[The Weeping Angel]

Some good news for a change.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-61026996

The US Supreme Court is to include a black female justice for the first time in its 233-year history after the Senate confirmed Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to the nine-member bench.

Three Republicans crossed the aisle to seal her appointment by a vote of 53 to 47.

Justice Jackson's appointment fulfils President Joe Biden's campaign promise to put a black woman on the court.

Chuck Schumer, the majority leader, called it a "joyous day" for the US.

The vote was overseen by Vice-President Kamala Harris, the first black woman to hold the office.

Ms Jackson, 51, will replace Justice Stephen Breyer, a fellow liberal judge for whom she once clerked, upon his retirement in June.

The lifetime appointment will likely see Ms Jackson on the bench for decades, but will not shift the ideological balance of the current court, with its 6-3 conservative majority.

Ms Jackson has said she has a "methodology" to deciding cases but not an overarching philosophy. And she agreed with Republican senators about the importance of abiding by the text of the Constitution, as it was intended by the founders.

[Arrowhead]

Excellent news, and a huge relief as well.

Now, if only those three Republican senators could also somehow be persuaded to back new Voting Rights legislation as well...........but I won't hold my breath.

[Cyclist]

Unrepentant stupid man is unrepentant and stupid

Donald Trump has said he regrets not marching on the US Capitol building with his supporters on the day of the January 6 insurrection and again rejected suggestions he used “burner phones” on the day of the assault.

In a defiant interview with the Washington Post the former president said he had pressed to march with his supporters on January 6, but was blocked from doing so by Secret Service agents. “Secret Service said I couldn’t go. I would have gone there in a minute,” Trump told the Post, later bragging about the size of the “tremendous crowd” at the “Save America” rally that day....

https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... -january-6

On reading that, my first thought was of Jimmy Hill.

[Bones McCoy]

Unrepentant stupid man is unrepentant and stupid

Donald Trump has said he regrets not marching on the US Capitol building with his supporters on the day of the January 6 insurrection and again rejected suggestions he used “burner phones” on the day of the assault.

In a defiant interview with the Washington Post the former president said he had pressed to march with his supporters on January 6, but was blocked from doing so by Secret Service agents. “Secret Service said I couldn’t go. I would have gone there in a minute,” Trump told the Post, later bragging about the size of the “tremendous crowd” at the “Save America” rally that day....

https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... -january-6

On reading that, my first thought was of Jimmy Hill.

And he'd have been the first one hounding Charlie down those tunnels in 'Nam, if it wasn't for those pesky bone spurs.

[Nigredo]

And this time Gordon Brown isn’t around.

Maybe Red Rishi will knock 5p off the price of a Big Mac instead?

[Bones McCoy]

US Navy plans to name ship after judge.

Yesterday, Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro announced that the next John Lewis-class replenishment oiler — a ship used to refuel carrier strike groups at sea — will be named after the late Justice Ginsburg.

https://abovethelaw.com/2022/04/navy-to ... -ginsburg/


The usual suspect are losing their shit.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Excellent news, and a huge relief as well.

Now, if only those three Republican senators could also somehow be persuaded to back new Voting Rights legislation as well...........but I won't hold my breath.

I think Murkoski does, but she won't vote for filibuster reform, so it's effectively a freebie for her.

None of them are voting for climate change legislation.

[Arrowhead]

"There's a war in Ukraine? Perfect time to reduce American troop numbers in Europe!" cries Missouri senator and January 6th agitator Josh Hawley

[Youngian]

The GOP will be sorry if Putin eyes up Alaska and places Sarah Palin under house arrest. DeNazification.

[Watchman]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... vests.html

It’s all good fun, until…….!

[Spoonman]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... vests.html

It’s all good fun, until…….!

" Hi I'm Chris! Welcome to Jackass!"

Johnny Knoxville did that shit nearly 25 years ago now, and he said that it was probably the most stupidest thing he ever done, and if he's saying that compared to plenty of other stuff he's done on camera...

[MisterMuncher]

To quote the philosopher William Melville Hicks "That's not a problem, it's an unemployment solution"

[Boiler]

Meanwhile...

Brooklyn shooting: Several people shot in New York City subway

[Rosvanian]

Mail Online headline (now changed) was "Black Man Goes on Shooting Spree".

[Spoonman]

'Murica! The pre-Easter (you can't find chocolate eggs that say "Easter", you know!) edition...

First two "We need gubberment out of peoples lives!"...

...obligatory Ms. Taylor-Greene piece, this time being the humanitarian...

...and the obligatory Ted Cruz piece, showing his research...

..."I love the poorly educated!"...

...and from Tr*mp himself...

...finally, if Hitler could pull himself up by his Jackboot straps, then so can you!
(Personal note: It's only a matter of time before some shitehawk Tory MP/minister comes out with something similar)

[The Weeping Angel]

Pretty damning piece on the American socialist movement.

https://noahpinion.substack.com/p/the-a ... ldview?s=r

[Samanfur]

I'm genuinely surprised it's taken this long to get to this point:

In a first, firearms were leading cause of death for U.S. children and teens in 2020

Guns became the leading cause of death among children and teens in 2020, killing more people ages 1 to 19 in the U.S. than vehicle crashes, drugs overdoses or cancer.

More than 4,300 died of firearm-related injuries that year — a 29 percent increase from 2019 — according to a research letter published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. The letter analyzed decades of mortality data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

"In the last 40 years, and almost certainly before that, this is the first time that firearm injuries have surpassed motor vehicle crashes among kids," said a co-author of the letter, Jason Goldstick, a research associate professor at the University of Michigan.

[Bones McCoy]

I'm genuinely surprised it's taken this long to get to this point:

In a first, firearms were leading cause of death for U.S. children and teens in 2020

Guns became the leading cause of death among children and teens in 2020, killing more people ages 1 to 19 in the U.S. than vehicle crashes, drugs overdoses or cancer.

More than 4,300 died of firearm-related injuries that year — a 29 percent increase from 2019 — according to a research letter published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. The letter analyzed decades of mortality data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

"In the last 40 years, and almost certainly before that, this is the first time that firearm injuries have surpassed motor vehicle crashes among kids," said a co-author of the letter, Jason Goldstick, a research associate professor at the University of Michigan.

They are also pretty shit drivers, which gives 'da gunz' a run for their money.

[soulboy]

I'm surprised that dieing of a completely preventable illness that wouldn't exist in a civilised country with universal healthcare isn't topping the charts.

[Cyclist]

This would explain a lot