GodisanAtheist
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The best thing about not going on Reddit anymore is that I completely forgot this asshole existed.
akugami
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Florida Judge Uses DeSantis' Own Law Against Him, Blocks Anti-Drag Bill
A Florida law that would have placed a ban on minors attending drag performances has been put on ice
www.rollingstone.com
Federal Judge Gregory Presnell has placed a preliminary injunction on a Florida bill called the "Protection of Children Act" which bans individuals under the age of 18 from attending drag performances. Judge Presnell used a law called the "Parental Bill of Rights" law, which DeSantis signed into law in 2021. Bet DeSantis didn't see that one coming.
The Parental Rights in Education bill text can be accessed here:
House Bill 1557 (2022) - The Florida Senate
www.flsenate.gov
Download the PDF in the Bill Text link.
It is interesting that the "Parental Bill of Rights" protects a parents right to how their kids are educated. The specific text is in the first paragraph and reads "requiring such procedures to 6 reinforce the fundamental right of parents to make decisions regarding the upbringing and control of their children in a specified manner." This seems like it can be used to ban the bible in classrooms. There's some other text about a parent being able to sue the school. I say this is interesting because an enterprising parent can sue the school district for including the bible in the school. That, my friends, is indoctrining my child into a different religion. And it most definitely affects the well being and education of a student who does not believe in the bible.
zinfamous
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by the way, "Parent's Rights" movements go back as far as the Scopes trial in TN, popularly, and I think even a bit further back than that. It's the same movement, that has never once deviated from the real purpose of Christian and nationalistic indoctrination into all children.
Every complaint has only ever been about challenges to the notion of the Christian God according to these illiterate zealots, and the people that organize these movements trace their funding and their interest in a singular line through all of these movements. It's certainly not about their children, it's about forcing all children into becoming proper Christian soldiers for the US state. If it ever was about their children, these movements would never exist. They can always run along to their closets and saddle their own children with a lifetime of uncompetitive ignorance, but no. They must attack the public school system. ...oh, it's also because they are cheapskate losers that don't want any real responsibility for their own children. The state must handle their responsibilities for them, but only when done the proper way.
It's not at all a new term, and they've been using this same euphemism for generations. It's anti-democratic, grossly anti-constitutional, and that is the purpose.
www.newyorker.com
These are ghouls, all of these people, and they are not conducive to a free society, anywhere in this world.
Every complaint has only ever been about challenges to the notion of the Christian God according to these illiterate zealots, and the people that organize these movements trace their funding and their interest in a singular line through all of these movements. It's certainly not about their children, it's about forcing all children into becoming proper Christian soldiers for the US state. If it ever was about their children, these movements would never exist. They can always run along to their closets and saddle their own children with a lifetime of uncompetitive ignorance, but no. They must attack the public school system. ...oh, it's also because they are cheapskate losers that don't want any real responsibility for their own children. The state must handle their responsibilities for them, but only when done the proper way.
It's not at all a new term, and they've been using this same euphemism for generations. It's anti-democratic, grossly anti-constitutional, and that is the purpose.
Jill Lepore on Parents’ Rights and the Culture War
The historian and staff writer looks at a century-old battle in schools between parents and the state.
These are ghouls, all of these people, and they are not conducive to a free society, anywhere in this world.
nakedfrog
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Claiming legislative immunity now, we'll see how that plays out.
www.wftv.com
This website is unavailable in your location. – WFTV
lol, good luck with that.Claiming legislative immunity now, we'll see how that plays out.
This website is unavailable in your location. – WFTV
The lawsuit reads like a campaign document, which is of course its intended purpose.
Fenixgoon
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He should have made it so Disney could be taken to civil court and fined. Rookie mistake. /S
Lanyap
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Ron DiShonest flaunts campaign finance rules / laws again.
www.yahoo.com
I'm waiting for a Ron Rambo cardboard cutout to come out soon.
How a Border Photo Stunt Could End Up Costing Ron DeSantis
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Reuters/GettyWhen Ron DeSantis took a trip to the Texas-Mexico border on Monday, his campaign had the good sense to take and promote a photo of the Florida governor in front of a helicopter for an image ready-made for a political ad.But that...
I'm waiting for a Ron Rambo cardboard cutout to come out soon.
Lanyap
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Got to get rid of all that bad woke stuff and agencies that I don't like.
finance.yahoo.com
DeSantis says he would eliminate four federal agencies if elected president
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said in an interview that if elected he would seek to abolish the departments of education, commerce and energy, as well as the IRS.
nakedfrog
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Should have just used AI to generate his photo opRon DiShonest flaunts campaign finance rules / laws again.
How a Border Photo Stunt Could End Up Costing Ron DeSantis
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Reuters/GettyWhen Ron DeSantis took a trip to the Texas-Mexico border on Monday, his campaign had the good sense to take and promote a photo of the Florida governor in front of a helicopter for an image ready-made for a political ad.But that...
I'm waiting for a Ron Rambo cardboard cutout to come out soon.
Look at who might benefit from those depts going away.Got to get rid of all that bad woke stuff and agencies that I don't like.
DeSantis says he would eliminate four federal agencies if elected president
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said in an interview that if elected he would seek to abolish the departments of education, commerce and energy, as well as the IRS.
Education - rich people using private schools. And really, who needs education anyway when you have Jesus.
Commerce - can't have oversight over the rich and their business, and no this isn't a global economy.
Energy - Fossil fuel companies, nuff said
IRS - the rich will pay less taxes!
I'm all for government reform and better efficiency. Doing away with giant govt depts--without some evidence of what would replace them other than "NO WOKE"--is about as childish as Bernie's zealots saying do away with wall street. At least the Bernie people have the right villain, even if they have no real clue about how to fix anything.
This is just pandering to the simple-minded, aka the GOP base that he's trying to wrest away from Trump. Next up, "we'll balance the US budget just like you balance your household budget".
Fenixgoon
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Hey let's make the whole state radioactive. I bet there will be glowing reviews of Florida roadways!
Cool another reason to never go to Florida again.
Also the party of "life" just sentenced thousands of road workers to slow deaths from cancer.
hal2kilo
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Wow, someone had to have just recently added this to the wiki site. on phosphogysum.
EPA approved the use of phosphogypsum for road construction during the Trump Administration in 2020, saying that the approval came at the request of The Fertilizer Institute, which advocates for the fertilizer industry.[8] Environmentalists opposed the decision, saying that using the radioactive material in this way can pose health risks.[9] In 2021, the EPA withdrew the rule authorizing the use of phosphogypsum in road construction.[10]
The state of Florida has approximately 80% of the world's phosphogypsum production capacity. In May 2023, the Florida legislature passed a bill requiring the Florida Department of Transportation to study the use of phosphogypsum in road construction, including demonstration projects, though this would require federal approval.[11] The law, which requires the department to complete a study and make a recommendation by April 1, 2024, was signed into law by Governor Ron DeSantis on June 29, 2023
Will it make the roads glow in the dark? Could save on street lighting!
It's not clear to me from this - does the "red orange glow" in response to UV, only occur as long as the UV is present, or will it continue to glow after the UV is no longer present (i.e. after sunset)?
Maybe use it as building material for the governor's mansion? Would highlight the importance of the building if it glowed all through the night.
Zorba
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WTF is it with these idiots and the Department of Energy? Do they not have any idea what they actually do?Got to get rid of all that bad woke stuff and agencies that I don't like.
DeSantis says he would eliminate four federal agencies if elected president
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said in an interview that if elected he would seek to abolish the departments of education, commerce and energy, as well as the IRS.
Fenixgoon
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Of course not. That would require them to 1) be intelligent 2) not stoke culture wars
akugami
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Unlike @Fenixgoon, I do not think it is a lack of intelligence about what the DoE does. It is a willful rejection by GOP party leaders of what the DoE does.
So broadly speaking, the DoE provides guidance and regulations on how to advance the energy infrastructure of the entire US. You just need to look at Texas to see what the GOP wants.
They want each state with a separately operated energy grid, rather than an integrated energy grid that can assist each other in times of need. Cause screw the federal government, or your neighboring states. They think that individually operated power grids somehow means more state rights, or more personal freedom somehow. Even if it means screwing over your own constituents in times of need, such as what Texas recently experienced, multiple times. The very thing a national grid is meant to help prevent.
No more crap about advancing green energies. Even though renewable forms of energy are becoming more and more economical, with less environmental impact. Cause screw renewables. Fossil fuels 4 life.
And screw the environment. No real reason, except the GOP has convinced their constituents it is not real, and also to own da libs.
Zorba
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You're making the mistake conflating Desantis with Trump, a true idiot. Desantis is doing and saying anything to get him elected. You don't get to go to Yale and Harvard if you're an idiot and don't come from a rich family nor a legacy family. you don't work in law in the navy. His dad installed cable boxes or whatever they were and his mother was a nurse. had they used condoms desantis would have been prevented.
Desantis in the early days of covid did what liberal lawmakers were doing and only turned once that was deemed uncool. this man is no natural born leader. he's a follower and he'll follow other leaders like a dog sniffing another dog's ass hole.
HomerJS
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DeSantis is baby Trump but a little smarter and savvier. However he is just as evil.
HomerJS
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DeSantis using homophobia to get support of deplorables.
www.huffpost.com
Pete Buttigieg Blasts ‘Strangeness’ Of Ron DeSantis’ Latest Campaign Ad
The transportation secretary said he had questions about "a video that splices images of you in between oiled-up shirtless bodybuilders."
I would argue DeSantis is the more evil of the two. Trump is pretty much a moron looking to feed his ego we have ample evidence to prove that. DeSantis on the other hand takes the positions he does purely to gain power, he is much more calculating than Trump in that regard.
Yeah, it's a mildly-interesting philosophical tangent - though not of much political significance. I still maintain Trump is in good part a prisoner/victim of his own massive psychological dysfunctions, and thus harder to hold morally responsible, while DeSantis is more straight-forwardly morally-reprehensible.
But that's a never-ending debate in general - where one draws a line between mental illness and moral culpability. On a practical level though, Trump being psychologically messed-up ultimately makes him less politically-effective.
based on what desantis is like i bet he was bullied because kids thought he was gay. Probably a victim of smear the queer on a daily basis.DeSantis using homophobia to get support of deplorables.
Pete Buttigieg Blasts ‘Strangeness’ Of Ron DeSantis’ Latest Campaign Ad
The transportation secretary said he had questions about "a video that splices images of you in between oiled-up shirtless bodybuilders."
akugami
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