The most amusing part about the double-listing is the disparity between the two versions. Apparently the definitive article makes it just a little bit worse….

Hey, I'm just throwing out options! I'll show you a seven-part question!

But mangling and negatively connoting into oblivion (or positively connoting into…the pantheon of hallowed words?) are just waves in the massive tide that is semantic change. Should we hold onto the older associations for preservation's sake, or because the concept behind the older connotations is being lost, or…

I got one degree in French and the other in horticulture.

One time someone on the RHM board started a discussion about the Muppet movie and how they were excited to see it , and I said that we didn't need to talk about non-Community things to reach our adorable then-goal of a mere five-digited number! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Those were simpler times.

AND IT SHOULD BE UNIDIRECTIONAL. I OWN MY CATS, MY CATS DON'T OWN ME

That's kinda surprising.

Oh, we WILL get there.

Me too. USA USA USA

The MN Public Radio website and the Pioneer Press have tentatively declared the defeat of both of minnesota's spectacularly awful ballot measures. (The other was photo ID for voters.) Every state that's ever put to popular vote a constitutional amendment limiting marriage to one man, one woman has passed it. (Arizona…

Not some, all. They're not supposed to give any directions about anything on the ballot, but simply refer you to the directions listed there. I…kinda don't get it myself. It does say quite clearly on the ballot that a blank vote is no, but yeah, that was the number one complaint about polling places in Minnesota.

Well, look at all the states that have already passed similar amendments, though. Thirty or thirty one state constitutional amendments, out of thirty or thirty one popular votes. And my guess is they're not all places with decided conservative/rural/old/Christian/whatever profiles. This issue still excites the bile in…

Her stupid stronghold counties' votes are just beginning to pour in, apparently. My cat is distraught.

Blank as no makes a bit more sense than yes. However, I'm not sure why a blank wouldn't just be discarded, but maybe there's some kind of precedent for this thing. (To be clear MN is not voting to legalize gay marriage, but rather on whether we should constitutionally define marriage as between opposite sex couples…

Well, even without a large black population, they were definitely a target demographic of the pro amendment side. Heard a lot of prominent black church leaders in the Twin Cities had become involved. The race was always really tight, so it can definitely make a difference. The thing the pro amendment side has really…

This was supposed to be a reply to Loki somewhere, talking about MN's proposed amendment to define marriage as between one man, one woman. Fuck you, Disqus mobile.

So worried about the MN amendment. We had a pretty big lead earlier in the night but it's tightened up a lot and from what I understand, a lot of those librul, sin-lovin' counties have already been reported. Sweet Jesus I hope we pull this off.

He was the dead sled calling from inside the house the whole time.

Don't worry, we'll do everything we can to encourage the story that your death is a suicide due to the unjust defeat of Joe the Plumber.

Oh shit. Oh shit. What is…