The bible is the new “get out of jail free” card…

Well…with the ridiculous ruling that came out today from the supreme court, a few thoughts came to mind as to what the true effects are going to be…and they will not be limited to contraception coverage as the court has asserted…and, I think they specifically mentioned that this is the only exception to set the ACA up for other challenges in the future…after all, how long will it take for a christian scientist that owns a corporation to  sue since they still have to cover transfusions that their religion specifically forbids? What this court has done is given every religious, or supposedly religious, idiot the right to not follow any law because…bible? Want to discriminate against gays?  Bible. Want to not promote any women? Bible.  Want to not pay taxes? Bible. This ruling is a virtual get out of jail free card for the bigots and religious idiots to continue to hate anyone who is not white and christian…geez…can this country get any worse?

The court gets it wrong again…

Well…as we all expected, the supreme court today gave religious employers the right to discriminate against women by granting corporations religious rights. Yep, you heard that right, corporations now have religious rights and are allowed to single out women for discrimination by not having to cover their contraception in their health plans…and the court was naked in it’s discrimination specifically stating that it only applied to contraception, not any other health service that the plan would cover…so, men continue to get everything covered but women can go to hell. I have had enough of the supposedly religious in this country getting their way all the time with help from this court who regularly discard hundreds of years of precedents to make law for their right wing masters…geez…

June 30th

Well…last day of the month and I am slipping into the depression that always comes with this day…slept okay but don’t really care….it was an okay day yesterday but all I did was watch soccer…no cleaning or anything and that is not what I need to be doing but it is hard to get moving right now…and, I do need to do three more of these today to make sure I hit 60 for the month…but, that will be easy with the last decisions of the supreme court being released in about a half hour…so, I will be back in a few minutes to either cheer or rail against the stupidity of this court…back soon….

Hobby Lobby tomorrow…

Well…not sure if you have been following this case that has been decided and will be released tomorrow where a corporation, Hobby Lobby, that is owned by religious zealots, has an objection to having to provide contraception in it’s health care plan and has sued to be exempt. Yep…they want this corporation to now have religious rights to go with the free speech rights that were granted them in Citizens United…what’s next? If this is decided in HL’s favor, basically all federal and state laws have been voided if you assert that you have an objection for religious grounds….want to speed? The Bible has no mention of speed limits so you don’t have to follow them….want to stone someone to death for sleeping with the neighbors wife? Says you can in the Bible so the laws against it made by man no longer apply…you get where I’m going here? If the idiot supreme court goes against 200 years of precedent and gives HL these rights, there is no law that can’t be challenged on religious grounds…we’ll just be another theocracy run by Christians…and I won’t want to live here…geez…

Suicide deer…

Well…the wildlife that I see on the trail has been getting weirder and weirder over the past few weeks with squirrels and chipmunks trying to die under my tires….and today, a deer came out on the trail and just stood there until I was close enough to touch it…then, it just turned slowly and walked away…something I’ve never seen in the years and years I have been out there. I guess it’s not a suicide deer…but weird anyway….

June 29th

Well…it was just another day yesterday…just like the rest of them and they are now running together so I really don’t know or care what day it is…slept okay but I really don’t care about that either….there was some good soccer on but I was rooting for Brazil to lose and they didn’t….there is going to be a good one with Mexico and the Netherlands on at noon so maybe that is something to look forward to? And the 6 hour sports car race from the Glen so at least I won’t be bored….and I need to do two more of these to get caught up so there will be some thinking involved…hope it doesn’t hurt….more later…

Suicide squirrels…part two…

Well…it has been a while since I did one of these about the oddities I see on the trail so it’s about time I did…I’m not sure if it is the weather or what but today was a day for suicide squirrels on the trail…must have had 15 of them run out right in front of me…just like the chipmunks that did it a few days back…I even hit one of the chipmunks but he kept on running so I guess he’s okay…there is a human oddity, too…for the past couple of weeks, I have been seeing a guy walking on the trail with earbuds in reading a book as he walks…not sure if that is something I would ever want to do but I applaud the multitasking…anything else?..Oh, only 110 miles to 20K…probably the week after next….

June 28th

Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I lost at pool…but, I lost on a really cool shot so I can only smile about that one….slept okay but still feel a little crappy today but that is the cocktails last night I’m sure….they did get the roads completed last night so getting in and out of here is going to be easier…I did get out to see K for another parenting lesson and a beer so that was fun but the rest of the night was just more of the same boring crap that I have been fighting for months now and today looks like more and more of that….there is soccer on at noon so it does give me something to look forward to…not much to do today…going to get on the bike after another cup of coffee so I can get back here for the matches and I do need to clean some but that is about it…more later…

June 27th

Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I have already relayed the details of it so I won’t go on about it again today…I did wake up with this general malaise and depression today and I’m not sure what it is about…might be that I’m broke again and that the new equipment might not be working like I need it to….or, it could be that I’m just getting older and there is no escape from that…I feel like I should just go back to the couch and stay there for the day but that would just make it worse…so, I guess I’ll just have this cup of coffee and get out on the bike….other than that, not much to do today…pool, since it’s Friday, but that is about it…. and, I do need to get caught up here…more later…

Getting caught up…

Well…it has been an interesting day today with quite a bit to do and some surprises…I did get out to the sos today and it was one of the most painless visits that I can remember…they have a new electronic system that texts you when it is your turn and the entire thing only took about 8 minutes from the time I walked in the door…but, the 91 bucks it took for me to walk out was painful….I did meet up with G for lunch and had the best chicken tacos I’ve ever had…and it was over at the mex place right by me…I wish I had the cash to eat there more often….now, I’m just waiting for it to be 7;30 so I can have a cocktail and watch a movie with the free HBO I have this weekend…