"Mercenaries..are useless & dangerous; if one holds his state based on these arms, he will stand neither firm nor safe; for they are disunited, ambitious & without discipline, unfaithful, valiant before friends, cowardly before enemies..The mercenary captains are either capable men or they are not; if they are, you cannot trust them..they always aspire to their own greatness..by oppressing you, who are their master.." --Niccolò Machiavelli, "The Prince," (c. 1513) Ch. 12
Marking the anniversary of the #SCOTUS decision overturning #Roe v. Wade with a re-read of this @bykenarmstrong @ProPublica piece on Matthew Hale, the 17th century witch trial judge whose work is cited by Alito in the majority opinion:
https://www.propublica.org/article/abortion-roe-wade-alito-scotus-hale
Justice Alito’s leaked opinion cites Sir Matthew Hale, a 17th-century jurist who conceived the notion that husbands can’t be prosecuted for raping their wives, who sentenced women to death as “witches,” and whose misogyny stood out even in his time.
“He has lived his entire adult life in the space twixt illegal and unethical. He’s in the tier where you get the platinum arraignment package, no cuffs, no mugshot, all-you-can-eat fingerprint ink”
I love Jon Stewart
These people are not Christians. They are recruiters for radicalisation and extremism.
MAGA pastor: Christians need people who are ‘willing to strap bombs to their chest’ like the Muslims – DeadState