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#76
Aneristic Illusions / Re: Think racism is dead? LOL.
October 17, 2009, 09:08:20 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 15, 2009, 11:56:17 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091015/ap_on_re_us/us_interracial_rebuff

QuoteInterracial couple denied marriage license in La.
   
NEW ORLEANS – A Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern for any children the couple might have. Keith Bardwell, justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish, says it is his experience that most interracial marriages do not last long.

"I'm not a racist. I just don't believe in mixing the races that way," Bardwell told the Associated Press on Thursday. "I have piles and piles of black friends. They come to my home, I marry them, they use my bathroom. I treat them just like everyone else."

Bardwell said he asks everyone who calls about marriage if they are a mixed race couple. If they are, he does not marry them, he said.

Bardwell said he has discussed the topic with blacks and whites, along with witnessing some interracial marriages. He came to the conclusion that most of black society does not readily accept offspring of such relationships, and neither does white society, he said.

"There is a problem with both groups accepting a child from such a marriage," Bardwell said. "I think those children suffer and I won't help put them through it."

If he did an interracial marriage for one couple, he must do the same for all, he said.

"I try to treat everyone equally," he said.

Bardwell estimates that he has refused to marry about four couples during his career, all in the past 2 1/2 years.

Beth Humphrey, 30, and 32-year-old Terence McKay, both of Hammond, say they will consult the U.S. Justice Department about filing a discrimination complaint.

Humphrey, an account manager for a marketing firm, said she and McKay, a welder, just returned to Louisiana. She plans to enroll in the University of New Orleans to pursue a masters degree in minority politics.

"That was one thing that made this so unbelievable," she said. "It's not something you expect in this day and age."

Humphrey said she called Bardwell on Oct. 6 to inquire about getting a marriage license signed. She says Bardwell's wife told her that Bardwell will not sign marriage licenses for interracial couples. Bardwell suggested the couple go to another justice of the peace in the parish who agreed to marry them.

"We are looking forward to having children," Humphrey said. "And all our friends and co-workers have been very supportive. Except for this, we're typical happy newlyweds."

"It is really astonishing and disappointing to see this come up in 2009," said American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana attorney Katie Schwartzmann. "The Supreme Court ruled as far back as 1963 that the government cannot tell people who they can and cannot marry."

The ACLU sent a letter to the Louisiana Judiciary Committee, which oversees the state justices of the peace, asking them to investigate Bardwell and recommending "the most severe sanctions available, because such blatant bigotry poses a substantial threat of serious harm to the administration of justice."

"He knew he was breaking the law, but continued to do it," Schwartzmann said.

According to the clerk of court's office, application for a marriage license must be made three days before the ceremony because there is a 72-hour waiting period. The applicants are asked if they have previously been married. If so, they must show how the marriage ended, such as divorce.

Other than that, all they need is a birth certificate and Social Security card.

The license fee is $35, and the license must be signed by a Louisiana minister, justice of the peace or judge. The original is returned to the clerk's office.

"I've been a justice of the peace for 34 years and I don't think I've mistreated anybody," Bardwell said. "I've made some mistakes, but you have too. I didn't tell this couple they couldn't get married. I just told them I wouldn't do it.

:lulz:
:sad:
#77
This thread is so fucking amazing.   :mittens: nivek
#78
Or Kill Me / Re: The Interregnum, part 1
October 15, 2009, 05:52:15 PM
This is really, really good stuff.  Cannot overstate.  Looking forward to part 2.
#79
The populous is still ignorant about who their enemies actually are.  Sachs et al are, for the most part, considered neutral participants in this scheme; the ultimate burden of "change" lies on politicians' shoulders.  The "revolution" keeps stalling until next election year.
#80
Quote from:   on October 12, 2009, 12:50:49 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8F5YSA1Oz0

:x

I apologise if this has been posted here already, but seriously, how can this even exist?

They have combined every bad musical genre. It's like they've gathered everything I hate about the modern world and turned it into a song.
WOW
#81
QuotePokemon
Pikachu! Use your hyper-electric-get-a-life move now!


Sci-fi
Stop wearing the stick-on ears.


Discordia
Buy a suit. Invest your money. Eat hotdog buns on a friday.


Prog Rock
Long hair looks dumb with a bald spot. Listen to CD's they don't crackle.
#82
 :lulz: Putin
#83
Aneristic Illusions / Re: Pirate Bay bunkers up
October 09, 2009, 08:59:38 PM
Quote from: Sir Remington III on October 07, 2009, 04:58:15 PM
QuoteLast Friday we reported that The Pirate Bay was forced to move outside of Sweden, and that the world's largest BitTorrent tracker had found a new home in the Ukraine. Unfortunately this was a short-lived solution, with TPB now moving to Cyberbunker.

CyberBunker is located in a former military nuclear warfare bunker in The Netherlands. The facility was built by NATO in the 50s to survive a nuclear war, but after the nuclear threats were over it was sold to its current owners. The bunker is now used as a webhosting data center.

The bunker is equipped with Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) shielding and Nuclear/Biological/Chemical (NBC) air filtration to guarantee that the servers they host stay up no matter what happens. As of this week it is also the new home of The Pirate Bay.

http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-relocates-to-a-nuclear-bunker-091006/

What now, bitches?
Well, here in America, every ISP coast to coast will block access to the pirate bay.
#85
Local politics are pretty shit.  The legislature is majority democratic, but they are essentially Republican-lite, being moderately more progressive in health care / education than the Republicans.  By a very slim margin.  There are a few "out there" non-centrist Dems, but all of them are from N'awlins and all they give a shit about is N'awlins.  And most of the dems are banker scum.

Otherwise, no tangible difference.  They are banker scum.  They will do almost nothing that could scare away the religious freaks who could potentially support them:  gay rights movement has slowed to a crawl here.  When Blanco was in office, a bill was passed which added sexual orientation to the state's anti-discrimination in employment statute, but she was swiftly booted out and Jindal tore the shit out of it with no noteworthy opposition from the Dems.

Oh, and all of the Dems are banker scum.  Did I mention that?  And the Republicans are complete bastards (moderately better than most Southeast USA republicans though).

Also, the primates here have yet to fully enact English Common Law, still loving the Roman system to death
#86
The asshole should have been jailed three decades ago.  Coverage of this bullshit has been on and off since then.

Also,  :lulz: @ the 73-years-old remark.
#87
Or Kill Me / Re: One Sentence Rants
September 28, 2009, 04:12:54 PM
I WILL SPLIT THE EARTH WITH MY BARE HANDS.
#88
All Americans need to see this.
#89
THIS IS THE BEST THING YOU WILL EVER FUCKING INSTALL.

http://www.insani.org/releases/CrimsonessSetup%5Binsani%5D%5BAT2008%5D.exe

also, hold the left mouse button to initiate the autoclick feature
#90
Aneristic Illusions / Re: drinking water
September 26, 2009, 09:08:26 PM
What about suing the bastards?