248 responses to “Sandbox – 5jun18”

1. 

   Bill Tozer

   05 June 2018

   Keep the White House in the dark about Flynn, then cry obstruction of justice. If I thought the investigation of Flynn was a done deal and over, I too, would have said, “Go easy on him” for lying to others on my staff.
   https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/newly-leaked-memo-previously-unknown-evidence-michael-flynn-case

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   George Rebane

   05 June 2018

   Barabara Ross retires, and will be sorely missed. More here –
   http://rebaneruminations.typepad.com/rebanes_ruminations/2018/05/ruminations-30may18.html

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3. 

   M

   05 June 2018

   The Eagles have Trump’s number,,,
   https://twitter.com/thEMANacho/status/1003795849367810048

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   Todd Juvinall

   05 June 2018

   These sports teams are killing their sports and the viewers are leaving in droves. They want to disrespect America then they should move to Albania. They are so dumb. They need to hire Steve Frisch in order to get that stake in the heart.

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5. 

   fish

   05 June 2018

   Posted by: M | 05 June 2018 at 11:21 AM
   Hey Depends™ 20% off! Just sayin……

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6. 

   jon smith

   05 June 2018

   Todd 11:23-
   “These sports teams are killing their sports and the viewers are leaving in droves. ”
   Todd, ever the nitwit.
   NFL viewership has been in decline since 2014 (well before the knee thing). Why is NASCAR viewership crashing to new lows? NFL players kneeling? What about basketball’s loss of viewership? Todd has the answers. Just wait. Something about crooked Hillary probably.
   What is really scary is that “real” football (that would be soccer Todd) viewership and youth participation is gaining. Now we we know the rest of the story. MEXICANS (illegals probably) ruined our traditional team sports! Todd you make make the announcement and take a bow (or a knee).

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7. 

   scenes

   05 June 2018

   GeorgeR: “But no one is drawing fire for spreading the blatant socialism now rampant across the land”
   But this time it’ll be different!
   Perhaps run earlier.
   https://www.forbes.com/sites/michellefabio/2018/04/06/department-of-homeland-security-compiling-database-of-journalists-and-media-influencers/
   It’ll be amazing the kind of permanent system of surveilotyranny you can set up. It’s not a thing that Trump has done any better at than Saint Obama, but the Deep State be Deep Statein’.
   The amusing thing is that large .gov folks think they can control the beast. That somehow you can build an actively managed but humane rat run for everybody.
   The thing is, this experiment has already been run a few times. A decent overview:
   https://www.amazon.com/Soviet-Experiment-Successor-November-Paperback/dp/B014S31GIY/
   It’s interesting to watch how the philosophy of Russian governing changed over time as the personalities and the reality on the ground changed things. Once control is centralized, you always end up in the same place.

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8. 

   Todd Juvinall

   05 June 2018

   jon smith | 05 June 2018 at 11:54 AM
   Still trying to make up your own facts moron? Is that what a tenth grade grad thinks all the time? All sporting events are taking a loss as the players are disrespecting the country that gave them success. (except NASCAR, which I don’t ever watch) Not my facts but well publicized for two years now. Are you out of the asylum and were you denied newspapers and TV?
   Soccer is stupid and boring which makes it your favorite sport. You are too funny. What a hoot!

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9. 

   fish

   05 June 2018

   Posted by: jon smith | 05 June 2018 at 11:54 AM
   Something about crooked Hillary probably.
   Still butthurt about Darth Cankles I see…..that female solidarity sure is something!

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10. 

    Don Bessee

    05 June 2018

    Winning –
    http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/05/trumps-economy-delivers-historic-6-7-million-job-openings/
    😉

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11. 

    jon smith

    05 June 2018

    Todd 12:02-
    “Soccer is stupid”. Blow some bubble gum, roll your eyes, and stomp your foot when you say that. All at the same time and try not to step on a crack. 70 year old dork..

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12. 

    scenes

    05 June 2018

    fish@12:19PM
    There’s more to fear than just Hillary.
    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DRt2SlqUMAErr8D.jpg

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13. 

    Todd Juvinall

    05 June 2018

    jon smith | 05 June 2018 at 12:44 PM
    But I may be a 68 year old dork but at least I am not a LGBTQ like you bub/gal

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14. 

    Bill Tozer

    05 June 2018

    Huff Post: Islam & LGBT — Great Great Together!
    Alas, the “proof” that Islam and gay rights are reconcilable is pretty thin. One story about one woman who grew up in a non-Islamic state doesn’t disprove evidence to the contrary.
    https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/isaac-cross/2018/06/05/huff-post-islam-lgbt-great-great-together

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15. 

    Bill Tozer

    05 June 2018

    Surprised how little attention to detail the Masterpiece Cake ruling got, yet not surprised how both sides take the very narrow limited scope of that particular ruling/case to claim a victory or loss. The ruling was so narrow that I feel none of the bigger questions were addressed. SCOTUS sidestepped the issue, save to say government cannot be hostile to one absolute right or give it more or less weight than another’s individual’s claim to a another right. It was a draw, IMHO, and the future “cake cases” in the pipeline will, if heard, may answer the larger questions.
    Does one 1st Amendment absolute individual right have more weight than another 1st Amendment absolute right? Were “our rights” ever intended to to butt heads against each other? It appears they were never designed to clash. How did we get to this place? Just food for thought.

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16. 

    scenes

    05 June 2018

    Uh oh. The Blue Wave. It’s real!
    https://i.redd.it/1vr72x0et8211.jpg

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17. 

    Todd Juvinall

    05 June 2018

    BillT, I agree on the cake ruling. It is not narrow but the defeated want the country to believe it is. Just like when the democrats lose an election and majorities they spin it too convince people it ain’t so.
    LGBTQ is jonnie and I wonder how long he would last before Ahmed tossed him off the ninth floor if he was “outed” over there?

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18. 

    Paul Emery

    05 June 2018

    This is comforting, Dennis Rodman will be accompanying Trump at the Korea summit and may have a role in negotiations. He’s a big fan of Trump and holds him in high regard.
    “Dennis Rodman is going to be at Trump’s North Korean summit — and may have a role in nuke negotiations
    “On his last visit, Rodman gave dictator Kim Jong-un a copy of Trump’s book The Art Of The Deal, which he said led to a mutual understanding.
    “Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un are pretty much the same,” Rodman said at the time.”
    https://www.rawstory.com/2018/06/dennis-rodman-going-trumps-north-korean-summit-may-role-nuke-negotiations-report/

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    jon smith

    05 June 2018

    With Kim Kardashian and Dennis Rodman advising Trump this week, we can sleep well.
    Paul, any inside newsroom dope on Melania’s attempted suicide? The White House refuses to deny the story, so it is starting to look less and less like simple gossip.

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20. 

    jon smith

    05 June 2018

    Good to hear that Sylvester Stallone put General Kelly in his place by telling Trump to pardon Hurricane despite Kelly’s push back. Sounds like more meaningless pardons on the way and both Kelly and McGahn are unable to slow Trump’s new obsession . . . .
    http://www.newsweek.com/trump-obsessed-pardons-white-house-960430
    but, squeak, what about Obama’s pardons? . Yada yada yada. “but mommy, Barry did it first”
    Across the board lumber prices continuing to soar, soar, soar in retribution for steel and aluminum tariffs. It isn’t going to end any time soon. Thanks for Making America Great and housing affordable again. “This is not a trade war”

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21. 

    scenes

    05 June 2018

    jonsmith@3:55PM
    I’ve got no problem with pardons. It looks to me like most of the high-profile jail time for crimes involving money or influence were randomly handed out depending on whether the local .gov attorneys got a bee in their bonnet or not. Generally, I’d say that most financial evil-doings should be dealt with by financial penalties.
    Of course, what always seems to happen is “but, squeak, all of those guys that do an armed robbery and beat the hell out of the shopkeeper went to jail, and the guy that did the insider trading only got a fine. That ain’t fair”.

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22. 

    Don Bessee

    05 June 2018

    The first rat off ship Clinton is looking for a deal –
    http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/05/andrew-mccabe-immunity-ig-report/
    😉

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23. 

    Bill Tozer

    05 June 2018

    Todd @ 2:49 pm
    Let me clarify. Narrow does not mean it was a close call, like a 5-4 decision. Nay. Not in the least. Narrow in this case does not mean close call, . It means they ruled on just one ingredient on many that makes up the whole cake, pun intended.
    Many have misconsued the word ‘narrow’. I mean narrow in scope. SCOTUS did not rule on whether the baker can refuse to create a specific cake for a specific occasion, but they ruled that the government (in this case the State of Colorado) erred by showing hostility to the defendant’s religious objection claim. In other words, they faulted how the Civil Rights Department (or whatever it is called) displayed bias. That was all is was.
    To borrow from current buzzwords in the Meuller indictments, Flynn was convicted on a “procedure” crime. Likewise, SCOTUS ruled on the way the State of Colorado handled the case, not the case itself.
    There is much injustice, bias, and inequality in the world, but there cannot be bias in justice…
    That is why I say SCOTUS punted, a draw if you will. By focusing on process, the court sidestepped the big questions. Again, to use “narrow” in this sense, it’s similar to the Scooter Libby or Martha Steward cases where neither’s conviction answered the question of whether they committed the crime of insider trading or leaking to the press, crimes they were never convicted for. Similarly, SCOTUS did not address the validly of the religious objection claim nor the validity of the Colorado anti-discrimination law. Thus they looked at just one tree, not the forest, aka, narrow. Don’t know if that helps or puts us on the same page.
    Yes, politically one can make hay with the ruling. I cannot in this specific ruling. To be controversial, I would say it would have been best is both parties just walked away, as do I believe the same would be best in the similar CA case (with favorable religious objection ruling already) working its way through the courts as we speak. Reasonable folks can agree to disagree and there are thousands of eager and willing bakers or photographers out there.
    Think about it. A wedding is a joyous occasion, a day that lives in the minds and hearts of the happy couple til death do they part. The special moment in their lives, very special. Would you want someone there who was attending because they were forced to be there against their will or eat something that the caterer hated to make for the party and did so only because they were had to, not wanted to?
    To top this off, who has a wedding and serves pizza for the special occasion? Like, I see most of this as BS, all in all. There are real injustices out there and finding someone out in the boonies and asking them a hypothetical question like “Would you cater pepperoni pizzas to a gay wedding?” is looking for a crime that had not been committed.

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24. 

    Todd Juvinall

    05 June 2018

    BillT I agree to a point. However, this decision sends a signal out that there is trouble in paradise for those trying to keep people from practicing their religion or religious beliefs. I think a lawyer can always parse life into many clients cases to make that big money. Life goes on.
    So Rodman is joining Trump at the summit? If true it shows me that Trump is an open minded negotiator. Whatever leverage he can use. Smart man. Maybe the local LGBTQ jonnieSmith could go too. And he can teach Kim which bathroom he should use.

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25. 

    Bill Tozer

    05 June 2018

    Don @ 4:11pm
    With the sudden emergence of Bill Clinton last weekend hitting the circuits and Chelsea popping up more frequently that usual, the cynic in me went straight to “the IG report is done”, forwarded to the powers that be for the review period, soon to hit the news by month’s end. The Clintons are trying to get ahead of the story, per standard operating procedure.
    Yes, Bubba is kicking off his book tour….but the timing is suspect. Nothing, absolutely nothing the Clintons do, is not without politicallly motivated calculations in advance.

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26. 

    fish

    05 June 2018

    Posted by: Paul Emery | 05 June 2018 at 03:05 PM
    
    Yes or No Punch….YES OR NO???

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27. 

    Don Bessee

    05 June 2018

    BT I would just add self enrichment in that last line. For them they have morphed into one thing. 😉

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28. 

    fish

    05 June 2018

    Posted by: scenes | 05 June 2018 at 01:07 PM
    Shotgun Joe……the gift that keeps on giving!

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29. 

    Bill Tozer

    05 June 2018

    Well, Dennis Rodman is about the only American that Kim likes and is comfortable with. Can’t hurt to bring him along. Variety is the spice of life.
    Now that the rough draft of the IG report is done awaiting revisions, it’s time to gear up for the IG’s Clinton Foundation investigation. Although the IG does not prosecute crimes, we can lead him in the right direction. 🙂
    http://thefederalist.com/2018/04/24/bombshell-fec-records-indicate-hillary-campaign-illegally-laundered-84-million/#.WxRJOWab5E8.twitter
    In other news……
    https://www.facebook.com/RowdyConservatives/photos/a.217983685002343.55586.217926015008110/1329489463851754/?type=3&theater

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30. 

    scenes

    05 June 2018

    billt@5:00pm
    Good article.
    More from a while back.
    https://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/the-anatomy-of-hillary-clintons-84-million-money-laundering-scheme/

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31. 

    Don Bessee

    05 June 2018

    Masters of the universe colluding with the Chinese –
    The agreements, which date to at least 2010, gave private access to some user data to Huawei, a telecommunications equipment company that has been flagged by American intelligence officials as a national security threat, as well as to Lenovo, Oppo and TCL.
    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/05/technology/facebook-device-partnerships-china.html
    😉

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32. 

    Don Bessee

    05 June 2018

    The crumbling fake news empires –
    It’s the latest sign that Holt has never recovered from the presidential debate he moderated in the fall of 2016, when he badgered Donald Trump, angering some NBC viewers. Holt also was the object of global ridicule earlier this year when visited North Korea and appeared to be badly duped by the dictatorial regime there.
    http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/06/05/embarrassment-for-nbcs-lester-holt-as-struggling-nightly-news-sinks-in-ratings.html
    😉

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33. 

    jon smith

    05 June 2018

    Trump promised us the tax bill would help companies like Harley Davidson hire more workers.
    What did Harley Davidson do? Bought back $700 million in stock, fired 800 American workers, and moved major operations to Thailand.

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34. 

    fish

    05 June 2018

    Posted by: jon smith | 05 June 2018 at 05:36 PM
    But Linda…..if you like your doctor you can keep your doctor!!
    You enjoy your political lies and we’ll enjoy ours!

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35. 

    Bill Tozer

    05 June 2018

    Foundation. Funny that the “Australian Diplomat” to England donated a cool 25 million to the foundation….before he became an Ambassador. Man, are these folks shot in the ass with diamonds, or what? There is a State Department and foreign service corps connection between the Foundation, Hillary’s campaign, foreign diplomats, and the witch hunt. Can’t shake the British intelligence foreign relations top dog at GCHQ (Government Commincations Head Quarters) up and quit his job as soon as Trump done got sworn in. At least he waited longer to suddenly quit than the top dog at our DOJ-National Security Division who signed the FISA warrant in the fall (last days of September) and headed promptly out the door in early October before the election in 2016.
    Probably all just silly ideas in my head. :). Love timelines.

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36. 

    jon smith

    05 June 2018

    fish-
    Still have my doctor of 15 years right here in Grass Valley. You have a problem with that? Don’t they have doctors in Carmichael?

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37. 

    Don Bessee

    05 June 2018

    We shall see shortly –
    Clinton acknowledged in a Sunday interview with USA Today that though the so-called blue wave had been building, factors like the strength of President Donald Trump’s economy and Trump’s progress on the North Korea negotiations have complicated matters for Democrats.
    “Well, it was building, big time,” Clinton reportedly said. “It’s impossible to tell now just because there are so many other intervening narratives.”
    http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/05/bill-clinton-on-blue-wave-impossible-to-tell-now/
    😉

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38. 

    fish

    05 June 2018

    Posted by: jon smith | 05 June 2018 at 05:48 PM
    Maybe be you’re one of those evul repubbers who have the wherewithal to pay for their own physician and hospital care…..!? Might want to keep that to yourself Linda…you’ll find yourself uninvited from all the fashionable lefty parties!
    In any case we know that Obamacare was designed to separate people from their primary care providers and that multiple lies were told (Healthcare profiteer Jonathan Gruber anyone – https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Gruber_(economist)) in order to get the gullible to support it!
    My best to your gynecologist!
    Toodles!

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39. 

    scenes

    05 June 2018

    fyi
    https://pjmedia.com/trending/desperate-times-call-for-desperate-measures-part-1/

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40. 

    Paul Emery

    05 June 2018

    More loosening in the Repub camp on Trumps swamsters of which Pruit is the fattest Bottom Sucker in the pond
    “Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst says President Donald Trump would be justified in firing EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, who she accused of lying about his policy views and misusing his office.
    Pruitt “is about as swampy as you get here in Washington, D.C. And if the president wants to drain the swamp, he needs to take a look at his own Cabinet,” Ernst said Tuesday at an energy policy forum in Washington. She stressed that she was speaking for herself and that it is up to Trump to decide whether to keep Pruitt on board.”
    https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/05/scott-pruitt-criticism-swampy-joni-ernst-595566

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41. 

    Paul Emery

    05 June 2018

    Are you referring to my 3:05 post Fish ? Do’t recall asking a question, Try again. You’re confused.

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42. 

    fish

    05 June 2018

    Posted by: Paul Emery | 05 June 2018 at 06:46 PM
    Yes or no Punch!?! YES OR NO?

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43. 

    Paul Emery

    05 June 2018

    Yes or no to what fish? You’re losing it.

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44. 

    Bonnie McGuire

    05 June 2018

    Wish we could just click on whatwe agree with…

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45. 

    Bill Tozer

    05 June 2018

    1) Don @ 4:11pm, Andy McCabe:
    https://www.facebook.com/lastamericapatriots/photos/rpp.235086849974878/1062566447226910/?type=3&theater
    2) Education
    My, my. Had no idea that bestiality is a crime. Crime against nature, eh? Those Highlanders were boasting about sheep when one of their buddies, a farmer, said sows were anatomically correct from behind. I told them all that is just too much information and walked away. Still, they did not act like it was against the law. Hmmm.
    Ok, now it makes sense. A dog is man’s best friend. That puts cannies in a different class. Wonder what the heck they put in the water in Michigan?. Hillary on the campaign trail promised repeatedly the residents of Flint that she would never ever forget them on her visit and they have not seen her since. Odd, but I digressed again. Sorry.
    Those shrinks are a different breed, I tell ya. Especially the shrink professors. Them you best not turn your back on.
    http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/06/04/michigan-state-university-health-physicist-charged-over-bestiality-with-dog/

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46. 

    fish

    05 June 2018

    Posted by: Paul Emery | 05 June 2018 at 07:18 PM
    Just employing a common “Emeryism” …….! Thought you might appreciate it. Something we could share.

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47. 

    fish

    05 June 2018

    HYPOCRISY: “Anti-gun Father Michael Pleger’s bodyguard got arrested for illegally carrying a gun. You legally carrying a firearm is not OK. His bodyguard illegally carrying one, totally cool.”

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48. 

    Gregory

    05 June 2018

    The first results for California are dribbling out… John Cox ahead of Gavin Newsom 29% v. 26%
    1% of the votes counted.
    This is meaningless but I suspect Cox’s victory party is buoyed by it.

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49. 

    George Rebane

    05 June 2018

    Zzzzzzzz …

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50. 

    Bill Tozer

    05 June 2018

    Todd,
    Masterpiece Cake Theater. Yep, we are both right, but you are more right to say the decision is a bigger win than I conceded. A meeting of the minds. The intersectionality off agreement, to use hip lingo. . This decision does indeed send out some signals and implications….to government. From two separate articles, I will combine for brievity:
    “No one — and certainly no American — should be forced to compromise their views just because they’re unpopular with the government entity in charge. The newest member of the Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch, touched on this in his own concurrence. “No bureaucratic judgment condemning a sincerely held religious belief as ‘irrational’ or ‘offensive’ will ever survive strict scrutiny under the First Amendment.” In this country, he writes, “the place of secular officials isn’t to sit in judgment of religious beliefs, but only to protect their free exercise… Popular religious views are easy enough to defend. It is in protecting unpopular religious beliefs that we prove this country’s commitment to serving as a refuge for religious freedom.”
    and….
    The state’s civil rights commission was blatantly hostile to Phillips’ claim of religious liberty, and that hostility seemed to be the focus of the Court’s opinion. Writing for the majority, Justice Anthony Kennedy declared:
    “The record here demonstrates that the commission’s consideration of Phillips’ case was neither tolerant nor respectful of his religious beliefs… The commission’s hostility was inconsistent with the First Amendment’s guarantee that our laws be applied in a manner that is neutral toward religion.”
    To give you some idea of just how biased the Colorado Civil Rights Commission was, consider this: Two liberal justices — Breyer and Kagan — joined the majority, making yesterday’s decision a 7-2 ruling!
    Only two justices — liberals Ginsburg and Sotomayor — felt the state of Colorado was free to run roughshod over Phillips’ religious liberty.
    In addition, the fact that yesterday’s decision was written by Justice Kennedy speaks volumes. He has authored the Court’s biggest pro-gay rights opinions, including the decision redefining marriage. I and many others feared that if this opinion had Kennedy’s name on it, the decision would go the wrong way.
    While the Supreme Court in many ways dodged more fundamental issues in its decision, at least it is willing to impose some limits on the Left’s intolerance toward men and women of faith.”
    And my two cents worth
    . The First Amendment protects my right to march down the street with like minded folks and scream out Islam sucks, Jews suck, Christians suck, homosexuals suck, straight people sucks, Pagans suck.” The press can lie if they choose, it’s protected speech as well. The Sedition Act got tossed. The press has the right to be wrong, and be wrong passionately, even if they are the only ones on the planet that believe what they spout, not the hearer. Slander may be an exemption, but that goes to intent and foreknowledge of spouting a lie, not passionately spouting beliefs. And is not blogging right now a form of publishing?
    So, it does make sense that government must remain neutral on religious beliefs in the public and private sectors, at work, at home, and at play. Protected speech (and by extension beliefs), does not mean protected from offense or disagreement.
    https://patriotpost.us/opinion/56347-a-big-win

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