Interesting. So THAT'S what it feels like when your skin crawls. I've always wondered. Not pleasant.
Supposedly, the boxy woman seen here grabbing Jessica's rear end is Justin's cousin and long-time personal assistant. Some optimistic lesbians have theorized that the arrangement is a favor to his cousin. Of course he does get some good publicity from the coupling, and if he is bearding it might be so he can play the field while maintaining a good-boy image.
Wow! So this is what a modern Tea Party looks like!
I had the same thought! And if it was please tell me it wasn't from 1995-1999 that this happened!
I lived in Minnesota when she won her congressional seat. I have always thought of this woman as having an absolute one track mind--save Minnesota from the gays. And now she wants to save the whole country. This is not a part of her agenda, this is her whole agenda. That she can be taken seriously as a candidate makes me queasy. She should get as much serious support from the media as David Duke. Speaking of which...didn't you guys say he may run again? Ugh. Maybe Satan IS nigh.
It must be, right?
Holy shit, I know this place! The wife and I were picking up some cheap wine at the World Market nearby and thought it was cool and kind of unusual that this Starbucks was being used as a gathering place for so many immigrant men! I'm going to point my conspiracy theory finger at the management of Office Depot (I think) which was under construction when we were last there, and has probably opened only recently.
Braincandy!
It's been a while since I took crim law, but my recollection is that there is an affirmative defense to first degree murder (sometimes called heat of passion) which mitigates an otherwise first-degree murder conviction down to a second-degree murder conviction. So in those cases, there WAS premeditation, but because of the emotional nature of the circumstances, they are convicted under the lesser charge. From what I saw in the video above, the shots were taken fairly coolly. That might make all the difference. I have not looked at Oklahoma law.
Counterpoint: Lady Gaga. Hardly ambiguous!
Facebook responds a la Pee Wee Herman: "I know you are, but what am I?"
Well it's obvious from the picture why they need a lifeguard.
I'm a peanut allergic person, and I don't really think I'd have a severe reaction because the person next to me was eating peanuts. I do sometimes end up with rashes on my hands and wrists on peanut-serving planes, which may be caused by the crumbs on the tray and magazines from the person who sat in the seat before me. I can definitely see a severely allergic person getting into big trouble if they somehow managed to ingest a crumb. You'd think the absolute worst place to put anaphylactic shock to the test would be in steel tube flying thousands of feet above a hospital. I hope the peanut planes stock a lot of EpiPens. The two I carry would give me 30 minutes to get to an ER.
But the thing that really pisses me off? There's nothing for me to eat on the goddamn flight!
But the thing that really pisses me off? There's nothing for me to eat on the goddamn flight!
@KnaveOfDiamonds: I think the ACLU is right to be very guarded about these laws. Laws restricting speech usually pass with the most odious forms of speech in mind without thinking of the consequences to other more valuable forms of speech. Very few of even the most liberal of us have any problem with putting WBC in their place.
The problem is the law applies to everybody not just WBC. It's hard to think of an example where people should be allowed to picket near a funeral, but this is the best I can come up with on the spot--Should people protesting police and police violence be prohibited from gathering outside the funeral or funeral procession of a man who was shot by police? Since the law can't constitutionally apply to the content of the speech (i.e. a law only prohibiting picketing offensive to the deceased's family could not be enacted), the law would apply equally in this case as well.
Just something to think about--and something that's valuable to make the constitutional scholars in our courts think about.
The problem is the law applies to everybody not just WBC. It's hard to think of an example where people should be allowed to picket near a funeral, but this is the best I can come up with on the spot--Should people protesting police and police violence be prohibited from gathering outside the funeral or funeral procession of a man who was shot by police? Since the law can't constitutionally apply to the content of the speech (i.e. a law only prohibiting picketing offensive to the deceased's family could not be enacted), the law would apply equally in this case as well.
Just something to think about--and something that's valuable to make the constitutional scholars in our courts think about.
@mr_bannana: I hope it does. The WBC really does test the boundaries of acceptable free speech, and that's how constitutional law is made.
@KnaveOfDiamonds: Probably, but it's complicated, and it hasn't really been tested yet. It's similar in a lot of respects to laws limiting the area that you can protest outside medical clinics (specifically abortion clinics) and private residences. It's generally what they call a valid "time manner place" restriction on speech--one that doesn't target the content of the speech. As long as the "bubble" isn't too big so as to place too big a blanket around free speech, the law is generally constitutional.
Of course WBC is going to be able to produce a lot of evidence that the legislative purpose of the bill is to target them, so they might be able to convince a judge that this is an invalid content-based speech restriction after all.
Of course WBC is going to be able to produce a lot of evidence that the legislative purpose of the bill is to target them, so they might be able to convince a judge that this is an invalid content-based speech restriction after all.
Ack! This means that the student law review article I wrote and gave up on trying to have published would actually have been relevant!
@Titaniumbelt: It has in many states.
@Z und Vielpunkt's chick: Also, "bi creep urines," which makes me think his parents may be prescient about the scandal that will eventually unseat him.
@Chris Braak: No, but it is an anagram for "urine beer pics" which makes me think his parents were prescient about facebook.
