Motley Moose – Archive

  Good morning Motley Meese! Hope your weekend was lovely. We had snow all day yesterday followed by ice overnight. Accidents and interstate closures galore. Supposed to warm up this afternoon – meanwhile, I’ll stay right here, thankyouverymuch.

I post a weekly diary of historical notes, arts & science items, foreign news (often receiving little notice in the US) and whimsical pieces from the outside world that I often feature in “Cheers & Jeers”. For example …..

WHO WOULDA THUNK that one of the GOP senators who voted to override President Reagan’s 1986 veto of sanctions against apartheid was a freshman named … Mitch McConnell … probably viewed as a ‘youthful indiscretion’ today.

OK, you’ve been warned – here is this week’s tomfoolery material that I posted.

… nor is being required to sell a cake to same-sex couples (or their friends and family) “trampling” a baker’s religious freedom.

During my morning news reading, I came across this story in ThinkProgress reporting on a Colorado judge’s ruling against the baker who refused to bake a cake for a same-sex couple.

Colorado Judge: Bakery That Refused Wedding Cake To Same-Sex Couple Broke The Law

In July of 2012, the Masterpiece Cakeshop in Colorado refused to sell a wedding cake to a same-sex couple who were planning to celebrate with friends and family the marriage they had received in Massachusetts. The couple, Dave Mullins and Charlie Craig, filed a complaint, and the Colorado Attorney General proceeded to do the same, and Friday, Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Robert Spencer ruled against Jack Phillips, the owner of the bakery.

The complaint had been filed on behalf of the couple by the ACLU who had this to say about the ruling:

“Masterpiece Cakeshop has willfully and repeatedly considered itself above the law when it comes to discriminating against customers, and the state has rightly determined otherwise,” said Sara R. Neel, staff attorney with the ACLU of Colorado. “It’s important for all Coloradans to be treated fairly by every business that is open to the public – that’s good for business and good for the community.”

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This has been a bizarre past twelve months as far as mayoralties go in our northern neighbor, as we will see after the jump ……

From the White House – Weekly Address

In this week’s address, President Obama said that before Congress leaves for vacation, they should extend unemployment benefits for 1.3 million hardworking Americans who will lose this lifeline at the end of the year. For families, unemployment benefits can mean the difference between hardship and catastrophe, and it is also one of the most effective ways to boost our economy. This holiday season, Congress should do the right thing for the American people and make it easier for our economy to keep growing and adding jobs.  

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Interrogatories

If you have a microwave, what do you use it for? Do you actually cook in it, or is it just for reheating stuff?

Have you ever pawned anything, or bought anything in a pawn shop?

What are you allergic to?

Did you ever fall asleep in church, temple, or school? How about at your job?

The Twitter Emitter

Not Jim Caveziel? RT @chrisrock: Nelson Mandela the closes thing to Jesus Christ.

— daveweigel (@daveweigel) December 6, 2013

Sarah Palin is one of the best at the yoga pose Republicanasana. You put your foot in your mouth and your head up your ass.

— Peter Flom (@peterflom) December 5, 2013

Jesus, people, just ignore Westboro. It's one family of nuts, they represent nothing and no one, and attention is what they want.

— Danielle (@DCPlod) December 5, 2013

Michelle Bachman just said she was sad to hear of Nelson Mandela's death, but she and Marcus loved his arrangements for Frank Sinatra.

— Crutnacker (@Crutnacker) December 5, 2013

Look, people, Paris Hilton did not confuse MLK and Nelson Mandela. That was an obvious fake; she doesn't know who either is.

— Top Conservative Cat (@TeaPartyCat) December 6, 2013

Good morning, Moosekind. TGIF! Hope it has been a good week for everyone.

Let us take a moment of silence to remember Madiba, Nelson Mandela, who joined the ancestors today at the age of 95.

President Obama has issued a statement, in which he said:

“He achieved more than could be expected of any man. Today, he has gone home.  And we have lost one of the most influential, courageous, and profoundly good human beings that any of us will share time with on this Earth.  He no longer belongs to us — he belongs to the ages.”