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Twitter is a fun place right now. -- nm - Volnelk Jun 26, 08:00 2
- Full of rational discussions and well-reasoned arguments? -- nm - David Jun 26, 08:02
- the *internet* is a fun place right now. - Andie Jun 26, 08:02
MAWWAIGE IS WHAT BWINGS US TOGEVAH TODAY -- nm - con_carne Jun 26, 07:59
Relatedly, our good friends are in San Francisco visiting this week (and going to the Grateful Dead concert). They're going to have *fun*. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 26, 07:56 1
- *raises eyebrow* -- nm - con_carne Jun 26, 07:58
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- I'm getting inside before the sun goes down. I have candles and a hand crank radio just in case. I'm treating this weekend like a hurricane is coming - Krusty Jun 26, 07:58
- Fear the Marrying Gays? -- nm - Beaker Jun 26, 07:56
Travis County (TX) will begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples at 10:30am - ty97 Jun 26, 07:54
How soon until a movie about this is released? -- nm - zork Jun 26, 07:54 3
- I think it'll be an HBO movie next year. -- nm - Inigo Jun 26, 07:56 2
  - Milk 2: The Milkening. -- nm - Baron Bing Bong Jun 26, 07:58
  - SyFy in 2 months. Gay Marriage vs Giant Octopus -- nm - Beaker Jun 26, 07:57
Destiny PSA : Xur has Heart of Praxic Fire, Warlocks, need to get this. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 26, 07:54 3
- Do I still not know who this is? I do not. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 26, 07:57 2
  - just looked at your setup. Man, I need to join your game and help you out...... - groiny Jun 26, 08:01
  - how many strange coins do you have? -- nm - groiny Jun 26, 07:58
My FB feed is the gayest thing going. Awesome! -- nm - Diva Jun 26, 07:53 3
- right. I didn't even think of that. it must have exploded in Rainbow. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 26, 07:57
- Gayer than "Gay! A Gay Musical" ? -- nm - Baron Bing Bong Jun 26, 07:56 1
  - it's the gayest thing since Gay went to GayTown. So very gay. And happy. :) -- nm - Diva Jun 26, 07:59
Has Scalia stroked out yet? -- nm - Reagen Jun 26, 07:51 1
- I'll make a hotdish for his wake. I can start now, if that works for him. -- nm - TWuG Jun 26, 07:53
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- You will be thrown out of 3 bars, 2 cabs and 5 beds (one of them your own) -- nm - TWuG Jun 26, 08:14
- You're going to get JackDawson level drunk. Oh, wait. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 26, 07:57
- Mojitos for Jorgito! -- nm - Baron Bing Bong Jun 26, 07:55
- not sure. you'll need to text me and lmk. -- nm - Diva Jun 26, 07:55
- I've written off to MIT to run the calculations. -- nm - Mop Jun 26, 07:54
- Vegas marriage drunk. -- nm - Inigo Jun 26, 07:54
- if you are not an 8 by noon, it is an epic fail. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 26, 07:53
- You're going to wake up married to a woman. That's how drunk :) -- nm - oblique Jun 26, 07:52 1
  - this would be the ultimate Jack Dawson story -- nm - Epiphany Jun 26, 08:04
- 15 -- nm - sycor Jun 26, 07:51
- On a scale of 1 to 10, how many hours will you spend sober this weekend? -- nm - ty97 Jun 26, 07:51 1
  - 2 -- nm - sycor Jun 26, 07:51
- 11 -- nm - Beaker Jun 26, 07:51
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- I mean, sometimes the majority are wrong. See: California in 2008 -- nm - con_carne Jun 26, 07:57
- the majority can also become the mob with pitchforks and torches. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 26, 07:51
- He is cloaca. -- nm - Diva Jun 26, 07:51
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I couldn't take it. I'm now at the court. -- nm - MDH Jun 26, 07:46 7
- yeah! *throws confetti* -- nm - Andie Jun 26, 07:50 1
  - Rainbow confetti, I assume. -- nm - zork Jun 26, 07:53
- fired -- nm - jangles Jun 26, 07:49
- Take lots of pictures for us. -- nm - David Jun 26, 07:49
- Day off: approved -- nm - con_carne Jun 26, 07:48
- I wish you and ty97 a happy life together! -- nm - Inigo Jun 26, 07:47
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- But their way of life is under attack! -- nm - con_carne Jun 26, 07:47
- For those (like me) that need to google cloaca - ty97 Jun 26, 07:44 8
  - Even snakes don't deserve to have those jerks all up in their junk. -- nm - TWuG Jun 26, 07:48
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    - Seriously a totally new word for me. -- nm - ty97 Jun 26, 07:47 5
      - It's not used often. I only knew it because I had iguanas and I read a lot about them. - Krusty Jun 26, 07:49
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        I can only imagine he realizes that the country has moves past him - ty97 Jun 26, 07:48 2
        
        I'd like to think so, but those guys will hold on to it tighter than Iraq, for far longer -- nm - Max Jun 26, 07:51 1
        
        There are still people who oppose interracial marriage, so there will always be people who are against marriage for same sex couples. - ty97 Jun 26, 07:53
Google is bringing free wi-fi to NYC starting this fall. -- (edited) - Krusty Jun 26, 07:42 4
- Umm...how strong is that wifi........ - ty97 Jun 26, 07:43 3
  - That would be a nice way to save a few bucks. It's ad supported so I'm not sure if that would ruin the experience using it as your main connection. -- nm - Krusty Jun 26, 07:47
  - probably pretty beefy, if i know Google. - colin Jun 26, 07:44 1
    - mmmm beefy -- nm - sycor Jun 26, 07:46
Congratulations Guys and Girls who like Guys and Girls who go to the same bathroom. - Mel Profit Jun 26, 07:41 2
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  - You're welcome. - Mel Profit Jun 26, 07:50
So does this mean that crazy pastor guy has to set himself on fire? That should be fun to read about. woohoo gay people getting married! - sycor Jun 26, 07:40
Congratulations, my friends. -- nm - David Jun 26, 07:39 4
- Thanks--maybe the Wolves are finally on the upswing. - ML Jun 26, 07:40 3
  - wait, the Wolves got Tyus Jones too? If they don't have a winner record next year it's all on them -- nm - decline Jun 26, 07:52 1
    - yep, Flip traded up to get him in the early 20s - ML Jun 26, 07:55
  - Not right now. The world just evolved. -- nm - David Jun 26, 07:43
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- wow, that is great -- nm - Beaker Jun 26, 07:53
- Yeah, I loved it. I had to share it on FB as soon as I read it earlier. -- nm - Krusty Jun 26, 07:51 2
  - Fuck Boulder! Krusty loves his gays!!! -- nm - Diva Jun 26, 07:57 1
    - Yeah! :-) Today, everyone is loved. Tomorrow though ... -- nm - Krusty Jun 26, 08:01
- Goddammit Bery! Do some spring cleaning! It's dusty in here! -- nm - Mop Jun 26, 07:48
- I was crying even before I read that. -- nm - zork Jun 26, 07:45 2
  - i think i am more emotional about this ruling than i was about ours. I think the SCOTUS ruling represents such a huge shift in a short time. -- nm - Andie Jun 26, 07:46 1
    - Yes, plus we always knew that it would happen here at some time fairly soon -- nm - zork Jun 26, 07:52
- There's the text dialogue at the end of some award-winning movie about this fight. -- nm - David Jun 26, 07:43 1
  - agreed. it really will be. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 26, 07:52
- that'll be on a statue someday. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 26, 07:42 1
  - Can we put it on Scalia's tombstone? -- nm - TWuG Jun 26, 07:44
- awesome - I'm stealing it for my FB post -- nm - Epiphany Jun 26, 07:41 1
  - I'm going to embrace the joy today. History will deal with him. - Mel Profit Jun 26, 07:56
- I just read that elsewhere... made me tear up a little bit. -- nm - colin Jun 26, 07:39
- I can't wait to see all the moronic knee jerk reactions to this. Also think of all the straight marriages that are ruined now!!! -- nm - Shaun Jun 26, 07:38 3
  - Just read excerpts from anyone of the four dissents. Or better yet, don't. Embrace love, ignore the discriminators, because they've lost. -- nm - ty97 Jun 26, 07:39 2
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      - Read Kennedy's opinion sure. Just not sure I want to be sullied by the dissents today. -- nm - ty97 Jun 26, 07:45
Amazon has Wool/Shift/Dust (Kindle versions) for $2.99 each today. Use those delayed shipping credits ya'll. -- (link) - ML Jun 26, 07:35
Wow. I look away from ST for a few minutes to get some work done and the world changes - oblique Jun 26, 07:33 2
- I was going to post a link to some neat, unrelated infographic but I think I'll wait for a couple of hours. -- nm - zork Jun 26, 07:46
- Right? Woo! -- nm - JaxSean Jun 26, 07:34
Great news. CA Legislature has passed the ban on personal exemptions for vaccines. -- (link) - ML Jun 26, 07:32
I just woke up. What a beautiful day. What beautiful news. -- nm - Mop Jun 26, 07:26
So, finished ready player one, now what should I read? -- nm - TRuMaN Jun 26, 07:26 10
- Destiny for Dummies -- nm - groiny Jun 26, 07:28 9
  - Domnt think I need to read that. -- nm - TRuMaN Jun 26, 07:33 5
    - you playing tonight? or are you still on the road? -- nm - groiny Jun 26, 07:35 4
      - Probably playing. A bit of game boredom has set in. Internet has been fixed hopefully though. -- nm - TRuMaN Jun 26, 07:47 3
        
        Time for some new games! - Krusty Jun 26, 07:57 1
        
        When WofT is out for Xbone, which is soon IIRC, we should be able to play. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 26, 08:02
        
        Nightfall is super simple this week, Spades and I did the 32 PoE last night, not too difficult with 2 players. - groiny Jun 26, 07:51
  - Written by me! -- nm - spaWn Jun 26, 07:31 2
    - *shards Gjallarhorn* -- nm - spaWn Jun 26, 07:31 1
      - *dismantles Corrective Measure* -- nm - Spaun Jun 26, 07:32
ty, short Ted 2. That's a bad midnight number. -- nm - Inigo Jun 26, 07:26
"The Decider" - from Time in 2012 -- (link) - prayformojo Jun 26, 07:24 1
- How prescient. -- nm - Mop Jun 26, 07:53
Dawson, did you see the Scalia footnote? - MDH Jun 26, 07:24 1
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- What is this in plain english? -- nm* - Krusty Jun 26, 07:25 13
  - from Scotusblog: Court holds that imposing an increased sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act's residual clause violates due process. - decline Jun 26, 07:29 8
    - So, that seems like another win for personal liberty... - Will Hunting Jun 26, 07:35 3
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        Alito's dissent is pretty grouchy - in the first paragraph he said that the SC has abandoned its legal principles because it's tired of the ACCA and - Roger More Jun 26, 07:49
      - Alito -- nm - Roger More Jun 26, 07:42
    - Thanks! I tried to read about it on the SCOTUS blog but it was in lawyerese. :-) -- nm* - Krusty Jun 26, 07:31 2
      - so if you get a shotgun, keep the dang barrel on it -- nm - decline Jun 26, 07:33 1
        
        Heh. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jun 26, 07:35
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    - Sounds good to me. Thanks! -- nm - Krusty Jun 26, 07:30 2
      - So I guess the 3 remaining cases on Monday and the Death Penalty one being the biggest? -- nm - eag Jun 26, 07:37 1
        
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I look forward to the Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice's rationale for ignoring SCOTUS on SSM. -- nm - TWuG Jun 26, 07:21 4
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  - I wonder if Mexico might give us a bag of trinkets if we give Texas back. -- nm - TWuG Jun 26, 07:36 2
    - don't judge the whole state on a few dummies. i like it there. - colin Jun 26, 07:40
    - hey now!! -- nm - Epiphany Jun 26, 07:40
The spread of marriage equality, in one GIF -- (link) - ty97 Jun 26, 07:20
Probably my only post of the day (meeting prep mode), but congrats to the USA on the decisions. And also, XM Radio - Road Trip Radio is my new fave. - Spawn Jun 26, 07:20
heh, too true -- (link) - decline Jun 26, 07:20
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- Congratulations humanity. I'm so happy this happened today seeing as so many major Pride celebrations are this weekend. Big hug and kiss to you JT. -- nm - zork Jun 26, 07:37
- Happy for you. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 26, 07:31
- Great post. -- nm - Inigo Jun 26, 07:26
- *thumbs up* -- nm - ty97 Jun 26, 07:24
- *tears in my eyes and a lump in my throat* - Krusty Jun 26, 07:23
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- Do we do a V sign with our fingers or is there another, preferred gesture? -- nm - zork Jun 26, 07:56
- Thanks -- nm - Sylvester Stallone Jun 26, 07:32
- Congrats! It happened so much faster than I thought it would. So glad to be wrong. -- nm - Inigo Jun 26, 07:19 2
  - There was a time I thought I'd never see *a* gay marriage in my lifetime, let alone full nationwide equality. -- nm - ty97 Jun 26, 07:21
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