The judge ruled on a law made after the operation, I believe. Ex Post Facto isn’t allowed per constitution. FYI, FGM is an atrocity.
kadaka
Nov 21 2018 at 1:49 am
Click link. Law from 1996, charges filed 2017. One doctor arrested 2017 for 12-yr FGM conspiracy.
I’m surprised the Proggies didn’t declare the law racist with FGM popular among Muslims, ~95% of married women in Egypt for example.
eon
Nov 21 2018 at 7:46 am
The judge’s argument was based on the defendant’s claim the Federal law was unconstitutional due to the way it was passed, notably by Harry Reid. As in no debate, more of a “deem and pass” thing.
I’m sure Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, the new socialist Dem from NYC, would love to pass anti-gun laws the same way.
Even with her smart-girl glasses on and her looking-up-to-the-light pose, Ms. Crazy Eyes still makes Nicholas Maduro look like Paul Dirac by comparison.
More to the point here, 27 states including Michigan have anti-FGM laws. 30 countries have outlawed it. The UN has denounced it.
And it keeps happening because the laws are never enforced. To avoid offending Muslims.
I find it fascinating that “progressives” claim to be terrified of Christians, and claim that Muslims are “peaceful” and “oppressed” by Christians and Jews.
They seem to have no problem “offending” Christians and Jews whenever the opportunity presents itself, or they can create one. Never mind their supposed “fear” of these “reactionary primitives”.
But show them a Muslim that’s somehow not in accord with a law, and suddenly they’ll go to any lengths to pretend that law doesn’t apply to Muslims. Even when the law had to be created precisely because of their behavior, as here.
Of course Islam is “Eastern” and “mystical”, and virulently anti-Western civilization. This privileges it in the minds of progressives, due to their having the same opinion of Western civilization, i.e., they hate it.
I strongly suspect that if the old Russian Skoptsy sect were to take root here, not only would progressives demand that laws about involuntary castration be repealed, they’d also want a rollback of arson statutes. For the exact same reasons.
clear ether
eon
Delilah T
Nov 21 2018 at 10:10 am
Yes, but if they’re gelded, they can’t reproduce. Think about that for a minute.
PaulS
Nov 21 2018 at 9:45 am
MGM doesn’t seem pleasant either.
Arkelk
Nov 21 2018 at 9:47 am
My quick read on the decision was that the judge said it was not a FEDERAL matter under the Constitution and the 10th Amendment. Thus the law, however, good, failed. I think the judge was frustrated in that, and did mention that states themselves were banning the practice–and should. (I find FGM abhorrent and wish the rest of the states would ban it with severe penalties.)
I notice that in the lefty mind the prohibition against ex post facto laws in the Constitution never seem to apply to firearms. Curious.
Lucius Severus Pertinax
Nov 21 2018 at 3:53 am
That judge is what people Used to call a “Moral Imbecile”
Double facepalm, for when one hand is just not enough.
Heltau
Nov 21 2018 at 3:02 am
A very happy and blessed Thanksgiving to you and your family Mr. Muir.
Thanks for all the cartoons over the years, too.
Pamela
Nov 21 2018 at 3:46 am
Has Sam considered adding cornbread dressing, gravy and roaster sweet potatoes to the next launch?
NotYetInACamp
Nov 21 2018 at 3:54 am
Let the back-up bird fly…
…
Did she say fry?
CaptDMO
Nov 21 2018 at 5:43 am
Several years ago…..
BIG family Thankgiving, and it was ON!
“Traditional” oven roasted turkey by the women, vs. deep fried by the men (this included in-laws and such, NH and Ohio)
Final verdict- where the meat meets the plate…..draw.
Final verdict for 3 days of subsequent sandwiches (stuffing , mayo, cranberry, inc.)
draw.
As always, with both, white meat vs. dark meat…. No contest.
(I MAY be prejudiced, after years of evaluation, in that)
Wood
Nov 21 2018 at 8:22 am
It’d be a draw for me too. I prefer ham.
cfm56dash7
Nov 21 2018 at 10:56 am
The wilder the turkey, the better.
interventor
Nov 21 2018 at 11:44 pm
Eaten, or drunken?
Wotan
Nov 21 2018 at 6:01 am
Happy ‘Appy Bird Day to All!
** Ah’ll offer a secont round of Thanks! (Sip sip Ahhhhhh) **
Deplorable B Woodman
Nov 21 2018 at 6:06 am
Even if the bird launches straight up, and re-enters straight down, the earth will have rotated.
So, in order to have The Bird land in the exact same spot from which it was launched (or close enough), the oil pot will have to be tilted to the east.
Math is hard……..
PaulS
Nov 21 2018 at 10:00 am
Uh, really? It would depend a lot more on atmospheric conditions than earth rotation, I think. Or are you talking “Spock exact “? 😉
If so, there likely isn’t much left of the meat projectile to even return to earth.
That said, I just watched a YouTube video of a guy hit a buffalo target at 2240yd with a stock Mosin open sighted. They called it a WR, but I’m not sure if it was for the hits or the number of shots fired.
Tara Li
Nov 21 2018 at 11:53 am
Well, actually… The bird, assuming it hasn’t ablated away during launch and re-entry, will reach terminal velocity in the upper atmosphere, where the extremely low temperatures will deep freeze it once more. What will land will be covered in frost, and likely will still be a bit raw in the center.
Capn Jack
Nov 21 2018 at 12:05 pm
No one was injured in the making of this cartoon.
* Except for the turkey.
Thanksgiving dinner has always been something of a science/engineering/technological/instinctual exercise, if a bit more grounded. Quite a few years ago deep frying the t-bird was considered to be -and was- experimental and dangerous. So I was an early adopter due to my curious and contrarian nature, and my affinity for here-hold-my-beer moments. But turns out I prefer the oven-roasted method, esp. since I don’t have to be involved until the carving.
So like me they might decide that while it’s a blast it ain’t full-filling as it were. But I’d be willing to try it if Sam should share her recipe for launch. Hold my beer! BOOM!
Wandering Neurons
Nov 21 2018 at 1:59 pm
Space Fence and MDA tracked the launch, declared it “no threat”, and STRATCOM is back to DEFCON4
Safe and happy thanksgiving to all!
kadaka
Nov 21 2018 at 2:17 pm
Got me a nice Big Boss Air Fryer halogen-convection cooker this week, think NuWave but for only $70 you get the extras like the extender ring. Hey look, healthy cooking! Threw in a 6# chicken yesterday to try it out, just some salt and pepper on it.
Oh my, looking into that big glowing glass bowl and watching the pockets of juices bubbling away under the skin. Delicious. And also good for room lighting and a little space heating.
Tomorrow it gets a ham. Might be the first time I’ll have a crunchy brown sugar shell. Yum.
kadaka
Nov 21 2018 at 4:50 pm
For this Thanksgiving, to properly explode the soft heads of the young ones, reminisce how Black and White TV was colored blue.
James Gemind
Nov 21 2018 at 9:46 pm
I don’t know how weaponizing Thanksgiving Turkeys(Which is not against any Laws that I know of)became about Female and Male Genital Mutilation(I do Not consider Male Circumcision Mutilation), Although this discussion somehow explains the weird as hell nightmare I had this morning, involving my pecker getting cut off. Cyber-psychic, that’s me.
Launching the first(Second?)bird should provide the necessary trajectory analysis to allow the DD Ranch to ‘Feed the Antifa held in Jail…
And again, Weaponizing Deep Fried Turkeys, not against the Geneva Convention.
kadaka
Nov 21 2018 at 10:56 pm
“my pecker getting cut off”
Mother in-law coming over?
Think of the rest as a general theme: do what’s right by your family, ’cause the government don’t have that obligation.
kadaka
Will the sniper help her with the trajectory adjustments? Wind speed increases with height.
WayneM
Like I said yesterday, the Hubble Telescope is at hazard… lol
TomZ
Keyholes are are at just as much a hazard.
Delilah T
I swear, as God is my witness, I thought she said ‘Watch this turkey fry’.
Epador
That beats Mork freeing an egg.
cmblake6
Not by much.
Deplorable B Woodman
Delilah for teh interwebz win!
Merle
Forget the back up turkey – go for the Chinese!!! 🙂
Stephanie Osborn
“Charred” is more like it…not to mention heavily ablated…
Deplorable B Woodman
Uummmmmmmm………… crispy skin………
kadaka
Progressives want kids to choose their “gender identity” and let them (with guardian approval) get “confirmation” surgeries.
Federal judge rules US law banning FGM (female genital mutilation) is unconstitutional, dismisses charges against parents who approved it.
No coincidence.
interventor
The judge ruled on a law made after the operation, I believe. Ex Post Facto isn’t allowed per constitution. FYI, FGM is an atrocity.
kadaka
Click link. Law from 1996, charges filed 2017. One doctor arrested 2017 for 12-yr FGM conspiracy.
I’m surprised the Proggies didn’t declare the law racist with FGM popular among Muslims, ~95% of married women in Egypt for example.
eon
The judge’s argument was based on the defendant’s claim the Federal law was unconstitutional due to the way it was passed, notably by Harry Reid. As in no debate, more of a “deem and pass” thing.
I’m sure Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, the new socialist Dem from NYC, would love to pass anti-gun laws the same way.
https://theintercept.com/2018/11/20/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-cant-run-for-president-in-2020-trump-should-be-relieved/
Even with her smart-girl glasses on and her looking-up-to-the-light pose, Ms. Crazy Eyes still makes Nicholas Maduro look like Paul Dirac by comparison.
More to the point here, 27 states including Michigan have anti-FGM laws. 30 countries have outlawed it. The UN has denounced it.
And it keeps happening because the laws are never enforced. To avoid offending Muslims.
I find it fascinating that “progressives” claim to be terrified of Christians, and claim that Muslims are “peaceful” and “oppressed” by Christians and Jews.
They seem to have no problem “offending” Christians and Jews whenever the opportunity presents itself, or they can create one. Never mind their supposed “fear” of these “reactionary primitives”.
But show them a Muslim that’s somehow not in accord with a law, and suddenly they’ll go to any lengths to pretend that law doesn’t apply to Muslims. Even when the law had to be created precisely because of their behavior, as here.
Of course Islam is “Eastern” and “mystical”, and virulently anti-Western civilization. This privileges it in the minds of progressives, due to their having the same opinion of Western civilization, i.e., they hate it.
I strongly suspect that if the old Russian Skoptsy sect were to take root here, not only would progressives demand that laws about involuntary castration be repealed, they’d also want a rollback of arson statutes. For the exact same reasons.
clear ether
eon
Delilah T
Yes, but if they’re gelded, they can’t reproduce. Think about that for a minute.
PaulS
MGM doesn’t seem pleasant either.
Arkelk
My quick read on the decision was that the judge said it was not a FEDERAL matter under the Constitution and the 10th Amendment. Thus the law, however, good, failed. I think the judge was frustrated in that, and did mention that states themselves were banning the practice–and should. (I find FGM abhorrent and wish the rest of the states would ban it with severe penalties.)
I notice that in the lefty mind the prohibition against ex post facto laws in the Constitution never seem to apply to firearms. Curious.
Lucius Severus Pertinax
That judge is what people Used to call a “Moral Imbecile”
cmblake6
Double facepalm, for when one hand is just not enough.
Heltau
A very happy and blessed Thanksgiving to you and your family Mr. Muir.
Thanks for all the cartoons over the years, too.
Pamela
Has Sam considered adding cornbread dressing, gravy and roaster sweet potatoes to the next launch?
NotYetInACamp
Let the back-up bird fly…
…
Did she say fry?
CaptDMO
Several years ago…..
BIG family Thankgiving, and it was ON!
“Traditional” oven roasted turkey by the women, vs. deep fried by the men (this included in-laws and such, NH and Ohio)
Final verdict- where the meat meets the plate…..draw.
Final verdict for 3 days of subsequent sandwiches (stuffing , mayo, cranberry, inc.)
draw.
As always, with both, white meat vs. dark meat…. No contest.
(I MAY be prejudiced, after years of evaluation, in that)
Wood
It’d be a draw for me too. I prefer ham.
cfm56dash7
The wilder the turkey, the better.
interventor
Eaten, or drunken?
Wotan
Happy ‘Appy Bird Day to All!
** Ah’ll offer a secont round of Thanks! (Sip sip Ahhhhhh) **
Deplorable B Woodman
Even if the bird launches straight up, and re-enters straight down, the earth will have rotated.
So, in order to have The Bird land in the exact same spot from which it was launched (or close enough), the oil pot will have to be tilted to the east.
Math is hard……..
PaulS
Uh, really? It would depend a lot more on atmospheric conditions than earth rotation, I think. Or are you talking “Spock exact “? 😉
If so, there likely isn’t much left of the meat projectile to even return to earth.
That said, I just watched a YouTube video of a guy hit a buffalo target at 2240yd with a stock Mosin open sighted. They called it a WR, but I’m not sure if it was for the hits or the number of shots fired.
Tara Li
Well, actually… The bird, assuming it hasn’t ablated away during launch and re-entry, will reach terminal velocity in the upper atmosphere, where the extremely low temperatures will deep freeze it once more. What will land will be covered in frost, and likely will still be a bit raw in the center.
Capn Jack
No one was injured in the making of this cartoon.
* Except for the turkey.
JTC
Thanksgiving dinner has always been something of a science/engineering/technological/instinctual exercise, if a bit more grounded. Quite a few years ago deep frying the t-bird was considered to be -and was- experimental and dangerous. So I was an early adopter due to my curious and contrarian nature, and my affinity for here-hold-my-beer moments. But turns out I prefer the oven-roasted method, esp. since I don’t have to be involved until the carving.
So like me they might decide that while it’s a blast it ain’t full-filling as it were. But I’d be willing to try it if Sam should share her recipe for launch. Hold my beer! BOOM!
Wandering Neurons
Space Fence and MDA tracked the launch, declared it “no threat”, and STRATCOM is back to DEFCON4
Safe and happy thanksgiving to all!
kadaka
Got me a nice Big Boss Air Fryer halogen-convection cooker this week, think NuWave but for only $70 you get the extras like the extender ring. Hey look, healthy cooking! Threw in a 6# chicken yesterday to try it out, just some salt and pepper on it.
Oh my, looking into that big glowing glass bowl and watching the pockets of juices bubbling away under the skin. Delicious. And also good for room lighting and a little space heating.
Tomorrow it gets a ham. Might be the first time I’ll have a crunchy brown sugar shell. Yum.
kadaka
For this Thanksgiving, to properly explode the soft heads of the young ones, reminisce how Black and White TV was colored blue.
James Gemind
I don’t know how weaponizing Thanksgiving Turkeys(Which is not against any Laws that I know of)became about Female and Male Genital Mutilation(I do Not consider Male Circumcision Mutilation), Although this discussion somehow explains the weird as hell nightmare I had this morning, involving my pecker getting cut off. Cyber-psychic, that’s me.
Launching the first(Second?)bird should provide the necessary trajectory analysis to allow the DD Ranch to ‘Feed the Antifa held in Jail…
And again, Weaponizing Deep Fried Turkeys, not against the Geneva Convention.
kadaka
“my pecker getting cut off”
Mother in-law coming over?
Think of the rest as a general theme: do what’s right by your family, ’cause the government don’t have that obligation.