bury principles; be cowed by fear of the Alinsky-generated  label "birther."  Or, who  rationalized with  "this is a lost cause and detracts  from something or other."  USA-UAS-USA

IRS Obamacare Rule

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Judge: IRS Obamacare Rule 'Is Arbitrary, Capricious, and Abuse of Discretion' In his decision, U.S. District Judge Ronald White ( George W. Bush, 2003 ) concluded Tuesday that the IRS rule altering the Obamacare law and providing billions in subsidies is "arbitrary, capricious and abuse of discretion": "The court holds that the IRS rule is arbitrary, capricious, and abuse of discretion or otherwise not in accordance with law, pursuant to 5 U.S.C.706(2)(A), in excess of summary jurisdiction, authority or limitation, or short of statutory right, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 706(2)(C), or otherwise is an invalidation of the ACA [Affordable Care Act], and is hereby vacated. The court's order of vacatur is stayed, however, pending resolution of any appeal from this order." In September 2012, Oklahoma was the first of several states to challenge the legality of an IRS rule that caused billions in subsidies to be paid out, despite Congress having never authorized those payments. Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt hailed the state's victory in its lawsuit challenging the implementation of the Affordable Care Act: "Today's ruling is a consequential victory for the rule of law. The administration and its bureaucrats in the IRS handed out billions in illegal tax credits and subsidies and vastly expanded the reach of the health care law because they didn't like the way Congress wrote the Affordable Care Act. That's not how our system of government works."

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Grraham? President? LOL

“ Lindsey "Lohan" Graham displays his junk Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said in a recent interview that he is considering a White House run in 2016 and dismissed fellow Republican Sen. Marco Rubio as “not quite ready” to be president. [Rubio is] a good guy, but after doing immigration with him—we don’t need another young guy not quite ready  “He’s no Obama by any means, but he’s so afraid of the right, and I’ve let that go.”  "He’s no Obama by any means, but he’s so afraid of the right ..." Not one a jot of Graham's disjointed statement makes any sense;  let alone have relevance to anything anybody cares about. ”

Too many Kwinsadinces

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Currents MAN POSING AS CONGRESSMAN GETS BACKSTAGE AT OBAMA EVENT... White House fence-jumper made it far deeper into building than previously known... ^ Toddler slips past White House fence... ^ CONGRESSMAN: 'Sleepless' over president's security... ^ More than '1,000 security breaches and vulnerabilities' revealed... ^

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More Jindal

GOP 2016: What about Bobby Jindal?

“ (This ties-in with yesterday's Jindal post.) Jindal is smart, experienced, full of ideas, a solid conservative. So why is he so far back? First, he is still virtually unknown. To the degree that people outside of Louisiana know Jindal, it is for his poorly received — OK, really bad — Republican response to President Obama's first State of the Union address in 2009. "He's an undervalued stock," says Jindal adviser Timmy Teepell. "The view of the pundit class in DC, who have not seen Jindal on the stump or interacting with voters, is that he's an underdog without much of a shot. They take the simplistic approach — 'the first time I heard of him he gave a bad State of the Union response, so he can't be any good.' Fortunately, DC pundits don't get to decide elections." Teepell points out that Jindal has won four elections in Louisiana — two for the House and two for the governor's office — all by decisive margins. When he makes his case to voters, he usually succeeds. the governor "used the political capital from those victories to make much-needed reforms in Louisiana." The adviser ticked them off: government spending cuts, state workforce cuts, income tax cuts, education reform, health care reform. They were all "massive undertakings that required a lot of political capital to be spent — and when you spend political capital, you spend political capital." But all is not well at home for Jindal in his seventh year as governor. A poll released this week by PPP, a Democratic firm, pegged his job approval rating in Louisiana at just 34 percent, with 55 percent disapproval. (Other polls have also shown low approval ratings, although some have indicated recent improvement.) In addition, PPP asked about hypothetical presidential matchups between Hillary Clinton and various Republicans in Louisiana. Bush, Cruz, and Paul, as well as Mike Huckabee, all topped Clinton. Jindal, the favorite son, trailed Clinton by a single point, 45 percent to 46 percent. If a Republican presidential candidate, no matter where he's from, has even a little trouble winning Louisiana, that's bad news. Teepell points again to Jindal's election wins and explains that the governor "used the political capital from those victories to make much-needed reforms in Louisiana." The adviser ticked them off: government spending cuts, state workforce cuts, income tax cuts, education reform, health care reform. They were all "massive undertakings that required a lot of political capital to be spent — and when you spend political capital, you spend political capital." [Full Examiner] Going back, at least to Gerald Ford's 1976 election, the media have been increasingly active in doing an Alinsky (e.g. “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.” and “Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.”) on any GOP candidate that even smacks of conservatism.  So the SUCCESSFUL candidate must have exceptional natural appeal, a glib tongue, and a thick skin to overcome all this.  And that's just to get the GOP nomination! That hasn't happened since 1980.  The New York Times will, historically,  endorse the GOPe favorite, and that person will never, ever, be a real conservative; nor anyone likely to beat the Democrat.   Also, and for reasons I cannot comprehend, the GOP have allowed, without court challenge,  Democrats to cross-over  and vote in it's primaries.  That's how we got Dole, McCain and Romney. So, if Jindal, or any conservative, can break through all this, then that candidate will almost certainly become president. What are the odds that Jindal will be that person?  I say 30 to 1.  Jindal is the only candidate (in the race) who even remotely excites me. My only hope is for the GOP to control both the House and the Senate in 2016,  with the Teaparty faction holding the balance of power.  Then there's at least a chance. Fast forward to mid-2017.  If drilling the ANWAR oil fields is about to commence, then we are on the way to recovery. ”

Goofy

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OR, This (Doug M)

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Why don't fat girls date a lot?

WHAT GUMMINT DOES

“ From the People Who Want To Control Global Warm, erm, Cooli , erm Climate Change —and who did enact Obamacare ”