20 June 2017 - Granite Grok

June 20, 2017

Supreme Court unanimous: There is no ‘hate speech’ exception to the First Amendment

Grab your ‘shovels’ and mount your “plows” ladies and gentleman because it’s time to move some snowflakes. The Supreme Court has unanimously confirmed that there is no hate Speech exception to the first amendment. Justice Kennedy writing for four justices said, A law found to discriminate based on viewpoint is an “egregious form of content …

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And they did it to themselves: “Expanding salaries, benefits crowd out ambulance addition”

Here’s the question that never gets asked: “When is enough, enough?”  The corollary is “With constant wage and benefit increases when is high, high enough?  At what point do you say ‘Enough!’?”  I recently posted on how Illinois’s budget crisis is so bad that Powerball will no longer let Illinois participate.  Much of the budget …

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