The Obama administration will no longer defend the constitutionality of DOMA


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This caused sedvictacatoni and I to yell so loudly we scared the cat.

All 95 Candidates Who Pledged Support For Net Neutrality Lost On TuesdayLook up net neutrality to have some idea of just how bad this is ( Read more... )

It has come to my attention that Vertigo Comics has published some Constantine/Chas.


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I would like to propose that the president is exactly right when he said, "slaves sitting around the campfire didn't know when slavery was going to end, but they knew that it would. And it took a long time to end slavery." Yes it did. But, it also took a long time to start slavery. And it started small. And it started with seemingly innocent ideas ( Read more... )

So, the Israeli convoy thing... Allow me to get this straight: The ship was in international waters. That means that no only does Israel have no jurisdiction, to the best of my knowledge, it also makes the ship Turkish territory (since it was under the Turkish flag ( Read more... )

I picked up the current issue of Bitch magazine (one of my favorite things in the 'verse), and there was a rather interesting article about the declining use of the word "lesbian." Basically, they noted that fewer and fewer young people are identifying by it, instead using gay or queer. I had gotten this impression, but wasn't entirely sure - my ( Read more... )

Democrats propose national ID with biometric information.

HELL FUCKING NO.

Bonus quote: “The biometric identification card is a critical element here,” Durbin said. “For a long time it was resisted by many groups, but now we live in a world where we take off our shoes at the airport and pull out our identification ( Read more... )

...I think Arcadia just spawned another part. Oh hell no? I'm thinking I may be able to work it in with Segment The Third. (For reference, Segment The First is everything from young!Elaine and Tuathal to the end of Ral Shonan's Rebellion, or Robert's exile, depending on how I'm feeling. Segment The Second, aka Arcadia Proper, is the war for ( Read more... )

So, almost-certain election fraud in Iran aside, I saw the defense brief the Obama administration is putting forward in an anti-DOMA case last night. And I nearly exploded.

The full brief, plus summary is here. However, I'm going to copy+past the most egregious points here. Because I think people should know.

DOMA is constitutional (thus ( Read more... )