Sorry about the double post.
And I'd actually read people upthread talking about how slow posting on the b.org has been. . . i.e, I should have known to not click again.
Nobody can tell Marmaduke what to do. That's my kind of dog.
Trick ,'First Date'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
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.
sumi - Apr 02, 2014 5:22:58 am PDT #24247 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
Theodosia - Apr 02, 2014 6:39:10 am PDT #24248 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Back from NH -- on my way to the LL Bean outlet, I found there was an actual Hobby Lobby store, but I wasn't curious enough to stop in to not buy anything.
Connie Neil - Apr 02, 2014 7:53:00 am PDT #24249 of 30000
brillig
Joy, the security certificate for the bill pay page for the phone company has expired, so I can't pay the bill. Way to go, technology company.
Tom Scola - Apr 02, 2014 8:19:23 am PDT #24250 of 30000
hwæt
Oh, great. SCOTUS just ruled that bribery is protected free speech.
Liese S. - Apr 02, 2014 8:41:43 am PDT #24251 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Oh no, that was a big one. I believe the entirety of the failure of the system rests on campaign finance reform and this just put all that down the tubes.
We don't have a democracy. We have a feudal system.
Connie Neil - Apr 02, 2014 9:00:48 am PDT #24252 of 30000
brillig
Well, feudalism at least involved a contract that both sides acknowledged. The serfs served the lord, but the lord looked after the serfs. Robber barons, now . . .
Calli - Apr 02, 2014 9:17:45 am PDT #24253 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Oh, great. SCOTUS just ruled that bribery is protected free speech.
Well, damn.
EpicTangent - Apr 02, 2014 9:28:35 am PDT #24254 of 30000
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
Well, yeah. Can't practice my protected First Amendment rights without a congressman or two in my pocket, now can I?
Amy - Apr 02, 2014 9:36:26 am PDT #24255 of 30000
Because books.
I don't even understand how that can be.
msbelle - Apr 02, 2014 9:39:16 am PDT #24256 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I just do not even. how?
this illegal activity is protected free speech. human trafficking can be protected free speech? and if that is too far, I would argue that coercion MUST be protected if bribery is.