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The crowd today, June 22, 2016, was made up of supporters in the first four rows.  The remainder of the seats were filled with press.

It was amazing that his scripted remarks brought stand-up applause from the first four rows.  The rest of the room remained seated.

Sounded like a staged television show similar to the Apprentice.

Trump made several references to the debunk conspiracy book written by Peter Schweizer.

References:

• Business Insider – April 26, 2016 – Hillary Clinton’s campaign says this new interview proves ‘Clinton Cash’ is bunk

Lambda Legal writes, “The Constitution is clear: The President nominates justices to the Supreme Court, and the Senate confirms or rejects them.

Some Republican leaders in Congress are calling into question President Obama’s authority to fulfill his constitutional responsibility to fill court vacancies.  Some senators are even saying they will oppose anyone President Obama nominates to the Court.”

If you can’t represent the people, get out of that precious seat you are warming.

References:

• Lambda Legal

Published on Jul 3, 2014
Disclaimer: “Miss Sandy from Hobby Lobby” is a purely fictional character for the entertainment purposes only. She is in no way affiliated with actual Hobby Lobby stores, and no, you can’t make a working IUD from pipe cleaners and glitter. So don’t try. All craft materials in this video were purchased at Michael’s.

Miss Sandy from the Hobby Lobby Craft Hour shows you how to make your own attractive IUDs out of materials from the store!

(by Sandy and Richard Riccardi). Thanks to Sally Kohn for the germ of an idea!

References:

• Controlling Women’s Rights

The Two Faces of Hobby Lobby

READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT MOTHER JONES

Is it hypocritical to to fight against the ACA because they require comprehensive contraceptive coverage and then at the same time invest heavily into compaies that manufacture and distribute specific drugs and devices that help women manage contraception?

That’s exactly what Hobby Lobby is apparently doing according to an article in Mother Jones.  Hobby Lobby’s retirment plan seems to invest in contraception manaufacturers (just a few listed below under references).

I guess when there is money to be made, it’s okay to violate their own “religious traditions”, but when it comes to providing decent health care to their employees its against their basic religious rights.

Hobby Lobby’s motivation seems to be grounded in their love of money rather than in any moral code.

According to the article at Mother Jones written by Molly Redden, “A website Hobby Lobby set up to answer questions about the Supreme Court case states that its 401(k) plan comes with “a generous company match.” In 2012, Hobby Lobby contributed $3.8 million to its employee savings plans, which had 13,400 employee participants at the beginning of that year.”

References:

• Mother Jones
• Teva Pharmaceutical Industries – Plan B and ParaGard
• Actavis
• Pfizer – Cytotec and Prostin E2

Thrivent Financial’s Neutrality Policy is NOT so Neutral.

Thrivent Financial, once known as an “ethical company”, now has a Neutrality Policy which is NOT.

Thrivent’s Code of Conduct clearly shows they they expect “non-discrimination” to be upheld throughout their company. (PDF)

But their “neutrality” statement clearly says that SEXUAL ORIENTATION is a distraction. Online Reference (URL, PDF]

In fact, it lumps “sexual orientation” with abortion and guns. Scrutify.net is wondering why they didn’t put race, color, gender, age, national origin, religion, disability, veteran/military status in their list.

Say one thing to put a pleasant face on it, but say another thing behind that mask, uh? So where are their ethics?