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Mid-Morning Open Thread
Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows
John Constable
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 26, 2017 09:21 AM (m9wUQ)
Posted by: WitchDoktor, AKA VA GOP Sucks at June 26, 2017 09:21 AM (tVWQB)
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Posted by: joe, living dangerously at June 26, 2017 09:23 AM (KUaJL)
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet Carries ACME Products for Our Democrat Customers! at June 26, 2017 09:23 AM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 26, 2017 09:24 AM (l0fAp)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 26, 2017 09:24 AM (B+qrE)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 26, 2017 09:24 AM (J+eG2)
Posted by: IP at June 26, 2017 09:24 AM (UmSfZ)
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at June 26, 2017 09:24 AM (Id9+8)
Posted by: Under Fire at June 26, 2017 09:25 AM (l4aLi)
Posted by: Furious George at June 26, 2017 09:25 AM (j+dfT)
It's intimidating.
Posted by: Lance McCormick at June 26, 2017 09:25 AM (u0s1P)
Posted by: Locke Common at June 26, 2017 09:25 AM (zSXXo)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 26, 2017 09:25 AM (l0fAp)
Posted by: BignJames at June 26, 2017 09:25 AM (x9c8r)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 26, 2017 09:25 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: josephistan at June 26, 2017 09:26 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: josephistan at June 26, 2017 09:26 AM (7HtZB)
You don't use strategic weapons on horses and wagons, silly.
That's what the tactical nukes are for.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 26, 2017 09:26 AM (B+qrE)
Posted by: Lance McCormick at June 26, 2017 09:26 AM (u0s1P)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 26, 2017 09:26 AM (l0fAp)
Posted by: Kris at June 26, 2017 09:26 AM (nwqNw)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2017 09:26 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2017 09:27 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2017 09:26 AM (/tuJf)
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What does it mean?!?!?!?!
Posted by: IP at June 26, 2017 09:27 AM (UmSfZ)
I'm not sure I'd call it a crossword puzzle, but it does have a lot going on, and unlike some crossword puzzles, which can be very ambiguous with the clues, this picture all comes together beautifully.
Posted by: bluebell ~ Mastering the Art of Moron Cooking at June 26, 2017 09:27 AM (sBOL1)
Posted by: Kris
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The rebuttal by Constable was memorable for its witty and devastating critique of the meteorologist's prediction record.
Posted by: Furious George at June 26, 2017 09:28 AM (j+dfT)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 26, 2017 09:28 AM (u82oZ)
I like it.
Kinda Goth(ish) in a depressing sort of way.
Not really Lovecraftian, just ... um, dark.
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at June 26, 2017 09:29 AM (m9X4Y)
Posted by: Roland THTG at June 26, 2017 09:29 AM (baYK5)
Posted by: Locke Common at June 26, 2017 09:29 AM (zSXXo)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 26, 2017 09:30 AM (LeI1X)
Posted by: Roland THTG
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Colors to paint the rainbow.
Posted by: Constable at June 26, 2017 09:30 AM (j+dfT)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 26, 2017 09:30 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: Locke Common at June 26, 2017 09:29 AM (zSXXo)
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well, I thought I did in the lower right, but now I don't see it. A gremlin-ish face in the darkness.
Posted by: IP at June 26, 2017 09:30 AM (UmSfZ)
Posted by: Kris at June 26, 2017 09:30 AM (nwqNw)
Posted by: bluebell ~ Mastering the Art of Moron Cooking at June 26, 2017 09:27 AM (sBOL1)
It would make a good jigsaw puzzle.
Posted by: *Mikey NTH - The Outrage Outlet Carries ACME Products for Our Democrat Customers! at June 26, 2017 09:31 AM (hLRSq)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 26, 2017 09:32 AM (LeI1X)
"Idiot."
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 26, 2017 09:32 AM (l0fAp)
Posted by: zombie Thomas Kincaide at June 26, 2017 09:32 AM (W78yZ)
Posted by: Zombie Ronnie James Dio at June 26, 2017 09:33 AM (7HtZB)
And I like how he painted the rainbow going through the clouds.
Posted by: bluebell ~ Mastering the Art of Moron Cooking at June 26, 2017 09:33 AM (sBOL1)
Posted by: lynndh at June 26, 2017 09:33 AM (N33+S)
Posted by: grammie winger - soon to be dancing at June 26, 2017 09:33 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: josephistan at June 26, 2017 09:26 AM (7HtZB)
Maybe....
Stop being so literal.
[oh fvck]
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 26, 2017 09:33 AM (wYseH)
It's allegory based on the Greek myth about Zeus and the seal that crawled up his back.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 26, 2017 09:34 AM (l0fAp)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 26, 2017 09:32 AM (LeI1X)
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Wow - it does!
Posted by: grammie winger - soon to be dancing at June 26, 2017 09:34 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: lynndh
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The Magna Carta? That's like a hundred years old and it's hard to understand.
Posted by: Ezra Klein at June 26, 2017 09:34 AM (j+dfT)
Posted by: Insomniac at June 26, 2017 09:35 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Kris at June 26, 2017 09:35 AM (nwqNw)
Apparently the National Gallery sells at least one Constable jigsaw puzzle:
http://tinyurl.com/ycpktrom
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 26, 2017 09:35 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: grammie winger - soon to be dancing at June 26, 2017 09:35 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 26, 2017 09:32 AM (LeI1X)
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Wow - it does!
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Perhaps the original title was "Seal Cuddling," and Constable thought better of it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 26, 2017 09:36 AM (LeI1X)
Can't see it in this painting though.
Posted by: Rory at June 26, 2017 09:36 AM (N9BA5)
Posted by: josephistan at June 26, 2017 09:36 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: Rick in SK at June 26, 2017 09:36 AM (FZYNt)
Posted by: Javems at June 26, 2017 09:36 AM (yOqwj)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at June 26, 2017 09:36 AM (2qHjF)
Posted by: grammie winger - soon to be dancing at June 26, 2017 09:36 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: rhomboid at June 26, 2017 09:36 AM (v9gSJ)
Posted by: grammie winger - soon to be dancing at June 26, 2017 09:35 AM (lwiT4)
It was the style at the time. Like wearing an onion on your belt.
Posted by: josephistan at June 26, 2017 09:37 AM (7HtZB)
...and said that the newest and most transformative ideas in history were always met with resistance. It's apparently the way of the future and we should get on the right side of it.
*****
I am sensing a shift in the Left's language again. I've seen this a few places now, but over the weekend saw a quote from a Dem tech millionaire who's running for governor of CO (Polis) to the effect that (paraphrase) he's not approaching this from the viewpoint of partisanship or conservativism versus progressivism, rather from a viewpoint of the past versus the future.'
Watch for this shift soon, much like the shift from 'liberal' to 'progressive'. The policies will be the same old utopian tripe, but the language will be clothed in those terms.
Future = good
Past = bad
Posted by: Muldoon at June 26, 2017 09:37 AM (mvenn)
Posted by: lynndh
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We hereby find that the Magna Carta grants the king the explicit power to perform abortions.
Posted by: "Justice" Anthony Kennedy at June 26, 2017 09:37 AM (j+dfT)
Posted by: bluebell ~ Mastering the Art of Moron Cooking at June 26, 2017 09:27 AM (sBOL1)
The ability to appreciate ambiguity is one of the hallmarks of sentient beings.
That and opposable thumbs.
But...Red Sox fan....so maybe tomorrow I'll post a picture of a hot dog and a beer.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 26, 2017 09:37 AM (wYseH)
Posted by: grammie winger - soon to be dancing
It's ok as long as you are small spoon
Posted by: Rick in SK at June 26, 2017 09:37 AM (FZYNt)
Posted by: Lawnmower Guy at June 26, 2017 09:37 AM (Ik0/P)
Posted by: Krakenboner at June 26, 2017 09:37 AM (FTPVM)
He should hire the guy in charge of the Wendy's Twitter.
Posted by: Kris at June 26, 2017 09:37 AM (nwqNw)
Posted by: mnw at June 26, 2017 09:37 AM (tIeHC)
Posted by: Leprechaun at June 26, 2017 09:38 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: lynndh
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We hereby find that the Magna Carta grants the king the explicit power to perform abortions.
Posted by: "Justice" Anthony Kennedy at June 26, 2017 09:37 AM (j+dfT)
It's a tax!
Posted by: John Roberts at June 26, 2017 09:38 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2017 09:38 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Insomniac at June 26, 2017 09:38 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: bluebell ~ Mastering the Art of Moron Cooking at June 26, 2017 09:38 AM (sBOL1)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 26, 2017 09:38 AM (QQ+il)
Posted by: lynndh at June 26, 2017 09:33 AM (N33+S)
If you stand in the transept and sight up the supporting columns to the ceiling, you can see that the stone is bowed. I was told that this is from the weigh of the structure over the centuries but its hard to believe that stone columns can bend.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 26, 2017 09:39 AM (l0fAp)
Posted by: General Zod at June 26, 2017 09:39 AM (Bdeb0)
Would make a great book cover.
Posted by: @votermom @vm pimping great books usually free or sale at June 26, 2017 09:39 AM (hMwEB)
Future = good
Past = bad
Posted by: Muldoon
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I would like for conservative candidates to start calling themselves "pragmatic".
Posted by: Furious George at June 26, 2017 09:39 AM (j+dfT)
Posted by: IP at June 26, 2017 09:24 AM (UmSfZ)
There are multiple snipers in this painting. You see the dog in the foreground? That is no dog.
Posted by: troyriser at June 26, 2017 09:39 AM (Fw5cQ)
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Not to mention all the fish you had to carry to feed the beast. The smell could be detected miles away. "Oh, blast, here comes Sawney with his demmed seal. Just close the shutters and pretend we're not home."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 26, 2017 09:39 AM (LeI1X)
It was. She was. I have the pictures to prove it.
Somewhere.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2017 09:40 AM (/tuJf)
I have the Annotated Sherlock Holmes-- one massive tome of all 60 short stories and novels of the Canon, with notes on every page about dating, continuity, all kinds of stuff. It's absolutely fantastic.
Anyway, someone (who is not me, because laaaazy) should write a book called The First Fandom about early Holmesians and Sherlockians, in the context of what we now call fandoms or something.
Other books I would read: A Pitcher of Warm Spit: The Vice-Presidents of the USA and The First Superpower: The Ambiguity That Was Rome.
Posted by: Lance McCormick at June 26, 2017 09:40 AM (u0s1P)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 26, 2017 09:37 AM (wYseH)
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Hey. I'm not the one who compared this Constable picture to a crossword puzzle.
Just sayin'.
Posted by: bluebell ~ Mastering the Art of Moron Cooking at June 26, 2017 09:40 AM (sBOL1)
/steps into a Kinkade and chills
Posted by: Brother Cavil, turkey ain't all that's stuffed at June 26, 2017 09:40 AM (P83tS)
Posted by: Insomniac at June 26, 2017 09:40 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at June 26, 2017 09:32 AM (LeI1X)
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Nah, those are bucket seats, the latest thing back then. Looks line velour.
Posted by: Javems at June 26, 2017 09:40 AM (yOqwj)
Posted by: mnw at June 26, 2017 09:37 AM (tIeHC)
GOP congressmen are in a great place. They know that if they get booted out, then Trump gets impeached by the incoming Democratic majority.
Posted by: John Roberts at June 26, 2017 09:41 AM (7HtZB)
*sings*
Riding across Salisbury Creek
I could see the rainbow's light
Cathedral rising to my left
Had a Snickers took a bite
Posted by: Peter Gabriel Having Lyric Problems at June 26, 2017 09:41 AM (9q7Dl)
Posted by: lynndh
Not for long, infidel.
Posted by: Sadiq Khan at June 26, 2017 09:41 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: Javems
And he has astroturf in the bed of that wagon
Posted by: Bill Clinton at June 26, 2017 09:41 AM (FZYNt)
Posted by: Insomniac at June 26, 2017 09:41 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: leprechaun at June 26, 2017 09:41 AM (nlbfN)
I sent a letter to Luther Strange predicting that if the Senate didn't repeal ObamaCare, he would be replaced by Mo Brooks.
Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 26, 2017 09:42 AM (QQ+il)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 26, 2017 09:42 AM (l0fAp)
Posted by: Krakenboner at June 26, 2017 09:42 AM (FTPVM)
Posted by: pookysgirl is a civilian now, booooo at June 26, 2017 09:42 AM (MZ65M)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at June 26, 2017 09:43 AM (7ZVPa)
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at June 26, 2017 09:43 AM (aMlLZ)
Posted by: Javems
Rich. Corinthian. Leather.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, turkey ain't all that's stuffed at June 26, 2017 09:43 AM (P83tS)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero)
I broke the seal of many of young maidens
Posted by: Bill Clinton at June 26, 2017 09:43 AM (FZYNt)
Somewhere.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2017 09:40 AM (/tuJf)
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That's a nice thing to say (about your ex-wife). I hope you have lots of good memories from your marriage. Nothing is ever all-good or all-bad.
Posted by: bluebell ~ Mastering the Art of Moron Cooking at June 26, 2017 09:43 AM (sBOL1)
Posted by: Insomniac at June 26, 2017 09:43 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Obi Wan Zamboni at June 26, 2017 09:43 AM (l0fAp)
Posted by: Kris at June 26, 2017 09:35 AM (nwqNw)
It's placed wrong according to the shadows. It also looks like a waterspout, but that could be color changes in the paint because of age.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 26, 2017 09:43 AM (mkDpn)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 26, 2017 09:37 AM (wYseH)
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I think I would actually like that better. Maybe in the style of a 50's diner? I like lots of vivid color in my paintings. Could you put mustard on it? Thanks in advance.
Posted by: grammie winger - soon to be dancing at June 26, 2017 09:43 AM (lwiT4)
Unless it's the primary. I imagine that it will be a good challenger's election when you can run against total failure.
Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 26, 2017 09:43 AM (QQ+il)
Not exact, but close: The Great Detective:
http://tinyurl.com/y72474sb
Posted by: Sadiq Khan at June 26, 2017 09:43 AM (X6fMO)
Posted by: pookysgirl is a civilian now, booooo at June 26, 2017 09:42 AM (MZ65M)
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That right there is what it's all about, in the end.
Posted by: bluebell ~ Mastering the Art of Moron Cooking at June 26, 2017 09:44 AM (sBOL1)
It confused many a wagon-driver.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 26, 2017 09:44 AM (l0fAp)
Posted by: Tim in Illinois at June 26, 2017 09:44 AM (sf2BM)
Posted by: Lance McCormick at June 26, 2017 09:40 AM (u0s1P)
Heh. I have the same book. I haven't cracked it open in years because it's huge. I also have the "Illustrated Sherlock Holmes" with Paget's original Strand pictures.
Were you a member of any Scion Societies?
Posted by: Kris at June 26, 2017 09:44 AM (nwqNw)
Past = bad
Posted by: Muldoon at June 26, 2017 09:37 AM (mvenn)
Well duh. In the past things were worse and now they're better. Logically this means that the future will be even better than the present, and much better than the past. Therefore anyone who isn't a progressive is evil and wants to make things worse.
QED.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at June 26, 2017 09:44 AM (KUaJL)
Posted by: Grump928(c)
He should be anyway, but that's beside the point...
Posted by: Brother Cavil, turkey ain't all that's stuffed at June 26, 2017 09:44 AM (P83tS)
Posted by: Frankenstein monster at June 26, 2017 09:45 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Grump928(c)
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There's nothing wrong with getting a little Luther strange on the side.
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at June 26, 2017 09:45 AM (j+dfT)
Posted by: pookysgirl is a civilian now, booooo at June 26, 2017 09:42 AM (MZ65M)
Huh. I just had this strange fleeting sensation in the cold, flinty place my heart is supposed to be.
Posted by: Insomniac at June 26, 2017 09:45 AM (0mRoj)
It's true. We get along quite well, actually. She even took care of my puppy while I was on vacation last week. It's not like she didn't have the room in that big house on the beach that I designed and built and ....
I'm not bitter, though.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2017 09:45 AM (/tuJf)
It always happens that right when you're mid-river that's when you blow a seal.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 26, 2017 09:45 AM (l0fAp)
*fistbump* That's my plan too, though I didn't say that in the letter.
Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 26, 2017 09:45 AM (QQ+il)
Posted by: Insomniac at June 26, 2017 09:46 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at June 26, 2017 09:43 AM (aMlLZ)
http://tinyurl.com/ybcz3nuu
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 26, 2017 09:46 AM (X6fMO)
Those ents have gone wild, feral. They will never let a wagon through.
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at June 26, 2017 09:46 AM (m9X4Y)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2017 09:38 AM (/tuJf)
Seals are OK, if inconvenient.
They are de riguer if you are planning a hermetic retreat.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 26, 2017 09:46 AM (mkDpn)
And painted the silly rainbow. The precise point at which the thing became a caricature of itself.
Posted by: BurtTC at June 26, 2017 09:47 AM (TOk1P)
Posted by: Shep Smith at June 26, 2017 09:47 AM (xAvrH)
He attempts to go by "Big" Luther Strange. An appellation with a history in Alabama.
Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 26, 2017 09:47 AM (QQ+il)
Posted by: alexthechick at June 26, 2017 09:48 AM (mf5HN)
Oh. Right.
Well why not try one more vapid slogan to keep your vapid supporters motivated?
And given the historical ignorance that is increasing (can ignorance "increase"?), and even the passivity of many older Americans who should know better as they see institutions and other things trashed before their eyes, why not?
Posted by: rhomboid at June 26, 2017 09:48 AM (v9gSJ)
Posted by: Grump928(c)
We're probably going to get stuck with Roy Effing Moore instead, but we gotta try, amirite?
Posted by: Brother Cavil, turkey ain't all that's stuffed at June 26, 2017 09:48 AM (P83tS)
The rainbow is racist. Everyone should know that rainbows need to have black and brown stripes to be more inclusive. As long as the inclusive doesn't include those the tolerant wonders refuse to tolerate.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 26, 2017 09:48 AM (493sH)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2017 09:45 AM (/tuJf)
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{{{JackStraw}}}. Life does indeed stink sometimes. I'm glad you two are still good friends, though. And that was really good of her to take care of your puppy.
Posted by: bluebell ~ Mastering the Art of Moron Cooking at June 26, 2017 09:49 AM (sBOL1)
He attempts to go by "Big" Luther Strange. An appellation with a history in Alabama.
Posted by: Grump928(c)
Also, he and Todd both are TALL!
Posted by: Brother Cavil, turkey ain't all that's stuffed at June 26, 2017 09:50 AM (P83tS)
I'm not bitter, though.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2017 09:45 AM (/tuJf)
Sorry dude.
Posted by: Insomniac at June 26, 2017 09:50 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at June 26, 2017 09:45 AM (j+dfT)
Call me
Posted by: Idris Elba at June 26, 2017 09:50 AM (7HtZB)
Roy knows his voters, I'll give him that. He makes the bold promise to them, then performs, even though he then loses his job.
Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 26, 2017 09:51 AM (QQ+il)
I could see the rainbow's light
Cathedral rising to my left
Had a Snickers took a bite
Posted by: Peter Gabriel Having Lyric Problems at June 26, 2017 09:41 AM (9q7Dl)
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I don't see any lyric problems here. Just add a comma after Snickers and you're good to go.
Posted by: bluebell ~ Mastering the Art of Moron Cooking at June 26, 2017 09:51 AM (sBOL1)
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That is why the art threads are so much fun. My own impression was that it was too busy, busy, busy and not at all soothing or reflective.
Posted by: mustbequantum at June 26, 2017 09:51 AM (MIKMs)
The justices did NOT act on the travel ban this morning. We don't know whether there will be anything later on. There is another conference today, so they could act on it tomorrow. And it is possible that the justices could act on the stay -- that is, the government's request to reinstate the ban -- later on today. But it is not likely that the justices will act on the government's petition to review the lower court's rulings putting the travel ban on hold.
Amy Howe SCOTUSblog
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at June 26, 2017 09:51 AM (ul9CR)
Posted by: David Wu at June 26, 2017 09:51 AM (j+dfT)
Nah, it's all good. Life doesn't always go in a straight line up but if you try sometimes, you just might find..
Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2017 09:52 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Corona at June 26, 2017 09:53 AM (/GAGc)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 26, 2017 09:53 AM (QQ+il)
There's nothing wrong with getting a little Luther strange on the side.
Posted by: Sandra Fluke
Atta Boy Luther!
Posted by: Mr. Chicken at June 26, 2017 09:53 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Grump928(c)
Never at the hands of the voters, though. I've never seen any SOB so adept at picking the right fights for the wrong reasons. Got a certain grudging respect for the man as a result, I must admit.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, turkey ain't all that's stuffed at June 26, 2017 09:54 AM (P83tS)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2017 09:52 AM (/tuJf)
...life puts its jackboot on your neck?
Posted by: Insomniac at June 26, 2017 09:55 AM (0mRoj)
Past = bad
Posted by: Muldoon
It's the old Barack Obama Tabula Rasa Gambit(TM)
again.
The Democrats/Commies/Progressives/Socialists can't actually win on their arguments or policies-
which always lead to major suckage and collapse.
So, they pull up a positive sounding "blank", which people can project their own wants and desires upon.
Therefore...whatever ever good things you project on the "future" Republicans will be trying to destroy, because-
they are against "the future".
Monumentally stupid and obvious plan-
that's why it will work on their monumentally stupid, freeloading followers.
Posted by: naturalfake at June 26, 2017 09:56 AM (9q7Dl)
I don't know the story, if any, behind this painting but to me it speaks of promise (God's promise of the rainbow) and renewal or rebirth (the solidity of the church). The scene makes me think of early spring: wet and thawing ground, the hint of new growth after winter chills, and just enough warmth to produce those clouds and gentle rain to form the rainbow. It is such an effective and appealing scene.
Posted by: JTB at June 26, 2017 09:57 AM (V+03K)
In fairness, the future is full of evil robots and zombie apocalypses.
Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 26, 2017 09:58 AM (QQ+il)
Posted by: Insomniac at June 26, 2017 09:55 AM (0mRoj)
I've been on a Silicon Valley kick lately, and one of my favorite quotes from Jared is "I've always been very adept at taking the shape of whatever shoe is pressed down upon me, so I can try to make it work."
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at June 26, 2017 09:58 AM (KUaJL)
It happens. But nothing lasts forever, neither good nor bad. The key is to just keep on trucking, the good times will return even if it doesn't seem possible sometimes.
Look at all the friends you have here who care about you no matter what you are going through. That's what its all about.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2017 09:58 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2017 09:58 AM (/tuJf)
Stop giving me perspective, goddammit!
Posted by: Insomniac at June 26, 2017 09:59 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: pookysgirl is a civilian now, booooo at June 26, 2017 10:00 AM (MZ65M)
With my luck, I'll get swept up in the zombie apocalypse and die before they invent the Marilyn Monrobot.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 26, 2017 10:01 AM (X6fMO)
Or....maybe they realize that the past contains lessons which would tend to blow holes in the beliefs of liberals.
Willfull ignorance and a firm belief in the infallibility of the future.
hallmarks of a shallow mind.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 26, 2017 10:01 AM (J+eG2)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
So it WASN'T ice cream!
Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2017 10:01 AM (FeRav)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 26, 2017 10:02 AM (J+eG2)
Posted by: An Observation at June 26, 2017 10:02 AM (MU606)
In fairness, the future is full of evil robots and zombie apocalypses.
Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 26, 2017 09:58 AM (QQ+il)
Evil robots who steal old people's medicine.
Posted by: Sam Waterson at June 26, 2017 10:02 AM (7HtZB)
It always happens that right when you're mid-river that's when you blow a seal.
*
*
Just fix the wagon and leave my personal life out of this, okay?
Posted by: The Wagon Driver at June 26, 2017 10:02 AM (LeI1X)
wunnerfull...wunnerfull.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 26, 2017 10:02 AM (J+eG2)
I heard Fallout 4 is a great game.
Posted by: Insomniac at June 26, 2017 10:03 AM (0mRoj)
Just make sure that the two pieces don't actually match up, but are ever so slightly off.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 26, 2017 10:04 AM (J+eG2)
hallmarks of a shallow mind.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 26, 2017 10:01 AM (J+eG2)
Also known as 'magical thinking'. The 'Little Engine That Could' (I think I can!) mindset that if one only thinks positively good things naturally follow.
In other news: 50,000,000 people who thought positively did not win the PowerBall on Saturday night.
Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at June 26, 2017 10:04 AM (PduNE)
I was in the Sherlock Holmes Club in college for a year, then it fizzled out or was disbanded or something.
Around that time, I was on a big Holmes kick-- Otto Penzler had reprinted several volumes of Holmesian essays and things recently. Jeremy Bret as Holmes, too.
Good times.
Posted by: Lance McCormick at June 26, 2017 10:04 AM (u0s1P)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at June 26, 2017 09:46 AM (X6fMO)
Awesome!
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at June 26, 2017 10:04 AM (aMlLZ)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 26, 2017 10:05 AM (B+qrE)
Another blow for religious freedom and against the haters.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2017 10:06 AM (/tuJf)
I always chuckle when I see some idiot post that on our NextDoor social media.
"Sending positive thoughts your way!!!"
WTF does that even mean?
These are the same people who leave their VirtueSignal-2000 turned on all night as well.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 26, 2017 10:06 AM (J+eG2)
123 When taking these wagons on long hauls, it's a good idea to make sure your seals are intact.
It always happens that right when you're mid-river that's when you blow a seal.
Wagons, huh? Blown seals? You think you got it bad?
Posted by: The Deacon's Masterpiece, aka The Marvelous One-Hoss Shay at June 26, 2017 10:07 AM (Bdeb0)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 26, 2017 10:08 AM (493sH)
How many actually remembered to buy a ticket?
Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 26, 2017 10:08 AM (Hk/NM)
Good times.
Posted by: Lance McCormick at June 26, 2017 10:04 AM (u0s1P)
That was a good time for Holmesians. I have all the Brett episodes but can't watch them cuz they're on VHS. I was in a club too, until I had the audacity to state that the title to Jurassic Park 2 was an homage to Doyle. Apparently it was actually theft and I was a heretic for saying otherwise. Never went back.
Posted by: Kris at June 26, 2017 10:10 AM (nwqNw)
Another blow for religious freedom and against the haters.
.
.
.That gives me hope for the bakers case coming up.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at June 26, 2017 10:10 AM (0pcwX)
WTF does that even mean?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 26, 2017 10:06 AM (J+eG2)
It means, ''I grok you.''
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grok
Stranger In A Strange Land
Posted by: Slippery Slope Salesman at June 26, 2017 10:10 AM (PduNE)
Posted by: Blanco Basura at June 26, 2017 10:08 AM (Hk/NM)
______
Paging the Illinois Lottery Officials, please pick up the white courtesy phone..
Posted by: IP at June 26, 2017 10:10 AM (UmSfZ)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 26, 2017 10:11 AM (QQ+il)
Robots
Surveillance
Reliance on Government
WHAT'S NOT TO LIKE?
If I was not on my phone, you'd get a Judas Priest link, or maybe some Zappa.
Posted by: Garrett at June 26, 2017 10:11 AM (fQYmy)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 26, 2017 10:12 AM (QQ+il)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 26, 2017 10:13 AM (XWkhW)
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2017 10:13 AM (V2Yro)
Even the California legislature wouldn't do single payer.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 26, 2017 10:13 AM (B+qrE)
http://tinyurl.com/yd22laa5
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, the Unwoking Dead at June 26, 2017 10:14 AM (Nwg0u)
In the old days, this is when we would get a good law post from Gabe Malor, since the case didn't involve the buttsecks. Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 26, 2017 10:12 AM (QQ+il)
Future:
Robots
Surveillance
Reliance on Government
Mandatory Buttsecks
Posted by: General Zod at June 26, 2017 10:14 AM (Bdeb0)
Even the California legislature wouldn't do single payer.
They plan to make it up in volume.
Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 26, 2017 10:14 AM (QQ+il)
WTF does that even mean?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 26, 2017 10:06 AM (J+eG2)
I think it means a lot of things. Probably one is "I don't have words to express, but I want to say something that is pro-you." It might mean "I am praying for you but I don't want you to get freaked out and think that I am a Christian or want you to be one." It might mean "I don't believe in that prayer superstition but I do think that positive thoughts work."
Or it might just mean they are sending positive thoughts your way.
I don't know that I would take any umbrage regardless.
Posted by: blaster at June 26, 2017 10:14 AM (6mJ8T)
There is a downside here.
Scientology. Just watch.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 26, 2017 10:15 AM (B+qrE)
"We have action on the travel ban. "We grant the petitions for certiorari and grant the stay applications in part.""
Whatever that means.
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at June 26, 2017 10:15 AM (UBzPO)
About a week ago, a young male humpback whale beached itself at the end of my island. This is a pretty unusual thing, the humpbacks usually stay further offshore. It actually stranded itself a day before I saw a humpback in the channel between the mainland and Block Island. I've been playing in these waters for most of my life and I've never seen a humpback this close to shore.
Now there is speculation that the new wind farm off Block Island may be the cause. Speculation is growing among some that the noise given off by the wind turbines is messing with the whales sonar and causing them to go off course.
Now the turbines aren't just killing birds but whales too. Super.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2017 10:15 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 26, 2017 10:16 AM (QQ+il)
Posted by: Rick in SK at June 26, 2017 10:16 AM (FZYNt)
Good move, Barky.
Ugh.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 26, 2017 10:17 AM (B+qrE)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 26, 2017 10:13 AM
Only one owner. Great condition!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 26, 2017 10:17 AM (p+Wdc)
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 26, 2017 10:17 AM (JO9+V)
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at June 26, 2017 10:17 AM (UBzPO)
I don't know that I would take any umbrage regardless. "
I forgot to include that these are usually the same ones with the "Hate has no home here" yard sign, a least one coexist sticker, and a Facebook post about attending the pussy-hat march earlier this year.
I can't tell if it's umbrage, or bemusement.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 26, 2017 10:18 AM (J+eG2)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, the Unwoking Dead at June 26, 2017 10:14 AM (Nwg0u)
Wake me up when it gets closer.
Posted by: 12th Imam at June 26, 2017 10:18 AM (PduNE)
What a ridiculous idea.
Posted by: IP at June 26, 2017 10:18 AM (UmSfZ)
The good news is all this shit was just red-lined by Kelly at DHS. Also, the Iftar dinner at the WH was cancelled.
All this crap needs to stop.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at June 26, 2017 10:18 AM (bWBdM)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, the Unwoking Dead at June 26, 2017 10:18 AM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2017 10:19 AM (/tuJf)
I imagine the young would see it as the end of harsh winter conditions, limiting social matters, full of school work and tasks and the start of freedom from cold chores. It's the beginning of warmth and the new leading to freedom (at least from school), adventure and the chance of romance.
Perhaps the older viewer would be comforted and reassured by the renewal of nature and promise of ongoing life by their decades-long faith.
I also wonder if such contemplation of art is passe in the current culture. That I enjoy it could just mean I'm an oddball, out of step with today's culture. That's a badge I would wear proudly.
Posted by: JTB at June 26, 2017 10:20 AM (V+03K)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 26, 2017 10:20 AM (B+qrE)
SCOTUS declines to even hear the Peruta case (CA concealed-carry case).
I'm sure there will be elaborate explanations of how this isn't as bad as it seems. Wrong case, etc.
Had a tiny glimmer of hope that SCOTUS might undo some of the idiotic, and obviously unconstitutional, gun nonsense from CA.
And the 9th panel that initially ruled in favor of Peruta basically cut/pasted SCOTUS' Heller decision (or was it both Heller and MacDonald?).
So, unless I am mixing up my cases, this is a clear case of a circuit saying "f**k you" to SCOTUS - and getting away with it. If that 4th circuit ruling that was really a histrionic "f**k you" to SCOTUS is allowed to stand, we'll know the lawlessness is intact in the judiciary.
Posted by: rhomboid at June 26, 2017 10:20 AM (v9gSJ)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2017 10:20 AM (/tuJf)
SC is going to hear the travel ban case it seems.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2017 10:19 AM (/tuJf)
And, according to FBN, they've lifted some of the restrictions on the travel ban.
Posted by: Tami at June 26, 2017 10:20 AM (Enq6K)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 26, 2017 10:21 AM (QQ+il)
Posted by: Jen the original at June 26, 2017 10:21 AM (tCSTx)
Did Gabe Malor track it down and jump on it?
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2017 10:21 AM (V2Yro)
Don'r forget about me!!!!!!
Posted by: Zombie Seth Rich at June 26, 2017 10:21 AM (bWBdM)
I don't know that I would take any umbrage regardless. "
I forgot to include that these are usually the same ones with the "Hate has no home here" yard sign, a least one coexist sticker, and a Facebook post about attending the pussy-hat march earlier this year.
I can't tell if it's umbrage, or bemusement.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 26, 2017 10:18 AM (J+eG2)
It's just another way for leftists to bully people into accepting their policies. When a tragedy happens, it's important to DO SOMETHING. And Leftists always want to DO SOMETHING to prevent future tragedies from happening. Never mind that whatever SOMETHING leftists keep trying to DO wouldn't have stopped this tragedy or ones like it in the future.
Sending thoughts and prayers isn't sufficient for leftists because it doesn't DO anything to advance their leftist goals. Therefore it's offensive.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at June 26, 2017 10:21 AM (KUaJL)
It's
It's
It's
Please, please, please do NOT get this wrong.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at June 26, 2017 10:21 AM (Id9+8)
Yea, they granted a stay. Trying to get some detail on what exactly this will mean.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2017 10:21 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: IC at June 26, 2017 10:22 AM (gcme+)
Posted by: Tami at June 26, 2017 10:22 AM (Enq6K)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 26, 2017 10:23 AM (5y11N)
Posted by: IC at June 26, 2017 10:23 AM (gcme+)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 26, 2017 10:24 AM (5y11N)
"So this means that the government can enforce the travel ban with regard
to people who don't have a relationship to the United States, but not
with regard to the named challengers or people like them -- for example,
who have relatives who want to come."
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at June 26, 2017 10:24 AM (UBzPO)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, turkey ain't all that's stuffed at June 26, 2017 10:24 AM (P83tS)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 26, 2017 10:24 AM (493sH)
Posted by: IC at June 26, 2017 10:25 AM (gcme+)
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at June 26, 2017 10:17 AM (UBzPO)
Will Goresuch be hearing the cases?
Posted by: Sam Waterson at June 26, 2017 10:25 AM (7HtZB)
"Hate has no home here" yard sign, a least one coexist sticker, and a
Facebook post about attending the pussy-hat march earlier this year.
Glad you posted this--reminded me of something I saw this weekend. Someone had vandalized (read: improved) one of those "We don't care where you're from, we're just glad you're our neighbor."
The vandal taped a piece of paper over "our neighbor." Printed on the paper was "Jim Nabors."
Needless to say, I got a nosebleed in my rush to call the police...
Posted by: General Zod at June 26, 2017 10:25 AM (Bdeb0)
Posted by: IC at June 26, 2017 10:22 AM (gcme+)
They are on recess all summer. Roberts will go to his island in Greece? and Ruth will be working out with her personal trainer that released a book about her workout earlier this spring.(no joke, this is the book)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ruth-bader-ginsburg-workout_us_59354ebce4b0c242ca259ccb
Posted by: Jen the original at June 26, 2017 10:25 AM (tCSTx)
Another blow for religious freedom and against the haters.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2017 10:06 AM (/tuJf)
I haven't read the decision yet but it was 7-2 and Sotomayor read her dissent from the bench and if she's that pissed then I assume it's a good decision for religious freedom.
For those who don't know SCOTUS etiquette, dissents only get read from the bench by the Justice authoring the dissent when the dissent wants to say all y'all are stupid stupid stupid right to the rest of the Justices' faces.
Posted by: alexthechick at June 26, 2017 10:25 AM (mf5HN)
Posted by: Sam Waterson at June 26, 2017 10:25 AM (7HtZB)
Of course? why Not?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 26, 2017 10:26 AM (5y11N)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2017 10:26 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at June 26, 2017 10:26 AM (UBzPO)
Nope.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 26, 2017 10:26 AM (B+qrE)
It was a full hour of Lynch eerie nightmare world. That was connected to prior episodes in this season by some things, but almost entirely unrelated to the prior series.
At this point, I'm starting to think this whole "new season, 25 years later" thing was Lynch and Frost massively trolling everyone, with the willing assistance of many actors. And at one point in writing they got to episode 8, Frost said... "I'm kinda not sure I want to write anything today" and Lynch said "No prob buddy, I just dropped some of my favorite acid, I've got it covered."
:/
And yet, I still want to know what happens next....
Posted by: moronhorde minion at June 26, 2017 10:26 AM (88jeI)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, turkey ain't all that's stuffed at June 26, 2017 10:24 AM (P83tS)
Buy a couple million tickets in Illinois. Please. All with the same number. Like '46'.
Posted by: The State of Illinois Comptroller at June 26, 2017 10:26 AM (PduNE)
The building is extremely interesting. I once took communion there. There were only four little old ladies at the service with Mrs. H and I.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 26, 2017 10:26 AM (kusha)
So partial victory for Trump.
Posted by: WisRich at June 26, 2017 10:27 AM (G0vdT)
I think she started off with something like "The court has never once ...." It sounds like her panties are in full wad mode.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2017 10:27 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: Sam Waterson at June 26, 2017 10:25 AM (7HtZB)
yes
Posted by: Jen the original at June 26, 2017 10:27 AM (tCSTx)
Posted by: IC at June 26, 2017 10:27 AM (gcme+)
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at June 26, 2017 10:28 AM (0pcwX)
208 Kennedy did not announce his resignation. Damn.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2017 10:20 AM (/tuJf)
I imagine that he got some threats. Try to retire while Trump is in the WH and we release all kinds of nasty info.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 26, 2017 10:28 AM (XWkhW)
229, I saw that Sotomayer said 'I disagree' as opposed to 'I
respectfully disagree' or something like that..legal eagles tell me that
means she is pissed off.
Posted by: IC at June 26, 2017 10:27 AM (gcme+)
So a double win!
Posted by: Tami at June 26, 2017 10:28 AM (Enq6K)
Things have not gone well for the commie bloc since Scalia died.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at June 26, 2017 10:28 AM (B+qrE)
Now if the program used subsidies to build or renovate the church itself that would be a different story.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 26, 2017 10:29 AM (mpXpK)
For those of us who work in marbled halls, guarded
constantly by a vigilant and dedicated police force, the
guarantees of the Second Amendment might seem antiquated
and superfluous. But the Framers made a clear
choice: They reserved to all Americans the right to bear
arms for self-defense. I do not think we should stand by
idly while a State denies its citizens that right, particularly
when their very lives may depend on it. I respectfully
dissent
Posted by: tmitsss at June 26, 2017 10:29 AM (ZYgGF)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2017 10:27 AM (/tuJf)
The court had never once found a right for gays to marry before Obergfell, and I don't recall her dissenting on that particular ruling. Weird.
Posted by: joe, living dangerously at June 26, 2017 10:29 AM (KUaJL)
Like any other Kennedy, we're stuck with him until he leaves feet first.
Posted by: IP at June 26, 2017 10:29 AM (UmSfZ)
-
The SC hears only those cases it wishes to hear. You ask for your case to be heard by means of a writ of certiorari. If your writ is granted, that means the Court has agreed to hear your case.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, the Unwoking Dead at June 26, 2017 10:29 AM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at June 26, 2017 10:29 AM (bWBdM)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2017 10:20 AM (/tuJf)
I imagine that he got some threats. Try to retire while Trump is in the WH and we release all kinds of nasty info.
.
.
.There is still time for him to make that announcement. Even if he doesn't Trump will still be President for four more years.
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at June 26, 2017 10:29 AM (0pcwX)
Posted by: Sam Waterson at June 26, 2017 10:25 AM (7HtZB)
Of course? why Not?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 26, 2017 10:26 AM (5y11N)
(Off Old Glory Insurance sock)
I thought that the ban may have predated his nomination, like the recent "Slants" case
Posted by: josephistan at June 26, 2017 10:29 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2017 10:27 AM (/tuJf)
If that's the case, I'm going to assume it's a great decision and a full win for religious freedom.
Are people yelling at SCOTUSBlog yet? Because that's always amusing. I so want the Spicier parody account to retweet a SCOTUSBlog tweet so there's a singularity of idiocy in those reeeeeeing at them.
Posted by: alexthechick at June 26, 2017 10:30 AM (mf5HN)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 26, 2017 10:31 AM (mpXpK)
Sotomayor read her dissent from the bench and if she's that pissed then I
assume it's a good decision for religious freedom.
For those who don't know SCOTUS etiquette, dissents only get read
from the bench by the Justice authoring the dissent when the dissent
wants to say all y'all are stupid stupid stupid right to the rest of the
Justices' faces.
Posted by: alexthechick at June 26, 2017 10:25 AM
*rubs hands together*
Eeeeexcellent. We're pissing off all the right people. The decision must be a good one.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 26, 2017 10:31 AM (p+Wdc)
Posted by: IC at June 26, 2017 10:32 AM (gcme+)
Posted by: IC at June 26, 2017 10:32 AM (gcme+)
Wiseass Latina
Posted by: josephistan at June 26, 2017 10:32 AM (7HtZB)
the history of the building of the Salsibury Cathederal, 'Sarum'. It's a
very good read.
The building is extremely interesting. I once took communion there.
There were only four little old ladies at the service with Mrs. H and I.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 26, 2017 10:26 AM (kusha)
I've read that several times - excellent book.
Posted by: Miley, the Duchess at June 26, 2017 10:33 AM (Id9+8)
SC said 'y'all are nuts....of course they can.'
Posted by: Tami at June 26, 2017 10:33 AM (Enq6K)
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at June 26, 2017 10:33 AM (398bZ)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 26, 2017 10:31 AM (mpXpK)
At least a creosote post has a useful function.
Posted by: Count de Monet at June 26, 2017 10:34 AM (JO9+V)
Posted by: josephistan at June 26, 2017 10:29 AM (7HtZB)
A justice will only recuse themselves when the case was either argued before the court when the justice was not there to hear the argument or has a personal involvement in the events leading up to the case being brought before the court.
Unless you are RBG, Kagan, or Sotomayor. RBG should have zero involvement with any case that is directly involving Trump, since she has already publically stated that she dislikes him and feels he is a terrible president.
Course she has said the like about the Constitution , which in a just world, would have gotten her removed from the very court that is supposed to be unconditionally upholding it.
Posted by: Jen the original at June 26, 2017 10:34 AM (tCSTx)
I'm just going off my memory.
Posted by: grammie winger - soon to be dancing at June 26, 2017 10:34 AM (lwiT4)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 26, 2017 10:34 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, the Unwoking Dead at June 26, 2017 10:35 AM (Nwg0u)
facilities IIRC. The opposition was that the church benefited sideways
from having a upgraded playground.
I'm just going off my memory.
Posted by: grammie winger - soon to be dancing at June 26, 2017 10:34 AM (lwiT4)
From what I saw all it did was allow them to get into the shredded tire surface program.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 26, 2017 10:35 AM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at June 26, 2017 10:36 AM (5y11N)
Posted by: DaveA at June 26, 2017 10:36 AM (FhXTo)
Anonymous claims that NASA will soon announce proof of alien life.
It's gonna be some kind of wildly underwhelming "the equivalent of Sea Monkeys, but less entertaining" spores found on a Mars rock, not some race of impressive, taciturn, Spandex-clad bipeds who speak with British accents.
Feh.
Posted by: General Zod at June 26, 2017 10:36 AM (Bdeb0)
Posted by: The Great White Scotsman
Has the left imploded yet since there has been no impeachment?
Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2017 10:36 AM (FeRav)
Posted by: josephistan at June 26, 2017 10:29 AM (7HtZB)
IIRC, when a new justice comes onto the Supreme Court, they vote and rule on those cases argued after their installation but not anything before. So it doesn't matter when the lower court ruling was issued, only when it was argued before the new justice.
I think.
I used to know this shit.
Posted by: alexthechick at June 26, 2017 10:37 AM (mf5HN)
Posted by: Roland THTG at June 26, 2017 10:37 AM (baYK5)
Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 26, 2017 10:37 AM (QQ+il)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 26, 2017 10:31 AM (mpXpK)
Affirmative action nomination. With Republicans who are too terrified of being called a "name' to stand up and block it.
I know there is no requirement for a SCOTUS judge to have been a judge or even a lawyer prior to their nomination. But IMO, without a history of rendering opinions in a court of law, I don't know how anyone could possible determine whether the person follows the constitution and the rule of law, or if they just are following their diary and blogs online to determine a case.
Posted by: Jen the original at June 26, 2017 10:38 AM (tCSTx)
assume it's a good decision for religious freedom.
Well, good!
Obama's SCOTUS picks were criminally bad, with Sotomayor being the worst.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2017 10:39 AM (NOIQH)
Anonymous claims that NASA will soon announce proof of alien life.
It's gonna be some kind of wildly underwhelming "the equivalent of Sea Monkeys, but less entertaining" spores found on a Mars rock, not some race of impressive, taciturn, Spandex-clad bipeds who speak with British accents.
Feh.
Posted by: General Zod
There will now be ads in the back of comic books for Martian sea monkeys.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 26, 2017 10:39 AM (IqV8l)
260 Anonymous claims that NASA will soon announce proof of alien life.
http://tinyurl.com/ybc36bb9
Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at June 26, 2017 10:33 AM (398bZ)
But Sotomayer is from the Bronx.....
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 26, 2017 10:39 AM (XWkhW)
also old childrens cartoon ones and Victorian era .
it's my little joy in life I guess.
Posted by: willow at June 26, 2017 10:39 AM (v12G8)
There will now be ads in the back of Martian comic books for pet humans.
Posted by: General Zod at June 26, 2017 10:40 AM (Bdeb0)
Apparently someone wasn't paying attention during Men in Black.
They walk among us.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2017 10:40 AM (/tuJf)
The MSM is going to try to gloss over this as much as possible today but make no mistake, the ban is going into effect.
Posted by: WisRich at June 26, 2017 10:40 AM (G0vdT)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2017 10:39 AM (NOIQH)
And she had a lot of RINOs that voted to confirm her.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 26, 2017 10:40 AM (mpXpK)
Does he drive himself to work?
Pilot his own private plane?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 26, 2017 10:41 AM (J+eG2)
I would wager that (at least) 80% of US citizens believe the the words "Separation of Church and State" appear somewhere in The Constitution. The only historical reference for that phrase is an obscure letter from Thomas Jefferson to some pastor, AND, the original meaning of that message has been completely 180'd by the progs.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at June 26, 2017 10:41 AM (bWBdM)
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at June 26, 2017 10:41 AM (UBzPO)
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at June 26, 2017 10:41 AM (UBzPO)
Anything less would have been a massive fail.
Posted by: moronhorde minion at June 26, 2017 10:42 AM (88jeI)
Posted by: IC at June 26, 2017 10:42 AM (gcme+)
Posted by: JAS at June 26, 2017 10:43 AM (EX4Wr)
SCOTUSBlog saying that Goresuch is going to be to the right of Roberts if today is an indication.
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at June 26, 2017 10:41 AM (UBzPO)
Well that's a low bar.
No pun intended.
Posted by: Tami at June 26, 2017 10:43 AM (Enq6K)
275 Obama's SCOTUS picks were criminally bad, with Sotomayor being the worst.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2017 10:39 AM (NOIQH)
And she had a lot of RINOs that voted to confirm her.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 26, 2017 10:40 AM (mpXpK)
Her dissent on the Trinity Church playground was pretty telling. Normally you'll see a justice finish their dissent: "I respectfully dissent". Not so with Sotomayor on this case. Simply "I dissent".
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 26, 2017 10:43 AM (jxbfJ)
It's a tax!
Posted by: Roland THTG at June 26, 2017 10:43 AM (baYK5)
I just emailed this to my senator-
Thanks to IanDeal in the previous thread.
Posted by: free tibet with purchase of equal or great value tibet at June 26, 2017 10:43 AM (U4PcL)
SCOTUSBlog saying that Goresuch is going to be to the right of Roberts if today is an indication.
Posted by: Brian in New Orleans at June 26, 2017 10:41 AM (UBzPO)
So, center-right. But without the alleged blackmail.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 26, 2017 10:43 AM (XWkhW)
Posted by: Garrett at June 26, 2017 10:43 AM (fQYmy)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 26, 2017 10:34 AM (mpXpK)
As in just about every other damn area where some interpretation might be necessary ... I'd sure like to go back to fifty states determining the proper relationship between the State and Religion for themselves, rather than one federal entity determing it for us all.
In about one more generation, maybe two, my school of thought will be extinct.
Posted by: ScoggDog at June 26, 2017 10:44 AM (tRLIC)
Meh. He'll grow in office.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 26, 2017 10:44 AM (l0fAp)
dissent". Not so with Sotomayor on this case. Simply "I dissent".
Wasn't she known for being rude before being appointed to SC?
Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2017 10:45 AM (NOIQH)
Female
Latina
What more does she need to be qualified?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 26, 2017 10:45 AM (J+eG2)
And she had a lot of RINOs that voted to confirm her.
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 26, 2017 10:40 AM
RINOs believe that a president should always get his choice unless there is something terribly wrong with the appointment. Lugar, I'm looking at you.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 26, 2017 10:45 AM (IqV8l)
Debbie Wassermann Schultz. The Florida thing is just a devious cover. it can blend right in there.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2017 10:45 AM (/tuJf)
297 >>Normally you'll see a justice finish their dissent: "I respectfully
dissent". Not so with Sotomayor on this case. Simply "I dissent".
Wasn't she known for being rude before being appointed to SC?
Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2017 10:45 AM (NOIQH)
Like I said, she's from the Bronx.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 26, 2017 10:45 AM (XWkhW)
"Cuz we broke."
Posted by: Tami at June 26, 2017 10:46 AM (Enq6K)
Female
Latina
Liberal
Rude
What's not to like?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 26, 2017 10:47 AM (J+eG2)
Female
Latina
Also, she brings the underrepresented Obese-American perspective to federal jurisprudence.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at June 26, 2017 10:47 AM (l0fAp)
interpretation might be necessary ... I'd sure like to go back to fifty
states determining the proper relationship between the State and
Religion for themselves, rather than one federal entity determing it for
us all.
In about one more generation, maybe two, my school of thought will be extinct.
Posted by: ScoggDog at June 26, 2017 10:44 AM (tRLIC)
That was probably how MA (and a few others) got away with a State supported church. The BOR only applied to the federal government. There was no such thing as "incorporation".
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 26, 2017 10:47 AM (mpXpK)
dissent". Not so with Sotomayor on this case. Simply "I dissent".
Wasn't she known for being rude before being appointed to SC?
Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2017 10:45 AM (NOIQH)
Female.
Latina.
I denounce myself.
Posted by: Insomniac at June 26, 2017 10:48 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: mnw at June 26, 2017 10:48 AM (tIeHC)
Hah! SCOTUSblog was wrong, thank Gaia.
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at June 26, 2017 10:48 AM (ul9CR)
NASA reclassifies DWS as genus Sleestak.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at June 26, 2017 10:48 AM (bWBdM)
And here we are.....
Posted by: Jen the original at June 26, 2017 10:48 AM (tCSTx)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2017 10:50 AM (/tuJf)
I'm looking at you, Sonia Sotomayor and John Roberts.
Also, while I'm good and pissed off, thanks to all the good Stupid Party officials who got the vapors back when Douglas Ginsburg admitted to smoking dope in college. You gave us Anthony "Magic 8 Ball" Kennedy. Nice going.
Posted by: Furious George at June 26, 2017 10:50 AM (j+dfT)
Day ain't even half over yet.
Plenty of time for shit to go wrong.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 26, 2017 10:51 AM (J+eG2)
>>Plenty of time for shit to go wrong.
Don't be a Debbie Downer, dude.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2017 10:51 AM (/tuJf)
Nice.
Posted by: WisRich at June 26, 2017 10:52 AM (G0vdT)
However in reality what they do by their lies about the past is to unmoor it so that both the past and the future exist as wisps of smoke, floating in the breeze.
Posted by: geoffb5 at June 26, 2017 10:52 AM (d3wbb)
295 As in just about every other damn area where some
interpretation might be necessary ... I'd sure like to go back to fifty
states determining the proper relationship between the State and
Religion for themselves, rather than one federal entity determing it for
us all.
In about one more generation, maybe two, my school of thought will be extinct.
Posted by: ScoggDog at June 26, 2017 10:44 AM (tRLIC)
That
was probably how MA (and a few others) got away with a State supported
church. The BOR only applied to the federal government. There was no
such thing as "incorporation".
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 26, 2017 10:47 AM (mpXpK)
Personally I'd like to see a revisit to the mythical "Separation of Church and State" clause in the 1A. Way too much precedent has been put in place for (what I anyways consider) a flawed ruling.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 26, 2017 10:52 AM (jxbfJ)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 26, 2017 10:52 AM (J+eG2)
----------
See: Wolfe-Simon
Huge roll-out by NASA. Big press conference, lots of experts, peer reviewed, etc., etc.
It was all over the news at the time.
But, a lone Canadian researcher, Rosie Redfield looked at the published paper and said, "Bullshit". Redfield proved that Wolfe-Simon's research was crap.
It should have been a major scandal, but the powers that be just let it fade away.
Of course, the grant money that Wolf-Simon received was just pissed away.
For a treat, take a look at this smug video by Wolfe-Simon, and read the comment. http://tinyurl.com/ydz3fjl6
Oops! It was all crappy research, by an inept 'scientist'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 26, 2017 10:53 AM (OdK9v)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 26, 2017 10:52 AM (J+eG2)
Diversity, you racist sexist xenophobic homophobic bigot!
Posted by: Insomniac at June 26, 2017 10:53 AM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 26, 2017 10:47 AM (mpXpK)
The notion of which I was taught began in the twenties.
You know ... Heller decision be damned ... I don't hold much faith in the Federal Govt, via a court, riding to my rescue when the flying feces impacts the rotating oscillator.
Posted by: ScoggDog at June 26, 2017 10:54 AM (tRLIC)
"Cuz we broke."
Guhreat. There are multiple road projects going on hwy. 64 and 70. (Roads I need to travel for business.) They're just going to leave lanes shutdown for miles, w/photo enforced speed stations sending out tickets for going 3 mph over in a "construction zone." Where there is no construction going on. Statists love doing this when the spice stops flowing: punish the highest number of end user's as possible.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at June 26, 2017 10:54 AM (bWBdM)
Don't be a Debbie Downer, dude."
Oh, I enjoy the good.
But I never lose sight of the fact that evil wishes for us to lose.
And evil never sleeps.
Or takes a break.
It's like rust on a ship.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 26, 2017 10:54 AM (J+eG2)
Not so fast. This guy sounds like he's all right, and has become a PDT fan:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/y8m3k86s
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at June 26, 2017 10:54 AM (ul9CR)
Plenty of time for shit to go wrong.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 26, 2017 10:51 AM (J+eG2)
314 >>Day ain't even half over yet.
>>Plenty of time for shit to go wrong.
Don't be a Debbie Downer, dude.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2017 10:51 AM (/tuJf)
Trump wins again and Insomniac is getting work.
Things are looking up!!!
Posted by: Country Boy at June 26, 2017 10:54 AM (Jcg9Q)
Posted by: IC at June 26, 2017 10:55 AM (gcme+)
"Cuz we broke."
Posted by: Tami at June 26, 2017 10:46 AM (Enq6K)
Wanna bet they're leave all of the orange cones and barrels in place even where they aren't working just to make traffic more backed up
Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 26, 2017 10:56 AM (493sH)
Statists love doing this when the spice stops flowing: punish the highest number of end user's as possible.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at June 26, 2017 10:54 AM
They are hoping you will demand a tax increase to pay for it.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 26, 2017 10:56 AM (IqV8l)
Just pass SOMETHING & get it behind you.
Posted by: mnw at June 26, 2017 10:48 AM (tIeHC)
That's like a quadriplegic shitting a live hand grenade and telling him "run away!"
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 26, 2017 10:56 AM (mbhDw)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 26, 2017 10:56 AM (J+eG2)
____________________________________
Actually, with her it's "Disiento."
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at June 26, 2017 10:56 AM (4AVeu)
SCOTUS in an understated way reamed them one.
The ban starts today for the vast majority of people, and will be over by October, where everything will be moot.
A victory for common sense.
Posted by: Concerned Citizen at June 26, 2017 10:56 AM (6Sjhl)
Posted by: IC at June 26, 2017 10:55 AM (gcme+)
Have they rules that the Supreme Court can't rule on this?
Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 26, 2017 10:56 AM (493sH)
Well, I should hope so! Also, really good to hear that.
Posted by: IrishEi at June 26, 2017 10:57 AM (HiDrR)
____________________________________
Actually, with her it's "Disiento."
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at June 26, 2017 10:56 AM (4AVeu)
Dysentery.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 26, 2017 10:57 AM (mbhDw)
Posted by: simplemind at June 26, 2017 10:57 AM (E8CY7)
Posted by: IC
at June 26, 2017 10:55 AM
And this is a bad thing how?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 26, 2017 10:58 AM (p+Wdc)
Posted by: IC at June 26, 2017 10:58 AM (gcme+)
"Cuz we broke."
Posted by: Tami at June 26, 2017 10:46 AM (Enq6K)
______________________________________
So, do we get a refund on all the bribes we paid to get those contracts?
Posted by: The Chicago Unions at June 26, 2017 10:58 AM (4AVeu)
Posted by: Jackson Pollock at June 26, 2017 10:58 AM (7iUYS)
Wagon is a weird shape. A boat with wheels?
Posted by: simplemind at June 26, 2017 10:57 AM
Antique amphibious landing craft.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 26, 2017 10:58 AM (IqV8l)
Posted by: IC at June 26, 2017 10:55 AM (gcme+)
Then they're fools. Fucking fools.
The Court just asserted that the Judiciary has primacy over the Executive in matters of Immigration Policy. And Trump will accept it - making the assertion reality - because he got most of what he wanted ...
... this time.
Posted by: ScoggDog at June 26, 2017 10:58 AM (tRLIC)
Posted by: IC at June 26, 2017 10:59 AM (gcme+)
Some progressives are mighty scared she won't live through Trump's (first?) term.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 26, 2017 10:59 AM (NOIQH)
Posted by: BLM at June 26, 2017 10:59 AM (7iUYS)
some very pissed off 9th circuit court judges this morning...
Posted by: IC at June 26, 2017 10:55 AM (gcme+)
Why? Most of their rulings get overturned at the SC anyways.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 26, 2017 10:59 AM (jxbfJ)
Posted by: ALH at June 26, 2017 10:59 AM (uLuPn)
Posted by: CharlieBrown’s Dildo at June 26, 2017 09:37 AM (wYseH)
It’s DISPOSABLE thumbs.
I hate to have to babysit cob-loggers in their misunderstandings.
Posted by: Michael the Texan (formerly TEXIT) at June 26, 2017 10:59 AM (nvMvs)
Posted by: LASue at June 26, 2017 10:59 AM (hZ+us)
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at June 26, 2017 10:41 AM (bWBdM)
Was listening to BB last night on the radio and they went through the actual historical facts regarding Jefferson and the Ramadan dinner .
First, Jefferson was hosting a dinner at the WH and had invited several dignitaries, including the ambassador to some tiny Muslim island. He was informed that Mr. Ramadan couldn't eat dinner until a few days later, so Jefferson, being a considerate host, rescheduled such dinner for a later date. He didn't ask if there were dietary restrictions, nor has any reference to the WH, the USA, or any other govt. entity respecting Ramadan officially or celebrating it's end be found in any Jefferson paper, document, WH document, etc.
This stupid end of Ramadan dinner was started by the one and only Billy Jeff Clinton, probably to shake down some dollars from someone. It was then continued by our benevolent compassionate conservative, GW Bush.
Obama then continued it, first referencing the Jefferson classiness , then outright lying about it in the past two years by saying in an address during the dinner that Jefferson held the first Ifshtar dinner, which is a 100% fabrication.
Good on Trump for dumping this "tradition" . For a Christian Judeo country to be honoring the end of a fast that thousands upon thousands of Islamist use to kill innocents, I say good riddance.
Posted by: Jen the original at June 26, 2017 10:59 AM (tCSTx)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at June 26, 2017 11:00 AM (npdX6)
0-4 for Dems in special elections. Check.
Obamacare likely repealed in its majority. Coming, and check.
Regulations off the books, and economy booming with the Middle East and the oil oligarchs confused and despondent with US energy production about to dominate the world. Check.
The winning continues, and I'm not yet tired of all the winning.
Posted by: Concerned Citizen at June 26, 2017 11:00 AM (6Sjhl)
Posted by: Ripley at June 26, 2017 11:00 AM (MxEKc)
Wagon is a weird shape. A boat with wheels?
________________________________________
19th Century Amphibious Landing Craft.
Posted by: Dan Daly, USMC at June 26, 2017 11:00 AM (4AVeu)
Posted by: IC at June 26, 2017 10:59 AM
Yes. Yes, it is.
Actually, with her it's "Disiento."
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at June 26, 2017 10:56 AM (4AVeu)
Dysentery.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 26, 2017 10:57 AM
Sounds more like that NYC judge in the sidebar.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 26, 2017 11:00 AM (p+Wdc)
This thing has been making my life miserable for two f'n weeks of slow, meticulous removal of many layers of paint.
And it about broke my spirit.
But, it was done, and all I had to do was finish vacuuming up the last little bit.
Once done, I went to unplug the shopvac from the kitchen GFI outlet.
And somehow the prongs became locked by the internal outlet contacts, and would not unplug.
Si, "Things are finally looking up" became "Glad I know how to replace GFI Outlets on a saturday".
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 26, 2017 11:00 AM (J+eG2)
Posted by: simplemind at June 26, 2017 11:00 AM (eGUY3)
>>... this time.
Not how I see it at all. Just the opposite in fact.
What the SC is saying is that it is likely that Trump acted within his lane as President when enacting policy for national security. It was the 9th that tried to limit him and the SC told them to get their shine boxes.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2017 11:00 AM (/tuJf)
Posted by: moronhorde minion at June 26, 2017 10:26 AM (88jeI)
'Twin Peaks: The Return' is awesome television. I can't figure out most of what's going on but frankly don't care that I can't figure it out.
And then there's Kyle Maclachlan's performance as evil, BOB-possessed Dale Cooper, shell-shocked from inter-dimensional travel Dale Cooper, and the hapless Dougie Jones is riveting to watch. His evil BOB persona radiates malevolence. That's no easy trick.
Posted by: troyriser at June 26, 2017 11:01 AM (Fw5cQ)
Ginsburg was a choice after the Borking.
Also the issue was he smoked when he was a professor and not just a student.
Posted by: Jack Sock at June 26, 2017 11:01 AM (7QnCd)
The Court just asserted that the Judiciary has primacy over the Executive in matters of Immigration Policy. And Trump will accept it - making the assertion reality - because he got most of what he wanted ...
... this time.
Posted by: ScoggDog at June 26, 2017 10:58 AM (tRLIC)
Umm, is the court supposed to simply rule on cases they haven't heard?
Posted by: Jen the original at June 26, 2017 11:01 AM (tCSTx)
Posted by: Country Boy at June 26, 2017 11:01 AM (Jcg9Q)
Wagon is a weird shape. A boat with wheels?
________________________________________
19th Century Amphibious Landing Craft.
=================
Nope. I have it . . .
early concept car for Batmobile.
Posted by: simplemind at June 26, 2017 11:01 AM (QGbtO)
Posted by: WhatWhatWhat? at June 26, 2017 11:02 AM (ul9CR)
331 297 Not so with Sotomayor on this case. Simply "I dissent".
____________________________________
Actually, with her it's "Disiento."
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at June 26, 2017 10:56 AM (4AVeu)
Dysentery.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 26, 2017 10:57 AM (mbhDw)
Just made me think of the article I saw over at DailyCaller over the weekend about a White Plains, NY judge appointed by the mayor (as payback for being the mayor's campaign treasurer). Too fat too work. Can't climb the 3 steps to her seat. Shits herself. and just days after being sworn in she took medical leave.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 26, 2017 11:03 AM (jxbfJ)
then outright lying about it in the past two years by saying in an
address during the dinner that Jefferson held the first Ifshtar dinner,
which is a 100% fabrication.
=====
But, but, but Jefferson was a bad guy who had slaves and stuff. I really don't know how they got away with this nonsense for years.
Posted by: mustbequantum at June 26, 2017 11:03 AM (MIKMs)
I'd say it's complete. Remember, it's only a stay. If they though the plaintiffs would win on the merits, they would have kept it completely.
They allow those with compelling reasons to not be banned--just like the new EO-2 allowed.
This is a complete slap on the keister to the Obama packed circuit courts.
Ouch. All this winning hurts.
Posted by: Concerned Citizen at June 26, 2017 11:04 AM (6Sjhl)
Some parts of the Trump requested stays are granted. The 90 day clock starts.
Even on CNN they fully expect the SCOTUS to declare the case "moot" when they take it up after the 90 day period has elapsed.
Posted by: undocumented illegal SMOD at June 26, 2017 11:04 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: LASue, demanding and deplorable! at June 26, 2017 11:04 AM (hZ+us)
Posted by: Shep Smith at June 26, 2017 11:04 AM (xAvrH)
Posted by: General Zod at June 26, 2017 11:04 AM (Bdeb0)
However in reality what they do by their lies about the past is to unmoor it so that both the past and the future exist as wisps of smoke, floating in the breeze.
Posted by: geoffb5 at June 26, 2017 10:52 AM (d3wbb)
That's an awesomely insightful piece of writing right there.
Posted by: troyriser at June 26, 2017 11:04 AM (Fw5cQ)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 26, 2017 11:03 AM (jxbfJ)
And she will be able to retire from that bench, having not heard or ruled on a single case, with a lifetime pension of $163,000 a year per the article.
Your betters in government at work for you.
Posted by: Jen the original at June 26, 2017 11:05 AM (tCSTx)
=====
But she was appointed and her medical leave counts as 'working' for pension eligibility. See, IL messes.
Posted by: mustbequantum at June 26, 2017 11:06 AM (MIKMs)
Posted by: RioBravo at June 26, 2017 11:07 AM (OmhcY)
Knob Gobblers of the GOP hardest hit.
Posted by: Under Fire at June 26, 2017 11:07 AM (l4aLi)
Meal delivery system.
Now seating the Donner Party, party of 8.
Now seating the Donner Party, party of 7.
Now seating the Donner Party, party of 6....
Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2017 11:07 AM (FeRav)
I believe I heard that 3 justices, probably Alito, Thomas and Gorsuch, wanted to grant full relief immediately but the rest of the court wanted to give it a full hearing.
This case was always a layup. Trump will get his ban and all those liberal dopes, who clearly don't understand the law and who were celebrating when the 9th stepped in, will by whining like little girls.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2017 11:07 AM (/tuJf)
Wagon is a weird shape. A boat with wheels?
Posted by: simplemind at June 26, 2017 10:57 AM
Antique amphibious landing craft.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 26, 2017 10:58 AM (IqV8l)
It probably was designed to ford rivers & streams, as we see in the painting.
After 300 posts, is talking about the topic considered going off topic?
Posted by: josephistan at June 26, 2017 11:07 AM (7HtZB)
Posted by: Jen the original at June 26, 2017 11:01 AM (tCSTx)
I want you to remember this, Jen. You too, JackStraw.
Because, when that ruling comes out in the fall ... it sure as hell won't be "Not the Court's business".
The Court just gave you what you wanted ... and seized the power to take it away as well.
And that's how precedent is set ... in politics. In business. In life. Give a little up front - get a whole lot more later.
Posted by: ScoggDog at June 26, 2017 11:07 AM (tRLIC)
Good on Trump for dumping this "tradition" . For a Christian Judeo country to be honoring the end of a fast that thousands upon thousands of Islamist use to kill innocents, I say good riddance.
Posted by: Jen the original at June 26, 2017 10:59 AM (tCSTx)
Bezo's blog ran a story on this including the Jefferson nonsense saying the dinner was a long tradition and pretty much said it was sown into the fabric of the country
Posted by: TheQuietMan at June 26, 2017 11:07 AM (493sH)
Posted by: sinalco at June 26, 2017 11:08 AM (yODqO)
having not heard or ruled on a single case, with a lifetime pension of
$163,000 a year per the article.
Your betters in government at work for you.
Posted by: Jen the original at June 26, 2017 11:05 AM
Yeah....about that....
Posted by: A Mr. Death, Here About the Reaping at June 26, 2017 11:08 AM (p+Wdc)
Wagon is a weird shape. A boat with wheels?
Meal delivery system.
Now seating the Donner Party, party of 8.
Now seating the Donner Party, party of 7.
Now seating the Donner Party, party of 6....
Posted by: rickb223 at June 26, 2017 11:07 AM (FeRav)
ISWYDT Nice. Golf Clap.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 26, 2017 11:08 AM (jxbfJ)
Posted by: ALH at June 26, 2017 11:08 AM (uLuPn)
Luckily, there are no adjectives in Spanish.
Posted by: Grump928(c) at June 26, 2017 11:08 AM (QQ+il)
Nah...just bad form.
From 100 on, it's wide open and rambling.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 26, 2017 11:09 AM (J+eG2)
I already visualized the Dem Party that way; now everyone else can, too.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2017 11:10 AM (V2Yro)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 26, 2017 11:11 AM (IqV8l)
>>The Court just gave you what you wanted ... and seized the power to take it away as well.
I'll file that away.
Hopefully, you will also remember that it is the job of the SC to determine whether lower courts acted lawfully. This partial decision and the fact that they are allowing most of the ban to go into effect before the final ruling means that there is a strong likelihood that the SC will rule that the lower courts did not act lawfully and Trump did.
That sort of seems the opposite of judicial activism. But you do you.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2017 11:11 AM (/tuJf)
However in reality what they do by their lies about the past is to unmoor it so that both the past and the future exist as wisps of smoke, floating in the breeze. "
"Predictions are hard, especially about the future" - Yogi Berra
"Predicting the future is easy, it's predicting the past that it so hard" - Yakov Smirnov
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 26, 2017 11:13 AM (V2Yro)
Posted by: Jen the original at June 26, 2017 11:13 AM (tCSTx)
Wagon is a weird shape. A boat with wheels?
Posted by: simplemind at June 26, 2017 10:57 AM
Antique amphibious landing craft.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 26, 2017 10:58 AM (IqV8l)
==========
Oh yur right!
I just embiggend the picture and noticed the lead horse wearing flippers.
Posted by: simplemind at June 26, 2017 11:16 AM (MuNB7)
He did another painting of Salisbury Castle "From my the Bishop's Grounds"
Should be able to Google/Bing it.
Posted by: Lurking Cynic at June 26, 2017 11:18 AM (oKJBL)
Even a Dem Congresshole knows that a tumbrel ride is one-way, right?
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at June 26, 2017 11:21 AM (4hIeD)
Posted by: V. I. Lenin, HR at June 26, 2017 11:21 AM (VFhMt)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2017 11:11 AM (/tuJf)
Kagan, Sotomayor, and BSG are a lock. Obviousy, so are Alito, Thomas, and Gorsuch. So it comes down to Kennedy, Breyer, and Roberts.
You're that sure, huh ?
A quote from Fox - A major sticking point for the justices will be navigating how much discretion the President really has over immigration.
Keep digging. There's a pony in there somewhere. You do you.
Posted by: ScoggDog at June 26, 2017 11:22 AM (tRLIC)
Going to give Governor Rauner his due here. I didn't think he had it in him. He has rejected every crap sandwich that gets sent to him so far.
Pray it keeps up.
And
Yes, expect the orange barrels and cones to stay right where they are if construction does end. The companies doing the work have to use IDOT rules and IIRC, IDOT says work has to go forward.
If you are worried about getting a ticket in a construction zone, either take an alternate route or go under the damn speed limit.
You want to pay a fine, go ahead and make the madigans happy.
Posted by: Tim in Illinois at June 26, 2017 11:22 AM (sf2BM)
http://tinyurl.com/y72474sb
Posted by: Sadiq Khan at June 26, 2017 09:43 AM (X6fMO)
The Canadian humorist Stephen Leacock wrote a short story by that name, spoofing Sherlock Holmes. It is a hoot.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 26, 2017 11:25 AM (XUcIQ)
Posted by: undocumented illegal SMOD at June 26, 2017 11:27 AM (e8kgV)
NASA reclassifies DWS as genus Sleestak.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at June 26, 2017 10:48 AM (bWBdM)
Coffee. Monitor. No further assembly required.
Posted by: moronhorde minion at June 26, 2017 11:29 AM (88jeI)
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Follow-up Alert: U.S. Constitution ruled unconstitutional.
Posted by: ACLU at June 26, 2017 11:31 AM (4AVeu)
Posted by: An Observation at June 26, 2017 11:32 AM (MU606)
"Cuz we broke."
Guhreat. There are multiple road projects going on hwy. 64 and 70. (Roads I need to travel for business.) They're just going to leave lanes shutdown for miles, w/photo enforced speed stations sending out tickets for going 3 mph over in a "construction zone." Where there is no construction going on. Statists love doing this when the spice stops flowing: punish the highest number of end user's as possible.
Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at June 26, 2017 10:54 AM (bWBdM)
I used to drive out there a few times a year. What I always found amazing was that they would nuclear carpet bomb 20 miles of road and work on a little section at a time, so it would look like a war zone for miles. I think about 10 years ago they had route 80 about 20 miles or so before 294 looking like a terminator movie, and it went on for a few years.
Posted by: Berserker- Dragonheads Division at June 26, 2017 11:33 AM (aMlLZ)
Now there is speculation that the new wind farm off Block Island may be the cause. Speculation is growing among some that the noise given off by the wind turbines is messing with the whales sonar and causing them to go off course.
Now the turbines aren't just killing birds but whales too. Super.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 26, 2017 10:15 AM (/tuJf)
Did nobody try to throw a hitch around its tail and drag it back out to sea?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 26, 2017 11:34 AM (XUcIQ)
Visited and stayed in Salisbury while a grad student in the late 70s, then rented a bike and rode out to Stonehenge. You are kept well clear of the monument, so it was a bit of a "meh", but this cathedral stood out prominently above the town as I rode around the area. That was a very pleasant experience overall.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at June 26, 2017 11:37 AM (pNxlR)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at June 26, 2017 10:35 AM (mpXpK)
The key thing is that it is one more hole in the various state level Blaine Amendments. Which one justice (Thomas, IIRC) has described as a hateful reminder of a prejudiced period in our history.
Posted by: Fox2! at June 26, 2017 12:03 PM (brIR5)
Posted by: Alcoholic Asshole Shut In at June 26, 2017 12:16 PM (CPk08)
Posted by: The Chicago Unions at June 26, 2017 10:58 AM (4AVeu)
To use the Brooklyn vernacular: Fuggedaboutit!
Posted by: Fox2! at June 26, 2017 12:26 PM (brIR5)
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