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- Thu May 29, 2014 11:29 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: The California Shooting, Ideology and Mental Illness-Updated
- Replies: 48
- Views: 44576
I don't think there is an analogy between athletic training and gaming (or any other form of consumer-based entertainment), any more than there is an analogy between someone who spends at least 30 hours a week gainfully employed and someone who spends the same amount of time on gaming. They are two ...
- Wed May 28, 2014 6:22 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: The California Shooting, Ideology and Mental Illness-Updated
- Replies: 48
- Views: 44576
- Wed May 28, 2014 12:47 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: The California Shooting, Ideology and Mental Illness-Updated
- Replies: 48
- Views: 44576
- Tue May 20, 2014 10:41 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Same-sex, whole-milk marriage: 50 Shades of Gay
- Replies: 2660
- Views: 629777
Mrchigan? I woke up this morning and I was still married to my husband, BTW. You are not in compliance with Oregon state law. You must report to City Hall forthwith so that each of you can be assigned your new compulsory same-sex marriage partners. This has been black-letter gay marriage law since ...
- Tue May 20, 2014 5:41 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Same-sex, whole-milk marriage: 50 Shades of Gay
- Replies: 2660
- Views: 629777
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_States#States_with_stayed_rulings_for_same-sex_marriage Looks like we are in fact at 25, counting seven stayed rulings - with VA, UT, OK, TX, MI, ID, and MR in that camp. (The total count that this thread uses - 19 - includes DC, so we are...
- Tue May 20, 2014 3:10 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Same-sex, whole-milk marriage: 50 Shades of Gay
- Replies: 2660
- Views: 629777
Great news! Now please send all the newlywed couples to honeymoon in California. We are relaliably informed that this is guaranteed to cause massive rainfall, and the draught is fierce here. You joke, but :D I worked for the ACLU in a particular state when I was in law school and participated in th...
- Mon Apr 21, 2014 8:50 pm
- Forum: Golfimbul's Rabbit Hole
- Topic: Boston Marathon
- Replies: 2
- Views: 10666
- Thu Apr 17, 2014 10:11 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Capital punishment
- Replies: 533
- Views: 248623
A murder victim's son recently wrote a detailed piece about watching the execution of his father's killer in Texas. It is the most raw and wrenching account I can recall ever reading by a witness to an execution. It's one person's perspective, with all the limitations that entails - but absolutely w...
- Thu Mar 13, 2014 12:24 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Same-sex, whole-milk marriage: 50 Shades of Gay
- Replies: 2660
- Views: 629777
This conversation, again? AGAIN? Good times! :) I don't remember if it was V here or Jnyusa on TORC who pointed out that sexual orientation is not a protected class in Arizona, and therefore discriminating against someone on that basis is not illegal, and so the proposed law was quite pointless. Act...
- Fri Feb 14, 2014 8:32 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Same-sex, whole-milk marriage: 50 Shades of Gay
- Replies: 2660
- Views: 629777
- Tue Feb 11, 2014 9:41 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Capital punishment
- Replies: 533
- Views: 248623
Washington joins Oregon in governor-imposed moratorium status: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/12/us/wa ... ml?hp&_r=0
- Tue Jan 07, 2014 5:17 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Same-sex, whole-milk marriage: 50 Shades of Gay
- Replies: 2660
- Views: 629777
Title edited. What is interesting is the partial parallel to 2008-09 in California, where the CSC had to decide the validity of the marriages entered into pursuant to a judicial decision that was ultimately overturned. The Tenth Circuit may have signaled us how they would rule on this issue, and if ...
- Sat Dec 28, 2013 11:07 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Same-sex, whole-milk marriage: 50 Shades of Gay
- Replies: 2660
- Views: 629777
- Sun Dec 22, 2013 10:15 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Same-sex, whole-milk marriage: 50 Shades of Gay
- Replies: 2660
- Views: 629777
- Sat Nov 23, 2013 7:47 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Death row and organ donation
- Replies: 22
- Views: 14262
Well, I do have to say that people who are trying to prevent death penalty at the cost of innocent lives are... misguided seems a bit mild a word. Yes. I cannot say enough about how strongly I condemn this result. I will not say, condemn the people involved, because I think they are acting in good ...
- Fri Nov 22, 2013 7:05 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Death row and organ donation
- Replies: 22
- Views: 14262
Thanks, elsha. Now we move from your field to mine - at least, the field I have just departed (if anyone has questions about that sentence, PM or email). One of the hottest issues in death penalty litigation at present is the lethal injection protocol to be used to execute death-sentenced defendants...
- Fri Nov 22, 2013 5:34 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Death row and organ donation
- Replies: 22
- Views: 14262
For me, the first practical issue that comes to mind here is: regardless of how the state/prosecution and inmate feel about this, wouldn't doctors be foreclosed as a matter of medical ethics from effectively executing the inmate by removing his heart? In general, doctors are forbidden by their field...
- Wed Nov 13, 2013 2:14 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Same-sex, whole-milk marriage: 50 Shades of Gay
- Replies: 2660
- Views: 629777
Haha, I'll tell the truth. They'll deal with it, and it's honestly not going to be close to the most awkward situation I've dealt with this past month (won't even hit the top five), so it's all good. But I definitely understand your need for discretion, River. I may or may not be able to make it bac...
- Wed Nov 13, 2013 1:27 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Same-sex, whole-milk marriage: 50 Shades of Gay
- Replies: 2660
- Views: 629777
In picking vacation spots, I'm imagining Hawaiians have the same problem as self-satisfied Bay Areans but even more so: how do you improve on perfection? I was going to head over there for vacation in a couple of weeks but got dragged into a friend's Bermuda trip for Thanksgiving instead. :| You mig...
- Tue Nov 12, 2013 11:43 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Same-sex, whole-milk marriage: 50 Shades of Gay
- Replies: 2660
- Views: 629777
I know I tend to jump the gun with thread title changes, but I'm comfortable going ahead and adding Hawaii to the tally now. Should be official later today or tomorrow: http://www.advocate.com/politics/marria ... -due-today