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Fried Chicken: Jan 9, 2011; Don't fry me, I'm no chicken!

Hooded Reptile posted:

The republican party is on the ropes , you got donald trump leading ffs. do something

Want me to mix you a whiskey sour?

# ? Oct 10, 2015 01:09

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# ? May 24, 2024 07:34

Cabbit: Jul 19, 2001; _{Is that everything you have?}

Star Man posted:

I just looked up what krokodil was and JESUS loving CHRIST

Yeah, uh, don't do this. Don't ever do this.

# ? Oct 10, 2015 01:11

Fried Chicken: Jan 9, 2011; Don't fry me, I'm no chicken!

euphronius posted:

How close are we to USAian and Russian troops shooting at each other. It feels like it's getting closer.

Not as close as in Kosovo or Georgia

# ? Oct 10, 2015 01:11

Rent-A-Cop: Oct 15, 2004; I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

GhostofJohnMuir posted:

Did Russia ever fix it's counter-terrorism program, or is the strategy still to just shoot the hostage?

And then burn down the town the hostage was from.

# ? Oct 10, 2015 01:13

A Winner is Jew: Feb 14, 2008; by exmarx

Rent-A-Cop posted:

And then burn down the town the hostage was from.

Worked for the Romans....

# ? Oct 10, 2015 01:19

Hollismason: Jun 30, 2007; An alright dude.

Cabbit posted:

Yeah, uh, don't do this. Don't ever do this.

It's not that bad.

# ? Oct 10, 2015 01:48

HappyHippo: Nov 19, 2003; Do you have an Air Miles Card?

Star Man posted:

I just looked up what krokodil was and JESUS loving CHRIST

Now do a google image search.

# ? Oct 10, 2015 01:48

Gin and Juche: Apr 3, 2008; The Highest Judge of Paradise
Shiki Eiki
YAMAXANADU

A Winner is Jew posted:

Worked for the Romans....

Don't y'all wanna get down with cheburashka and krokodil Gena?

# ? Oct 10, 2015 01:55

GalacticAcid: Apr 8, 2013; NEW YORK VALUES

The Pittsburgh Post Gazette ran an interesting article today about a local gay couple. One adopted the other in order to approximate some of the legal protections that marriage offers, and now they're screwed.

quote:

But they�re facing one of their biggest challenges now, just as couples like them have gained the right to marry. Because there�s a complication: While they�ve been partners for 45 years, they�ve been father and son for the past three.

Mr. Esposito, who is 78, adopted 68-year-old Mr. Bosee in 2012. In the days before same-sex marriage was legal, some gay and lesbian couples took that step to give their relationship a legal stature they were otherwise denied. And while Mr. Esposito and Mr. Bosee never thought they�d be apart, they also never believed the law would let them be together.

�We thought never in our lifetime � or in 20 lifetimes � would same-sex marriage happen,� said Mr. Bosee.

It did, of course. But while same-sex couples can get married, parents and children cannot. And when the couple petitioned Allegheny County Judge Lawrence O�Toole to dissolve the adoption this summer, he ruled the state�s adoption law didn�t allow him to do so.

...

Adult adoptions have long been used for purposes like assuring inheritance rights, or formalizing ties to stepchildren. For same-sex couples, it also provided legal rights they couldn�t obtain any other way. While it�s impossible to gauge how often adoption has been used for that purpose, those who�ve done so include famed civil rights activist Bayard Rustin.

It often wasn�t an easy choice. �The sad part is many people were driven to adoption for fear that the significance of their relationship would be challenged by other family members,� said American University law professor Nancy Polikoff.

�We�ve never had an issue with bigotry,� said Mr. Bosee. He and Mr. Esposito �almost go out of our way not to raise flags� about their sexual orientation, he added, joking they�d come out to loved ones �by osmosis.�

They decided to pursue adoption in 2012, when they were revising their wills and the cost of
discrimination became clear. Inheritance tax is 4 percent when a bequest is made to a family member, but 15 percent for property bequeathed to non-relatives.

Beyond the money, said Mr. Esposito, �We felt we lacked a family of our own. That was mainly what it was about.�

While the men had to provide testimonials that adoption was in Mr. Bosee�s best interest, they said the process was simple. It was only afterwards that things got complicated.

# ? Oct 10, 2015 02:06

Star Man: Jun 1, 2008; There's a star maaaaaan
Over the rainbow

HappyHippo posted:

Now do a google image search.

Google did it for me in the web search.

# ? Oct 10, 2015 02:12

Islam is the Lite Rock FM: Jul 27, 2007; by exmarx

HappyHippo posted:

Now do a google image search.

Was krokodil the flesh eating one or the mega benzo that lasted for a week?

# ? Oct 10, 2015 02:15

Mc Do Well: Aug 2, 2008; by FactsAreUseless

euphronius posted:

How close are we to USAian and Russian troops shooting at each other. It feels like it's getting closer.

Getting closer and closer, day after day - for years.

Zeno's Anxiety

# ? Oct 10, 2015 02:16

gameFAQsspinoffETI: Oct 4, 2015; by Lowtax

Is there any chance of Mary Landrieu going for vitters seat when he runs for governor? I miss her.

# ? Oct 10, 2015 02:24

Cabbit: Jul 19, 2001; _{Is that everything you have?}

DemeaninDemon posted:

Was krokodil the flesh eating one or the mega benzo that lasted for a week?

Flesh eating.

# ? Oct 10, 2015 02:35

FlamingLiberal: Jan 18, 2009; Would you like to play a game?

DemeaninDemon posted:

Was krokodil the flesh eating one or the mega benzo that lasted for a week?

The former

# ? Oct 10, 2015 02:35

gameFAQsspinoffETI: Oct 4, 2015; by Lowtax

DemeaninDemon posted:

Was krokodil the flesh eating one or the mega benzo that lasted for a week?

latter = phenazepam

# ? Oct 10, 2015 02:36

WhiskeyJuvenile: Feb 15, 2002; by Nyc_Tattoo

the joose is loose

# ? Oct 10, 2015 03:10

Captain_Maclaine: Sep 30, 2001; Every moment that I'm alive, I pray for death!

WhiskeyJuvenile posted:

the joose is loose

*blacks out for a week, wakes up with a wrecked car, a lost job, and five new pianos*

# ? Oct 10, 2015 03:12

gameFAQsspinoffETI: Oct 4, 2015; by Lowtax

Captain_Maclaine posted:

*blacks out for a week, wakes up with a wrecked car, a lost job, and five new pianos*

always with the piano meme. was there actually a tcc goon who bought multiple pianos under the influence?

# ? Oct 10, 2015 03:32

Islam is the Lite Rock FM: Jul 27, 2007; by exmarx

Cabbit posted:

Flesh eating.

My apologies. I get my ultra hardcore drugs confused.

Also I dunno about pianos but the one who totally destroyed his life was funny poo poo.

# ? Oct 10, 2015 03:42

Rent-A-Cop: Oct 15, 2004; I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

gameFAQsspinoffETI posted:

was there actually a tcc goon who bought multiple pianos under the influence?

Yup.

# ? Oct 10, 2015 03:48

ComradeCosmobot: Dec 4, 2004; USPOL July

Mother Jones just won a lawsuit defending against defamation charges stemming from a GOP bundler who wanted to hide his history of homophobia.

# ? Oct 10, 2015 03:49

Bob Ojeda: Apr 15, 2008; I AM A WHINY LITTLE EMOTIONAL BITCH BABY WITH NO SENSE OF HUMOR

IF YOU SEE ME POSTING REMIND ME TO SHUT THE FUCK UP

I thought it was only a single grand piano?

W/e funny either way

# ? Oct 10, 2015 03:49

gameFAQsspinoffETI: Oct 4, 2015; by Lowtax

Lmao, anyone have a link?

Edit: Also someone please tell me Landrieu will try to replace vitter

# ? Oct 10, 2015 03:50

Captain_Maclaine: Sep 30, 2001; Every moment that I'm alive, I pray for death!

gameFAQsspinoffETI posted:

always with the piano meme. was there actually a tcc goon who bought multiple pianos under the influence?

Shasta Orange Soda posted:

Oh Jesus. I had exactly two beers with some eyeballed phenaz on Sunday night. All I remember is hanging out with my roommate, listening to music, and playing video games.

I don't remember this, but I woke up from my benzo sleep for a little while on Monday morning (8:30, according to my computer) and went on eBay. I used the Buy It Now option for an Apple 3GS 16GB unlocked/jailbroken iPhone for $700!! gently caress! It looks like I didn't pay for it, though (or maybe I tried to and didn't have enough in my account), so I'm going to try and get out of it.

iPhones are sorta cool and it makes sense that I'd want one, but I also placed a $50$100.00 bid on a Vose & Sons Antique Grand Upright Piano and only lost because it wasn't enough for the reserve. Yeah. I've never known how to play an instrument in my life, don't have room for a piano, and a million other reasons why that bid was a bad idea.

Apparently, after placing those bids, I went back to sleep for another 8 or 9 hours.

I really can't get over how supremely retarded all of this was. And the topper is that the phenaz afterglow lasts so long that I didn't realize any of this until 36 hours after it happened!

Things only go down hill from there.

gameFAQsspinoffETI posted:

Lmao, anyone have a link?

Edit: Also someone please tell me Landrieu will try to replace vitter

The first Joose thread.
The second.

But as fun as this is, we should probably derail no further.

# ? Oct 10, 2015 03:52

gameFAQsspinoffETI: Oct 4, 2015; by Lowtax

Captain_Maclaine posted:

Things only go down hill from there.

The first Joose thread.
The second.

But as fun as this is, we should probably derail no further.

lmfao!! haha thanks

# ? Oct 10, 2015 03:59

CommieGIR: Aug 22, 2006; The blue glow is a feature, not a bug; Pillbug

Apparently this weekend is a big open carry protest against mosques and Muslim communities.

Oh, America, you assholes.

# ? Oct 10, 2015 04:04

30.5 Days: Nov 19, 2006

ComradeCosmobot posted:

Mother Jones just won a lawsuit defending against defamation charges stemming from a GOP bundler who wanted to hide his history of homophobia.

Frank VanderSloot is a homophobic pedophilia apologist.

# ? Oct 10, 2015 04:30

Ofaloaf: Feb 15, 2013

CommieGIR posted:

Apparently this weekend is a big open carry protest against mosques and Muslim communities.

Oh, America, you assholes.

Yeah, saw on the news earlier today that someone's gonna go into Dearborn and protest the existence of Muslims or something. It's dumb and embarrassing.

# ? Oct 10, 2015 04:35

icantfindaname: Jul 1, 2008

GhostofJohnMuir posted:

Did Russia ever fix it's counter-terrorism program, or is the strategy still to just shoot the hostage?

something something death solves all problems, etc

# ? Oct 10, 2015 04:40

Islam is the Lite Rock FM: Jul 27, 2007; by exmarx

Ofaloaf posted:

Yeah, saw on the news earlier today that someone's gonna go into Dearborn and protest the existence of Muslims or something. It's dumb and embarrassing.

The mosque dudes should greet them with firearms and invite them all to the nearest shooting range.

# ? Oct 10, 2015 04:45

Nonsense: Jan 26, 2007

You can't just protest liberal gun control, you have to also insult the Muslim community that helped build the car industry.

# ? Oct 10, 2015 04:50

Rhesus Pieces: Jun 27, 2005

CommieGIR posted:

Apparently this weekend is a big open carry protest against mosques and Muslim communities.

Oh, America, you assholes.

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/10/06/3709728/american-muslims-brace-for-protests/

quote:

A similar page for a protest in Charleston, South Carolina calls Islam an �evil cult,� and a Kentucky-based group asks �fellow Patriots, Veterans, Bikers, Rednecks and Good Ol Boys� to join them outside a local Muslim community center, along with supporters in other �open carry states."

So basically a heavily-armed Klan meeting with camos instead of white hoods?

quote:

The Global Rally for Humanity Facebook page includes several videos from Jon Ritzheimer, a former U.S. Marine who helped organize the Phoenix protest. In one video, Ritzheimer calls for supporters to rally outside of �any Muslim establishment� on October 10 � including CAIR buildings � before holding up a Quran and shooting a hole through it with a handgun. He posted a similar video to YouTube in July, where he ranted about the tragic murders in Chattanooga, Tennessee at the hands of a Muslim man. He then placed a copy of the Quran on the desert floor and shot it multiple times with a semi-automatic weapon and a handgun.

�And of course I�m going to tell everybody to utilize your Second Amendment [rights while attending the rallies], in case we come under that much-anticipated attack,� Ritzheimer says in one of his videos. �I�m an atheist, but there�s one religion out there that�s continuing its attack against humanity � Islam.�

What a xenophobic child. He's openly begging for some non-existent extremist to show up and attack him so he can act out his demented murder fantasy.

This guy really needs professional help.

# ? Oct 10, 2015 04:52

Monkey Fracas: Sep 11, 2010; ...but then you get to the end and a gorilla starts throwing barrels at you!; Grimey Drawer

DemeaninDemon posted:

The mosque dudes should greet them with firearms and invite them all to the nearest shooting range.

I don't think anything but the joy of shooting apart an old washing machine could bring these people together

It just might work, you never know

I will start the Society For Peace and Understanding Through Violence Against Decommissioned Appliances

...SPUTVADA

need a better acronym

# ? Oct 10, 2015 04:53

Islam is the Lite Rock FM: Jul 27, 2007; by exmarx

Rhesus Pieces posted:

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/10/06/3709728/american-muslims-brace-for-protests/

So basically a heavily-armed Klan meeting with camos instead of white hoods?

What a xenophobic child. He's openly begging for some non-existent extremist to show up and attack him so he can act out his demented murder fantasy.

This guy really needs professional help.

Hope that city has ordinances against unlawful discharges of firearms!!!

# ? Oct 10, 2015 05:13

The Glumslinger: Sep 24, 2008; Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?; Hair Elf

Monkey Fracas posted:

I don't think anything but the joy of shooting apart an old washing machine could bring these people together

It just might work, you never know

I will start the Society For Peace and Understanding Through Violence Against Decommissioned Appliances

...SPUTVADA

need a better acronym

Peace and Understanding By Wasting Ammo?

# ? Oct 10, 2015 05:15

Geoff Peterson: Jan 1, 2012; by exmarx

The Glumslinger posted:

Peace and Understanding By Wasting Ammo?

Peace By Utilizing Handguns

# ? Oct 10, 2015 05:18

Absurd Alhazred: Mar 27, 2010; by Athanatos

Monkey Fracas posted:

I don't think anything but the joy of shooting apart an old washing machine could bring these people together

It just might work, you never know

I will start the Society For Peace and Understanding Through Violence Against Decommissioned Appliances

...SPUTVADA

need a better acronym

I don't know, that sounds like a legitimate name for a festival involving open carry and krokodil.

# ? Oct 10, 2015 05:28

Woof Blitzer: Dec 29, 2012; [-]

Maybe they will do opiates and cook to death in their cars. You have to stay positive.

# ? Oct 10, 2015 05:35

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# ? May 24, 2024 07:34

Tlacuache: Jul 3, 2007; Cross my heart, smack me dead, stick a lobster on my head.

Rhesus Pieces posted:

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/10/06/3709728/american-muslims-brace-for-protests/

So basically a heavily-armed Klan meeting with camos instead of white hoods?

What a xenophobic child. He's openly begging for some non-existent extremist to show up and attack him so he can act out his demented murder fantasy.

This guy really needs professional help.

I showed this story to my husband today. Turns out he knew this guy when they were kids. My mother-in-law hated him and he looked like a little dork in his elementary school year book photo.

# ? Oct 10, 2015 06:29

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