Random Politics & Religion #00

That's right folks if ISIS tries to behead you just say I'm sorry I"m not a Muslim me brother. I'll convert tomorrow I swear !

I think September 22 is the "annual kill those that don't believe what you believe day" !

I prefer Pepsi Studio Belgium though !

Makes me think of my favorite Simpsons brought to you by reference:

“And to cool off, nothing beats Fruitopia! The iced tea brewed by hippies but distributed by a heartless, multi-national corporation!”

I hate how corporations are destroying America by gouging customers with overpriced junk. All of my friends that are with me at this Starbucks on their Apple devices agree with me.

I hate how corporations are destroying America by gouging customers with overpriced junk. All of my friends that are with me at this Starbucks on their Apple devices agree with me.

I know you're joking, but price gouging is actually a thing. Look at Healthcare, for-profit education, etc.

Me too, just without the satirical ironic hypocrisy.

But on a personal note: the move to non-repairable tossable junk is a detriment to society imo. Probably why I'm most hesitant on trying to start an electronics company, I most likely wouldn't be able to maintain the competitive crappy design/qc prices and go under. Still tempted to try it later down the road though.

Plaintiffs in a lawsuit against a Kentucky county clerk who refuses to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples filed a motion Monday evening arguing that she is once again violating a federal court’s orders and asking a judge to enforce them.

Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, who objects to same-sex marriage on religious grounds, spent five days in jail earlier this month for repeatedly defying U.S. District Judge David Bunning’s order to issue licenses to all qualified couples, gay or straight. The judge then secured a commitment from five of her deputy clerks to issue licenses in her absence. Once he was satisfied that his order was being implemented, he released Ms. Davis from jail on Sept. 8 and instructed her not to interfere with her deputies’ work.

Yet the plaintiffs, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, argue that is precisely what she has done. When she returned to work last week, she confiscated all the original marriage forms and provided replacements with numerous changes, according to a court filing by one of the deputies, Brian Mason. Among other things, she deleted all mentions of Rowan County, added the documents were issued “Pursuant to Federal Court Order” and replaced her deputy clerk’s official title with “notary public.”

Such actions have “at a minimum, created considerable uncertainty for marriage applicants regarding the legality of their licenses and subsequent marriages,” the ACLU attorneys wrote. “The marriage licenses currently issued by the Rowan County Clerk’s Office are so materially altered that they create a two-tier system of marriage licenses throughout the state.”

The plaintiffs requested that Judge Bunning order the deputy clerks to issue licenses “in the same form and manner” as those provided before Ms. Davis’s release from jail and that they disregard any instructions by her to do otherwise. They asked that the deputy clerks reissue any licenses granted in the past week with the changes Ms. Davis introduced. And they urged the judge to hold her in contempt if she continues to interfere, by imposing fines or placing her office under the control of another entity for the purpose of issuing marriage licenses.

A spokeswoman for Liberty Counsel, the nonprofit law firm representing Ms. Davis, didn’t respond immediately to a request for comment Monday evening. But last week, Horatio Mihet, chief litigation counsel at the firm, said the changes she made were “good-faith measures…to satisfy the plaintiffs and the court.” At the same time, he said she had “grave doubts” about the validity of licenses issued without her authority.

Mr. Mihet also urged the governor or the Legislature to accommodate her religious beliefs, either by changing the state’s marriage documents or modifying the marriage statutes to remove license-issuing duties from county clerks. Gov. Steve Beshear, a Democrat, has said he considers the licenses issued by Ms. Davis’s deputies to be valid and that clerks who don’t feel comfortable performing their job duties should consider resigning.

Mr. Mason, the deputy clerk, is the only one who has been issuing marriage licenses in Rowan County, and has done so cheerfully. In a court document filed last Friday, his attorney, Richard Hughes, said Ms. Davis’s alterations appeared to be “an attempt to circumvent the court’s orders and may have raised to the level of interference against the court’s orders.”

It is now up to Judge Bunning to decide what happens next. He has repeatedly rejected Ms. Davis’s efforts to delay issuing licenses and made clear in her contempt hearing that he wouldn’t tolerate “shenanigans” to avoid implementing his orders.

I think September 22 is the "annual kill those that don't believe what you believe day" !

I was talking specifically about Daraprim.