Here’s a sobering and concise take on the government shutdown: How the White House sees the shutdown (and debt ceiling!) fight, via the Washington Post. Basically: Asshats.
Fuck yes, this is why I live in a blue state:
Because same-sex marriage is illegal in Ohio, and because the Supreme Court ruling left marriage bans at the state level intact, Arthur and Obergefell couldn’t marry here. The prospect of travel was difficult because Arthur is bedridden with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, a progressive neurological disease that robs patients of their ability to walk, talk and eventually breathe.
…Maryland required only one partner to come for the license. Then a 48-hour waiting period.
It was an hour and 10-minute flight.
This might work, they decided: A destination wedding in Baltimore.
Right the fuck on.
This almost makes that shit-tacular decision from yesterday a little better.
John Cusack, writing about the NSA leaks:
It cannot be criminal to report a crime or an abuse of power. Freedom of the Press Foundation co-founder Daniel Ellsberg argues that Snowden’s leaks could be a tipping point in America. This week he wrote “there has not been in American history a more important leak than Edward Snowden’s release of NSA material,” including his own leak of the Pentagon Papers.
via Boing Boing.
Update: We won. Thank God.
Update: Todd Akin got spanked by Claire McCaskill. Bye bye, douchebag! And the other rape-apology senator got whupped too.
I was proud to see one of the questions on my ballot this morning was for recognizing same-sex marriage here in Maryland, and it made me glad to live here. While I’m nervous to see the results of the overall election (right now it’s 157 – 153 in electoral college votes) I’m more nervous to see the local ballot measure results. We don’t need any more casino gambling, and as much as I worry about how things will get paid for, I believe everyone has the right to a quality education in this country.
From GQ: the first balanced reporting on what happened in Benghazi I’ve seen to date, and a very moving tribute to Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens.
Also, I meant to link to this weeks ago when I saw it. It’s all awesome, but as usual Patton Oswalt knocks it out of the fucking park:
Mitt Romney is the only person I’ve ever seen who’s traveled the world in wealth and comfort and managed to narrow the canvas of his experience and opinions.
via 90 DAYS, 90 REASONS.
Yeah, yeah, it’s another political opinion piece, but I love the following quote:
…a truth that was put into words by the child psychologist John Bowlby, that life is best organized as a series of daring ventures from a secure base.
via the NYTimes.com.