en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/113253 Comments by mikeftm http://www.komonews.com/news/national/GOP-pressing-on-with-contraception-lawsuit-162302946.html#IDComment400943164 The Catholic leadership considers any sexual act that doesn't conclude with the man ejaculating inside the woman for for the purpose of conception to be abortion. Yes, that includes masturbation. Absurd, I know, but there it is. Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:14:54 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/GOP-pressing-on-with-contraception-lawsuit-162302946.html#IDComment400943164 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Romney-to-NAACP-Voting-GOP-good-for-your-families-162063485.html#IDComment400254541 Yes, yes, we've all heard about how the Democrats were the oppressors during the Civil War. Of course, that was almost 150 years ago, and the two parties swapped ideologies a long time ago. The modern day GOP bears about as much resemblance to the GOP of Lincoln's day as a tricycle does to a Mercedes C-Class. Thu, 12 Jul 2012 07:47:00 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Romney-to-NAACP-Voting-GOP-good-for-your-families-162063485.html#IDComment400254541 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Romney-to-NAACP-Voting-GOP-good-for-your-families-162063485.html#IDComment399851046 Yes, by all means NAACP members, vote for the party that has enshrined a desire to do away with the act that ended your disenfranchisement in the southern states into their official party platform. I'm sure that will do wonders for your community. Wed, 11 Jul 2012 15:40:44 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Romney-to-NAACP-Voting-GOP-good-for-your-families-162063485.html#IDComment399851046 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/AG-Holder-says-Texas-ID-law-would-harm-minorities-161956855.html#IDComment399278708 The Texas GOP made repealing the Voting Rights Act of 1965 a major part of its official platform this year. Disgusting. Tue, 10 Jul 2012 18:57:01 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/AG-Holder-says-Texas-ID-law-would-harm-minorities-161956855.html#IDComment399278708 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Episcopal-bishops-OK-trial-gay-blessing-prayer-161920965.html#IDComment399189635 If you're going to use the OT, you better not ever have gotten a haircut, or shaved, or worn clothing that was a wool/cotton blend, or had any tattoos or piercings, or eaten shellfish, or planted a back yard garden, because all those things are listed right alongside homosexuality in the same chapter of Leviticus. Of course the good news is that Christ's sacrifice absolves all those transgressions. And yes, that includes homosexuality. You can't just pick one out of the bunch and say it still applies. It's kind of an all-or-nothing deal. Tue, 10 Jul 2012 15:51:01 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Episcopal-bishops-OK-trial-gay-blessing-prayer-161920965.html#IDComment399189635 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Episcopal-bishops-OK-trial-gay-blessing-prayer-161920965.html#IDComment399169010 Let's make this easy. Let me list off all the pages in the Bible where Jesus talks about homosexuality. Tue, 10 Jul 2012 15:07:59 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Episcopal-bishops-OK-trial-gay-blessing-prayer-161920965.html#IDComment399169010 http://www.komonews.com/sports/Sacramento-gives-up-on-new-NBA-arena-focuses-on-baseabll-161856995.html#IDComment399119158 Baseball and Sacramento...two words that go together like waffle iron and forehead. Tue, 10 Jul 2012 13:29:44 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/sports/Sacramento-gives-up-on-new-NBA-arena-focuses-on-baseabll-161856995.html#IDComment399119158 http://www.komonews.com/news/entertainment/Cruise-Holmes-reach-a-settlement-in-divorce-case-161808285.html?clmob=y#IDComment398663286 I'm sure somewhere in the settlement is a "keep yer yap shut or get the Lisa MacPherson treatment" clause. Mon, 9 Jul 2012 20:44:37 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/entertainment/Cruise-Holmes-reach-a-settlement-in-divorce-case-161808285.html?clmob=y#IDComment398663286 http://www.komonews.com/news/tech/Windows-8-computers-to-go-on-sale-in-October-161805935.html?clmob=y#IDComment398614404 Does the phrase "automotive recall" mean anything to you? Technology can have glitches that don't show up until sometime down the road...so to speak. Just the nature of the beast. Mon, 9 Jul 2012 19:03:41 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/tech/Windows-8-computers-to-go-on-sale-in-October-161805935.html?clmob=y#IDComment398614404 http://www.komonews.com/news/entertainment/Oscar-winning-star-Ernest-Borgnine-dies-at-95-161730175.html#IDComment398103161 I will never be able to erase the image of him in BASEketball, rubbing linament on his chest and singing "I'm Too Sexy" Shatner-style, from my brain. RIP Mr. Borgnine. Sun, 8 Jul 2012 22:47:55 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/entertainment/Oscar-winning-star-Ernest-Borgnine-dies-at-95-161730175.html#IDComment398103161 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Congressman-Barney-Frank-marries-longtime-partner-161720565.html#IDComment398068131 I didn't realize KOMO was sending out armed thugs to force people to navigate their web browser to the KOMO website and click on stories they didn't want to read at gunpoint. You poor thing. You really should call the police next time. Sun, 8 Jul 2012 21:07:31 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Congressman-Barney-Frank-marries-longtime-partner-161720565.html#IDComment398068131 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Congressman-Barney-Frank-marries-longtime-partner-161720565.html#IDComment398051018 My sister and her husband had their wedding at a hotel on Orcas Island. You couldn't have asked for a more beautiful and romantic setting. Sun, 8 Jul 2012 20:19:55 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Congressman-Barney-Frank-marries-longtime-partner-161720565.html#IDComment398051018 http://www.komonews.com/news/business/AMR-sues-retired-workers-over-health-benefits-161687135.html#IDComment397830906 I see, so it's okay to take away the benefits someone else earned through working for the company for 20, 30 years because they're going through bankruptcy, even though the company led them to believe they'd be taken care of after they retired. I've got a better idea. Instead of cutting retiree benefits, how about cutting executive salaries and benefits? Don't punish the people who busted their asses trying to make the company a success. Punish the morons who drove it into the ground through excessive salaries and bonuses for themselves, and abysmal corporate management. Honestly, I'd like to see legislation banning "golden parachute" clauses in executive contracts. The idea that you can be rewarded to the tune of tens of millions of dollars for destroying a company, and costing upwards of hundreds or thousands of people their jobs, utterly enrages me. Sun, 8 Jul 2012 11:06:17 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/business/AMR-sues-retired-workers-over-health-benefits-161687135.html#IDComment397830906 http://www.komonews.com/weather/blogs/scott/-460-in-Montana-Nice-to-see-our-weather-systems-not-the-only-one-that-trips-up-161514305.html#IDComment397596202 Precipitation measurements aren't equivalent to one another. Snow is lighter and fluffier than water, and piles up. The accepted average equivalent for an inch of rain is 10 inches of snow. Sun, 8 Jul 2012 00:03:09 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/weather/blogs/scott/-460-in-Montana-Nice-to-see-our-weather-systems-not-the-only-one-that-trips-up-161514305.html#IDComment397596202 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/GOP-critics-attack-Romneys-safe-approach-161565495.html?clmob=y#IDComment397017701 HAHAHAHAHAHA wow, what color is the sky in your universe? Reagan left us with a record deficit that was only surpassed by his VP's son, his domestic economic policies led to the stock market crash of 87 and were partially to blame for the recession in the early 90's since Bush Sr just kept on keepin' on, and his foreign policies had us closer to an all-out nuclear exchange with the USSR than at any time since the Cuban Missile Crisis. Reagan wasn't responsible for the end of European communism, the people in eastern Europe and Russia were, Brandenburg Gate photo-op or no. Fri, 6 Jul 2012 22:21:45 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/GOP-critics-attack-Romneys-safe-approach-161565495.html?clmob=y#IDComment397017701 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Romneys-wife-says-woman-being-eyed-for-VP-candidate-161435255.html#IDComment396391964 He could pick Jesus Christ himself as a running mate, and it wouldn't make a difference. The hardcore Republicans are going to vote Romney, and the hardcore Democrats are going to vote Obama. It's the other 50% of the electorate, the independent moderates, who will decide the election, and the majority of them aren't going to elect a man whose economic track record as governor was to virtually bankrupt and decimate the industry of his state. Unless of course they really want to see every job with a livable wage outsourced to another country. Thu, 5 Jul 2012 23:15:54 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Romneys-wife-says-woman-being-eyed-for-VP-candidate-161435255.html#IDComment396391964 http://www.komonews.com/news/entertainment/Anderson-Cooper-The-fact-is-Im-gay-161084475.html#IDComment394478326 Putting the rest of Cheney's legacy aside, I love how openly accepting he has been of Mary and her wife. If other leading members of the GOP establishment can come forward like he has and essentially say that gay Americans are as deserving of being treated with love and respect as straight Americans, there just might be some hope left for humanity. Tue, 3 Jul 2012 02:50:59 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/entertainment/Anderson-Cooper-The-fact-is-Im-gay-161084475.html#IDComment394478326 http://www.komonews.com/news/entertainment/Anderson-Cooper-The-fact-is-Im-gay-161084475.html#IDComment394476017 Oh god, Marcus Bachmann. I saw a video of him doing the meet-n-greet thing at a campaign fundraiser for his beard...er, wife earlier this year. He was literally prancing from person to person squealing with joy at their presence. He was so flaming, he left little smoldering footprints in his wake. Tue, 3 Jul 2012 02:46:05 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/entertainment/Anderson-Cooper-The-fact-is-Im-gay-161084475.html#IDComment394476017 http://www.komonews.com/news/entertainment/Anderson-Cooper-The-fact-is-Im-gay-161084475.html#IDComment394474208 Given that she's scheduled to appear on his show, I'm guessing she doesn't have a problem with it. Tue, 3 Jul 2012 02:41:54 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/entertainment/Anderson-Cooper-The-fact-is-Im-gay-161084475.html#IDComment394474208 http://www.komonews.com/news/health/GlaxoSmithKline-to-pay-3B-for-health-fraud--161164175.html#IDComment394473001 That may sound like a huge sum of money (and it is), but in terms of the outrageous profits pharmaceutical manufacturers reap, particularly in the US where drugs often cost as much as 5 times what they do in other countries, it's not much more than a slap on the wrist. Put in perspective, it's roughly equivalent to the average person getting a $30 parking ticket. Tue, 3 Jul 2012 02:39:17 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/health/GlaxoSmithKline-to-pay-3B-for-health-fraud--161164175.html#IDComment394473001