Post-vacation hangover

Been driving back and forth across the country (which is too big for my liking, frankly) the past few days checking in on every tourist trap, karaoke bar, and Krystal burger between here and Gatlinburg, Tennessee (Slogan: We're The Other Branson.) It's always nice to take a trip like this to remind oneself of just how many hyper-evangelical paranoid Trump voters there really are out there.  I was already pessimistic about tomorrow's elections before we went on this trip. I'm more pessimistic now. 

Anyway, I'm recovering from a very long drive yesterday so more on that later.  In the meantime, it's nice to know somebody finally answered Joe Horn's call after 15 years.  Verizon service really can be shitty inside the Dome sometimes.

Assholes

Recently the creationist assholes in the Louisiana Legislature voted to maintain the backwards law that enshrines creationism in the public school science curriculum.

Baton Rouge -- Senators refused Thursday to get rid of a Louisiana law that allows public school science teachers to use supplemental materials in their classrooms in addition to state-approved textbooks. The science teachers and students pushing repeal of the Louisiana Science Education Act said it creates a way for teachers to challenge evolution and teach creationism in classrooms.

Dambala has collected some video highlights of these assholes in action.

Meanwhile in other news of assholery:

The Tennessee Legislature on Friday sent a bill to Gov. Bill Haslam’s desk that, according to the Tennessean, would require sex-ed classes to “exclusively and emphatically” promote abstinence and ban teachers and outside groups from promoting “gateway sexual activity.”