Archive for 2022

OPEN THREAD: Here they come, those feelings again. I believe he’s still married to Cecilia Noel.

YES, THE ACTUAL EFFECT OF THE DOBBS DECISION WILL BE TO MAKE OUR ABORTION LAWS MORE EUROPEAN.

And then there’s Sweden’s restrictive abortion law.

Related thoughts on making America more like Europe.

JOSH BLACKMAN: On abortion, justices demonstrate courage under fire.

Five justices were willing to take this bold and correct legal step in the face of never-ending personal attacks, efforts to pack the court, fallout from the leaked draft opinion, protests outside their homes and even an assassination attempt. . . .

The justices should be commended for displaying this fortitude in the face of crushing public pressure. During Supreme Court confirmation hearings, senators have excoriated and attacked nominees with one primary goal in mind: to save Roe. Families and friends were dragged through the mud in an effort to cow the would-be justices into submission. We now know that those efforts failed.

And a good thing, too.

Related: D.C. businesses boarding up windows in case post-Roe protests turn “mostly peaceful.”

HAPPY ROE V. WADE IS OVER? NEW TITLE IX REGS MAKE THAT RISKY TO SAY ON CAMPUS. “The Biden administration’s proposed regulation uses a definition of sexual harassment that is similar to one that was struck down by the federal appeals court in Atlanta… [T]he court noted that it had ‘asked the University’s lawyer a series of questions about whether particular statements would violate the discriminatory-harassment policy: (1) ‘abortion is immoral’; (2) ‘unbridled open immigration is a danger to America on a variety of levels’; and (3) ‘the Palestinian movement is antisemitic.’ The University’s lawyer could not rule out the possibility that such speech would be deemed sexual or racial harassment under the policy’s broad language, without first considering ‘all the facts and circumstances’ surrounding the speech.”

(Bolding is mine.) There’s always another trick up the sleeve, isn’t there?

ATHIRA AND ALZHEIMER’S. “Sadly, it’s not really news when a biopharma company has an Alzheimer’s clinical trial failure. To a very good approximation, they all fail, or at least they have so far.”

BIDEN URGES CONGRESS TO CODIFY ROE: WOMEN’S* LIVES ‘NOW AT RISK.

President Biden called on Congress to codify a right to abortion in federal law on Friday, saying the “health and life of women” are “at risk” hours after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

“Now with Roe gone, let’s be very clear: the health and life of women in this nation are now at risk,” Biden said in a speech at the White House.

Biden also criticized state laws restricting abortion, which were triggered by the the Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Clinic, and urged pro-choice voters to elect likeminded politicians in the coming midterm elections, saying “this fall, Roe is on the ballot.”

“Let me very clear and unambiguous: the only way we can secure a woman’s right to choose, the balance that existed, is for Congress to restore the protections of Roe v. Wade as federal law. No executive action from the president can do that,” Biden said. “And if Congress, as it appears, lacks the votes to do that now, voters need to make their voices heard.”

Flashback: Biden voted to overturn Roe v Wade in 1982 saying women don’t have ‘sole right’ to say what happens to bodies. President had said in 1974 that he thought the Roe v Wade ruling ‘went too far.’

* When did Joe become a biologist?

GREAT MOMENTS IN SCIENCE FICTION: This Golden Age of Journalism.

In a parallel multiverse far, far away, “Scoop” Rosenthal, managing editor for a major metropolitan newspaper, dives into an embarrassment of riches.

“Hitchens, Woodward, and Pyle,” Scoop barks across the newsroom to his Capitol Hill team. “The Jan. 6 hearings. That trial is all prosecution and no defense. We need to tell the rest of the story.

“Hitch, contact the Republicans Nancy Pelosi barred from the committee and find out what questions they would have asked.

“Woodward, tell us why law enforcement was so unprepared to handle a storm they seemed to know was coming. Look into the claims that undercover agents in the crowd may have stirred up the mob. That sounds crazy, sure, but given the FBI’s puppeteering in that plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor, who knows? Confirm or debunk, it doesn’t matter.

“Pyle, pull together a list of the major 2020 voting irregularities so readers can understand why so many question the result. Make sure to note which claims have been debunked.”

Pyle asks: “Should I include the suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story in the weeks before the election that helped swing the race to Biden, or how reports of the successful COVID vaccine trials were withheld until after the vote?”

“Interesting, but off point for this story,” Scoop responds. “That reminds me, we need to compare the charges and treatment of those arrested in the Jan. 6 melee with those picked up during the summer riots. I’m guessing it was not so equal. Okay, get to it.”

Next Scoop calls his undercover specialist. “I’ve got a hot one for you, Bly.”

Bly: “Let me guess, the violence against the pro-life pregnancy centers. I’ve counted 40 attacks so far since the Supreme Court’s draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade was leaked last month.”

As a reader, I really wish that world depicted above existed; it’s a sharp contrast to today’s DNC-MSM:


 

WHO IS RAY EPPS? You may know him as the big guy seen on video the evening of January 5 encouraging pro-Trumpers to invade the Capitol the next day. He’s vigorously denied being a law enforcement operative or informant, but the Epoch Times’ Joseph Hanneman has an exclusive today reporting new evidence that cast doubt on Epps’ denials.

HOW LONG BEFORE CANCEL CULTURE CENSORS TARGET ‘SCIENCE’ JOURNAL: The journal Science is one of the most respected, peer-reviewed scientific publications in the world, but that probably won’t spare the editors there from abuse for publishing a new study that sheds positive light on the “fine-tuning” of the universe.

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