TMI
- I hate living in Seattle or I wish I lived in Seattle
- God is: Dog spelled by dyslexics
- Tushy or Tuchus
- Dan Savage or Charles Mudede
- What's your favorite Charles Mudede post?: That one with the picture of a building with incomprehensible Marxist allusions
1:20 PM yesterday
Corydon commented on The Daily Show on Poor, Bullied Christians.
I am so in love with Samantha Bee
May 28
Corydon commented on Rep. Orcutt Shrugs Off Bridge Collapse: "11 of the 12 Sections of the Bridge Are Still Standing".
As a truck driver, let me point out the obvious flaw in this guy's reasoning. Any highway on the so-called National Network (i.e. highways designated for use by trucks passing through an area; this includes almost all interstate highways, most other federal highways and some state highways) should not be "functionally obsolete".
Highways with low clearances, extreme grades and curves or insufficient widths are major impediments to commerce. To have a functionally obsolete structure on the main highway connecting Seattle and Vancouver is inexcusable.
The GOP is supposed to be the party of commerce. Why are they actively standing in its way?
Highways with low clearances, extreme grades and curves or insufficient widths are major impediments to commerce. To have a functionally obsolete structure on the main highway connecting Seattle and Vancouver is inexcusable.
The GOP is supposed to be the party of commerce. Why are they actively standing in its way?
May 28
Corydon commented on Why Can't We Be More Like Toronto? (Or Just About Anywhere Else?).
On the other hand, consider the uplifting message for crackheads everywhere: you too might be mayor of Toronto some day!
May 27
Corydon commented on SL Letter of the Day: Pray Away.
@ArtBasketSara (if you're still around), out of curiosity, does your faith carry with it any implications for how you live, or try to live, your life?
In other words, are there practical consequences in terms if what you choose to do and not do, and how you relate to others? Or is it mostly just how you think about how you relate to the universe.
Is there a moral and ethical dimension to your spirituality?
In other words, are there practical consequences in terms if what you choose to do and not do, and how you relate to others? Or is it mostly just how you think about how you relate to the universe.
Is there a moral and ethical dimension to your spirituality?
May 27
Corydon commented on China Approves 220-Story, 4,450-Apartment Pinnacle of Density.
@24 Wait...elevators are inefficient? I'd always heard that since they use counterweights to largely balance out the load they're lifting, elevators are among the most efficient forms of transportation out there.
May 23
Corydon commented on An I-5 Bridge Over the Skagit River Has Collapsed.
As a truck driver, this is one of my biggest fears. When I cross an obviously decades old bridge, especially one with a posted weight limit that I'm right up against, that moreover I'm asked to cross slowly, it can be a little frightening.
There are several such bridges on routes I travel fairly often. I tell you, infrastructure repair is a major reason I refuse to vote republican.
There are several such bridges on routes I travel fairly often. I tell you, infrastructure repair is a major reason I refuse to vote republican.
May 22
Corydon commented on Iran's Guardian Council Shortlists Successors to Ahmadinejad.
@3 Lots of places have cool political theaters set up to reassure the public that they live in a democracy.
Iran chooses which candidates are "viable" through this Guardian Council process. We have our own method of winnowing out candidates that might upset the applecart too much. Come 2016, we'll have our own lists of approved, "viable" candidates made so by the representatives of corporate money. If you don't have their backing, you aren't "viable".
Similar processes will play out in the Senate and House.
It's not really democracy in either case, but it's artful theater, and an entertaining fraud.
Iran chooses which candidates are "viable" through this Guardian Council process. We have our own method of winnowing out candidates that might upset the applecart too much. Come 2016, we'll have our own lists of approved, "viable" candidates made so by the representatives of corporate money. If you don't have their backing, you aren't "viable".
Similar processes will play out in the Senate and House.
It's not really democracy in either case, but it's artful theater, and an entertaining fraud.
May 16
Corydon commented on Bigot Florist Files Countersuit.
@5 when the biggest threat to my equality is a florist who won't make me a bouquet for my partner, I'll know the fight for my civil rights is won.
At one time, I discounted the religious liberty arguments against gay marriage made by conservatives because I thought no-one could possibly be such a douche as to make a federal (or even state) case out of something so trivial. Sensible florists like more business. Sensible couples like patronizing businesses that will happily work for them.
I obviously underestimated the douchiness of both sides.
I really fucking hate everybody involved in this case and wish they would all DIAF.
At one time, I discounted the religious liberty arguments against gay marriage made by conservatives because I thought no-one could possibly be such a douche as to make a federal (or even state) case out of something so trivial. Sensible florists like more business. Sensible couples like patronizing businesses that will happily work for them.
I obviously underestimated the douchiness of both sides.
I really fucking hate everybody involved in this case and wish they would all DIAF.
May 15
Corydon commented on It Doesn't Matter if You're Black or Gay; It Doesn't Matter if You're at a Lunch Counter or a Bakery.
Put this another way: is freedom to associate also freedom not to associate with people we don't care to?
And yes, this is bigotry, but should the government really be in the business of telling us what opinions to hold (or act as if we held) by force of law?
I agree, the baker shouldn't be acting as she is or thinking what she does, but should we be making her act otherwise?
And yes, this is bigotry, but should the government really be in the business of telling us what opinions to hold (or act as if we held) by force of law?
I agree, the baker shouldn't be acting as she is or thinking what she does, but should we be making her act otherwise?
May 15
Corydon commented on It Doesn't Matter if You're Black or Gay; It Doesn't Matter if You're at a Lunch Counter or a Bakery.
So, out of curiosity, where can we draw the line here?
Suppose I wanted to open a gay bar. Can I have a night when women aren't allowed in? Or maybe I really like that my bar attracts my hags who really like being able to cut loose without being hit on and maybe even abused by straight guys. Can I post a sign saying that only gay men are welcome?
Suppose I wanted to open a gay bar. Can I have a night when women aren't allowed in? Or maybe I really like that my bar attracts my hags who really like being able to cut loose without being hit on and maybe even abused by straight guys. Can I post a sign saying that only gay men are welcome?
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