Lemme tell you ’bout Big Nose Joe and his Strat
I’ve never really gotten a good look at Joe Walsh’s face before. He’d be a close second in people whose nickname should be “The Schnozzola” to Jimmy Durante.
Archive of entries posted on June 2013
More on the VRA decision
U of Co. law prof Paul Campos: But this decision is yet more outrageous. The Constitution was specifically amended in the most explicit possible terms to allow Congress to pass precisely this sort of law, for this precise purpose. The 15th Amendment was enacted to give Congress the power to stop states from discriminating against …
Why was the VRA invalidated?
Adam Serwer of Mother Jones suggests we look at Chief Justice Roberts’ long history with it. Memos that Roberts wrote as a lawyer in President Reagan’s Justice Department during the 1980s show that he was deeply involved in efforts to curtail the effectiveness of the Voting Rights Act, the hard-won landmark 1965 law that is …
Scalia’s hypocrisy
Yesterday Justice Scalia had no problem concurring with a decision overturning Section IV of the Voting Rights Act, a law which was overwhelmingly renewed by the Congress in 2006. That year the vote was 98-0 in the Senate and 390-33 in the House. Here’s Scalia writing
Kinda sums up the day
I don’t know this Twitterer, but he’s got it about right, I think. Racists in 1965 marching against the Voting Rights Act #VRA They Win. pic.twitter.com/yJ5LdHYM0H — Jeff Gauvin (@JeffersonObama) June 25, 2013
SCOTUS to USA: “La la la”
In light of the Court’s decision to gut Title IV of the Voting Rights Act, one can only conclude that to the Court we live in glorious times where ethnic and racial differences between Americans have all dissolved and we’re all one big happy family. Any previous differences have been resolved and no more effort …
Get a job, kid!
When we last had a dog four years ago I was buying 20-lb. bags of Science Diet Small Bites for about $22. Times have changed, as has the product I’m buying. When I was adopting Abby I was given brochures strongly suggesting I get dog food with as little grain as possible, particularly if it …
What the ever-loving hell?
Sometimes I am so shocked and dismayed about a US Government policy that I feel I should write long essays chastising the President, Congress, the courts, or whoever formulated the policy. What usually happens is that I’m first made aware of the malfeasance at a blog like Charlie Pierce’s or maybe Digby’s. I then realize …
News you can use, Part 33
Received in email today: After two years of building Snapjoy, the time has come for us to shut down the service. It’s been a journey unlike anything we’d imagined, and we can’t thank you enough for your support and input along the way. As of today, June 22nd, no more photos can be imported into …
Happy Solstice!
The guitar intro instantly identifies this song for me.