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[bluetick]

Why I'm Republican and Love Obamacare - Money Talks News

http://www.moneytalksnews.com/2014/01/2 ... obamacare/

The title is a little misleading... imo she merely likes it, with reservations. But the points she makes are all valid and well-stated.

[Johnette's Daddy]

Why I'm Republican and Love Obamacare - Money Talks News

http://www.moneytalksnews.com/2014/01/2 ... obamacare/

The title is a little misleading... imo she merely likes it, with reservations. But the points she makes are all valid and well-stated.

Well, considering that it's a Republican conceived program . . .

[Toemeesleather]

You can't make this sh!!t up. Global warming to cause more murders....


http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencen ... z2uH4N2dvC

[bluetick]

Hot Under the Collar: Study Links Climate Change to Rising Tempers - Fox News

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/08/ ... crime-war/

There's more crime in the summer than any other season, according to data from any and all agencies that record that kind of stuff. So if there is MORE summer over the next century, then a reasonable person could infer th--

nah, never mind

[Professor Tiger]

So, getting away from gay sexuality . . .

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/crime/ ... 224702.php

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes said Tuesday the state intends to appeal a federal judge's decision that struck down key parts of the state's polygamy laws.

Officials had been saying the decision was pending. But on Tuesday, Reyes confirmed his plan is to challenge the December ruling.

The Dec. 13 ruling was a victory for the polygamous family that stars in the TLC reality TV show "Sister Wives." Kody Brown and his four wives sued Utah in 2011 after a county prosecutor threatened to charge them under the state's bigamy law. They live in Las Vegas.

Reyes said he's waiting for the judge to issue a final order on the ruling before he makes his final decision. The ruling isn't in jeopardy of being changed, but it has yet to become official because of several unresolved, procedural issues.

It's too soon to say whether his office would seek additional funds or outside attorneys for the appeal, Reyes said. The state is already spending up to $300,000 to bring in outside attorneys to defend its same-sex marriage ban before a federal appeals court.

One of the procedural issues holding up the case has been settled now that the Browns have decided it won't ask the courts to be paid back for costs incurred when they fled Utah to Nevada.

Jonathan Turley, the Browns' Washington, D.C.-based attorney, said the family only wants a federal judge in Utah to finalize the ruling. The family reserved the right to ask for attorney's fees.

Turley said having to leave their homes in Utah cost the family at least $200,000. That includes money lost by having to leave jobs and the costs of health care and moving, he said. But Turley said in an email that the Browns didn't want to make the case only about them or their personal sacrifices.

"Plural families across Utah have faced losses under the threat of this law," Turley said. "This was never about money for them; it was about principle."

The Dec. 13 decision by U.S. District Judge Clark Waddoups was a landmark decision and a victory for the Browns, who sued Utah in 2011 after a county prosecutor threatened to charge them under the state's bigamy law. Waddoups said a provision in Utah's bigamy law forbidding cohabitation with another person violated the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees the freedom of religion.

The ruling decriminalizes polygamy, but bigamy — holding marriage licenses with multiple partners — is still illegal. Utah's law was considered stricter than the laws in 49 other states because of the cohabitation clause.

If the ruling stands, Utah's law would be identical to most other states that prohibit people from having multiple marriage licenses. In most polygamous families in Utah, the man is legally married to one woman but only "spiritually married" to the others.

Kody and his wives — Meri, Janelle, Christine and Robyn — said they hope the landmark ruling stands and enables other polygamous families in Utah to live openly without fearing prosecution.

The family's decision not to ask to be paid back was first reported by FOX affiliate KSTU in Salt Lake City.

If we are going to redefine marriage, then why not legalize polygamy, polyandry, polyamory and bigamy? I'm sure practitioners of these alternative lifestyles all love each other and deserve equal state recognition too.

[hedge]

Why not indeed?

[aTm]

The government should recognize none of the above and allow them all.

[Johnette's Daddy]

Reid Fontaine, Michael Jones Accused of Sexually Abusing Cows

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/2 ... 40560.html

HERKIMER COUNTY , N.Y., Feb. 24 (UPI) -- Farmers may want to keep an eye on their cows in New York state’s Herkimer County.
A farmer allegedly took surveillance footage of Michael Jones, 35, and Reid Fontaine, 31, interacting in inappropriate ways with his dairy cows in a barn.

Jones and Fontaine were charged with sexual misconduct after the farmer reportedly taped Jones when he was recording Fontaine while he tried to have sex with numerous cows.

According to CNY Central, the farmer became suspicious because “his cows appeared anxious and were not producing normally.”

The charges may become a moot point because both men were released with appearance tickets.


Read more: http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2014/02/24/ ... z2uLSrN7HT

(I took the headline from HuffPo and the story from UPI)

[Professor Tiger]

Who are we to pass judgement on those farmers? What happens in the privacy of one's bedr.. er... I mean... cattle stall... is none of our business. I say, get the government out of the milking machines. What happens in the barn should stay in the barn.

Society has discriminated against bovine love far too long. Let's get out of our old-fashioned bigotry and join the 21st century people.

[hedge]

"Let's get out of our old-fashioned bigotry and join the 21st century people."

Speak for yourself...

[billy bob bocephus]

he was

[hedge]

"Let's"? "Our"?

[aTm]

I see no reason why existing animal cruelty laws, rape laws, or statutory rape laws, need to be changed at all. Several adults willingly cohabitating, or having sex with each other, or two adult dudes cohabitating and willingly having sex with each other, is not the same thing, nor does it need the same regulation, as two dumbfucks going out and fucking Old McDonald's cows.

[Toemeesleather]

It's all good.

[bluetick]

umm....hold the mayo on that hamburger, please

[Big Orange Junky]

Tick, you ready to admit that you could have been wrong about me losing my insurance because of Obamacare? There has certainly been enough publicity about it. I was one of those that lost a great plan because I didn't have it before that magic date in 2011, even though the plan hasn't changed since 2011.

Of course the Emperor came out later and said if they haven't already done away with my plan I could keep it for one more year, so I am lucky and was able to keep it this year. I will lose it 2015 though, he only gave me a one year reprieve.

Oh I have even more uninsured so far this year than last, I thought that was supposed to be over?

[hedge]

" I will lose it 2015 though, he only gave me a one year reprieve."

Maybe if you would lose 215 lbs. and get down close to the average weight for a man your age and height, the insurance company would give you a reprieve. Having to insure walking heart attacks like yourself costs everyone money...

[billy bob bocephus]

obviously, a classic example of projection

[hedge]

If you are referring to BOJ's belly, then yes...

[sardis]

The drip...drip...drip

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/ ... story.html