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More Troops to Iraq, EPA Wants to Regulate Airplane Emissions, Wales Passes Ban on E-Cigarettes: P.M. Links

Ed Krayewski | 6.10.2015 5:00 PM

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  • More than 450 U.S. troops will reportedly join the more than 3,000 already in Iraq to combat ISIS.
  • The Environmental Protection Agency claims it has the authority to regulate carbon emissions made by airplanes, because of global warming.
  • The New York Times is committed to making the Marco Rubio crime spree story happen.
  • Pope Francis has approved a new department in the Vatican that would investigate bishops accused of covering up child sex scandals.
  • Police in Switzerland seized computer data from FIFA headquarters as part of an ongoing investigation into the association football governing body.
  • The government of Wales has approved a wide-reaching ban on the use of e-cigarettes in public and semi-public places.
  • NBC's Bob Costas is not pleased ESPN awarded Caitlyn Jenner the Arthur Ashe Courage Award, calling it a "tabloid ploy."

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  1. Fist of Etiquette   10 years ago

    5 is the new 4:30.

    1. Smilin' Joe Fission   10 years ago

      At least it's not 7:01

      1. db   10 years ago

        1701

        1. Pl?ya Manhattan.   10 years ago

          1901?

        2. a better weapon   10 years ago

          Do you mean 1901?

          1. db   10 years ago

            No, 1701 would be 5:01 p.m., of course. I already suggested 1901 as the alternate to 7:01.

          2. Smilin' Joe Fission   10 years ago

            1911?

            1. Juvenile Bluster   10 years ago

              That sounds like a threat.

              1. sloopyinTEXAS   10 years ago

                That's not a threat.

                2510 is a threat. Yardbeast.com/yardbeast-2510-wood-chipper

                1. MSimon   10 years ago

                  The comment monitor says: Please Keep The Comments In Bounds

                  1. Paul.   10 years ago

                    One other point that I think needs especial attention: if you want to get a message direct to the DOJ ? leave a comment at Reason.

                    Boom.

    2. Pl?ya Manhattan.   10 years ago

      I can only imagine how much time you wasted refreshing.

      1. Smilin' Joe Fission   10 years ago

        Maybe that's the game.. each refresh is no different than a click right?

      2. Fist of Etiquette   10 years ago

        I only come to Hit & Run on the half hour. It just happened to pay off today.

      3. Hey Nikki!   10 years ago

        Was it really wasted?

        1. Pl?ya Manhattan.   10 years ago

          If you live in a log cabin and stare at the wall all day, I suppose not.

          1. Hey Nikki!   10 years ago

            Some people are willing to make sacrifices to be first.

            1. Fist of Etiquette   10 years ago

              It's not that difficult. I simply come to reason.com at around 4:30 or 5:00, and if I see that they've posted Links, I'll look them over, see if any of them pique my interest, if so copy and paste (using italics tags) the one I like and then think up a hopefully amusing comment on it and then type that in and then preview it and proofread it and make any changes necessary and then post. Whether it happens to be the first comment doesn't really enter my thought process. I just do it to connect with people and so that no one else can post first.

              1. Rich   10 years ago

                *** snorts ***

                Right. Next you'll be telling us Warty is human.

              2. waffles   10 years ago

                You are using a script. If you want proof meet me on the green park bench at 2100. I will be wearing a yellow trench coat and no other garments.

                1. jesse.in.mb   10 years ago

                  no other garments

                  Go on...

                2. Fist of Etiquette   10 years ago

                  I was an attractive lad. I was always getting invites to the park by trenchcoated individuals. You'll need to do better than tempt me with proof of something I would already know.

                  1. Pathogen   10 years ago

                    Soo.. Candy?

      4. Puddin' Stick   10 years ago

        Way back in the late 1990s, Opera had an automatic refresh... I'm sure there's extension to give Firefox, Chrome, and Safari that feature.

        On the other hand, you could use an IFTTT action to notify you when things go up.

        1. Puddin' Stick   10 years ago

          And there's an RSS feed, so you don't have to constantly refresh the page.

    3. AlmightyJB   10 years ago

      Stop complaining. You got your links before bedtime. Gave you a chance to get an extra game of shuffleboard in before dinner.

      1. Jerry on the sea   10 years ago

        Or watch the replays of Bobby Wood chipping one in against Germany.

        1. AlmightyJB   10 years ago

          Chipping you say

          1. db   10 years ago

            Wood you care to elaborate?

            1. Trshmnstr, Eau de Toilet   10 years ago

              Frankly, chipping is giving too little credit, he practically shot from the street

              1. sloopyinTEXAS   10 years ago

                He still shredded the defense.

                1. JeSuisRaison-fmr Beaut Bean Ft   10 years ago

                  Chipping you say

                  He still shredded the defense.

                  Interesting

                  /US attorney for the Southern District of New York

        2. MSimon   10 years ago

          "Wood chipping" ? Clever boy!

          1. Gene   10 years ago

            "Wood chipping" ?

            Occasionally when the ball is up against the collar on the fringe.

          2. Pathogen   10 years ago

            It's a wedge issue, depends on the bunker..

    4. Rufus J. Firefly   10 years ago

      Hello.

      Isn't there a Department of Lateness?

      5 isn't 7:01.

      1. Benevolent Overlord Schumer   10 years ago

        Meatball

  2. Fist of Etiquette   10 years ago

    The New York Times is committed to making the Marco Rubio crime spree story happen.

    If this is the lawlessness they're going to bring I say we don't open our doors to the Cubans.

    1. Medical Physics Guy   10 years ago

      The comments on that article amazed even my jaded self. That is some insanely lemming like behaviour in those NYT comments.

  3. Fist of Etiquette   10 years ago

    The Environmental Protection Agency claims it has the authority to regulate carbon emissions made by airplanes, because of global warming.

    But... but Leo DiCaprio uses planes to spread the message!

    1. a better weapon   10 years ago

      Worked through lunch today and swore you said "Leo uses plain spread on his bagel."

      Time to eat, I guess... with a coffee.

      1. Fist of Etiquette   10 years ago

        Leo oozes plantain seeds during massages.

  4. Francisco d'Anconia   10 years ago

    WHAT THE FUCK?

    *taps watch*

    1. Fist of Etiquette   10 years ago

      Better never than late.

    2. iCarl   10 years ago

      You need a smartwatch, old man.

      1. Paul.   10 years ago

        Everyone's an old man to you!

        1. iCarl   10 years ago

          No, there are also old women.

          1. HeteroPatriarch   10 years ago

            Not libertarian ones.

  5. GILMORE   10 years ago

    These links have no bullet points!!

    (throws plate of food on the floor, insists its Time For Judge Wapner, starts freaking out)

    1. Juvenile Bluster   10 years ago

      It's triggering my OCD!

    2. Trshmnstr, Eau de Toilet   10 years ago

      bullet points!!

      I'm triggered!

    3. Ed   10 years ago

      if i could make one of the bullet points slightly off i would

      1. Hey Nikki!   10 years ago

        Now I just feel unsafe.

    4. Tonio the Redactionary   10 years ago

      Well-done, Gilmore.

    5. Francisco d'Anconia   10 years ago

      These links have no bullet points!!

      WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!?!?!?!?!

  6. Anomalous   10 years ago

    NBC's Bob Costas is not pleased ESPN awarded Caitlyn Jenner the Arthur Ashe Courage Award, calling it a "tabloid ploy."

    For once, I agree with Costas.

    1. Certified Public Asskicker   10 years ago

      I saw this last night, and I was horrified that I agreed with him.

      1. Rufus J. Firefly   10 years ago

        That's because you all want to secretly do her...him....it. Whatever.

      2. a better weapon   10 years ago

        Now I wholeheartedly support the award going to her. I refuse to agree with that idiot.

    2. Pro Libertate   10 years ago

      I know, weird, isn't it? Courage, honor, integrity. . .all words that have profoundly different words in the modern era.

    3. commodious spittoon   10 years ago

      Costas finding fault with something someone did for Caitlyn Jenner is a tabloid ploy.

      I wonder what he said about a certain someone's peace prize.

      1. Trshmnstr, Eau de Toilet   10 years ago

        Al Gore?

      2. Rufus J. Firefly   10 years ago

        WE'RE BEING MONITORED.

      3. BuSab Agent   10 years ago

        Yasser Arafat?

        1. MSimon   10 years ago

          Ass ad

    4. Tonio the Redactionary   10 years ago

      You realize that Arthur Ashe died of AIDS contracted from a blood transfusion at a time when AIDS patients were diseased pariahs, right? I'm from Virginia and I'm old so I know about Arthur Ashe and fighting segregation and all that, for which I totally respect him. What most (straight) people don't know is that Ashe was also a hero for de-stigmatizing AIDS and HIV.

      1. John   10 years ago

        I realize that and think Ashe is one of the good guys of the 20th Century. And I still agree with Costas.

      2. Hey Nikki!   10 years ago

        I actually thought Jenner was a good choice for that reason, Tonio.

      3. Crusty Juggler   10 years ago

        Isn't Costas saying that Ashe was courageous and Cait Jenner is not?

        1. John   10 years ago

          Yes. And he was a thousand times more so than Jenner. I am really not understanding what Niki and Tonio are saying here.

          1. grrizzly   10 years ago

            Even my favorite gay prog site agrees with Costas in the comments.

          2. Hey Nikki!   10 years ago

            I don't understand why we would not call Caitlyn Jenner "courageous." It may be far safer for her to come out than it is for the average trans person, but it is still a huge public risk. Something scary. And you can make a fair argument that by doing it very publicly she is helping destigmatize the issue for your average trans person.

            1. paranoid android   10 years ago

              And you can make a fair argument that by doing it very publicly she is helping destigmatize the issue for your average trans person.

              This does appear to be what's happening (though I live in the hermetically sealed political bubble of the pacific NW, where saying you're a Republican would be considered more subversive than being trans, but national coverage seems to suggest she has a lot of support). I have to say I'm a bit surprised; I'd originally assumed that her association with the Kardashians would cause the announcement to *hurt* trans acceptance, figuring people would just associate it with something crazy people do.

              1. Crusty Juggler   10 years ago

                I think it it is great that the majority have not openly claimed she is crazy.

              2. robc   10 years ago

                Maybe Jenner is getting the award for being a republican.

                1. lap83   10 years ago

                  +1 actual risk

                  (to be fair, if Jenner was in a different industry I could see there being a risk to coming out. But she lives and works in Hollywood, not Alabama)

            2. Crusty Juggler   10 years ago

              She is going to profit from coming out, which is why I would not consider it courageous. I think it is great she is going to destigmatize trans issues, but there is a lot of money involved and that is going to lessen the courage of the issue.

              Also, it does help that the national media are vehemently on her side.

              1. Red Rocks Rockin   10 years ago

                Also, it does help that the national media are vehemently on her side.

                Pretty much the only people opposed to the transition are radfems like Gender Trender and a few SoCon outlets. I can see that it would be scary, but 1) it's not like this hasn't been speculated on for many months, as far back as when the Jenners' marriage fell apart. So the actual announcement was pretty anticlimactic; and 2) no one of any real influence that opposes it is being taken seriously by the public at large. "Courage" is something that involves going beyond your limitations in the face of real adversity. The only adversity Caitlyn's facing for the foreseeable future is trying to rebuild her shitty relationship with her older kids and dealing with that little vehicular manslaughter issue from a few months ago.

            3. GILMORE   10 years ago

              "she is helping destigmatize the issue for your average trans person."

              Its just as significant as when Magic Johnson came out as gay

            4. lap83   10 years ago

              What risk?

              1. BigT   10 years ago

                "What am I, chopped liver?" - Renee Richards

      4. Rufus J. Firefly   10 years ago

        He had an elegant stroke.

        1. Jerry on the sea   10 years ago

          One handed backhand.

          1. Rufus J. Firefly   10 years ago

            It's weird. My one-hand backhand is better than my forehand. Self-taught too.

            Then again, I'm a lefty. We're messed up that way.

            1. Trshmnstr, Eau de Toilet   10 years ago

              I switched to two hand because the slice I can put on it fucks up the righties.

      5. PBR Streetgang   10 years ago

        Where from in Va.? I'm a native Virginian also and, yes, Ashe is hero. Total class act on all fronts.

        1. sloopyinTEXAS   10 years ago

          Short Pump for life!

          1. Alton Knutson   10 years ago

            Short Pump for about a year!

      6. Pro Libertate   10 years ago

        I believe the same thing happened to Isaac Asimov, and they kept it quiet at the time because of the stigma (even though he got it from a transfusion. . .I think, anyway).

        1. PapayaSF   10 years ago

          That's what I recall, yes.

        2. Christophe   10 years ago

          Didn't know that. That sucks.

        3. Galactic Chipper Cdr Lytton   10 years ago

          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I....._and_death

          Learned something new.

  7. commodious spittoon   10 years ago

    Not that anybody cares (or ought to), but this is Dweebston. I've been tired of the old handle for a good long while but never bothered updating it, and I figured that if something goes tits up re: posting here, having an email addy visible might not be a bad thing. At least, I hope I would make the list.

    Anyway, every time I try to preview a post now it takes me to a nearly blank page with nothing but an html link to my address. What did I do wrong?

    1. LynchPin1477   10 years ago

      It's the DOJ spyware

    2. Pl?ya Manhattan.   10 years ago

      That's what happens when you have an email linked in your handle. It's one of the many "charms" of Hit and Run.

      1. commodious spittoon   10 years ago

        cmd+a, cmd+x.

      2. Pl?ya Manhattan.   10 years ago

        It won't do that if you have a url linked instead. The glitch is just emails.

        1. commodious spittoon   10 years ago

          Thanks! http://tinymailto.com/ to the rescue.

          1. sloopyinTEXAS   10 years ago

            I think you can also check the "keep me logged in" box and should be ok. I have my email address posted and have forever. I've not had a single problem on the multiple devices I post from.

      3. Francisco d'Anconia   10 years ago

        &&&&&

    3. Paul.   10 years ago

      At least, I hope I would make the list.

      I thought that after 7:01, we were trying to avoid the list.

      1. commodious spittoon   10 years ago

        That's what I meant. I'm jealous that the DoJ ignored my acerbic posts, and I want them to have a direct line.

        1. Paul.   10 years ago

          A sort of legal 'come at me bro'?

    4. Tonio the Redactionary   10 years ago

      Dweeby, thanks for sticking with us. We, at least the happy few of us, will come through this.

      1. commodious spittoon   10 years ago

        You almost lost me. No edit button and a glitchy preview button? Dealbreaker.

    5. Viscount Irish, Slayer of Huns   10 years ago

      You changed your handle in this day and age and it has nothing to do with either a) Virginia Postrel hating us or b) some sort of wood chipper?

  8. Certified Public Asskicker   10 years ago

    The new Reason links, late, and no bullet* points.

    *Not actual bullets, I am of course referring to a typographical symbol or glyph used to introduce items in a list.

    1. The Last American Hero   10 years ago

      You know who else maintains lists? (and uses real bullets I may add).

      1. Tonio the Redactionary   10 years ago

        These cleancut, wholesome young people?

      2. Trshmnstr, Eau de Toilet   10 years ago

        *adjusts the bugged flower vase* Not us, because we are all upstanding citizens who would never resort to violence or threats.

      3. wadair   10 years ago

        Not Schindler?

    2. Rt. Hon. Judge Woodrow Chipper   10 years ago

      The DOJ was probably vetting the links.

  9. iCarl   10 years ago

    Trigger warning: CCP organ, awkward translation

    'Lewd' WWII show under fire

    A TV drama portraying the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1937-45) has courted controversy recently after a scene in which a woman hides a grenade in her crotch to kill Japanese soldiers went viral online.

    The 58-episode show, Yi Qi Da Guizi(Fight the Devils Together), which began broadcasting on a Sichuan-based channel on May 7, has been pulled off the air and "will receive modification," the entertainment portal of Netease reported on Tuesday, quoting sources from within China's top film and TV watchdog.

    Ge's character then says, "Some xiaoriben (a slur for Japanese people), want to touch my crotch. How can I let them? That place only belongs to you." When her boyfriend put his hand under her dress, he finds a grenade, which Ge's character then detonates, killing everyone in the cell.

    A number of TV drama and films about the war against Japanese aggression have come in for criticism recently because of bizarre scenes, including scenes featuring heroes tearing enemies apart with their bare hands or taking down a Japanese fighter plane with a stone.

    1. LynchPin1477   10 years ago

      bizarre scenes, including scenes featuring heroes tearing enemies apart with their bare hands or taking down a Japanese fighter plane with a stone

      Seems legit

      - Vladimir Putin

    2. commodious spittoon   10 years ago

      But has it got anything comparable to this?

      1. PapayaSF   10 years ago

        Ha!

        1. Suellington   10 years ago

          That guy is Gillespie's Indian half brother.

    3. Tonio the Redactionary   10 years ago

      A number of TV drama and films about the war against Japanese aggression have come in for criticism recently because of bizarre scenes, including scenes featuring heroes tearing enemies apart with their bare hands or taking down a Japanese fighter plane with a stone.

      Yeah, and that's totally understandable since those media producers have grown up listening to how their parents or grandparents were brutalized by the Japanese during the 1930's and 1940's.

  10. Smilin' Joe Fission   10 years ago

    The government of Wales has approved a wide-reaching ban on the use of e-cigarettes in public and semi-public places.

    Common sense legislation right there!

    1. Cytotoxic   10 years ago

      Calgary will be regulating e-cigs like normal cigs. Time for incognito vaping..

      1. Muzzled Commenter   10 years ago

        Stealth vaping is the key.

        They cannot stop what they don't know is happening.

        I vape wherever I please, and no one knows a damn thing.

        1. sloopyinTEXAS   10 years ago

          As with underage drinking, we are on the cusp of a teen butt-vaping epidemic.

          1. Mad Scientist   10 years ago

            Remember kids: always butt-vape with tampons.

    2. Tonio the Redactionary   10 years ago

      Well, it is Wales. /Scottish payback

  11. Fist of Etiquette   10 years ago

    The government of Wales has approved a wide-reaching ban on the use of e-cigarettes in public and semi-public places.

    Does my mouth count as a public space?

    (*Go ahead, try to make a joke out of that.)

    1. Juvenile Bluster   10 years ago

      Depends. Are you Epi's mom?

      1. AlmightyJB   10 years ago

        I'll give you both 1000 internets

  12. The Late P Brooks   10 years ago

    The New York Times is committed to making the Marco Rubio crime spree story happen.

    Just don't call him "Baby Face".

    1. Grand Moff Serious Man   10 years ago

      Now remember folks: Jesus saves. George Nelson withdraws!

      1. grrizzly   10 years ago

        Jesus saves, Espo scores on the rebound.

      2. Francisco d'Anconia   10 years ago

        He's bonafide.

        1. Fist of Etiquette   10 years ago

          He's a suitor!

  13. Francisco d'Anconia   10 years ago

    Pope Francis has approved a new department in the Vatican that would investigate bishops accused of covering up child sex scandals.

    I want THAT job. Talk about getting paid to sit around and do nothing.

    1. Rufus J. Firefly   10 years ago

      I looked up 'you're a towel.'

      Not nice.

      /peels onion.

      1. Francisco d'Anconia   10 years ago

        😉

        1. Rufus J. Firefly   10 years ago

          Yes. Tears too!

  14. Fist of Etiquette   10 years ago

    Police in Switzerland seized computer data from FIFA headquarters as part of an ongoing investigation into the association football governing body.

    They waited for a reason to seize the data? Way to be gay, Switzerland.

    1. Paul.   10 years ago

      "Reason" and "seizing data".

      Hmm... there's a joke here.

    2. jesse.in.mb   10 years ago

      Way to be gay, Switzerland

      Wearing this? I think not. Although you can't ever tell with euros.

      1. Fist of Etiquette   10 years ago

        Yeah. I mean, what is that, a beret?

      2. Pathogen   10 years ago

        "Although you can't ever tell with euros."

        Pastels are the key. Now, if that was a raspberry beret..

  15. iCarl   10 years ago

    Lycos still exists, and is jumping aboard the "wearables" bandwagon.

    [Insert "you can run Linux on a toaster" joke here]

    1. Paul.   10 years ago

      "your toaster has stopped responding"

      STOP | WAIT

      1. Tonio the Redactionary   10 years ago

        Abort, Ignore, Retry, Fail?

      2. Pathogen   10 years ago

        Toaster kernel panic..

  16. Notorious G.K.C.   10 years ago

    Hello, there, Reason staff! If you comply with that oppressive demand - you know the one I mean - then this song is for you:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeO3Kgp4JTg

    1. Tonio the Redactionary   10 years ago

      Why, that's what I always think of when you post, Eddie.

      1. Tonio the Redactionary   10 years ago

        "It's just like a real one, only smaller."

        1. Notorious G.K.C.   10 years ago

          How would you know, having never even seen one?

  17. MJGreen   10 years ago

    Don't miss this bit of Twitter embarrassment. Michael Cannon, one of PPACA's biggest challengers, effortlessly shames this FDR-fellator.

    1. Viscount Irish, Slayer of Huns   10 years ago

      Wow, that is a royal ass kicking.

    2. Hey Nikki!   10 years ago

      Sick burn.

    3. BiMonSciFiCon   10 years ago

      I got blocked by that clown for disagreeing with him (and ESB too!). I'm sure Cannon's block is in the offing.

  18. Viscount Irish, Slayer of Huns   10 years ago

    Of course I finally give in and post in the other thread and then you assholes put up the PM links.

    This is the guy who wrote the Huffington Post open letter to Jerry Seinfeld.

    Who is more insufferable: This guy or Jazz Shaw?

    1. Juvenile Bluster   10 years ago

      Shaw. At least the HuffPo writers acknowledge that they love the state and think everyone must think as they do. Shaw claims to be a small government conservative while slurping on statist cock all day.

    2. Woodchipper   10 years ago

      I think it's the douche posting right below me whose initials are B.P. But Jazz Shaw is a close second.

    3. a better weapon   10 years ago

      It's close, but I'm going with the HuffPo author. Shaw authored for PJmedia at one point I think and I've found articles on there before I've enjoyed, so he wins by losing only slightly less.

      Also, my favorite retweet and comment:

      MWR ? ?@nowhere_nh 3h3 hours ago
      @DavidJohnGarth @Beefsteak101 @AceofSpadesHQ : Why would he wear that shirt and risk offending people with eyesight?

  19. Palin's Buttplug   10 years ago

    Lindsey Graham promises to have 'a rotating first lady' if elected president

    Graham talks with a patron during a campaign stop at a New Hampshire diner. (Photo: Jim Cole/AP)

    If Republican presidential hopeful Lindsey Graham is elected president, the unmarried South Carolina senator says he will have a "rotating first lady."

    "Well, I've got a sister," Graham told the Daily Mail Online. "She could play that role if necessary."

    It hasn't been necessary in a long time. Assuming Graham doesn't get hitched before his inauguration, the 59-year-old would be the first bachelor in the White House since Woodrow Wilson, whose first wife, Ellen Wilson, died in 1914, a year into his term. (Wilson remarried the following year.)

    Yahoo News

    1. Fist of Etiquette   10 years ago

      Cowgirl, then reverse cowgirl, then...

      1. PapayaSF   10 years ago

        Rotating... on a spit!

        1. Fist of Etiquette   10 years ago

          Don't be crass.

          1. jesse.in.mb   10 years ago

            Please like anyone believes Graham would have an MMF threeway.

            1. Pathogen   10 years ago

              Lucky Pierre Lindsey..

    2. Pl?ya Manhattan.   10 years ago

      Well well well. Look what got dragged in on the bottom of my shoes.

      1. Palin's Buttplug   10 years ago

        What? Have you been busy purging H&R of non-conformists?

      2. Rufus J. Firefly   10 years ago

        Playa, you probably know already, but just in case, Mary used your handle on Bloomberg.

      3. Francisco d'Anconia   10 years ago

        There are commenters that make me wish I had subpoena power.

    3. waffles   10 years ago

      "She could play that role if necessary."

      Roleplay you say?

    4. JeSuisRaison-fmr Beaut Bean Ft   10 years ago

      "Well, I've got a sister," Graham told the Daily Mail Online. "She could play that role if necessary."

      Way to not fall into the old Southern stereotypes, there, ol' Lindsey...

    5. Suthenboy   10 years ago

      "Assuming Graham doesn't get hitched before his inauguration,"

      I think that is a pretty safe assumption.

  20. Juvenile Bluster   10 years ago

    http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-33085012

    Two Rikers prison guards charged in federal court after they beat an inmate to death. Locals refused to prosecute.

    1. paranoid android   10 years ago

      I'm confused by the lack of information in the article about what the New York authorities did. Was there even any attempt to give a legitimate explanation for refusing to bring charges, besides not wanting cops/guards held to the same standard as the little people?

    2. commodious spittoon   10 years ago

      Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara said when announcing the charges that "Rikers inmates, although walled off from the rest of society, are not walled off from the protections of our constitution".

      So Mr. Bharara has read that musty old document. I wonder whether he's investigated that little paragraph early in the Bill of Rights pertaining to speech and the freedom thereof.

      1. Juvenile Bluster   10 years ago

        That's what I get for not reading closely. Didn't realize it was the same ADA.

        1. Crusty Juggler   10 years ago

          That is the DA. The...HAIC, you will (and you won't).

      2. Tonio the Redactionary   10 years ago

        Shut your whore mouth, commode. The US Constitution doesn't provide any protections for speech based on badthink, only for thoughts and actions based on rightthink! I, for one, love Big Brother. I hear the chocolate ration may be increased, but don't mention my name...

        1. commodious spittoon   10 years ago

          *obviously* impolite speech isn't protected. Why would we want that? It's meant to protect polite discourse. Obviously.

  21. GILMORE   10 years ago

    "More than 450 U.S. troops will reportedly join the more than 3,000 already in Iraq to combat ISIS."

    Combat? Ha ha ha. No, silly, that's a mistake right there. "Training and Equipping Iraqi Forces" is the preferred nomenclature. 'Combat' implies we're at war. Which we're not.

    "'Contradicting what his top military adviser said just a day earlier, President Obama personally assured U.S. soldiers Wednesday that he will not send them into ground combat against terrorists in Iraq and Syria, the latest example of the president's direct involvement in setting the rules for the new war.

    "As your commander in chief, I will not commit you and the rest of our armed forces to fighting another ground war in Iraq," Mr. Obama told about 1,200 troops at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, home of the U.S. Central Command. "The American forces that have been deployed to Iraq do not and will not have a combat mission.""

    He has also very-recently celebrated his Semantic Victory over reality, noting that he has presided over the first Memorial Day Without War* in living memory.

    (*provided you define war as anything not involving bombs, drones, refueling saudi bombers, or sending SOCOM teams all over the place to assassinate people)

    1. commodious spittoon   10 years ago

      Somehow they're training Iraqis while keeping their boots off the ground? I seem to recall "no boots on the ground" being a pretty big deal at the time.

      1. Christophe   10 years ago

        They're all gurus capable of levitating.

        Next question?

  22. The Late P Brooks   10 years ago

    More than 450 U.S. troops will reportedly join the more than 3,000 already in Iraq

    Those are consultants!

    1. Palin's Buttplug   10 years ago

      On the bright side it shouldn't take long to train Iraqi troops how to hand their weapons over to Islamo-fascists.

      1. John   10 years ago

        Why would they want them? They already got all they need from Obama via Libya.

        1. Palin's Buttplug   10 years ago

          It has been a tradition since 2005 or so.

          1. John   10 years ago

            BUSHPIG!!!!

            Come on Shreek, suck that Obama cock.

    2. John   10 years ago

      They are not involved in a kinetic action Brooks.

      1. GILMORE   10 years ago

        Whether you are pro-War against ISIS, anti-War against ISIS, or even muddled between whether anyone else should fight ISIS and we should generally support them...or not....

        ...the one thing almost everyone would agree is fucking stupid and the worst decision of all would be to send troops overseas, put them in a position where their deaths would give great PR advantages to ISIS, but insist that they shouldn't be doing any fighting

        i.e. = "no matter what you do, don't kill the enemy!"

        its using personnel as political props to say you're "doing something" while doing everything you can to ensure that "something" doesn't actually turn into any actual results that might have political risks or create a problem abroad which could come back to bite you in the ass.

        basically - shit or get off the pot. There's no reason to deploy *anyone* unless the people being deployed have a mandate to kill the living fuck out of the people causing the problem.

        The "Iraqis" fighting ISIS *don't want to fight ISIS* as long as there is even a whiff of a possibility that the Americans and Iranians will do it for them.

        Which is probably the main reason we're getting involved= not to 'degrade or destroy' ISIS, but to simply keep a lid on the conflict until someone else takes responsibility for this mess.

    3. Woodchipper   10 years ago

      NOT to be confused with this story:

      450 Dead Babies Found in Athenian Well Sheds Light on Ancient Greeks

      http://www.newsweek.com/discov.....ety-341681

      Spoiler Alert: It was the bacterial meningitis

      1. GILMORE   10 years ago

        wow, I should totally remember not to throw babies in wells anymore. They might get sick!

        1. PapayaSF   10 years ago

          LOL

      2. Paul.   10 years ago

        Did they yell "This IS...SPARTA!" before throwing each one down there?

      3. sloopyinTEXAS   10 years ago

        Made me think of Dunphy by mentioning meningitis. I smiled.

      4. Pathogen   10 years ago

        If only they had access to quality, affordable healthcare.. when will they learn..

    4. Brett L   10 years ago

      Remember, consultants prolong the problem.

      1. Quincy, Tree Surgeon   10 years ago

        Yep.

  23. rts   10 years ago

    Today is 'Tax Freedom Day' Fraser Institute says

    For Canuckistanis, that is.

    Today, June 10, is the day when the typical Canadian family stops working to pay the tax man, and starts working to pay themselves.

    Free at last!

  24. Cytotoxic   10 years ago

    Cripes even Cartoon producers are out of ideas. In addition to Duck Tales, the PowerPuff Girls and Reboot are getting...rebooted, and they both sound/look awful like everything else on at lest CN (I don't think ReBoot will be on CN but whatever). So glad to grow up in the '90s/early aughts when things were good.

    http://www.cartoonbrew.com/voi.....14006.html

    http://www.cbc.ca/news/trendin.....-1.3104830

    1. Paul.   10 years ago

      They better not touch my beloved Samurai Jack.

      They fucked up Teen Titans...

      1. Cytotoxic   10 years ago

        The guys behind Teen Titans Go! explicitly said they never watched the show. While chuckling about how they never watched the show. *Rage intensifies*

        SJ was great but its ending was not. Same with Reboot. With Reboot I'd rather they just redubbed Bob's voice during S3 with the correct voice actor.

    2. Woodchipper   10 years ago

      Clearly you have not discovered the joy that is Rick and Morty on Adult Swim. Season Two in just a few short weeks. Season One can be viewed for free on many sites throughout the intragoogles.

      1. commodious spittoon   10 years ago

        Evidently season six of Venture Bros debuted already. In January. Which I didn't notice.

    3. Crusty Juggler   10 years ago

      Once again let me be the first to openly celebrate the return of the great Launchpad McQuack

    4. sloopyinTEXAS   10 years ago

      Are you fucking retarded? Cartoons from the 70s and 80s were superior in every way to that shit you grew up with.

      Herculoids? GI Joe? He-Man? Smurfs?

      I,scoff at your 90s garbage.

      1. sloopyinTEXAS   10 years ago

        Jesus.

        TMNT?!?! Thundarr? Thunder Cats? VOLTRON?

        Then backward to the 70s and Fat Albert? the Hair Bear Bunch? Josie and The Pussycats?

        Oh man, I miss good cartoons.

        1. Francisco d'Anconia   10 years ago

          Sealab 2020.
          Skyhawks.

        2. NotAnotherSkippy   10 years ago

          Ariel, Ookla, Ride!
          Followed by Flash Gordon

          NBC was really dominant there for a while.

          Battle of the Planets
          Star Blazers (Space Cruiser Yamato) - Fucking Wave Fucking Motion Fucking Gun

      2. Francisco d'Anconia   10 years ago

        Let's not forget!

        1. sloopyinTEXAS   10 years ago

          So fucking awesome!

          Now if you'll excuse me, I have an episode of Laff-A-Lympics to watch.

        2. LynchPin1477   10 years ago

          Even better

      3. Cytotoxic   10 years ago

        BAHAHAHAHAHAHA Thanks for that list of poorly animated badly written crap. Makes me even more thankful to be a '90s kid. God the 70s and early-mid '80s blew. TMNT in the '80s sucked shit. TMNT in the '00s was awesome.

        1. sloopyinTEXAS   10 years ago

          With all due respect, you are out of your fucking mind.

          The seventies through eighties was the last great age of great cartoons. Plus we had the luxury of having parents that didn't bubble-wrap us, so we were exposed to Tom and Jerry, Woody Woodpecker and many other violent reruns your generation mostly missed out on.

          1. Crusty Juggler   10 years ago

            Grape Ape was in the late 70s.

          2. paranoid android   10 years ago

            Hey, now, fair is fair, I grew up in the 90s too and watched plenty of Tom & Jerry et al.

            We even had Speedy Gonzalez! Nobody under 20 has even heard of him, I imagine.

            Although I'd argue Cytotoxic is overlooking the true 90s gems like Animaniacs and Tiny Toons...

            1. Crusty Juggler   10 years ago

              Slowpoke Rodriguez was 10x the character Speedy Gonzalez was.

            2. Cytotoxic   10 years ago

              Although I'd argue Cytotoxic is overlooking the true 90s gems like Animaniacs and Tiny Toons...

              Nope. Those were the true gems though oddly I didn't watch them that match. That's because the true true gems were ReBoot and Batman: The Animated Series.

          3. Cytotoxic   10 years ago

            The seventies through eighties was the last great age of great cartoons.

            If by 'great' you mean 'brainless and crappily animated'. There was nothing great about those cartoons you were just really really stupid and bereft of good taste.

            Tom and Jerry and Woody are exactly what I'm talking about. Stupid and pointless and dull. "Oh he got hit on dah head agun ARF ARF ARF". Let me guess you also like Batman with Adam West? Thank God they banned lead from gasoline. The mental effects are clear and frightening.

        2. Crusty Juggler   10 years ago

          Cowabunga dude

        3. Mad Scientist   10 years ago

          I am shocked. SHOCKED! to learn that Cyto has horrible taste in cartoons!

          1. Cytotoxic   10 years ago

            I am shocked SHOCKED that Reasoners are nostalgic for the pigshit they thought was good but actually sucked 40 years ago. See also 'Star Trek'.

          2. Francisco d'Anconia   10 years ago

            Cyto is a good dude. Cytotoxic is otherwise.

            Not judging you, but I try to never disgrace Cyto's handle by using it for the other.

            1. Cytotoxic   10 years ago

              Nostalgia-holics AND peacenazis all in one thread oh joy.

              1. Knarf Yenrab!   10 years ago

                PEAS-NAZIS MUST DIE

        4. HeteroPatriarch   10 years ago

          Maybe they number decades differently in Canada?

          1. Cytotoxic   10 years ago

            Well of course. We use the obviously superior metric system.

            1. Brett L   10 years ago

              What? The Imperial foot is one light nanosecond to two significant dIgits. You don't get much more fundamental than that.

              1. Cytotoxic   10 years ago

                But converting by simply moving the decimal point is way better.

            2. Christophe   10 years ago

              Is there anything you're not incredibly opinionated on? At all?

              1. Pathogen   10 years ago

                Canada sending troops to battle ISIS...

                1. Cytotoxic   10 years ago

                  Actually I'm fairly opinionated on that. I am fairly against it. There is just no place for ground troops, or serious trustworthy allies for them aside from the Kurds.

                  What am I not opinionated on...um...I'll be back to that later.

        5. HeteroPatriarch   10 years ago

          Maybe they number decades differently in Canada?

  25. John   10 years ago

    I loath Graham as much as anyone on here. I have to admit the first lady idea is awesome. He could do it like the bachelor. Over eight episodes every January and February, he could pick a new first lady for the following year. That would be awesome.

    Now of course Lindsey is likely as queer as a three dollar bill. NTTAWWT. That just means drag queens, I mean transgendered, can enter too. Graham may have provided the most compelling reason to vote for a candidate I have ever seen.

    1. Notorious G.K.C.   10 years ago

      Holy shit, Agile, don't share your stash with John, you don't know what might happen!

      1. Notorious G.K.C.   10 years ago

        I mean, think of Archie Bunker and Timothy Leary having a love child.

        1. Hey Nikki!   10 years ago

          Would read.

        2. John   10 years ago

          You say that like it is a bad thing.

          1. Hey Nikki!   10 years ago

            This is why we belong together, John.

            1. John   10 years ago

              We do Niki.

              1. commodious spittoon   10 years ago

                A professional editor hooking up with a man of John's legendary typographical repute. I'm not sure whether this ends in happy compromises on the use of commas or with John's blackberry stylus protruding from his eye socket.

                1. Irish's Assault Woodchipper   10 years ago

                  "A professional editor hooking up with a man of John's legendary typographical repute. I'm not sure whether this ends in happy compromises on the use of commas or with John's blackberry stylus protruding from his eye socket."

                  Oh man, this sounds like a sitcom for the ages. The characters played by John and Nicole could be named John Spelling and Nicole Spelling and the show would be called "Spelling Errors."

                  1. LynchPin1477   10 years ago

                    Who do you see cast in these roles?

                    Would it be on HBO or broadcast? What I mean to ask is, boobs or no boobs?

                    1. HeteroPatriarch   10 years ago

                      What kind of stupid-ass question is that?

                    2. commodious spittoon   10 years ago

                      HBO. Tits and regular decapitations.

                    3. Pathogen   10 years ago

                      And "dragons"... eventually..

    2. The Last American Hero   10 years ago

      No, he'll just overcompensate and trot through a rotating cast of supermodel beards. Which would also be cool.

    3. Francisco d'Anconia   10 years ago

      What did I read the other day????

      Graham is so deep in the closet he should be running for president of Narnia.

      (Sorry, no H/T. Can't remember who posted that.)

      1. lap83   10 years ago

        nice.

    4. Warty   10 years ago

      America's Next Top Nag

  26. lafe.long   10 years ago

    Jennifer Lopez sued for 'tarnishing women's honor' after raunchy Morocco gig sparks outrage

    Should J-Lo and her promoter face legal consequences from the lawsuit (very unlikely but possible), she could face up to two years in prison, putting her upcoming Las Vegas residency at risk.

    Not a huge fan of her music, but I find J-Lo extremely attractive.

    1. Paul.   10 years ago

      Not a huge fan of her music, but I find J-Lo extremely attractive.

      Duuuuhhh...

    2. Rich   10 years ago

      ... did not go down well in Morocco

      You know who else didn't go down well in Morocco?

      1. GILMORE   10 years ago

        William S. Burroughs intransigent house-servant, Kiki?

        1. Rich   10 years ago

          +1 Interzone

      2. Catatafish   10 years ago

        L. Ron Hubbard and the Sea Org?

      3. sloopyinTEXAS   10 years ago

        Ilsa Lund?

      4. Notorious G.K.C.   10 years ago

        Sailors trying to escape from the pirates?

      5. Rt. Hon. Judge Woodrow Chipper   10 years ago

        Bob Hope?

      6. Pathogen   10 years ago

        Beru and Owen Lars?

    3. Knarf Yenrab!   10 years ago

      The horrible thing is that she was an interesting, if not great, actress. I could watch Out of Sight-era Lopez all day.

      And then she started singing and moonlighting in awful romcoms. The world is going to hell.

  27. Notorious G.K.C.   10 years ago

    Even the satirical magazine Krokodil, under Soviet rule, was able to criticize local party bosses:

    "Although political satire was dangerous during much of the Soviet period, Krokodil was given considerable license to lampoon political figures and events. Typical and safe topics for lampooning in the Soviet era were the lack of initiative and imagination promoted by the style of an average Soviet middle-bureaucrat, and the problems produced by drinking on the job by Soviet workers."

    Just lay off the leaders at the top, and they were able to get away with it.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krokodil

    Well, what do you think of a regime which won't even allow you to criticize the local Party bosses?

    Will Reason staffers stand for it, or are they just...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeO3Kgp4JTg

  28. Cytotoxic   10 years ago

    Mother Jones claims that ZEDE supporters admit the concept is imperiled without elaborating or quoting anyone. Thoughts?

    http://www.motherjones.com/moj.....easteading

    1. Christophe   10 years ago

      Wishful thinking on his part. There's mounting opposition, but that would be expected. The tricky part with the ZEDEs isn't establishing them, it's whether they survive the next few transitions of power in the country.

      1. Cytotoxic   10 years ago

        That's what I thought. "Let my just project my hopes into this article right here".

        I think the ZEDEs can easily survive those transitions if they don't compromise. This will be easier with the 'security forces' they are allowed to have. China respects Hong Kong more or less even though they could pillage them at any time.

        1. Christophe   10 years ago

          Except they've got 5 years, tops, before having to deal with a mildly-to-highly hostile government looking to play politics. Honk Kong had 100.

          I'm being pessimistic. That way I'll either be right or pleasantly surprised.

  29. SoGrimSoTrueSoReal   10 years ago

    Hi all of you stupid blowhards!

    Long time lurker (2008ish) who decided to 'get official' since you've gotten the attention of [REDACTED] because of the comments about [REDACTED}.

    Now you've graduated to "Blowhards of interest".

    1. Francisco d'Anconia   10 years ago

      I'm kinda surprised they needed a subpoena to get names. I assumed they were all on file.

      1. commodious spittoon   10 years ago

        Parallel construction, Fd'A.

      2. Rt. Hon. Judge Woodrow Chipper   10 years ago

        The query of the NSA database would take 16 months to complete.

    2. Paul.   10 years ago

      You know who else was lurking and thought we were "Blowhards of interest"?

      1. SoGrimSoTrueSoReal   10 years ago

        PB?

      2. Francisco d'Anconia   10 years ago

        The previous management?

      3. Trshmnstr, Eau de Toilet   10 years ago

        Osama bin Laden circa 1992?

        (DISCLAIMER: although no person with an IQ above room temperature could interpret this as a threat, I wholly and unreservedly disavow any implied or explicit threats that could be construed from this post)

      4. HeteroPatriarch   10 years ago

        The US Attorney General for Southern New York?

    3. Rich   10 years ago

      Blowhards of interest

      Nice band name.

    4. Irish's Assault Woodchipper   10 years ago

      "Long time lurker (2008ish) who decided to 'get official' since you've gotten the attention of [REDACTED] because of the comments about [REDACTED}."

      You'd best keep your mouth shut as this is a topic we don't discuss since 6/8/2015 at 7:01.

      1. SoGrimSoTrueSoReal   10 years ago

        We're not supposed to talk about [REDACTED]?

        Shit, since I just created my account today, I have no way of knowing something that was mentioned on 6/8/2015 at 7:01!

        Can we come up with a cool name for them? Reason Six? Deep Dish 6? Dirty Half-Dozen?

        1. Pathogen   10 years ago

          ignominious Basterds..

      2. Woodchipper of Liberty   10 years ago

        Stop mentioning the war!

  30. Rich   10 years ago

    After Classmates Found A Dead Teen's Brain On A Field Trip, His Family Sued New York City

    The New York State Court of Appeals decided on Wednesday that coroners have no obligation to tell you whether they removed your loved one's brain during an autopsy

    and stored it in a jar in public with his name on it.

    1. Warty   10 years ago

      This one's from someone named Abby.

      1. Pathogen   10 years ago

        +1 EyeGor..

        1. gaoxiaen   10 years ago

          At least they didn't throw it in a hole in the ground.

    2. Notorious G.K.C.   10 years ago

      O, Lord, preserve the medical examiner and his family in excellent health, and if they should happen to die, then let them be buried with all their body parts intact, and to not under any circumstances permit their brains to be stuck in jars marked with their names, where the said brains can be mockingly and improperly be made into footballs for the entertainment of the local high-school football teams.

      1. Notorious G.K.C.   10 years ago

        And preserve the medical examiner, and all public officials in New York, in all health for many years, and do not let them under any circumstances catch any diseases from the prostitutes they (theoretically, that is) frequent, and certainly do not let them catch syphilis or HIV or ghonorrea or other sexually transmitted diseases, and may they fuck only healthy camels and avoid any form of infection, amen.

        1. tarran   10 years ago

          That's so sweet!

          I'm sure if they read those prayers, they'd be touched and grateful to you.

      2. Francisco d'Anconia   10 years ago

        *

        1. Notorious G.K.C.   10 years ago

          I see you, baby, shaking that asterisk...

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0I5Heo8Qds

    3. Azathoth!!   10 years ago

      Man, wait till they see the brain room. They're gonna go batshit.

      Though it's mostly chunks of brain there are quite a few whole brains.

      But I'm pissed that our school didn't get the morgue field trip.

  31. The Late P Brooks   10 years ago

    the one thing almost everyone would agree is fucking stupid and the worst decision of all would be to send troops overseas, put them in a position where their deaths would give great PR advantages to ISIS, but insist that they shouldn't be doing any fighting

    Well, yeah. As a practicality, it would never work, but I would rather see for real American mercenary brigades paid in gold by the Iraqi Oil Ministry actively waging a ground war than the half-assed clusterfuck tar baby we will undoubtedly wind up with.

    1. Cytotoxic   10 years ago

      The weird thing is that Iraq is pumping more oil than ever despite ISIS controlling a chunk of the country. Your idea has merit.

  32. grrizzly   10 years ago

    USA! USA!
    Team USA defeats the reigning World Cup champion, Germany.

    1. Francisco d'Anconia   10 years ago

      I don't follow hockey.

    2. jesse.in.mb   10 years ago

      But if there were no Italians involved who screamed "GOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAL"?

      1. Timon 19   10 years ago

        It's the Argies who say that. The Italians just sing arias poorly.

    3. Brett L   10 years ago

      Rolling through Europe like 1944.

  33. lafe.long   10 years ago

    NSFW: Miley Cyrus: Singer Discusses Coming Out as Bisexual to Her Mother as a Teen in Paper Interview

    She recalls confessing to her mother, at age 14, that she had romantic feelings toward women. "I remember telling her I admire women in a different way. And she asked me what that meant. And I said, I love them. I love them like I love boys," she says. "And it was so hard for her to understand. She didn't want me to be judged and she didn't want me to go to hell. But she believes in me more than she believes in any god. I just asked for her to accept me. And she has." These days, Cyrus only wants to grant others the same clemency.

    Uninteresting.

    1. Crusty Juggler   10 years ago

      I do not wish for Miley to burn in hell. Do not.

      1. lap83   10 years ago

        Do you mean Would not? And by that do you mean Would?

    2. Notorious G.K.C.   10 years ago

      Miley Cyrus got her ass beat by Joan of Arc:

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQx1sqPHTrk

    3. GILMORE   10 years ago

      I always told my nieces that Hannah Montana was a raging slut

  34. Notorious G.K.C.   10 years ago

    For once, I can sincerely say, let's get away from controversial issues and go to this...

    "Nearly one hundred forty years ago in 1879?in a time far removed from our own in many ways?the United States Supreme Court decided Reynolds v. United States, holding that criminal laws banning polygamous marriages did not violate the U.S. Constitution. That decision, infamously laden with contentious and arguably offensive language by modern sensibilities but also affirming traditional marriage norms long taken for granted in the Western tradition, has generated discussion and controversy ever since. That decision also remains good law.

    1. Notorious G.K.C.   10 years ago

      Fast forward to the present: in just a few weeks, when the Court hands down what will no doubt be a long anticipated and highly contentious decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, 1 the Court will answer whether the Fourteenth Amendment requires states to license marriages for same-sex couples. While many believe the Court is poised to answer that question affirmatively, assuming it will, it is far less clear how expansive or limited the decision's holding will be or what implications will flow from its rationale. At oral argument, Justice Alito pressed the petitioners as to the logical implications of a holding in favor of same-sex marriage, asking, "Suppose we rule in your favor in this case and then, after that, a group consisting of two men and two women apply for a marriage license. Would there be any ground for denying them?" 2 In other words, would a holding in favor of a constitutional right to same-sex marriage inevitably require recognition of a constitutional right to polygamous marriage as well?"

      http://law.emory.edu/elj/conte.....eword.html

      1. LynchPin1477   10 years ago

        I can honestly say that I'd be up for a certain type of group marriage. Would not necessarily have to be sexual with more than one person, but for the purposes of rearing children, sharing property, and just generally being around people that I love, yeah, I'd be down with that.

      2. Homple   10 years ago

        What's magic about the number "2", anyway?

        1. GILMORE   10 years ago

          You are confused. 3 is the Magic Number

          1. lap83   10 years ago

            Wow, I can't remember the last time I heard that song

        2. lap83   10 years ago

          It's the smallest prime number?

          1. Timon 19   10 years ago

            That would be '1'.

          2. Azathoth!!   10 years ago

            It's the only even prime number.

        3. Knarf Yenrab!   10 years ago

          I have my sights set on petitioning the courts for the first zero-person marriage. Let's end discrimination against non-persons once and for all!

      3. Suthenboy   10 years ago

        I am not qualified to tell other people who and in what manner they can associate with others, and neither is the pope or the supreme court.

        Also, I make all of the decisions about who and in what manner I associate with others. Changing that is simply not up for discussion.

      4. Rt. Hon. Judge Woodrow Chipper   10 years ago

        I think the better question is a marriage between a policeman and a police dog going to be OK? After all, police dogs have more rights than ordinary human citizens.

    2. Francisco d'Anconia   10 years ago

      the United States Supreme Court decided Reynolds v. United States, holding that criminal laws banning polygamous marriages did not violate the U.S. Constitution.

      Because no SCOTUS decision was ever wrong or made for political purposes.

      /Filburn

      1. Pathogen   10 years ago

        Scott, Slaughter-House, Lochner, Miller, Kelo, NFIB, Filburn.. float the boat..

    3. Knarf Yenrab!   10 years ago

      "also affirming traditional marriage norms long taken for granted in the Western tradition"

      Someone get word to Abraham and Solomon that they are non-traditional radicals.

  35. Rockabilly   10 years ago

    Reinvade Iraq - must find Saddam's nuclear bomb

    Also tax and regulate farts.
    The stinkier the more tax you pay.

  36. Bam!   10 years ago

    Drudge picks up on 7:01, linking to Bloomberg.

    1. Pathogen   10 years ago

      Cannot get the shit back into the horse...

    2. Knarf Yenrab!   10 years ago

      Check the box for NPR as well. The softy-soft NPR progs (who, in their defense, apparently lack the deep insight that progressivism is not a political philosophy advocating peace, charity, and classical music) are 80% opposed to the harassment.

      Which now exhausts my annual quota for pleasant surprises. It's all terrible news from here on out, folks.

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