Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.

Imperialist aggressors must be defeated, or the whole world loses.

Hot air and ill-informed banter

They traffic in fear. it is their only currency. if we are fearful, they are winning.

Giving in to doom is how we fail to fight for ourselves & one another.

Books are my comfort food!

SCOTUS: It’s not “bribery” unless it comes from the Bribery region of France. Otherwise, it’s merely “sparkling malfeasance”.

She burned that motherfucker down, and I am so here for it. Thank you, Caroline Kennedy.

Jack Smith: “Why did you start campaigning in the middle of my investigation?!”

Stamping your little feets and demanding that they see how important you are? Not working anymore.

The line between political reporting and fan fiction continues to blur.

Make the republican party small enough to drown in a bathtub.

Welcome to day five of every-bit-as-bad-as-you-thought-it-would-be.

Boeing: repeatedly making the case for high speed rail.

It’s all just conspiracy shit beamed down from the mothership.

Museums are not America’s attic for its racist shit.

JFC, are there no editors left at that goddamn rag?

Whatever happens next week, the fight doesn’t end.

When do we start airlifting the women and children out of Texas?

We know you aren’t a Democrat but since you seem confused let me help you.

American history and black history cannot be separated.

We will not go back.

I’m more christian than these people and i’m an atheist.

At some point, the ability to learn is a factor of character, not IQ.

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  2. 2.

    Yutsano

    Part of me is hella proud this happened. Part of me wants to giggle maniacally at their folly. My cynicism is showing mightily.

  4. 4.

    RandyH

    What a lovely video. The part where the brother of one of them said how proud he was to have both as brothers made me tear up.

    This kind of thing needs wider distribution, really. Two people who love each other wishing to start a family should be something we celebrate, right?

  5. 5.

    asiangrrlMN

    Fucking awesome. Congrats. Reader P, my fellow Minnesotan. It will come. Soon.

    @Yutsano: Dude. Celebrate the love. Save the cynicism for another day. How you be, hon?

    ETA: I’m tearing up now. So beautiful.

  6. 6.

    Seanly

    Congratulations to the happy couple.

    I posted in the last Balloon Jobs thread that I was looking for work. I am happy to say that as of this evening, I have two (2) job offers. I’ve been out of work for quite a few months & am happy to be re-entering the workforce. It requires my wife & I to relocate – so she’ll soon be looking for work.

  7. 7.

    asiangrrlMN

    Now I’m totally bawling. I don’t see how anyone can watch that video and not be moved.

    @Seanly: Congrats, Seanly. That’s awesome!

    I hope the good luck continues for the BJ crowd.

  8. 8.

    Violet

    I’m only part way through, but so far it’s a beautiful video.

    @RandyH:
    That was lovely by the brother. It really is about creating a family.

  9. 9.

    suzanne

    Dawwwwwwww! Congratulations!

    I love weddings. They are such a blatant and sincere and genuine statement of optimism, for the future, for each other. This made my night.

  12. 12.

    Anya

    Congratulations to Patrick and Scott! What a lovely ceremony.

    @Seanly: Congratulations, Seanly. Good luck to your wife and I hope you are both happy at your new home.

    I love weddings. They are such a blatant and sincere and genuine statement of optimism, for the future, for each other. This made my night.

    As someone who’s a bit nervous about the upcoming day, I totally agree with this sentiment.

  13. 13.

    Litlebritdifrnt

    What struck me was that it was such a normal wedding, boring, people eating and drinking, dancing badly, and in its utter normalness it was utterly beautiful. I have to admit I was moved to tears due to its utter normalness. Because it means WE ARE WINNING, weddings like this are becoming the new normal. They happen without a blip on the political spectrum and are celebrated by family and friends as normally as would a hetrosexual marriage with the white dress and bridesmaids and stuff. This is the new normal. We win.

  14. 14.

    WaterGirl

    I don’t always cry at weddings, but I cried at this one. I loved a million things about this video. I loved you guys, loved your vows, loved the way the video was done, loved the fast forward around the food table, loved that you had chocolate cake.

    I watched the whole 13.5 minutes of the video, this from someone who is often bandwidth-limited by the end of the day because she chooses service from the small internet provider, even with bandwidth limits, over the evil comcast. So I rarely find any videos worth watching all the way through, but I had to watch yours all the way through.

    So I watched the whole video and then had to watch the beginning again because by that time I cared enough about you guys to want to know who was Patrick and who was Scott!

    And all those great dancers at the wedding, all in one place. I wish I knew you guys, you and all your friends seem wonderful. Congratulations!

  15. 15.

    TuiMel

    @Litlebritdifrnt:

    What struck me was that it was such a normal wedding, boring, people eating and drinking, dancing badly, and in its utter normalness it was utterly beautiful. I have to admit I was moved to tears due to its utter normalness. Because it means WE ARE WINNING, weddings like this are becoming the new normal.

    I had this same reaction. How could one question WHY gay couples wish to enjoy marriage and the rituals that attend it? Watch this video and have your questions answered poignantly.

  16. 16.

    SIA

    That was so great! Made me smile. Best wishes to the very happy couple.

    ETA….and loved the shoes!

  18. 18.

    WaterGirl

    Okay, I am now officially over my bandwidth for the day, so my internet access has slowed to a crawl. The video was still worth it! :-)

  20. 20.

    Yutsano

    Okay so mayhaps my cynicism is because I’m sitting at work bored off my ass because literally no one is calling. Plus I coiuldn’t watch the vid yet. I might just skip out on cooking tonight and get chicken tacos.

  21. 21.

    MattR

    @Yutsano: Post your work number and I think you may get a call or two, though it may not be who you were hoping for or expecting :)

    @bodacious: Heh. I have told my friends that if I am still single when I turn 40 I expect a check for $500 from each of them (to cover the bachelor party, travel to the wedding, wedding gift, birth of children, etc). In the unlikely event I get married after 40, I will either reimburse them or they are off the hook for paying for all the things mentioned above.

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    bodacious

    Ok, the few little tears didn’t drown out my cynicism. When this thing finally goes down and becomes legal everywhere, is the happy couple entitled to more wedding gifts with the ‘official’ ceremony?????? Seriously, what a great celebration. Congrats P and S.

  24. 24.

    Gin & Tonic

    As a boring old guy who’s been in a conventional marriage for over three decades and is still delighted and enchanted by my wife nearly every day, I can only wish that everyone can get the same sort of opportunity for happiness. And clearly it is on its way, as was said, notable by its unremarkableness.

    Sorry, +2 and going up.

  25. 25.

    JimPortlandOR

    Very moving! The couple, their friends and family, the setting(s), the music.

    I especially liked the custom vows they exchanged. A couple decades ago some friends (m/f) wrote their own, and I remember their words often (“As long as we shall love each other”)

  27. 27.

    Yutsano

    @MattR:

    Post your work number and I think you may get a call or two, though it may not be who you were hoping for or expecting :)

    Tempting as that is…for what I’m doing you have to get through several filters to get to me. And even then getting specifically ME would take an extreme amount of luck. Plus I’m home and we’re closed now anyway. The offer is much appreciated however. :)

  28. 28.

    Mnemosyne

    Even my Fox-watching parents are starting to come around, kind of — they made stupid grumbles about “who’s the husband?” when they were telling me about it, but they would never dream of being rude to their friend’s son and his husband to their faces.

    The world turns slowly, but it does turn.

  29. 29.

    MattR

    @Yutsano: You know you would love to have Derf call you to bitch about our bloghost. Listening to m_c’s babble over the phone might be interesting, though I still think I have to recommend against it.

  30. 30.

    Yutsano

    @MattR: I’ve had to talk to Canuckistanis before. Sucks for them to have assets and income in the US but then not file a return. It can actually risk entry into the country. Not to mention it takes a LOT more for them to prove any sort of hardship. Revenue officers love those.

    And that wasn’t just a fantastic wedding video. That was a fucking dare to the voters of Minnesota.

  31. 31.

    MattR

    @Yutsano:

    Not to mention it takes a LOT more for them to prove any sort of hardship.

    They have government healthcare. How can they have hardship?

  32. 32.

    Yutsano

    @MattR: They could still (technically) be dirt ass poor. Although if they are they’re on my radar not so much. It’s great listening to them try to get out of an American tax lien when they’ve been earning money in the country for years. Although international liens are nearly impossible to enforce. I don’t get very many international cases. When I do it sticks in my brain.

  33. 33.

    MattR

    @Yutsano:

    They could still (technically) be dirt ass poor.

    I don’t think this invalidates my point :)

    I imagine all you can do is try to make their life difficult until they get annoyed and pay up. Or hope they slip up and leave assets somewhere that you have jurisdiction.

  35. 35.

    matryoshka

    I thought I didn’t want a big fat gay wedding, but now I think I really, really do.

    Congratulations, Patrick and Scott, and may you grow old together! I love that all the kids who were at your wedding will never understand all the hysteria over gay marriage.

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