The Exercise of Vital Powers

IMBRA makes it a felony for an internet dating company, that primarily focuses on introducing Americans to foreigners, to allow any American to communicate with any person of foreign nationality without first subjecting that American to a criminal background check, a sex offender check and without first having the American certify any previous convictions or arrests, any previous marriages or divorces any children and all states of residence since 18. Match.com is excluded from the law, and the judge found that this exception posed no challenge to the Fifth Amendment equal protection clause because American women are supposedly not abused by American men that they meet on the internet, and thus are not in need of protection.

The law was sponsored by Sen. Sam Brownback, R-KS and Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-WA and was championed by key women’s groups. (Source: US Judge Affirms IMBRA: Americans Must Have Criminal Checks Before Contacting Foreigners on Internet)

Lets start with Brownback is a douche and will hopefully never see the White House unless he is driving by it. Now lets consider enforceability. How is the mighty imperial federal government going to enforce this if I go to www.buyarussianbride.ru? Now lets talk about unintended consequences. How many women will now be stuck living in their primitive shit-hold countries, because American men aren’t going to go through the indignity of a background check just to talk to these people.

Finally, what the fuck happened to Congress shall make no law .. abridging the freedom of speech, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble.

I may have to take back my statement about V for Vendetta never happening.

Many of Britain’s millions of public surveillance cameras are now talking. If they spot you engaging in uncivil behavior, they scold you. Even weirder:

…to make the systems seem more friendly, they’re talking about holding contests for local school children to become the “voice” of the surveillance cameras.

I can’t think of anything more apropos of the almost-fully-realized UK Nanny State dystopia than an anonymous British child scolding the citizenry over a loud speaker for littering or loitering or public ass-scratching.

“Please sir, remove your hand from her bum. No public affection on city streets is permitted.”

Blatently stolen from:
TheAgitator.com: Britain Gets Yet Creepier

Confusion, however, quickly turned to terror, she said, when the swarming cyclists began wildly circling around and then running into the sides of her Toyota van.

Filled with panic, Ferrando said, she started inching forward until coming to a stop at Post and Gough streets, where she was surrounded by bikers on all sides.

A biker in front blocked her as another biker began pounding on the windshield. Another was pounding on her window. Another pounded the other side.

“It seemed like they were using their bikes as weapons,” Ferrando said. One of the bikers then threw his bike — shattering the rear window and terrifying the young girls inside.

All the while, Ferrando was screaming, “There are children in this car! There are children in this car!”

She had the presence of mind to dial 911 on her cell phone — and within minutes, the squad of motorcycle cops who were assigned to keep an eye on the ride descended on the scene.

The cyclists were loudly demanding that Ferrando be arrested for hit and run.

According to police, Ferrando had allegedly tapped one of the cyclists’ tires.

When the alleged bicycle victim was approached, however, he said he wasn’t hurt. He also refused to give his name or any other information.

Then, after a few swear words, the alleged victim took off on his bike while the rest of the crowd continued to yell at both the cops and the van. (Minivan’s rude introduction to Critical Smash)

Best Peach Pundit comment ever:

This “buying carbon credits” is a bunch of crap and is the equivalent of raping a woman, then paying someone who didn’t rape a woman so you could claim you lead a rape neutral lifestyle.

iowahawk: Let’s Tone It Down, People

Background here.

HT: The Agitator

Lower the flags to half mast, the skanky hoe is dead.

One of the idiots on 96.1 or 99x was saying how sad it was since she just had a kid. Actually, it is probably the best thing to happen to the kid. Now there is a slight chance he’ll have a normal life.

John Tierney on the astronaut thing:

The only way to get the public to pay for a manned mission to Mars, I’ve argued is to turn it into a long-running reality TV show, with a cast of astronauts carefully chosen to maximize romance and ratings.
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I suppose this kind of stupid overreaction is what we should expect from a city that keeps re-electing a murderous sot to the US Senate every 6 years.

I’m tempted to have 100,000 post cards of Ignignokt flipping the bird mailed to the mayor of Boston. But I’d probably be arrested for making terroristic threats.

You people are F–king stupid!

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I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Check out Blog For Democracy’s List of candidates for the Democratic Party of Georgia.

I like how they list the race of everyone running. So much for not being judged by the color of their skin.

And check out this bit of PC silliness:

according to the State Bylaws, a gender balance must be preserved between the Chair and 1st Vice Chair positions. Such that, if a man is elected Chair then State Committee members will only be allowed to vote for female 1st Chair candidates and vice versa if a woman is elected as Chair.

So the presence or absence of a penis is more important to the Democrats than who is qualified to hold the position. No wonder they are losing ground in Georgia.

While I laugh at this silliness, it does bother me. Without a capable opposition party the Republicans in this state will eventually develop the arrogance that infected the national Republicans.