He got his answer of 'I Do' (The question was the biggest mistake at ypur wedding) at #2 (#1 was getring sloshed).

One cant help but feel this was a red flag from that moment.

More like a skin suit for the reptiles leading the way

Thats why there's disclaimers that you cant be related in contests now. Too many 'coincidential' family winners.

I had heard of this, but never knew the full story.

Thank you for sharing.

"Tonight we're gonna party like its 1699"

Love the user name (Dresden Files ftw)

Apparently one with a cover fee large enough to booze it up, pay for event insurance (one could hope), and a night's wages for armed guards.

Sounds like either the best or worst idea ever.

Or they were warming up for the human sacrifice portion. Who knows?

"The one who thought he got away"

"The man who made the Republican Party the driving force in Texas it is today."

Sad to see someone dead, and much sympathy to his loved ones, but he did a lot of damage getting Texas so firmly under Republican thumbs that we will be dealing with for generations.

Wonder if this is at all related to Twatter's CEO openong his mouth about implementing Paypal-esque transactions on their platform.

Oddly enough, the 11th circuit actually took a very hands off stance that could be used to set future precident. What worries me is that, even if convicted on the 6 hung jury accounts, he will appeal those up until the very partisan Supreme Court is able to hear this, side with the motion his lawyers are arguing, and vacate those convictions afterwards and leave this scumbag pretty much off the hook and able to just do it again, probably in Texas.

For clarification: The precident I'm nervous and excited about would be prosecution for crimes which resulted in a hung jury after presidential pardon which his legal team is arguing on the merits of 'double jeopardy' (Which I think wouldn't apply as it would be a retrial for crimes he is being accused of that did not result in a guilty or acquitted verdict) and that presidential pardons would mean carte blanche acquittal (Which, as we saw with Arapio or however Sheriff Joe's name is spelled, means that he would indeed have to be considered guilty for a pardon to take effect), which could empower a pardon potentially in a preemptive action that would vacate any teeth or liability for a possible guilty verdict short of him being guilty in verdict only.

Probably took one too many deathsticks

Its why I added my 4 points of clarity. I'm 36, my view poibt is about 20 years old but frankly its still valid. I had a safe school where we COULD discuss things like bisexuality, homosexuality, gender identity and religion and NOT have a closed one mind worldview.

At one point I discussed the duality of life and dewth, of being a weapon and defender, of happiness mirroring depression, that all are as capable of great love and great hate in equal depths and all it took was the mirror we call our Soul to reflect that. I wasn't laughed at. I shocked my class speechless because it mirrored my depression. My view skewed by it and body shame I felt for years. Rage at being bullied and having to fight for myself because the school was rendered impotent to protect me. Finally, they saw suffering. And they cared. I didnt have to hide when in high school, because we just wanted to be ourselves, maybe find some illegal booze, and drink in the woods and occasionally bang while fibbing at being with someone else. We had fun and learned to grow up on our terms.

Hell, my valedictorian got a full ride to Harvard. I played soccer with him. Genuinely one of the most driven kids I knew. Another guy two years my senior in my language class (Japanese) got a full athletic to Michigan as a linebacker. Another dude I got into shit with my freshman year with was my friend by sophmore year and cried because he worked his ass off and finally found out he graduated, being just shy of failing. We celebrated our victories...we mourned our losses...and that feeling was we all gave a fuck about everyones viewpoint. Those views are being threatened. Those voices slowly silenced.

I think of Johnathan Young and Caleb Hyle's song 'Land of Broken Dreams' thinking of it from then and now. Slowly, we are being made sick, dumb, full of fright. I'm tired of being scared for the future. I'm angry enough to want to wrest it back. By political means if able, by force if necessary. My kids deserve better than this.

They'd actually be a party that didn't stand on children's suicide corpses.

Edit before my eventual oblivion downvote:

1. Yes, its in poor taste. I was born and raised in Florida. This appalls me to no end that the GQP thinks biological anatomy is all there is to gender. I believe gender discussion should literally be an open forum, yet they scream with Maga-phones and pearl clutches and wonder why they're increasingly hated.

2. Forcing children into an identity not their own, like cookie cutter children, statistically increases depression and suicides of those people if not homicide and assaults. As the very antagonistic, and homophobic, saying goes, "They'll fuck the (insert identity issue) out of you." I saw that happen to too many peers growing up. Some had friends who had couches. Some had nowhere and ended up having to either hide it or be homeless.

3. This continued assault of forced religious beliefs being hamfisted shoved down the throats of many is quite opposite of the freedom of religion. We had one kid, who was my best friend in high school, who was an outspoken Satanist. We had actual DISCUSSIONS at my school because it was safe for us to do so. Florida has stripped that safe zone away. I wouldn't move back if they PAID ME to live there.

4. I won't even go to Disney over these draconian laws. I wish more people would do the same and point to the Government as the reason why. I wouldn't risk my kids health, or safety, under that purview. I keep hoping it will change, that my classmates and peers will change it... but I think more of them are leaving, or falling to drugs. or disenfranchisement via state voting games, and I worry it will spread.

ETA: Thank you all for reaching out. I may be in a dark place, and feeling darker some days more than others...but I haven't given in. It just hit me at a bad time with one kids birthday and the holidays all rolling up. With the physical pain and mental suffering, it makes for a potent combination. The words help, but remember to keep not only fighting your own battles, but learn the art of debate and reasoning and fighting for yourself and your own futures as well. All that evil requires to win is for the good (wo)men to do nothing. Battles are not just won in the fields, but in the hearts and minds of the populace as well and we need to fight against the inherent greed that seems to be endemic to being human. Be better, and be ready to fight in any capacity to pave a stronger tomorrow.

And never be ashamed for helping someone, even if you overextend yourself to do so. Compassion, and empathy, are the first of mighty weapons because people remember when you helped them when everyone else turned their backs.

Thank you again. When I couldnt talk to the ones I knew, the strangers of Reddit became by audience. You listened when I needed it, and I'll try to return that and pay it forward when I see it. May your gods, goddesses, or fortunes favor you this coming year.

Was it in The Outfield?

I hear the marble is to die for.

NHS has been a reliable indicator for prediction here stateside about what we are going to see (at least in my neck of the woods)

This winter is going to be absolutely brutal and I'm glad I'm out before it explodes further.

And my boss wonders why I quit here in the US. 10 hr ahifts turning inyo 12-16, no breaks. lunch, and consistently having to breqk our backs for 300+ pts who live on 2nd floors, taking appts we cant meet reliably, and having to be the ones to apologize despite telling dispatch we cant make the new call they accept on time because we're 45 minutes away for a 10 min pickup

I mean...if that 1 is a big enough real situstion (i.e. the machines really did hand over 2% votes from GOP to Democrat candidates) then I could see it being legitimate in continuing to try and fail until the truth is uncovered.

However....like the old saying goes...you know they're lying when they open their mouth. They havent even had one successful challenge and several of the GOP or Republican voters have not only said they have or know how to commit fraud, they've actually been caught doing it. That mythical '1' is just that...a fucking myth.

He apparently ranted at the panel after the initial decision, which is non binding but being sent to the DC Bar association and eventually the Court Of Appeals for official status, about how it was still rigged.

Even when they've lost it 100 times they keep thinking next one is the charm that works.