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Dan Roberts @RobertsDan "No man, not even a Supreme Court, can undo what a holy God has instituted," says Michelle Bachman. Can you hear the ground rumbling? 11:59 AM - 26 Jun 2013 Frank Thorp V @frankthorpNBC Asked for a response to Rep Bachmann's statement about DOMA, @NancyPelosi just responds: "Who cares?" 12:00 PM - 26 Jun 2013

deej makes a key point on the other forum: "The DOMA ruling brings broad consequences. Because it was decided on equal protection grounds the language of the decision can be used in state cases. This is huge."

As for "over 25 years ago," I think the Atlanta paper article above suggests it ain't a one-time thing. (When is it ever?) Anyway, when you live by the hollow image, better be ready to die by it.

LOL. Exactly. Best putdown ever was in "Barbershop," character Eddie (played by inimitable Cedric the Entertainer) finally driven to scream in outrage: "Fuck Jesse Jackson!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=MAn36ziR2Kw

You are correct. Believe it or not, I tasted a Safe Sex on the Beach one time. My reaction was as you might imagine.

Indeed. And as for Russia hungering for Snowden's laptops, one Guardian commentator makes the case that Moscow already knows full well most of what's on them, having its own versions of the technological infrastructures for digital spying and the resultant data. I buy this argument that Putin's main thing right now is just the opportunity to, as Schumer, this article and others have said, stick a finger in our eye.

LOL. There is a nonalcoholic version called, of course, Safe Sex on the Beach.

That is how I have usually bought wine, if not ordering/pre-ordering a case. It has the benefit of leading you to something you can purchase right then and there. I got to know several good wine shops in & around Boston that were owned & run by a knowledgeable buyer, had helpful (and honest!) staff, and to boot ran 'cast-off' bins where they would put out, on mark-down, pretty good (sometimes quite good) bottles that were the last of a lot that they wanted to be rid of. (One of the best: http://www.thewineandcheesecask.com/)

Pretty good dissection of Roberts' "crafty" "cynical" opinion: http://m.guardiannews.com/commentisfree/2013/jun/25/supreme-court-voter-rights-act-racism-over

Fr Hans Kung on 'the paradox of Pope Francis': http://ncronline.org/news/vatican/paradox-pope-francis

LOL still traumatized I see! As per the link, the article is from The Hammer: Canadian Satire, Humour and Hard-Hitting News.

With TY all the way on whites today. The only exception I would make is well rated first-growth chablis. The one white varietal in which when lucky one can find the same depth & interest as in many reds. Alas not, however, without considerable damage to the wallet.

Sickening.

"Like many other men, Swann had a naturally lazy mind, and lacked imagination. He knew perfectly well as a general truth, that human life is full of contrasts, but in the case of each individual human being he imagined all that part of his or her life with which he was not familiar as being identical with the part with which he was. He imagined what was kept secret from him in the light of what was revealed. At such times as he spent with Odette, if their conversation turned upon an indelicate act committed, or an indelicate sentiment expressed by some third person, she would condemn them by virtue of the same moral principles which Swann had always heard expressed by his own parents, and to which he himself had remained faithful; and then she would arrange her flowers, would sip her tea, would inquire about Swann’s work. So Swann extended those attitudes to fill the rest of her life, and reconstructed those actions when he wished to form a picture of the moments in which he and she were apart. If anyone had portrayed her to him as she was, or rather as she had been for so long, with himself, but had substituted some other man, he would have been distressed, for such a portrait would have struck him as lifelike. But to suppose that she went to brothels, that she indulged in orgies with other women, that she led the crapulous existence of the most abject, the most contemptible of mortals—would be an insane aberration, for the realisation of which, thank heaven, the chrysanthemums that he could imagine, the daily cups of tea, the virtuous indignation left neither time nor place."

I rather love the rest of Putin's remarks as quoted by The Guardian: “Assange and Snowden consider themselves human rights activists and say they’re fighting for the spread of information,” Putin said. “Ask yourself this: should you hand these people over so they’ll be put in prison?” “In any case, I’d rather not deal with such questions, because anyway it’s like shearing a pig – lots of screams but little wool."

Do you not recall my image post from several years ago? Ask TY to jog your memory. (He declared his "eyeballs seared," if I recall.)

Paula Deen Scandal Continues As Employees Tell Rainbow/PUSH Coalition Of Alleged DiscriminationThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution | By Fran Jeffries and Wayne Washington Posted: 06/23/2013 1:18 am EDT | Updated: 06/24/2013 8:30 pm EDT An attorney for the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition said current and former Paula Deen employees told him the famous cook and her brother discriminated against black employees, one of whom was consistently referred to as "my little monkey." After Deen acknowledged using a racial slur, the story went viral and the Food Network announced on Friday that it would not renew her contract when it expires at the end of June. Deen and her brother, Bubba Hiers, are being sued by Lisa T. Jackson, a former employee who claims she endured a hostile work environment replete with racial slurs. Robert Patillo, an attorney for Rainbow/PUSH, a civil rights group founded by the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Jr., said one current and two former employees told him white employees are routinely paid more than black employees and are promoted more quickly. A black man who had threatened to go to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Deen's brother told him "you don't have any civil rights here," Rainbow/PUSH said in a press release. Rainbow/PUSH said it has "found evidence of systemic racial discimination and harassment" by Deen and that "a family member consistently referred to a black cook as 'my little monkey.'" Patillo, who conducted interviews in Savannah where Deen's restaurant is located, said current and former employees told him that Deen "preferred white and light-skinned blacks to work with customers" and that darker-skinned blacks were relegated to "back-of-the-house operations." Patillo said employees have been reluctant to talk to him about their experience with Deen because they fear retaliation. Deen could not be reached on Saturday for comment on the Rainbow/PUSH allegations... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/23/paula-deen-scandal-continues-employees-tell-rainbow-push-alleged-discrimination_n_3484607.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

Looks good to me... Klein Has Pickle Removed From Ass Government sources confirmed today that Alberta Premier Ralph Klein underwent surgery last weekend to have a five-inch dill pickle removed from his rectum. While the premier’s office originally reported Mr. Klein had left the Ottawa First Ministers' conference on health care last week to attend an oil show in Lloydminster, rumours emerged late Sunday that he had in fact been admitted to Edmonton's Royal Alexandra Hospital for a cucumectomy. Dr. Bruce McGilliam, head of colorectal surgery at the Royal Alex, confirmed the surgery had been a success, and the premier was expected to make a full recovery. "It's a fairly routine procedure," said Dr. McGilliam. "He'll be back reading his poorly-written university term papers in the Legislative Assembly in no time." Mr. Klein, who last smiled in 1977, had been on a waiting list for a cucumectomy since the errant dill was discovered during a rectal examination last year. "He could have gone to a private pickle removal clinic and had this done more quickly and discreetly, but Premier Klein wanted to demonstrate his commitment to the public system by waiting his turn," insisted a spokesperson for Klein in Edmonton. Sources have speculated that the pickle may have become lodged in the premier's rectum as recently as 1995, when Klein received a 'Most Excellent International Fiscal Performance' Award from the Razor Institute, a conservative think tank. Manfred Twillsbottom III, head of Health Policy Research at the Institute, refused to comment on his organization’s involvement in the pickle insertion. "However, our data indicate that under a two-tier health care system, the Premier would likely have had the pickle removed 28.9% sooner, with a 36% faster recovery time, and 19.7% lower risk of complications," commented Twillsbottom. Many political analysts, pundits and wags were eager to attribute Klein's noted erratic behaviour to ‘the pickle.’ "Maybe that's why he threw a chair at me last month when I asked him a routine question about budget expenditures," surmised Calgary Sun political reporter Ken Bulbous."Who knows? Maybe Ralphie boy will be a little less...angry now." http://www.thehammer.ca/content/view.php?news=2004-09-21-klein-pickle

Where's Eddie? Can you spot the world's most wanted man? Speculation was rife yesterday that Snowden had left Hong Kong for Moscow on a plane … but when the plane landed in Russia he wasn't anywhere to be seen. Maybe he was still back in Hong Kong, cannily hiding himself among the crowds at a triathlon … If Snowden is en route to somewhere in South America – as was expected – then the opportunities for disguise are pretty good Joining forces with Pussy Riot in Moscow could be a bad option Here's the pic which the Independent ran yesterday, purportedly showing Snowden arriving in Moscow. For some reason they suggested he was the man at the centre of the frame, in red ... Too late for sycophancy? Pretty sure that won't work either http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2013/jun/24/wheres-edward-snowden-in-pictures#/?picture=411453984&index=6

How PRISM etc spy on ordinary citizens while largely missing the "Undernet" used by actual terrorists: http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-23/u-s-surveillance-is-not-aimed-at-terrorists.html