Some people think that Dan Savage's definition, uh, came first, so occasionally they write to news outlets saying it's not his fault his name's unfortunate. That's my favorite story about Santorum.
Can I mop your brow? I am at the ready with the fearsome brow-mop.
Wash ,'Objects In Space'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
erikaj - Feb 08, 2012 6:08:42 am PST #20900 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
JZ - Feb 08, 2012 6:14:30 am PST #20901 of 30001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Some people think that Dan Savage's definition, uh, came first, so occasionally they write to news outlets saying it's not his fault his name's unfortunate.
For real? That's... that's beautiful.
Consuela - Feb 08, 2012 6:30:46 am PST #20902 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Worse for the hierarchy, one of the biggest doctrines affirmed by Vatican II was that the Church is all its people, that the body of believers is as vital to shaping doctrine as the hierarchy itself.* And if the hierarchy declares a doctrine but the body of believers consider it, reflect on it, and then reject it, as they've done pretty decisively with artificial birth control, then... it's not doctrine.
You know, I never knew that. That's kind of awesome.
Also, dollars to donuts Pope Benedict would love to overturn it. God forbid church beliefs be set by the actual believers!
Consuela - Feb 08, 2012 6:32:13 am PST #20903 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Irish breakfast tea:
Brenda, good luck on your HR meeting. That's going to be rough, but maybe your friend will learn from it. In this economic environment, being a dick is the sort of thing that gets your resume filtered into the recycling bin. And word does tend to get around.
le nubian - Feb 08, 2012 6:32:21 am PST #20904 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
right? that made my day.
aww fuckit. I assume most of you know what the above refers to. I'm too tired and cranky to put in a proper ref.
erikaj - Feb 08, 2012 6:32:55 am PST #20905 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
Well, I read it somewhere that wasn't the Onion, although, can I remember now? Of course not. But it happened at least once. I can't get enough of what Rachel euphemistically calls "Santorum's Google Problem,"(Sometimes, I think it's weird that she's so delicate. Not that S&P would let her say *that* on TV anyway. But, you feel me, right?)
Consuela - Feb 08, 2012 6:39:45 am PST #20906 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
OMG I love Charlie Pierce with a deep and pure love: [link]
As a result of the Santorum, erm, surge, Romney "must move even further right, which means he might ultimately end up running for Mayor of Gibraltar."
erikaj - Feb 08, 2012 6:53:04 am PST #20907 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
OMG, Suela, that was so funny. "hardest-working political Catholic since Torquemada"
Consuela - Feb 08, 2012 7:03:48 am PST #20908 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Yeah, the whole thing is just marvelous. Charlie Pierce is a national treasure (although I doubt anyone to the right of Obama would agree).
§ ita § - Feb 08, 2012 7:16:30 am PST #20909 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have never viewed the FLOTUS job as something potentially fun before Michelle.