The folks over at Liberty Maniacs make satirical tee-shirts and other products.
One of their latest offerings is the “Traitor Joe” tee shirt seen above. (It’s available in small to 3x sizes and many colors.)
However, someone doesn’t get the humor – mainly the retail store and grocery store chain of Trader Joe’s.
Liberty Maniacs received a letter from Trader Joe’s demanding the Traitor Joe tee shirts be removed due to copyright infringement.
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Those danged “domestic terrorists” (also known as parents) are at it again.
In Orange County, North Carolina, the School Board removed from their meeting anyone who spoke in non-agenda items.
RALEIGH — At the direction of the Orange County Public Schools board of education chair, parents and members of the public were ejected from the Oct. 11 board meeting by Orange County sheriffs’ deputies.
The reason? Apparently speaking about concerns and topics that were not on the meeting agenda.
Attendees were also subjected to metal detectors and told they could not congregate on the premises of A.L. Stanback Middle School where the meeting was being held.
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This is from the Babylon Bee site, which is known for its biting satire. Sadly, we think they forget the satire part in this one as it seems all too true.
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In an abandoned shack in a suburb of Kinshasa [Democratic Republic of the Congo] a young man slits open a bag of brown powder, blending it with a couple of crushed pills using the back of a spoon, before snorting the mixture, known as “bombe”, with his friends.
“This is really good quality, you know the attraction to the drug is higher than the attraction of being with a woman. We are going to consume everything, we won’t leave anything in the bag. We will add a bit of powder in the cigarette, and the rest we’ll mix with C4 (Diazepam) and Nutriline,” Says the unidentified man.
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We’ve talked about the legal doctrine of “qualified immunity” before and the need for it to be reformed.
To refresh people’s memory, “qualified immunity” is:
Qualified immunity is a type of legal immunity. “Qualified immunity balances two important interests—the need to hold public officials accountable when they exercise power irresponsibly and the need to shield officials from harassment, distraction, and liability when they perform their duties reasonably.” Pearson v. Callahan .
Specifically, qualified immunity protects a government official from lawsuits alleging that the official violated a plaintiff’s rights, only allowing suits where officials violated a “clearly established” statutory or constitutional right. When determining whether or not a right was “clearly established,” courts consider whether a hypothetical reasonable official would have known that the defendant’s conduct violated the plaintiff’s rights. Courts conducting this analysis apply the law that was in force at the time of the alleged violation, not the law in effect when the court considers the case.
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This popped up on our Youtube feed and we found it fascinatingly beautiful.
There are parts where the echo slightly overwhelms the vocals, but that’s okay. It is still wonderful.
The Bethel College Choir sang in my grain bin!
Have you ever sung in a grain bin? We were honored to have the Bethel College Choir to come sing in our brand new grain bin. The acusticks [sic] in the grain bin are better than you would expect!
If you are wondering about the song:
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It starts out so innocently:
Los Angeles Police Department “LAPD” Selects FN 509 MRD-LE as New Duty Pistol
FN Awarded 5-Year Agency Contract for FN 509 MRD-LE(McLean, VA – August 10, 2021) Following a highly competitive and rigorous qualification, FN America, LLC is pleased to announce that the FN 509 MRD-LE has been chosen by the Los Angeles Police Department as their new duty pistol. The FN 509 is a capable and versatile handgun platform that delivers rapid, precision fire in any environment. Officers training on marksmanship, tactical maneuvers and precision target engagements now have a more accurate and reliable sidearm, proven by the LAPD to perform with a wide variety of duty-rated handgun optics and ammunition.
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Last Monday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki responded to a question concerning whether prices would rise if taxes were raised by the Biden administration.
When we read this elsewhere, we thought “that’s really bad satire. No one would deny economic laws on something like this.”
It wasn’t satire.
Jen Psaki: It’s “unfair and absurd” that companies would increase costs for consumers in response to us taxing them more. 😳 pic.twitter.com/rHilrYdj4j
— Jason Rantz on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) September 28, 2021
