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(Dawson?) Folks seem to be saying that this ruling takes away a future (GOP) POTUS's ability to stop the subsidies administratively. -- nm - ty97 Jun 25, 07:45 6
- you get an executive order ! and YOU get an executive order ! and You get . . . -- nm - Oprah ! Jun 25, 08:26
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  - I saw a couple of comments on it from different people. Will post if I see a fleshed out argument article pop up today (I expect a few will) -- nm - ty97 Jun 25, 07:49
- Why would a GOP President do this administratively when (in all probability) it could be done legislatively? -- nm* - Roger More Jun 25, 07:47 2
  - Easier? Cover for all the GOP in Congress (provides cover, they don't have to vote)? In case the Dems win the Senate? -- nm - ty97 Jun 25, 07:48 1
    - I don't know what the Senate will look like in 2016, but the GOP in Congress want to vote against it. -- nm - Roger More Jun 25, 07:56
Was just about to go get my drivers license renewed - Todd Manning Jun 25, 07:41 1
- I'm happy for you, buddy -- nm - prayformojo Jun 25, 07:47
I know it's all-SCOTUS all the time...but I have to say - looks like someone woke up Jason Heyward this month. - Jim Jun 25, 07:41 11
- The one nice thing about him, is he plays great defense, so even if he is not hitting, you have that. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 25, 07:47 5
  - But great defense doesn't make me a profit on my autographed 1/10 card! - Will Hunting Jun 25, 07:48 4
    - how much? -- nm - groiny Jun 25, 07:49 3
      - I paid $8 for it back when he was tearing up the minors. I got a 1/10 and a 1/50....I gave David a normal one -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 25, 07:50 2
        
        what do you want for it? -- nm - groiny Jun 25, 07:52 1
        
        I'll look up some comps, but probably won't be interested in selling. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 25, 07:55
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  - Dude, who you telling? I see Destiny shit all day here...then I go home and it's all Destiny all the time at home too. - Jim Jun 25, 07:45 3
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      - it is now Batman Arkham! -- nm - groiny Jun 25, 07:49
    - gjallarhorn!!!!! -- nm - groiny Jun 25, 07:46
Look, all I'm saying is that if gay marriage is legalized, we are going to have one heck of a Halloween this year. -- nm - Lady AnteRoo Jun 25, 07:39 1
- ST Gay Wedding!! -- nm - Bacon Jun 25, 07:40
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- I really hope they drop it tomorrow and don't drag it out any longer. -- nm - Krusty Jun 25, 07:43 1
  - I'm concerned for the consequences. I mean, glitter bombs going off in the streets... Parades... It'll be fabulous. - Mop Jun 25, 07:46
- We needed a reason to drink this weekend. - ty97 Jun 25, 07:38
Dawson, I wonder if Kennedy might be 'evolving' on his civil rights views -- (link) - ty97 Jun 25, 07:26 1
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Where is MDH? I just can't. -- (link) - ty97 Jun 25, 07:24 1
- Oh I have and love that gif. -- nm - MDH Jun 25, 07:27
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- How soon after they write their decision/opinion is it announced? - Mop Jun 25, 07:44 1
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- You are confident he has gay marriage? Or is that like 80%+ likely? -- nm - ty97 Jun 25, 07:29 2
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    - Interesting, thanks! -- nm - ty97 Jun 25, 07:39
- Why would he be given so many high profile cases in such a short time? -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 25, 07:24 3
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    - So, wouldn't it stand to reason if he's got the gay marriage case, that it's 5-4 equality? - Will Hunting Jun 25, 07:30 1
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Bwahahahaha -- (link) - ty97 Jun 25, 07:21 2
- Phenomenal -- nm - David Jun 25, 07:27
- snarky -- nm - decline Jun 25, 07:23
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- He's not wrong, given that he's performed those same somersaults himself. -- nm - Mop Jun 25, 07:34
- That's a pretty serious case of self-delusion he's got going. -- nm - TWuG Jun 25, 07:25 1
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- From someone who never twists the law to match his personal feelings, I thi......fuck it, I am laughing to hard to finish -- nm - ty97 Jun 25, 07:23
- great googly moogly -- nm - Inside Out Pippy Jun 25, 07:23
- Wow. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 25, 07:21
SCOTUS: June 26, 2013 was the DOMA ruling, please keep this day happy for me. -- nm - MDH Jun 25, 07:19
Spawn, which part did you mean by the "extended roof sequence"? -- nm - Ender Jun 25, 07:19
Had to pop over to the other office just now and walked past Michael Palin, which reminds me the new version of The Clangers is great. - LMS Jun 25, 07:18 2
- Do you just walk by and not say anything? I don't think I could do that, especially with him. - Krusty Jun 25, 07:44 1
  - It was just a little smile at each other to acknowledge I recognised him, I've spotted him around a few times. -- nm* - LMS Jun 25, 07:58
From the majority opinion: "Congress passed the Affordable Care Act to improve health insurance markets, not to destroy them." -- nm - ty97 Jun 25, 07:16
ST CTTP Poll: Of the 13 declared GOP candidates, how many will call (anew) for a full repeal of Obamacare before end of day today? -- nm - ty97 Jun 25, 07:14 5
- shfifty-five -- nm - Baron Bing Bong Jun 25, 07:19
- 16 of them. -- nm - TWuG Jun 25, 07:16 1
  - *snort* -- nm - Inside Out Pippy Jun 25, 07:21
- 13 of them if they want to get passed their primary into the general. - Bacon Jun 25, 07:15 1
  - I think Kasich comes out in force with his support for how his state embraced it. - Will Hunting Jun 25, 07:17
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- How many of them would actually do something to repeal it if elected? -- nm - Mop Jun 25, 07:39
- hahahaha (see above) -- nm - ty97 Jun 25, 07:14
- I think they will campaign on getting rid of it harder now. Just my two cents -- nm - Bacon Jun 25, 07:14
- "the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result" -- nm - decline Jun 25, 07:13 1
  - (That assumes the expected result is an actual appeal and not to just bitch about stuff.) -- nm* - Ender Jun 25, 07:17
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- Should be released on the 4th of July. - Bacon Jun 25, 07:14
- I think I'm pretty much guaranteed to cry regardless of how that's decided. - TWuG Jun 25, 07:13 1
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  - I'd love for it to be tomorrow (if a positive outcome). Would make for an amazing weekend. -- (edited) - ty97 Jun 25, 07:16 2
    - if it's tomorrow and positive you should go get married this weekend!! -- nm - decline Jun 25, 07:16 1
      - I could doe a Britney style 24 hours marriage now if I wanted to. For me, this is about my brother and his partner. - ty97 Jun 25, 07:18
- Nice. Get that out of the way and have a big party this weekend! -- nm - Krusty Jun 25, 07:12
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- UnitedHealth, Aetna, Anthem all leap higher on ruling. -- nm - Baron Bing Bong Jun 25, 07:23
- YES!!! Suck it Dawson! Suck it hard, buddy! -- nm - Krusty Jun 25, 07:10 7
  - I think you are confused -- (link) - ty97 Jun 25, 07:10 6
    - Heh. :-) - Krusty Jun 25, 07:11 5
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        Me too. - spamlet Jun 25, 07:15 1
        
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        I was very nervous about this one. Glad they did the right and logical thing -- nm - ty97 Jun 25, 07:13 1
        
        word. -- nm - decline Jun 25, 07:14
- So, Scalia is going to have a really bad day? -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 25, 07:10 1
  - yup. -- nm - decline Jun 25, 07:10
- 6-3, impressive. Cons are really going to hate CJ now. -- nm - ty97 Jun 25, 07:09 6
  - Wow. -- nm - Kim Pine Jun 25, 07:11
  - Six are the Chief, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan. -- nm - decline Jun 25, 07:11 2
    - All I needed to see was 6-3 to uphold and I knew that :) - ty97 Jun 25, 07:12 1
      - well, we're not all as smart as you ty - decline Jun 25, 07:13
  - Wow... -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 25, 07:10 1
    - And he wrote it. -- nm - ty97 Jun 25, 07:11
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I'm pretty sure Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and Superfudge forged some of my childhood. - JaxSean Jun 25, 07:06 4
- Yup -- nm - znufrii Jun 25, 07:18
- Same here. I must have read those books 50 times each. -- nm - kelly Jun 25, 07:16
- Mine too. And my wife is Sheila the Great. -- nm - Roger More Jun 25, 07:10 1
  - get tickets for her and you to come! they're free - but limited -- (link) - Andie Jun 25, 07:17
ooohhh, Texas Housing. -- nm - ty97 Jun 25, 07:02 17
- 5500 sqft, 5 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms seems a bit small for a single couple, even at $200K. -- nm - Random House Hunters twat Jun 25, 07:08 2
  - I love the Buying Alaska ... "We're 25, and our budget is 800k." - Will Hunting Jun 25, 07:28
  - "and i was hoping for a bigger yard.... " -- nm - Andie Jun 25, 07:24
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  - Based on the reaction (yours and others) to Kennedy's vote in this case, it sounds like it was a logical bet for them. - ty97 Jun 25, 07:08 1
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  - So, did the left or the right win this? - Will Hunting Jun 25, 07:05 4
    - justice Thomas dissents, as does Alito (joined by Chief, Scalia, -- nm - ty97 Jun 25, 07:05 2
      - (those words make me giddy) -- nm - ty97 Jun 25, 07:06 1
        
        If it ended with the words, "And now retire from the court." I'd be giddy. -- nm - Krusty Jun 25, 07:07
    - The left. -- nm - Krusty Jun 25, 07:05
  - I was expecting it to go the other way considering his opinion on things like affirmative action. Nice win for the left here. -- nm - Krusty Jun 25, 07:05
  - When I saw 5-4, was sure it was going the other way -- nm - ty97 Jun 25, 07:05 1
    - Yup. -- nm - Krusty Jun 25, 07:05
- Hmmm, is Kennedy getting liberaler as he ages? -- nm - ty97 Jun 25, 07:03
Scrotal Recall: I get they were trying to be cheeky, and once you're in the show it takes about 5 minutes to understand why the title is what it is.. - prayformojo Jun 25, 06:47 6
- Cougar Town! -- nm - Spawn Jun 25, 07:00
- The title screams juvenile raunch-fest, but it's really quite sweet. The season finale is one of my favorite episodes of anything ever. -- nm - Dano Jun 25, 06:56 3
  - i watched the finale twice. in a row. -- nm - Andie Jun 25, 06:58 1
    - Me too..... and then once again a few days later. -- nm - Dano Jun 25, 07:00
  - they really do a good job of setting up the characters in the pilot. And yeah, the tone (at least of the first episode) is completely contrary to what - prayformojo Jun 25, 06:57
- memorable though... -- nm - Andie Jun 25, 06:51
Reason editor: how the Feds "asked" me to rat out commenters -- (link) - ML Jun 25, 06:39
Today's Humans of New York is just cute. -- (link) - Andie Jun 25, 06:37
Citing Ben Affleck’s ‘Improper Influence,’ PBS Suspends ‘Finding Your Roots’ -- (link) - ML Jun 25, 06:30
Jack, your response (it was SCOTUS and bad Dem wording!) is exactly what I expect. - ty97 Jun 25, 06:30 16
- I expect people to see that they had healthcare and now they don't. I expect them to see that the GOP brought the suit and are the ones that want them - Krusty Jun 25, 06:38 10
  - Here's a good spot to ask 2 questions. - Strongbad Jun 25, 06:40 9
    - I'd like to put a 2 cent sentence in: My healthcare costs went up after ACA - it had been going up anyway every year - Inside Out Pippy Jun 25, 06:45 2
      - My ACA costs went up by almost 50% last year. I never had an increase like that when I was getting it through my job. - Krusty Jun 25, 06:49
      - I agree. - Strongbad Jun 25, 06:47
    - About 8-11 million, nearly 25% have healthcare that previously didn't. I don't know the answer to the second but I'm trying to find one. -- nm - Krusty Jun 25, 06:44 5
      - Thanks. I've been wondering about #2 for a while. Never seen a number. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 25, 06:45 2
        
        I posit that if the number were significant, we'd know. There's a reason we only heard about specific example cases in the furor. - ty97 Jun 25, 07:01
        
        I don't know of anyone that lost coverage but I'm sure plenty did or just can't afford the increase in costs. -- nm - Krusty Jun 25, 06:50
      - That was through 2014. The numbers should be higher after the new enrollment period earlier this year. -- nm - Krusty Jun 25, 06:45 1
        
        With the medicaid expansion made optional it hurt the overall enrollment and lowered the number of people to be covered. That was a big mistake and - Krusty Jun 25, 06:47
- I keep comparing Obamacare to No Child Left Behind. The Dems have worked with the Republicans to try and fix NCLB - amoxy Jun 25, 06:32
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  - I do think that at all. I never once said he would do a thing. I think the media and other politicians will make sure everyone knows this was caused - Krusty Jun 25, 06:37 1
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wind -- nm - volnelk Jun 25, 06:29 1
- oops. It's early. -- nm - volnelk Jun 25, 06:29
Word. -- nm - Jim Jun 25, 06:25 3
- Dust -- nm - amoxy Jun 25, 06:27 2
  - in -- nm - call me Ishmael Jun 25, 06:28 1
    - side -- nm - amoxy Jun 25, 06:30

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