Tea Party is having a big night

[VHGisdead]

good grief!

[Frank]

Jon has done it again!

Seriously, can you imagine explaining the Tea Party to your grandchildren?

No worries, the Obama Reeducation Camps will teach them everything they need to know, like how Tea Party folk murdered babies in cribs and kicked kittens and puppies over overpasses. And that's before Socialism is The Only Way 101.

[sleigh]

lol WHY

[delgriffith]

[sleigh]

so uh
somebody in Texas fucking firebombed a dem legislator's office
two staffers inside at the time, both fine

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/e ... ats-office

[lights]

Wait, they threw molotov cocktails at a solid wooden door? Did they not understand how molotov cocktails work, or did they really just want to char the shit out of that Sen.'s door?

[macseries]

let me explain something to you about wood and fire...

[Mr Spaceship]

that painter idiot was interviewed by Salon or Slate a few months back. Basically played dumb the entire interview all like "I'm not saying I disagree with Barack Obama or don't support the President" even though he's basically in a pact with Satan in every single one of his paintings.

[WAC]

DC’s “bad boy reporter” just filed a pretty bad piece of journalism.

Jason Mattera — editor of Human Events and known ambush interviewer — recently posted what purported to be an interview with U2’s Bono. In the clip, Mattera tries to go after Bono, suggesting the singer moved his charity’s office to avoid higher taxes. Breitbart.com touted the interview — now removed — as a tax dodge by Bono.

But, just one small problem. It wasn’t Bono. It was an impersonator. A representative for ONE, the real Bono’s charity, confirmed to TPM that the legendary Irish singer wasn’t even in the U.S. at the time of Mattera’s “interview.”

Mattera appeared on Sean Hannity’s radio show Tuesday to promote the clip, saying that “Bono” filibusters forever without any actual explanation.” Mattera didn’t respond to TPM’s request for comment, but he told the Washington Post that he “got punked.”

“I thought I got Bono,” he told the Post’s Erik Wemple. “I didn’t. I got his impersonator apparently. Hats off to him. He got me — and how!” writes Mattera in an e-mail. “After scores of interviews with big-time politicians and celebrities, I finally got had. It was bound to happen sooner or later. On the bright side, if I’m gonna get had as good as I did, it might as well be in pursuit of one of the greatest rockers ever.”

A spokesperson for Hannity’s radio show did not return TPM’s requests for comment. On Twitter Tuesday night, though, Hannity said the video would appear on his program Wednesday night.

[delgriffith]

It doesn't even look/sound like Bono.

[universe]

Amazing.

[Ted Pikul]

Goddamnit I just posted that in the Breitbart thread

[Ted Pikul]

Where I deftly pointed out that an Bono impersonator features heavily in an episode of I'm Alan Partridge

[darger]

they never seem to tire of the idea that rich liberals are somehow being hypocritical for not paying more taxes than they legally owe.

[WAC]

Next up:

[orange farmer]

damn that's all it takes to get on hannity?

[...]

SAN DIEGO TEA PARTY LEADER ARRESTED FOR KIDNAPPING, RAPE
March 17, 2012 (Lemon Grove)—Lemon Grove resident Michael John Kobulnicky, 50, a leader in the San Diego Tea Party and former regional director of the Southern California Conservative Party, is under arrest for allegedly kidnapping and raping a local woman on Fiesta Island.

“He dragged her out of the car and sexually assaulted her pretty brutally,” San Diego Police Lt. Andra Brown told ECM news partner 10 News in late February, shortly after the February 25 assault occurred.

http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/node/9044

[Jeremy]

[fox]

is yin ghostwriting for her

[WAC]

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/293740/war-men-kathryn-jean-lopez

[Jeremy]

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/293740/war-men-kathryn-jean-lopez

Best New URL.

[Jeremy]

"MicrosoftInternetExplorer4" is never going to stop killing me.

[WAC]

This doesn't really have a natural home but I thought it might fit in here:

Gov. Mitch Daniels has signed a law explicitly authorizing Hoosiers to physically resist police if officers are breaking the law.

Senate Enrolled Act 1, approved by the Republican governor late Tuesday night, permits a person to use reasonable force against a public servant, including police officers, to protect themselves from injury caused by the imminent use of unlawful force, to prevent illegal entry into a home or vehicle, or stop the unlawful taking of a person's property.

"Contrary to some impressions, the bill strengthens the protection of Indiana law enforcement officers by narrowing the situations in which someone would be justified in using force against them," Daniels said. "Unless a person is convinced an officer is acting unlawfully, he cannot use any force of any kind.

"In the real world, there will almost never be a situation in which these extremely narrow conditions are met."

The Republican-controlled General Assembly approved the legislation in response to a May 2011 Indiana Supreme Court ruling that said Hoosiers never have a right to physically resist police, even when police are breaking the law.

State Rep. Jud McMillin, R-Brookville, a co-sponsor of the law, said the high court's decision went too far because "everybody should have the right to resist anything that's unlawful from anybody."

State Sen. Ed Charbonneau, R-Valparaiso, was a Senate co-sponsor.

Police officers, including state Rep. Linda Lawson, D-Hammond, a former Hammond police captain, said they fear the law will lead to "open season" on police because people who don't understand the very limited circumstances where resistance is allowed may believe they can attack a cop and get away with it.

The governor warned Hoosiers to be very cautious in exercising their rights under the new law, which takes effect July 1.

"This law is not an invitation to use violence or force against law enforcement officers ... so don't try anything," Daniels said. "Chances are overwhelming you will be breaking the law and wind up in far worse trouble as a result."

http://www.nwitimes.com/news/state-and-regional/indiana/new-law-allows-hoosiers-to-sometimes-resist-police/article_1f3b759c-95e9-5d35-8b3f-79a0ca556944.html

I really cannot imagine a single thing that might go wrong with this.

[feral]

Holy shit

[nautical hyperblast]

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/293740/war-men-kathryn-jean-lopez

Best New URL.

[WAC]

It Gets Worse

Doctors who perform abortions in Tennessee could see their names listed online, and women who undergo the procedures could be unintentionally identified under a bill pending in the state legislature.

State lawmakers are debating a measure that would require the Department of Health to publish more details about abortions, bringing Tennessee into a roiling, state-by-state battle over how to regulate abortion procedures.

Supporters say the bill, scheduled to come up Wednesday in a state House committee, only requires state health officials to post information online that they already collect. But critics say the measure is intended to intimidate women and doctors involved in abortions, even in emergency situations.

“I think publicizing this information will do nothing but cause serious consequences,” said state Rep. Gary Odom, D-Nashville. “This is dangerous. This is a dangerous piece of legislation.”

Known as the Life Defense Act of 2012, or House Bill 3808, the measure gives Tennessee lawmakers a rare opportunity to tighten regulations on abortion, which the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled in 2000 is a right protected by the state constitution.

That ruling has kept Tennessee lawmakers from considering controversial proposals floated elsewhere in the nation, such as a new law in Virginia going into effect July 1 that will require women to receive an ultrasound before abortions. Similar measures have passed in Oklahoma, North Carolina and Texas, although court challenges to them are pending.

The Life Defense Act contains two parts. The first would require doctors to have admitting privileges at a hospital near where they perform abortions, while the second would require the Department of Health to release more information on abortions, including the name of the doctor who performed the procedure and demographics about the women who receive them.

The measure’s sponsor, Rep. Matthew Hill, R-Jonesborough, said at an initial hearing on the bill earlier this month that the reporting requirement writes into law a form that the Department of Health already asks providers to fill out whenever they perform an abortion.

“The Department of Health already collects all of the data, but they don’t publish it,” he said. “All we’re asking is that the data they already collect be made public.”

Hill said the bill was suggested by Tennessee Right to Life, an anti-abortion group. Brian Harris, the group’s president, said the bill would give people better information about abortion in Tennessee.

“I think it’s fair for folks on both sides to see how prevalent abortion is in our counties and in our communities,” he said.

Concerns cited
The Tennessee Medical Association and Planned Parenthood, meanwhile, have expressed several concerns about the bill.

They say the reports required by the measure could be used to identify women who have abortions.

The bill would require the publication of data — including the age, race, education and number of children — of women who receive abortions. The Department of Health reports such information, but it aggregates the data by region, making it impossible for others to figure out who underwent an abortion procedure.

The Life Defense Act attempts to protect patient privacy by requiring state health officials to keep the names of those who receive abortions private.

But the bill also requires the Department of Health to release patient data broken down by county. Critics say that could reveal the identities of some women who receive abortions, particularly in small, rural communities.

“We have many small counties in the state,” Odom said. “There’s going to be circumstances where that woman’s going to be identified in that county.”

The bill also could endanger doctors who perform abortions, opponents say. For the first time, state health officials would have to gather the names of doctors who perform abortion procedures. That information could be used by abortion opponents to target those doctors, foes of the bill say.

Abortion specialists are not the only doctors who would have to submit such information. Opponents say other practitioners, such as obstetricians who perform abortion procedures during emergencies or miscarriages, would also have to report their involvement.

“In an environment where doctors are victims of violence — and we’ve had physicians who provide abortion care murdered in the past few years — I think this is an attempt to intimidate and allow for providers to be terrorized,” said Jeff Teague, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Middle and East Tennessee.

But Harris said the bill would not make the reporting requirements for abortion any more extensive than for other medical procedures.

“Abortion should not be treated any different than any other health practice in the state,” he said. “That’s all we’re asking for.”

Debate postponed
The bill cleared a House subcommittee March 6 by an 8-5 vote along party lines. But Hill put off debate in the House Health and Human Resources Committee last week.

Hill said he plans to bring the bill up on Wednesday. He also said he plans to address opponents’ concerns at that meeting, but he declined to comment further, saying potential changes are still being worked out.

Greg Zelizer, director of government affairs for the Tennessee Medical Association, expressed confidence that the changes would head off some of the opponents’ fears.

“I’ve talked to Matthew, and he understands the difficulty,” Zelizer said last week. “In no way does he or those who brought this legislation want harm to come to anybody.”

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20120319/NEWS0201/303190022/TN-bill-mandates-publication-of-abortion-data

[Durham]

The provisions have been removed


http://www.timesfreepress.com/mobile/story/?abortion-bill-stripped-of-two-key-provisions

State House is full of some of Fucktardia's greatest minds

[WAC]

Remember when I wouldn't shut up in the Occupy Wall St thread about the lack of focus on electing sympathetic candidates to state legislatures?

[important dentist]

who's the candidate that's always calling state legislatures "the laboratories of democracy"?

anyway he's a fucking idiot

[macseries]

every single supreme court justice in the second half of the 20th century has called the states laboratories of democracy. maybe not legislatures specifically, but it's a common trope.