WTF Stories of the Week - Page 217

alphabassettgrrl · 11-02-2009, 12:09 PM

I often wonder where they get these ideas. I mean, somebody has to come up with it, right? Honestly, it's just candy. I can see how they'd get upset over the dressing up as vampires and witches and whatnot, but that's got a loooooooooooooooong history.

Gn2Dlnd · 11-02-2009, 02:53 PM

My online banking just got a little more interesting:

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On Friday, October 30, 2009, California National Bank, Los Angeles, CA was closed by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Subsequently, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was named Receiver. No advance notice is given to the public when a financial institution is closed.

Dun dun dun! They've transferred ~~ownership~~ deposit accounts to U.S. Bank, which is the hated bank I opened the CalNat accts to get away from in the first place. Bleah.

innerSpaceman · 11-02-2009, 03:19 PM

Hehe, that's like when I switched from AT&T to Cingular, only to have them bought out by AT&T.

Can't win.

Gn2Dlnd · 11-02-2009, 04:07 PM

Well, at least I didn't go out of business!

Uh, nevermind.

blueerica · 11-03-2009, 04:12 PM

Louisiana justice who refused interracial marriage resigns.

innerSpaceman · 11-03-2009, 05:06 PM

See, I don't think he should have resigned for that (though maybe for his remarks afterwards about having such good black friends that he let them use his bathroom).

We queer folk are trying to maintain that no one will be forced to perform a gay marriage where such marriages are legal. No one should be forced to perform an interracial marriage either. Or a marriage where the bride is named Winnifred. Or one where the groom is left-handed.

Get my drift? No one should be required to perform any marriage they don't want to.

SzczerbiakManiac · 11-03-2009, 05:45 PM

I disagree slightly. I don't think anyone in the private sector should be required to perform a marriage against his/her beliefs. But if you're a state employee, you better well perform your duties to everyone equally. You do not get to pick and choose to whom you will administer duties. If you have a problem performing your job, there's the door.

alphabassettgrrl · 11-03-2009, 05:49 PM

Yeah, I see a difference between public and private employees. Private: refuse whoever you like. Public: suck it up and do your job.

innerSpaceman · 11-03-2009, 05:51 PM

Yeah, I forgot he was a public official. But he shouldn't have resigned.

HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRED.

Gemini Cricket · 11-08-2009, 11:55 AM

Wow, weird...

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Sammy Sosa's skin appears to have lightened considerably. Photographs taken at an event in Las Vegas reveal a surprisingly light pigmentation on the former slugger. While no cause has been established at this time, the web site Midwest Sports Fans speculates that steroid use could be responsible:

There appears to be at least some evidence suggesting that steroid use could be one of the lifestyle choices that increases a person's likelihood of becoming symptomatic with vitiligo.

Source

11-02-2009, 12:09 PM	#2161
alphabassettgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,978	I often wonder where they get these ideas. I mean, somebody has to come up with it, right? Honestly, it's just candy. I can see how they'd get upset over the dressing up as vampires and witches and whatnot, but that's got a loooooooooooooooong history. __________________ Why cycling? Anything [sport] that had to do with a ball, I wasn't very good at. -Lance Armstrong
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11-02-2009, 03:19 PM	#2163
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Hehe, that's like when I switched from AT&T to Cingular, only to have them bought out by AT&T. Can't win.
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11-02-2009, 04:07 PM	#2164
Gn2Dlnd Parmmadore Jim Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Casita del Queso Posts: 3,810	Well, at least I didn't go out of business! Uh, nevermind. __________________ Does anyone still wear a hat?
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11-03-2009, 04:12 PM	#2165
blueerica Nueve Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,497	Louisiana justice who refused interracial marriage resigns. __________________ Tomorrow is the day for you and me
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11-03-2009, 05:06 PM	#2166
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	See, I don't think he should have resigned for that (though maybe for his remarks afterwards about having such good black friends that he let them use his bathroom). We queer folk are trying to maintain that no one will be forced to perform a gay marriage where such marriages are legal. No one should be forced to perform an interracial marriage either. Or a marriage where the bride is named Winnifred. Or one where the groom is left-handed. Get my drift? No one should be required to perform any marriage they don't want to.
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11-03-2009, 05:45 PM	#2167
SzczerbiakManiac "ZER-bee-ak" Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,409	I disagree slightly. I don't think anyone in the private sector should be required to perform a marriage against his/her beliefs. But if you're a state employee, you better well perform your duties to everyone equally. You do not get to pick and choose to whom you will administer duties. If you have a problem performing your job, there's the door. __________________
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11-03-2009, 05:49 PM	#2168
alphabassettgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,978	Yeah, I see a difference between public and private employees. Private: refuse whoever you like. Public: suck it up and do your job. __________________ Why cycling? Anything [sport] that had to do with a ball, I wasn't very good at. -Lance Armstrong
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11-03-2009, 05:51 PM	#2169
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Yeah, I forgot he was a public official. But he shouldn't have resigned. HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRED.
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