Sorry for yelling. I totally get how a boy getting his sexy on with girls on the intertubez can suck all the oxygen out of the room.
Oh, wait. There's actually millions of boys DOING PRECISELY THAT RIGHT NOW. And there will be tomorrow. And the next day. Get over it.
Meanwhile, there are actually important things afoot.
First, apologies for the fox link. I saw it on teh twitter, and it's a decent overview story, despite its source. If someone has a linky to a substantially similar story from a non-fucked-up source, I'll be glad to swap it out.
This is what Weiner's outing is about:
Some Democratic lawmakers are trying to pressure Justice Clarence Thomas to sit out any health care case that may come before the Supreme Court, citing his wife's work at a conservative political advocacy group which supports the repeal of President Barack Obama's health care reforms, FOXNews.com reported Monday.
In an added move, one election watchdog group has demanded an FBI probe of the justice over a 2010 campaign finance ruling.
The months-long efforts to target Thomas focus on his financial disclosure forms, of which amended versions were filed earlier this month and released publicly on Friday. In them, Thomas reveals that his wife, Ginni Thomas, received a salary in 2010 from Liberty Central, a group that she helped found and which supports the repeal of the Affordable Care Act.
"We knew that Justice Thomas' family had a financial stake in opposing health care reform. Now we know even more," Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) said in a statement. "It's pretty clear the justice has one option here: recusal."
Ginni Thomas announced last fall that she was leaving Liberty Central, less than a year after its creation, to join Liberty Consulting. According to IRS documents released by Liberty Central, she earned $150,000 from the organization in 2010.
http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/...
The focus on Weiner's cover-up is itself a cover-up of Thomas' conflict of interest.
Eye on the ball, folks. Keep in mind what's important here.
EDIT: Twitter appears to have caught on, even if you folks haven't.
http://twitter.com/...
dawnnicmar Dawn Nicole Martin
Let #ClarenceThomas know that #SCOTUS is not for sale... The selling of #ClarenceThomas
4 minutes ago
The Toast
TheToast2012 The Toast
The MSM won't investigate truly scandalous actions like #ClarenceThomas hiding anti-healthcare income. #letsbereal
4 minutes ago
Steve Kimura
stevekimura Steve Kimura
Right now, #ClarenceThomas is showing the #weinergate pic to an innocent law clerk.
5 minutes ago
The Toast
TheToast2012 The Toast
#ClarenceThomas should be shaking in his boots fearful of the media investigation into his hiding wife's anti-healthcare income.
6 minutes ago
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smc2012 M
Clarence Thomas's conflict of interest on Affordable Care Act dailykos.com/story/2011/05/… #clarencethomas
6 minutes ago
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smc2012 M
Does Justice Clarence Thomas Have a Looming Conflict-of-Interest Issue?http://bit.ly/... #clarencethomas
7 minutes ago