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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

We have seen a number of militant gay couples go to Christian small businesses like flower shops, wedding photographers, wedding chapel owners, and t-shirt makers and demand to be served.  At almost every turn, anti-discrimination ordinances or that any business was a “public accommodation”, along with biased bureaucrats and judges,  either put these businesses out of business or have put them into years long court battles that may well bankrupt them even if they win on First Amendment grounds.

Now, what happens when the shoe is on the other foot?  Is a gay person allowed to “discriminate” against Christian customers?

A gay Seattle coffee shop owner kicked a group of Christians out of his coffee shop Sunday, after declaring he would [Rule #1 prevents me from pasting this in -Skip]. The owner heatedly tells the Christians to leave his shop immediately in a video posted to Facebook by Abolish Human Abortion, a Christian group seeking to end the practice of abortion.

“I’m gay, you have to leave,” the owner tells the group. “This is offensive to me. I own the place. I have the right to be offended.” The group tried to explain that they hadn’t placed any in the shop, but the owner repeatedly told them to”shut up.”

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Schumer referenced inaction on gun control in his exhortation, saying, “[Those people] who were killed and are now in heaven, they would say, ‘do something.’ They wouldn’t say, ‘Let’ wait.’”

1) Talking with dead people is a wee bit creepy, isn’t it?

2) Obama is famous for establishing red lines and then ignoring them. Schumer just walked over a societal redline, but just like with Harvey Weinstein’s sexual harassments of the “casting couch” kind, the Left won’t care because DEMOCRAT!

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Former NH Speaker Gene Chandler: “Anyone with an ‘R‘ after their name is a good Republican”

I disagree with that statement (especially those that support the Democrat agenda more than the Republican one). But then again, while Jasper is making it clear that he hates the Free State Project, he also made it clear that the TEA Party wasn’t his BFF either.  And just like the Democrats, just like that Progressive Totalitarian Zandra Rice-Hawkins of the uber-Progressive Granite State Progress (that out-of-State funded group trying to turn NH into MA, into NY, or worse, CA), Jassper has made it clear that he hates the Free State Project (and sympathizers) that are in the Republican Party (and are living rent free in his head). (yeah, I know – late to the game again.  Too many Shiny Objects….) (reformatted, emphasis mine):

New Hampshire House Speaker Shawn Jasper Thursday doubled down on his belief that the Republican Party should reject the Free State Project, warning that it could “destroy” the party. The Hudson lawmaker spoke to WMUR following a report in this week’s New Hampshire Primary Source political column that he and the chairwoman of the Manchester Republican City Committee, Tammy Simmons, were at odds over whether the GOP should reach out to Free Staters.

The TEA Party was ideologically aligned with GOP Principles – too much so it seemed as it wanted to bring the Republicans not more Rightward but downward – to its actual roots, back to its stated Platform Principles, and to Constitutional principles.

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You know, that thing that we used to have?  Where the participants involved make their own deals and agreements for mutual benefit?  And Government used to just make sure that all of them would live up to their agreements – and not lord over them like Royal Monarchists or Communist apparatchiks in mandating how they will interact ahead of the transactions?  Silly me, I used to think that the NH GOP really used to believe in its platform.  Like this one (emphasis mine):

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That would be blatant hypocrisy, by the way. OK, admittedly I’m late on this but hey, better late than never.

You’re a Republican operative AND communications guy – did you forget to check the history on your client’s voting record BEFORE sending this (and others) out?  Isn’t that just basic standard procedure – protect your client? Patrick Hynes is a Republican operative and comms guy at Hynes Communications – he should know better.  Look at this presser:

PRESS RELEASE

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SHOT:  CBS Legal Exec: No Sympathy For Vegas ‘Because Country Music Fans Often Are Republican.’

A top legal executive at CBS, Hayley Geftman-Gold, said she “is not even sympathetic” for the victims of the shooting at a country music festival at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas Sunday night.

“If they wouldn’t do anything when children were murdered I have no hope that Repugs will ever do the right thing,” wrote Geftman-Gold on Facebook, perhaps referring to Sandy Hook. “I’m actually not even sympathetic bc country music fans often are Republican gun toters.”

CHASER: CBS fires vice president who said Vegas victims didn’t deserve sympathy because country music fans ‘often are Republican’

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Stranger took number of bullets to save pair of roommates.

“He had expressed…he didn’t think he was going to make it”

via @murphy_paulp pic.twitter.com/AdHsDsuKQu

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) October 2, 2017

And yet, all we hear on Progressive [Totalitarians] on campuses is that we males have to rid ourselves of “Toxic Masculinity.”

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Again, chivalry and the manly trait to be a Protector trumps the phony SJW mantra of “toxic masculinity”:

“In a world where everyone is kneeling, I saw hundreds of people standing up and running towards the danger,” he said.

“These first responders, the second that you heard — I did not know what to do in this scenario, and there were individuals who trained very well, running towards automatic gunfire with nothing but a pistol on their sidearm.”

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In part, on the false “multiplier” effect that Govt programs supposedly have:

In any auction, the winning bidder may pay more for something than it is worth. That is especially the case in this kind of auction — in which government entities compete with one another in offering tax breaks to a rent-seeking corporation (i.e., one looking for public assistance for private gain) that is trying to get as much as it possibly can from government.

The fatal flaw here is the deeply ingrained habit of regional economic development agencies and other government entities of assuming (falsely) that a public investment of X dollars will yield about 2X in indirect benefits — in addition to the job creation and economic growth that come from the investment made by the rent-seeking company.

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Hugh Hefner, the massively influential publisher and leader of the 1960s sexual revolution, died of natural causes Sept. 27 at age 91.

He is survived by his wife Crystal Harris, ex-wife Mildred Harris, partner Anna Sophia Berglund, partner Jenna Bentley, partner Kristina Shannon, girlfriend Holly Madison, girlfriend Kendra Wilkinson, girlfriend Bridget Marquardt, partner Brande Roderick, ex-wife Kimberly Conrad, girlfriend Shannon Tweed, partner Sheila Levell, partner Melissa Dawn Taylor, and many other women he was openly involved with at the same time that he was married to his three wives.

Hefner touted his pornographic magazine as “breaking barriers,” which cannot be denied. In the decades since the first issue, America has discarded the norm of

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In a post over at The American Thinker labeled The Free Lunch Slide into Socialism, we see the Great Lie of proto-Socialism once again:

New York City’s Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina recently announced the new “Free School Lunch for All” for the big Apple’s public schools. This means that the entire public-school population, some 1.1 million students, will now be provided with free lunches irrespective of family income. Prior to this, approximately 75 percent of the city’s students were getting free lunches. Under this “Free Lunch for All” program, an additional 200,000 students will now be eligible. This will save the just included families about $300 a year as the cost of a school lunch is $1.75.

To the precious few in New York City who worry about the cost of public education, officials say not to fret. This added expenditure won’t adversely affect the school’s budget. It’s “cost-free” to the city as the tab will be paid out of state and federal funds. That’s me and you.

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