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If you like this blog so much why don't you marry it?

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Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 29, 2015 08:07 AM (St6BJ)

2 We're all gay now.....fell better?

Posted by: Colin at June 29, 2015 08:08 AM (WQLtV)

3 Morning all.

Is the blog working?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 29, 2015 08:08 AM (wq4B0)

4
"If we take matrimony at its lowest, we regard it as a sort of friendship recognized by the police."

- - Robert Louis Stevenson

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 29, 2015 08:09 AM (St6BJ)

5 Who else thinks Republicans may be in a world of hurt after the last couple of weeks? A lot of social conservatives may be ready to just quit participating in politics at this point. The rest of the base is getting discouraged that all the GOP Congress seems to care about is helping Obama pass his agenda. It is not hard to imagine a significant portion of the discouraged and demoralized GOP base just simply not showing up in 2016.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at June 29, 2015 08:09 AM (O7MnT)

6 Then she looked under the cushion and there it was! The Morning Thread!

Posted by: Ruth at June 29, 2015 08:10 AM (oo88B)

7 5 Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at June 29, 2015 08:09 AM (O7MnT)

A think we are perhaps at the stage where a third party doesn't split the vote but actually destroys the GOP-e.

Thoughts?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 29, 2015 08:10 AM (St6BJ)

8 Links on the end of the ONT

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 29, 2015 08:10 AM (GpgJl)

9 SpaceX rocket go boom! International Space Station adjusts to... um... not getting any more supplies for several months.

http://tinyurl.com/oq6qhz9

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at June 29, 2015 08:12 AM (O7MnT)

10 If you don't have anything nice to say about someone, you must be talking about Hillary Clinton.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, Keeper of the Guards at June 29, 2015 08:12 AM (fwARV)

11 >>Thoughts?

I think the third party should be called 'The Alliance to Restore the Republic' a.k.a. 'The Rebel Alliance' and adopt the Star Wars symbol.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at June 29, 2015 08:13 AM (O7MnT)

12 I'm gay! I've always been gay! Gay for the American People! I taste the rainbow!

Posted by: Bill Clinton, gay for the people at June 29, 2015 08:13 AM (vd4oB)

13 The only family that he's ever had
Is his communist mentors and a weird granddad
They wanted marriage so they put it on the Tweets
Everything was goin' fine until the Court's ruling
Obama are you sad, you got to ban a flag
He'll do anything he can, the wrong way
Create new Rights
Spying on the Right
Believe me shit was tight
It was the wrong way

Don't run away if you want a vac-cay
'cause I ain't here to make ya
Oh no
It's up to you what you really wanna do
Spend some time in America
Dub style!

Posted by: Bigby's Gang Signs at June 29, 2015 08:13 AM (3ZtZW)

14 "Who else thinks Republicans may be in a world of hurt after the last couple of weeks?"

I know I won't vote for any more Republicans. We'll just have to see how many others take that approach.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at June 29, 2015 08:14 AM (YFw5T)

15 I wanna marry my Dodge Charger. If you dare deny my, I'll SUE! Help, I'm being OPPRESSED!!!

Mmmm, chrome.

Posted by: Mister Mechanophile at June 29, 2015 08:14 AM (fVOPU)

16 Continuing the conversation on churches from the last thread it should be known that churches are already considered public accommodations. That is why you see all those ramps, special door knobs, etc for compliance with regs.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 29, 2015 08:15 AM (GpgJl)

17 "A think we are perhaps at the stage where a third party doesn't split the vote but actually destroys the GOP-e."

That's my hope.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at June 29, 2015 08:15 AM (YFw5T)

18 Israel seizes activist flotilla headed to Gaza
Naval special forces take control of ship, which carried 20 activists including MK Basel Ghattas, without violence.
Shayetet 13, the naval special forces unit of the Israeli Navy, seized control of the boat "Marianne" on Sunday night, as it made its way to the Gaza Strip as part of a Swedish flotilla. The seizure was short and there were no casualties.

Send them to Greece without any money

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 29, 2015 08:15 AM (wq4B0)

19
How about Marriage Manglers to the "M" list?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 29, 2015 08:15 AM (St6BJ)

20 I should have said "does everyone feel gay this morning" that opens it up some more.

Posted by: Colin at June 29, 2015 08:15 AM (WQLtV)

21 Yessss! We are all commie-gays who support ISIS. Ain't 'Merica wonderful? ///

Posted by: Case, Mors Semper Tyrannis at June 29, 2015 08:17 AM (1uTkE)

22 It is not hard to imagine a significant portion of the discouraged and demoralized GOP base just simply not
showing up in 2016.

I'm going hog hunting that day. F them.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 29, 2015 08:17 AM (ITu74)

23 I've always been for gay marriage! Gay marriage is just right! And good! And poll-tested! My own group of Everyday Americans tells me that it is so! HA HA HA!?

[Runs humanity simulation sub-routine]

Posted by: Hillary! and Her Rainbow Exoskeleton at June 29, 2015 08:17 AM (vd4oB)

24 Can I register my anus as a public accommodation?

Posted by: SE Cupp, Severe Conservative at June 29, 2015 08:17 AM (YFw5T)

25 Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 29, 2015 08:15 AM (wq4B0)

We need Jabotinsky.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 29, 2015 08:17 AM (Zu3d9)

26 On CNN: I noticed the list of churches targeted for future lawsuits doesn't include the Mosque!!!!

Posted by: Colin at June 29, 2015 08:17 AM (WQLtV)

27 I have already said I will be sitting out 2016.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 29, 2015 08:17 AM (GpgJl)

28 still waiting for a hint of explanation why the writers of this blog are so distraught that the ghey fascists succeed in what they were doing when for years they kept on repeating that they were in favour of faggot marriage and the poor chaps were 'born that way'.

Why the sadness? why the long face?

You supported this.

Posted by: fromabroad at June 29, 2015 08:17 AM (rnV3B)

29 Been married once. I don't intend to split my assets again. I can't afford it.

Posted by: Nancy at 7000 feet CO at June 29, 2015 08:18 AM (xxOVa)

30 So, shall we just tear up your little 'Declaration' temper tantrum and call it even?

Posted by: King George III at June 29, 2015 08:18 AM (FcR7P)

31 18 Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 29, 2015 08:15 AM (wq4B0)

On a not unrelated note, I was thinking that Israel can't use bunker buster bombs on Iran because they don't have the aircraft to carry them. Then I thought, why not convert a 747 or some other such large airliner to carry the load (30,000 lbs each)?

Where's Anna Puma with the Dremel?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 29, 2015 08:18 AM (St6BJ)

32 Posted by: rickb223 at June 29, 2015 08:17 AM (ITu74)

I'm jealous.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 29, 2015 08:18 AM (Zu3d9)

33 Had the pleasure of meeting some conservative young men in their early 20's yesterday. It almost made you feel hopeful. One young man wanted to know about AoS and said he would be dropping by. These were very comfortable around all us old folks, we had hours of conversation and no one looked at their phone.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 29, 2015 08:19 AM (bzHDW)

34 24 Can I register my anus as a public accommodation?
Posted by: SE Cupp, Severe Conservative at June 29, 2015 08:17 AM (YFw5T)

My anus ain't just a town in Connecticut.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 29, 2015 08:19 AM (St6BJ)

35 Bass player extraordinaire Chris Squire succumbed to leukemia on June 27th.

On to the heart of the sunrise. RIP Mr. Squire. There's a Rickenbacker-shaped hole in the hearts of Prog fans everywhere.

Posted by: Citizen X at June 29, 2015 08:19 AM (7ObY1)

36 All hail The Remnant.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at June 29, 2015 08:19 AM (rwI+c)

37 31 They have bunker busters.The kind that cause fallout.

Posted by: steevy at June 29, 2015 08:20 AM (sPO3u)

38 26
On CNN: I noticed the list of churches targeted for future lawsuits doesn't include the Mosque!!!!

Posted by: Colin at June 29, 2015 08:17 AM (WQLtV)

Link? I can find that.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 29, 2015 08:20 AM (GpgJl)

39 If you still don't like homosexual marriage it is because you have repressed homosexual desires and are just trying to cover them up due to your antiquated religion. . You are probably also a child predator. #Science proves it!

And if you don't believe that, you may be a Science Denier too.

Posted by: Neil DeGreasse Tyson. at June 29, 2015 08:20 AM (1BQGO)

40 I noticed all the commentary the elite punditry were all gleefully writing about how Greece had run out of other people's money.

Of course, that isn't true at all. The EU is still willing to loan Greece even more money but the Government of Greece is rejecting the terms of the loan.

There will always be someone to sell you your drug of choice, always. And there will still be people who will pay the price to get it, even if it kills them.

But it's not the addict nor the pusher who suffers. It's the innocent bystander.

I keep thinking about what happens if Social Security checks stop. And I look at the pictures on Shorpy of the migrant farm workers living in their cars during the depression. The husband's cheerful optimism that they will find the next job, that he can keep the car running to get them there, that life is still good. Meanwhile the resignation on the wife's face is obvious. What will she feed her children for supper with the few pennies she has left.

Posted by: Khalid el Browncowski at June 29, 2015 08:21 AM (Y1gUw)

41 35 Bass player extraordinaire Chris Squire succumbed to leukemia on June 27th.

On to the heart of the sunrise. RIP Mr. Squire. There's a Rickenbacker-shaped hole in the hearts of Prog fans everywhere.
Posted by: Citizen X at June 29, 2015 08:19 AM (7ObY1)

I used that line in my tribute yesterday. Spent many an hour with the sounds of Yes coming through the Koss headphones.

RIP.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 29, 2015 08:21 AM (St6BJ)

42 I'll trade you 1000 drachmas for a hamburger tonight?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 29, 2015 08:21 AM (wq4B0)

43 A fresh batch of Monday morning hell, straight out of the oven. Great with cold milk.

http://tinyurl.com/qhtyfht

The last line is great: "After the wedding, the woman says they plan to move to New Jersey where adult incest is legal."

Why am I not surprised? (Just grossed out).

Posted by: 1bulwetweft at June 29, 2015 08:21 AM (nqiq9)

44 I already am married to it.

Posted by: 1990's technology at June 29, 2015 08:22 AM (nFdGS)

45 I'm jealous.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

CBD, open invite. If you ever make it to Texas, hog or coyote. Or, as I like to call it, "Whatever moves".

'Cept deer. We shoot deer, my mother-in-law will skin me alive. She loves watching them in her backyard.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 29, 2015 08:22 AM (ITu74)

46 "If you like this blog so much why don't you marry it?

Posted by BenK at 08:06 AM Comments"

Why buy the milk when I'm getting it for free?

Posted by: NotCoach at June 29, 2015 08:22 AM (rsudF)

47 http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/26/living/next-battle-same-sex/index.html

Posted by: Colin at June 29, 2015 08:22 AM (WQLtV)

48 A think we are perhaps at the stage where a third party doesn't split the vote but actually destroys the GOP-e. Thoughts?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 29, 2015 08:10 AM (St6BJ)

I'm ready. A rainbow-colored WH is the last straw for me.

Again, to quote Insty: "Things that cannot continue, won't."

Posted by: 1bulwetweft at June 29, 2015 08:23 AM (nqiq9)

49 US President Barack Obama recently sent a private message to Iran's leadership via Iraq's prime minister, an Iranian newspaper reported Monday on the eve of a deadline for a nuclear deal.

Oh yeah, what could possibly go wrong?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 29, 2015 08:24 AM (wq4B0)

50 5 Who else thinks Republicans may be in a world of hurt after the last couple of weeks? A lot of social conservatives may be ready to just quit participating in politics at this point. The rest of the base is getting discouraged that all the GOP Congress seems to care about is helping Obama pass his agenda. It is not hard to imagine a significant portion of the discouraged and demoralized GOP base just simply not showing up in 2016.

I can't see myself voting for any Republican in 2016--unless they totally shock me by nominating Cruz or Perry.

Eh, in any event, I think we have gone past the point where one can reasonably expect voting to fix anything.

Posted by: bystander at June 29, 2015 08:24 AM (hKyl0)

51 Put the Today show on for a minute to watch the weather forecast.Caught the teaser for the next segment " record numbers of women keeping their maiden names".Yeah,at this point just why the fuck nor.

Posted by: steevy at June 29, 2015 08:24 AM (sPO3u)

52 "If you like this blog so much why don't you marry it?"

Easy: that won't be allowed! This blog engages in BadThink and encourages Hate Thoughts and Undiversity and other unapproved speech. Our Human Dignity Tribunals have determined that anyone associated with this blog are not covered or protected by Civil Rights and the Constitution 2.0.

However, you MAY marry Vox or Buzzfeed or other approved blogs, after acquiring the appropriate permits.

Have a nice day!

Posted by: U.S. Department of Human Dignity at June 29, 2015 08:25 AM (vd4oB)

53 37 31 They have bunker busters.The kind that cause fallout.
Posted by: steevy at June 29, 2015 08:20 AM (sPO3u)

The last thing Israel wants to do is use nukes. Trying to think of ways in which they can use the MOP's. Strengthen the airframe, add bomb doors, better engines, etc. It's not an ideal platform for bombing (low wing) but it can lift the payload and has the range.

Just a thought. Maybe the IDF thinks like I do?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 29, 2015 08:25 AM (St6BJ)

54 So discouraged this weekend. Where is SMOD when you need them?

Posted by: ALH at June 29, 2015 08:25 AM (JrKKc)

55 I used that line in my tribute yesterday. Spent many an hour with the sounds of Yes coming through the Koss headphones.

Whoops, would've given you credit but I swore I had read that at another site, Progressive Ears. Maybe it was a similar line.

Hat tip, J.J.!

Posted by: Citizen X at June 29, 2015 08:26 AM (7ObY1)

56 Put the Today show on for a minute to watch the
weather forecast.Caught the teaser for the next segment " record numbers
of women keeping their maiden names".

Posted by: steevy at June 29, 2015 08:24 AM

I'm sure their wives are totally down with that.

Posted by: MrScribbler at June 29, 2015 08:26 AM (P8YHq)

57 I identify as a guy with a Ferrari. Oppressors, however....

I think the Supreme Court ruling that says we have a *right* to self-identify can fix this.

Posted by: blaster at June 29, 2015 08:26 AM (2Ocf1)

58 I identify as a guy with a Ferrari. Oppressors, however....

I think the Supreme Court ruling that says we have a *right* to self-identify can fix this.

Posted by: blaster at June 29, 2015 08:26 AM (2Ocf1)

59 Gotta say - before Friday, my wife was of the whole "who cares about gay marriage, let them do whatever."

After Friday, the sheer gayness of the gay response, the in-your-face, the victory laps, and the rhetoric flying all around has made her disgusted with the whole thing. Even she wants them to shut the fuck up, already.

I don't think the Gaystapo realizes what fire they are playing with.

Posted by: VA GOP Sucks at June 29, 2015 08:27 AM (PFy0L)

60 Okay, I identify as TWO guys with Ferraris.

Posted by: blaster at June 29, 2015 08:27 AM (2Ocf1)

61 I don't think social conservatives should quit participating in politics, but I think we're done with the Republicans the same way my parents were done with the Democrats after LBJ and Carter and this guy named Reagan came along talking common sense.

Going Democrat isn't an option either, a knife in the heart is the same whether it comes from the back or the front.

Vote for any third party that your state has that isn't Socialist or Communist, and get everyone you know on board with the plan. If we can't win the game, let's change the game.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at June 29, 2015 08:27 AM (J+mig)

62 55 Posted by: Citizen X at June 29, 2015 08:26 AM (7ObY1)

Wasn't fishing for a credit. More like great minds thinking alike.

What a band and what a time that was.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 29, 2015 08:27 AM (St6BJ)

63 "I noticed all the commentary the elite punditry were all gleefully writing about how Greece had run out of other people's money.

Of course, that isn't true at all. The EU is still willing to loan Greece even more money but the Government of Greece is rejecting the terms of the loan. "

maybe it is worth giving a view from this side of the pond.

Here in Europe it is well known fact that it is Dumbama america that wants to keep the european union intact.

This is why the EU will never split up, it is in the american interest to keep it together.

Exactly like it was only USA to push for the entry of Turkey, while very few of EU countries wanted a country full of 80+ muzzies to join the union.

Posted by: fromabroad at June 29, 2015 08:28 AM (rnV3B)

64 53 I know they don't want to for the optics.They have every right too though.

Posted by: steevy at June 29, 2015 08:28 AM (sPO3u)

65 First bunker busters were dropped off of F16s. They were 155mm cannon tubes filled with explosives and laser guided bomb fins attached.

Israelis have all of those.

Posted by: blaster at June 29, 2015 08:29 AM (2Ocf1)

66 33 Had the pleasure of meeting some conservative young men in their early 20's yesterday. It almost made you feel hopeful. One young man wanted to know about AoS and said he would be dropping by. These were very comfortable around all us old folks, we had hours of conversation and no one looked at their phone.

My 17 yo daughter keeps lecturing me about how stupid the gm decision is because she can't lecture anyone who disagrees w her, she knows they won't be swayed.
I trust she'll fine tune her frustrations and use that energy for positive change as she's very receptive to the tools I can provide. I'm so proud of her

Posted by: Ruth at June 29, 2015 08:29 AM (oo88B)

67 "Who cares if Grease is broke and Iran has nuclear weapons. We haz gay marriage and Obamacare. Everything is fixed forever." - The LIV's

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at June 29, 2015 08:30 AM (O7MnT)

68 57 I identify as a guy with a Ferrari. Oppressors, however....

I think the Supreme Court ruling that says we have a *right* to self-identify can fix this.
Posted by: blaster at June 29, 2015 08:26 AM (2Ocf1)

A repeat, but a point I'll make again. Now that identity is completely unmoored from objective reality, I've laid claim to the title Emperor of the Universe.

Anyone who believes that feelings and identity trump everything else can bow and kiss the ring.

Sincerely, Cato I Antonius, Imperator Mundi

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at June 29, 2015 08:30 AM (J+mig)

69 56 Ha!They actually showed one beta make sitting there while his woman explained why she was keeping her name.Still not as beta as the guys who take the wife's name.Would they be cetas?

Posted by: steevy at June 29, 2015 08:30 AM (sPO3u)

70 Misrepresenting marriage modifiers

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 29, 2015 08:30 AM (mvenn)

71 Was commenting Saturday morning. Mentioned Texas seceding. Said the US needed Texas more than Texas needed the US. Fellow hordling Christopher Taylor said, with the Dakotas, that might not be true.

http://fxn.ws/1HpLqbG

Oops. Goes to Fox News. Seems the Lakota Indians are looking at rescinding all of the treaties that were signed with the US going back 150 years. Lakota lands include the Dakotas.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 29, 2015 08:30 AM (ITu74)

72 Would they be cetas?

***

oops-ilons

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 29, 2015 08:31 AM (mvenn)

73 "I don't think the Gaystapo realizes what fire they are playing with."

The Left will lose. They'll take what's left of American culture with them, but they'll lose.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at June 29, 2015 08:31 AM (YFw5T)

74 14 "Who else thinks Republicans may be in a world of hurt after the last couple of weeks?"

I know I won't vote for any more Republicans. We'll just have to see how many others take that approach.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at June 29, 2015

Great plan, let the Dems win. We should see some positive results in about two hundred years.

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at June 29, 2015 08:31 AM (kfcYC)

75 If you like this blog so much why don't you marry it?

Will it cook and clean for me?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 29, 2015 08:31 AM (qCMvj)

76 Israel can go over the top with conventional Jehrico's; CSIS published a study on it -- virtually pornographic with throw weights and overpressure calculations.

http://csis.org/files/media/csis/pubs/090316_israelistrikeiran.pdf

Posted by: Jean at June 29, 2015 08:31 AM (ztOda)

77 I am beginning to not like people very much.

Except you guys, of course.

Posted by: Weasel at June 29, 2015 08:31 AM (6xtq3)

78 First bunker busters were dropped off of F16s. They were 155mm cannon tubes filled with explosives and laser guided bomb fins attached.

Israelis have all of those.
Posted by: blaster at June 29, 2015 08:29 AM (2Ocf1)

Yes, BUT, the newer bigger more effective bunker busters are to big for that and in order to do real damage, you need many bunker busters. It is much more efficient and effective to drop them out of multiple large bombers which the Israelis do not have.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 29, 2015 08:32 AM (wq4B0)

79 Still not as beta as the guys who take the wife's name.Would they be cetas?

Uteras.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 29, 2015 08:32 AM (ITu74)

80 Now it's time for the Church to bend over and say AHHHH!

Posted by: Case, Mors Semper Tyrannis at June 29, 2015 08:32 AM (j2xmV)

81 Would they be cetas?

Posted by: steevy at June 29, 2015 08:30 AM (sPO3u)

Nope. They're "charlies".

And Charlie don't surf.

Posted by: 1bulwetweft at June 29, 2015 08:32 AM (nqiq9)

82 So as I understand it, now that gay marriage is in, monogamy is out. And the women folk that support gay marriage are on board with this too? Has anybody tested this new arrangement and lived to tell about it?

Posted by: George Orwell de Leon at June 29, 2015 08:32 AM (1BQGO)

83 >>Great plan, let the Dems win.

I guess you haven't been paying attention. The Republicans are the majority in Congress and the Dems are still winning.

It just doesn't matter.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at June 29, 2015 08:32 AM (O7MnT)

84

Curious to see how the $Euro fairs in the next year or so.

It took a dump, of course, $1.11 from what I last saw.

Thank goodness I liquidated when I did.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 29, 2015 08:33 AM (qCMvj)

85 A rainbow-colored WH is the last straw for me.

-
Some smart ass on Twitter was saying that this is the only crisis Obama didn't have to read about in the paper. He was ready for this one.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at June 29, 2015 08:33 AM (ee9LE)

86 >>Great plan, let the Dems win.

This is no longer a compelling argument to vote for Republicans.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at June 29, 2015 08:34 AM (O7MnT)

87 >Great plan, let the Dems win.

Both parties are Democrats.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at June 29, 2015 08:34 AM (oVJmc)

88 Saw where the BLM aholes disrupted the gay pride parades. LOL

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 29, 2015 08:34 AM (iQIUe)

89 >>> I don't think social conservatives should quit participating in politics

Our only hope is Lindsey Graham!

Posted by: Bigby's Gang Signs at June 29, 2015 08:35 AM (3ZtZW)

90 If the Republican's positions are exactly the same as Democrats, but with more lying to the base, why vote for them?

Posted by: nnptcgrad at June 29, 2015 08:35 AM (fiXzB)

91 the fk autocorrect?

NOT Lindsey Graham. WTF was that?!

I meant Jeb!

Posted by: Bigby's Gang Signs at June 29, 2015 08:36 AM (3ZtZW)

92

I think Cruz is trying to run "third party" within the party.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 29, 2015 08:36 AM (qCMvj)

93
When asked who his agent was, Woody Allen replied "I don't have an agent. I'm with William Morris."

Like me, I don't have a political party. I vote Republican.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 29, 2015 08:36 AM (St6BJ)

94 Is it realistic to assume that one of the next challenges based on the latest ruling will be the ability to marry a family member?

Say I have a father who is very ill and has no insurance and his medical costs are draining all of his resources. If I marry him (I do love him and after all, it's all about love), I can add him to my insurance, take him as a deduction on my taxes and all sorts of other accrued benefits.

Or say my mother has a large estate. If I marry her, then I will be the surviving spouse and avoid all the estate taxes.

On what legal grounds could I be denied?

Unless, of course, you were just a Hatey McHaterson.

Posted by: Turnip Defense League at June 29, 2015 08:36 AM (O7Q1u)

95 Some smart ass on Twitter was saying that this is the only crisis Obama didn't have to read about in the paper. He was ready for this one.

Someone got a heads up from the court long before the decision was announced.

Takes longer than they had to set up a light show like that.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 29, 2015 08:36 AM (ITu74)

96 It just doesn't matter.
Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at June 29, 2015 08:32 AM (O7MnT)

It does matter, it matters more than anything else, we just can't win through the Republicans or Democrats. In becoming Democrats, however, the Republicans have made a critical error. They've become politically irrelevant. When parties have done that in the past, they've been replaced. See how the Republicans replaced the Whigs? Exactly that.

The Whigs had become irrelevant, and the passionate folks and the young created a Republican Party around the then-new Abolition movement, and the rest was history.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at June 29, 2015 08:37 AM (J+mig)

97 o cmon

you gotta be insane to support Jeb !

WTF was I thinking?

RUBIO 2016

Posted by: Bigby's Gang Signs at June 29, 2015 08:37 AM (3ZtZW)

98 Awoke, saw there was no EMT, went back to bed.

Awoke again, pondering how our nation was taken over by the Communists.

Spent some time with some of them this weekend.

Someone mentioned the mass importation of "dreamers" being plunked next door everywhere, and one of the Commies said, did you know that Obama has "deported more people than any other President?"

My reply: "That's a very interesting statistic." I did not add, "Are you including all of the deadly enemies of America he's been freeing from Guantanamo?"

Mom has strict rules about discussing politics in her house, that people used to obey, but both sides broke the truce, at times, over the weekend. I think we may be in for war.

Oh yeah...

Morning, Glories!

Posted by: mindful webworker - peace in our time!!?!11! at June 29, 2015 08:37 AM (Fjr+q)

99 >>Great plan, let the Dems win.

I used to buy into the argument that I had to vote Rethug because of SCOTUS nominations but having seen Roberts and Kennedy hold the constitution down while the Donks raped it, even that doesn't move me.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at June 29, 2015 08:37 AM (ee9LE)

100 the next segment " record numbers
of women keeping their maiden names".

Because the best way to start a family is to distance yourself from it.

Posted by: t-bird at June 29, 2015 08:38 AM (FcR7P)

101 erm.

TRUMP. Thats the one

Posted by: Bigby's Gang Signs at June 29, 2015 08:38 AM (3ZtZW)

102 Tourists Are Left in Lurch by Greek Crisis
Foreign visitors to Greece might find themselves unable to pay for services or meals as ATMs are running out of cash wsj

Low information travelers.

LITeheads

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 29, 2015 08:38 AM (qCMvj)

103 Can I register my anus as a public accommodation?

++++++

My anus ain't just a town in Connecticut.

*****

It takes a village.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 29, 2015 08:38 AM (mvenn)

104 And HEEEERRRE we go:

"Gay-teacher-claims-discrimination-at-Christian-school"

http://tinyurl.com/ou4m85y

Posted by: 1bulwetweft at June 29, 2015 08:38 AM (nqiq9)

105 78 Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 29, 2015 08:32 AM (wq4B0)

Hence my idea about converting 747's or some other large platform. They probably have a number of airframes they can commandeer from El Al and they sure as hell have the brains and industry to make the conversions.

After that, it's a massive wild weasel campaign followed by launching decoy drones and then the jumbos can come in at high altitude and let it go.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 29, 2015 08:38 AM (St6BJ)

106 "Posted by: Turnip Defense League at June 29, 2015 08:36 AM (O7Q1u)"

I've wondered if SSM could effectively spell the end of the death tax. Man, the lefties would be furious about that.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at June 29, 2015 08:39 AM (YFw5T)

107 Uh oh! The Rainbow People (old hippies) have moved on to Lakota land and they are not happy about it.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at June 29, 2015 08:39 AM (iQIUe)

108 The Whigs had become irrelevant,

-
Well, Trump is running this year.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at June 29, 2015 08:39 AM (ee9LE)

109 Wild Weasel? We're putting the band back together!

Posted by: Weasel at June 29, 2015 08:39 AM (6xtq3)

110 Well, Trump is running this year.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at June 29, 2015 08:39 AM (ee9LE)

I can't believe how many people are saying "Trump sounds great, I just wish he wasn't so 'crazy'."

I think they all would vote for him.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 29, 2015 08:40 AM (qCMvj)

111 Posted by: rickb223 at June 29, 2015 08:22 AM (ITu74)

If I ever make it to Texas, I probably won't leave.

And....thank you very much!

How far from Austin are you? We have friends who just moved there and they are clamoring for a visit.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 29, 2015 08:41 AM (Zu3d9)

112 Well, Pee-Wee Herman DID marry ice cream in an episode of Pee-Wee's Playhouse because he did say he loved ice cream...

Posted by: Bretzysdude at June 29, 2015 08:41 AM (FhROC)

113 >>I can't believe how many people are saying "Trump sounds great, I just wish he wasn't so 'crazy'."

I still think he's Ross Peroting it for Hillary.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at June 29, 2015 08:41 AM (O7MnT)

114 >>Great plan, let the Dems win.

In 2010 we gave the GOP a massive landslide and they took the House.

In 2014 we gave them an even more massive landslide and they took the Senate.

In the aftermath of both, they refused to defund Obamacare, increased the debt ceiling multiple times, have allowed Amnesty and now passed the Obamatrade bill.

Please tell me how "voting for more Republicans" will help us reverse course?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 29, 2015 08:41 AM (St6BJ)

115 I think Cruz is trying to run "third party" within the party.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 29, 2015 08:36 AM

I think the Cruz Missile wants to assure us that he is Mr Conservative Republican, while also not upsetting his pals Boner, McConnell and illegal aliens everywhere.

See P.T. Barnum's adage about who is born how often.

Posted by: MrScribbler at June 29, 2015 08:41 AM (P8YHq)

116 Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 29, 2015 08:40 AM (qCMvj)

Thanks for the recipe! I'll try it this week.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 29, 2015 08:42 AM (Zu3d9)

117
If you like this blog so much why don't you marry it?

Mitt Romney

Legalize #ManBlogMarriage. To many, not having it is a symbol of racial hatred. Legalize it now to honor #Charleston victims.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 29, 2015 08:42 AM (kdS6q)

118 I think the third party should be called 'The Alliance to Restore the Republic' a.k.a. 'The Rebel Alliance' and adopt the Star Wars symbol.

Would that cause much butthurt on Lucas?

Ok, then let's do this.

Posted by: John P. Squibob at June 29, 2015 08:42 AM (ZVTw4)

119 Tourists Are Left in Lurch by Greek Crisis
Foreign visitors to Greece might find themselves unable to pay for services or meals as ATMs are running out of cash wsj

Low information travelers.

-
I once saw a movie about time travel tourists who would visit disasters like the Titanic and the Hindenburg. Maybe same deal here.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at June 29, 2015 08:42 AM (ee9LE)

120 Don't forget the divorce lawyers are happy...

Posted by: Colin at June 29, 2015 08:43 AM (WQLtV)

121 I can't believe how many people are saying "Trump sounds great, I just wish he wasn't so 'crazy'."

I think they all would vote for him.
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 29, 2015 08:40 AM (qCMvj)

The Trump Tower on 5TH Ave has the best, cleanest, best smelling public bathrooms on the City. He has my vote just for that!

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 29, 2015 08:43 AM (wq4B0)

122 The L.I.B. part of me would love to stick Hillary with the bill for $20Trillion in debt and watch what happens.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at June 29, 2015 08:44 AM (O7MnT)

123 Has the whole world gone crazy? Am I the only one around who gives a shit about the rules? Mark it zero!

Posted by: Walter Sobchak at June 29, 2015 08:44 AM (D0NZx)

124 108 The Whigs had become irrelevant,

-
Well, Trump is running this year.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at June 29, 2015 08:39 AM (ee9LE)

Trump and Rubio can form the Combover party and get Carl Levin for a reach-around.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 29, 2015 08:44 AM (St6BJ)

125 I'm already married and the Supreme Court hasn't approved polygamy yet.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 29, 2015 08:44 AM (OSs/l)

126 anybody remember when Firefly was science fiction?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 29, 2015 08:44 AM (H+BLq)

127 How far from Austin are you? We have friends who just moved there and they are clamoring for a visit.

About 4 hours. Just north of Dallas. Wife's parents are about 1.5 hrs northeast of us.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 29, 2015 08:44 AM (ITu74)

128 120 Don't forget the divorce lawyers are happy...
Posted by: Colin at June 29, 2015 08:43 AM (WQLtV)

Now THAT could be a powerful Tweet:

After Fiday, the only people happier than gays are divorce lawyers.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 29, 2015 08:45 AM (St6BJ)

129 Well, Pee-Wee Herman DID marry ice cream in an episode of Pee-Wee's Playhouse because he did say he loved ice cream...

*****

Well, gee, it's not like PeeWee Herman is ghey.

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 29, 2015 08:45 AM (mvenn)

130 I once saw a movie about time travel tourists who would visit disasters like the Titanic and the Hindenburg. Maybe same deal here.
Posted by: The Great White Snark

Varley's Millenium, book was better

Posted by: Jean at June 29, 2015 08:46 AM (ztOda)

131 So big threats from ISIS on July 4th? Yawn

Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 29, 2015 08:46 AM (wq4B0)

132 Sir, when did you stop beating your blog?

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 29, 2015 08:47 AM (mvenn)

133 "So big threats from ISIS on July 4th? Yawn"

I thought it was threats from Department of Homeland Security to remind us of how much we need them.

Posted by: Khalid el Browncowski at June 29, 2015 08:47 AM (Y1gUw)

134 123 Has the whole world gone crazy? Am I the only one around who gives a shit about the rules? Mark it zero!
Posted by: Walter Sobchak at June 29, 2015 08:44 AM (D0NZx)

It's gone completely mad. They've made it clear that they're not going to play by the rules. The new question before us is "why should we?" When you play a fair game against a cheater, you lose.

Posted by: Cato the Rebel Without a Party at June 29, 2015 08:47 AM (J+mig)

135 "Don't forget the divorce lawyers are happy..."

You don't actually think we were serious about all that business about gay marriage being just like traditional marriage?

Posted by: GAy Activists at June 29, 2015 08:48 AM (1BQGO)

136 Dump up.

Posted by: HH at June 29, 2015 08:48 AM (Qia1Z)

137 Don't answer that, it's a trick question!!!

Posted by: Seamus Muldoon at June 29, 2015 08:48 AM (mvenn)

138 In addition to rejecting secular marriage altogether, I hope Christians will also reject public education altogether. In new Leftyworld, there's no way children in public schools will be allowed freedom of conscience.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at June 29, 2015 08:48 AM (YFw5T)

139
Thoughts?

I think the third party should be called 'The Alliance to Restore the Republic' a.k.a. 'The Rebel Alliance' and adopt the Star Wars symbol.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at June 29, 2015 08:13 AM (O7MnT)

With the exception of Han and the X-Wing fighter, the Rebels are kind of flouncy, priggish, self-righteous and prone to using over-complicated battle plans. The opposite of badass.

The Empire is badass personified, smothered in evil secret sauce. They're so badass, that they fall prey to the one great weakness of badassery, overestimating their strengths and underestimating their enemies.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 29, 2015 08:48 AM (+OXwX)

140 On a much more cheerful note.....I started watching True Detective.

Alexandra Daddario.....Oh my!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 29, 2015 08:48 AM (Zu3d9)

141 130 I once saw a movie about time travel tourists who would visit disasters like the Titanic and the Hindenburg. Maybe same deal here.
Posted by: The Great White Snark

Varley's Millenium, book was better
Posted by: Jean at June 29, 2015 08:46 AM (ztOda)

"Time Tunnel" James Darren, Robert Colbert, 1966

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 29, 2015 08:49 AM (St6BJ)

142 Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 29, 2015 08:40 AM (qCMvj)

Thanks for the recipe! I'll try it this week.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 29, 2015 08:42 AM (Zu3d9)

oh good.
I disappeared for a nap and never came back.
Had to dig the recipe up anyway.
Now, I'm in the mood for it too.
Hot hot hot.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 29, 2015 08:49 AM (qCMvj)

143 >>anybody remember when Firefly was science fiction?

Anybody remember when "Idiocracy" was satire?

Anybody remember when "Atlas Shrugs" was allegory?

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at June 29, 2015 08:49 AM (O7MnT)

144
Great plan, let the Dems win. We should see some positive results in about two hundred years.
Posted by: Dirks Strewn

Seems preferable to trying the "there's gotta be a pony in here somewhere!" strategy for the nth time.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 29, 2015 08:51 AM (kdS6q)

145 >>The Empire is badass personified, smothered in evil secret sauce.

Yes, but if you imagine The Empire where the Sith Overlord was Jar Jar Binks instead of Palpatine and you pretty much have America today.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at June 29, 2015 08:51 AM (O7MnT)

146 On a much more cheerful note.....I started watching True Detective.

Alexandra Daddario.....Oh my!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 29, 2015 08:48 AM (Zu3d9)

shhhh.
we'll watch last night's episide tonight!

it's weird again.

first episode, I thought the weakest actor was Vince Vaughn, sadly. I always liked him. But, boy, does he have a presence. He's huge next to just about anyone.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 29, 2015 08:53 AM (qCMvj)

147
I once saw a movie about time travel tourists who would visit disasters like the Titanic and the Hindenburg.
Posted by: The Great White Snark

Millenium
Posted by: Jean

"Time Tunnel" James Darren, Robert Colbert, 1966
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

Oh sorry! The correct answer is Timescape (1992)

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at June 29, 2015 08:53 AM (kdS6q)

148 We ARE married, and you're my wife. Chyuh, Honey, I thought you knew that!

Posted by: bour3 at June 29, 2015 08:53 AM (5x3+2)

149 I used to buy into the argument that I had to vote Rethug because of SCOTUS nominations but having seen Roberts and Kennedy hold the constitution down while the Donks raped it, even that doesn't move me.
Posted by: The Great White Snark at June 29, 2015 08:37 AM (ee9LE)

****

While I'm very unhappy with the court, I think things would be much, much worse with the liberals getting a majority through attrition. Commerce clause, gun rights, etc. At that point I'm moving to Texas to join the succession.

Posted by: lymond at June 29, 2015 08:54 AM (DcPHq)

150 Posted by: artisanal 'ette at June 29, 2015 08:53 AM (qCMvj)

No worries....I started the first season.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 29, 2015 09:00 AM (Zu3d9)

151 i started true detective too!!! i watched the first episode twice....because the first time through...i wasn't paying very close attn.....i'll watch the 2nd tonight.....

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at June 29, 2015 09:01 AM (0O7c5)

152 anybody remember when Firefly was science fiction?

I remember when it was 'Blake's 7.'

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at June 29, 2015 09:02 AM (oVJmc)

153 Please tell me how "voting for more Republicans" will help us reverse course?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 29, 2015 08:41 AM (St6BJ)

Even if one assumes they were doing their best and really trying to stop Obama, their incompetence means they need to be fired.

Posted by: Not Loved Time to be Feared at June 29, 2015 09:05 AM (nRvEn)

154 fr. jonathan was spit on during the #lovewins #haterbration

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at June 29, 2015 09:08 AM (0O7c5)

155 steevy: Ha!They actually showed one beta make [sic] sitting there while his woman explained why she was keeping her name.

Really?

* whips out umpire's whiskbroom from back pocket, dusts off soapbox and climbs on *

I don't know what "they" you're talking about, but I sure hope you're not saying that non-traditional naming in marriage is, in and of itself, indicative of some sort of emasculization. Them's fightin' words!

I'm from (or tail-end of) that generation that said, "Question Authority." Some took that as "Reject Authority," but I took it literally. I questioned, vigorously, and what I found was, Authority was sound thinking in most cases.

Some few things, not very important things, were merely traditional, not really vital.

Milady and I, once we got over living together (don't do it, kids), struggled with the name thing. She was well aware that keeping "her own" name was just keeping her father's name. (A snark folks always have had, and was made here just a few days ago.) In fact, her family last name had no tradition: it was something made up by her grandmother, possibly to avoid the likely true last name which was South American. ("White Hispanic," y'might say.)

But in one generation, her family made that name theirs, proudly. They're good folks. I could understand that name-pride, even if it can't be traced back to before the Pilgrims landed like my patrilinear heritage.

So, she went by her name and I went by mine, and the family name was hyphenated. Caused about as much confusion and problems for the world as... Y2K. Which is to say, occasional trivial hassles, no real problems.

We went even further. Our daughter's given last name is Milady's (even worse: daughter and Milady both share my MiL's name, so daughter is a III'd). Our sons' last name is mine. (There was that worrisome time before the boys were born... what if we had no sons!)

The family name is, we're all MyLastName-HerLastNames (yes mine first, sounds better mwah ha ha). I don't think the kids were damaged by this. Everything else, certainly, just not that.

I don't recommend it. I don't care what anyone else does. But that's my report, h8rs, and if you want to take my man-card over this, you'd better bring an army.

* stumbles backward off soapbox and falls in an undignified heap *

Willowed? Dammit.

Posted by: mindful webworker - married and happy at June 29, 2015 09:08 AM (Fjr+q)

156
The Empire is badass personified, smothered in evil secret sauce.

Yes, but if you imagine The Empire where the Sith Overlord was Jar Jar Binks instead of Palpatine and you pretty much have America today.

Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at June 29, 2015 08:51 AM (O7MnT)

*snort*

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 29, 2015 09:09 AM (vXKGT)

157 I CREATED True Detective.

Posted by: Brian Williams at June 29, 2015 09:11 AM (FhROC)

158 After Fiday, the only people happier than gays are divorce lawyers.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 29, 2015 08:45 AM

Billable hours of screaming, crying, and domestic violence leading to criminal billable hours and personal injury billable hours of jail house beatings by other prisoners. The possibilities are endless. My favorite divorce story is a woman whose husband left her for his gay lover but left his boa constrictors in her care (and his biological children). The spurned woman carried his snakes out in the front lawn and chopped them up with an ax. And left them there. He tried to get some huge amount of money from her for his damages. The divorce court informed him that they were community property and left in her custody so it was her choice to dispose of them as she saw fit.

Posted by: Lester at June 29, 2015 09:14 AM (2UPXV)

159 If you like this blog so much why don't you marry it?

I would, but I'm not sure I could carry it across the Portal.

Posted by: Still Alive at June 29, 2015 09:52 AM (VCCXE)

160

Posted by: JS at June 29, 2015 10:54 AM (1FDHR)

161 31 On a not unrelated note, I was thinking that Israel can't use bunker
buster bombs on Iran because they don't have the aircraft to carry them.
Then I thought, why not convert a 747 or some other such large
airliner to carry the load (30,000 lbs each)?

They can already deliver them with their small number of C-130-Js, even the heaviest MOPs (GBU-57s). Now we just have to sell/transfer them some ...

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