Interesting August 2017

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From the party who's leader once said that there is no such thing as society..

One of Margaret Thatcher’s cabinet colleagues, George Young, observed in the 80s: “The homeless are what you step over when you come out of the opera.”

We accepted homelessness while the rich left houses empty. No more | Opinion | The Guardian

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Remarkable..

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has already explained why he chose to vote against the Senate’s health bill, but Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) had a different theory: Maybe it was his brain tumor. “I'm not gonna speak for John McCain — he has a brain tumor right now — that vote occurred at 1:30 in the morning, some of that might have factored in," Johnson said in a radio interview last week, first surfaced by CNN.

Sen. Ron Johnson: maybe John McCain voted down the health care bill because of his brain tumor - Vox

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On the same morning President Trump unequivocally threw his support behind preserving monuments to treason and slavery, Maine Governor Paul LePage ® equated removing Confederate monuments with destroying the 9/11 Memorial in New York City.

Maine governor: Removing monuments to slavery is ‘just like’ destroying 9/11 Memorial – ThinkProgress

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A spokesman for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is criticizing Sen. Ron Johnson's (R-Wis.) remarks suggesting McCain's brain cancer might have been a factor in his vote against ObamaCare repeal. "It is bizarre and deeply unfortunate that Sen. Johnson would question the judgement of a colleague and friend," a McCain spokesman told NBC. "Senator McCain has been very open and clear about the reasons for his vote," said the spokesman, who was not identified by name in the NBC report.

McCain aide: Brain tumor remark 'bizarre and deeply unfortunate' | TheHill