“there’s no evidence to support the perception he intended to create alarm.”

I think that statement has something to do with the fact that Ahmed’s father is somewhat known locally for having at one point had a debate with a local pastor who burned the Quran. What is terrifying about that is that the local police knew who the kid was because they are apparently monitoring the family of the…

I read this whole thing out loud to my boyfriend, and when I got to the part about this going down in Irving, Texas, he went “yup. That’s who I thought it was.”

A+

A police spokesman told the Dallas Morning News that they didn’t believe Ahmed was building the clock out of pure curiosity. “We have no information that he claimed it was a bomb,” he said. “He kept maintaining it was a clock, but there was no broader explanation.”

I hate you and your ass face—that movie is a goddamn treasure!

And refused to let him call his parents. Isn’t it illegal to question a minor without a parent, guardian or lawyer present?

He also did some pretty fantastic work in that one Doctor Who two-parter at the pre-WWI boarding school, a.k.a. the one where Harry Lloyd was goddamn terrifying.

And she also voiced Vanessa Doofenschmirtz on Phineas and Ferb, opposite Brodie-Sangster as Ferb. It’s really not as though either of them vanished from the public eye for decades on end.

Secondary fun fact:

Nerd alert: He played Jojen Reed on Game of Thrones.

You’re going to think about what Paul would say on women’s issues? It’s going to be a rough ride.

I am not a practicing Catholic. At all. But I was raised Catholic (like really, really, really Catholic) and I still can’t help but be ashamed by this stuff. Like it’s associated with me.

Would not fuck. Christianity is dead to me.

I totally agree and am anti-religious hospital, BUT: almost every hospital in our large metro area is Catholic.

I feel like there’s a real missed opportunity here.

This is not okay.

I disagree on the earrings. I would wear long, thin, dangly earrings to like, re-elongate the neck. I’m partial to earrings, though; they are my go-to accessory. I find bracelets uncomfortable.

Attention all news outlets:

Pedant here. The full quote is “Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned” commonly paraphrased as “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.” So it’s scorned, not spurned. Sorry, I’m done now.

I have only this to add.