This stop north of Las Cruces on I-25 has been there for as long as I can remember. I-25 is a frequently used corridor for drug and human traffickers coming up from Juarez, and they put this checkpoint in that particular spot because there’s no way to get around it once your north of Las Cruces on your way to…

People have assumed I’m about 5 to 10 years younger than I am my entire adult life and it has never been a blessing. Mostly I’ve found it’s lead to people not taking me seriously at work and making really judgey assumptions about me because they think I was a teen parent. I’m 38 now and people are barely starting to…

One of my comments got over 1200 likes a couple of years ago. Have never broke more than 15 since and am still in the greys :(

Ha, similar situation for me, except I (white, mid-30's female in ABQ) got the tickets. I think it was mostly because I asked the cop “What’s the problem?” When I pulled over because he stopped me for a bullshit reason - changing lanes too close to a rail road crossing, even though I was past the crossing. He runs my…

I agree with your premise, like I said, I didn’t think Clinton was the best candidate, and I agree with Bernie’s policies (Though I personally like Warren better). My point was as far as the DNC was concerned and as far as Bernie was on public record, he was not a Democrat, he was Independent. So logically, it stands…

Apparently reading comprehension is not a strength of yours. Toodles.

I think you missed the entire point of my post which was the DNC was under no obligation to fund and support someone who never was a member and had never contributed in any meaningful way to the Democratic Party. I’m not holding any grudge against Bernie, I like him and agree with 95% of his politics. What I am tired…

No, what I’m saying is don’t expect the people who’ve put in the years of hard work, which includes DWS (who totally sucked) all the way down to the precinct captains, just to forego those years of experience and pounding the pavement to just step aside when someone who hasn’t done any of that work comes along and…

She also stated off as a Democrat, while Bernie was not. He may have caucused with the Dems when it came to voting blocs and committees, but in all his years as a senator never registered as one and never once contributed to building the party or fundraising. Now, I’ll be the first to admit that the insiders of the…

I guess I must live in a state (NM) that does Charter schools better? Which is pretty sad considering my state is almost always at the bottom for education (I think we might be above Alabama or Mississippi every couple of years). Charter schools here have to be chartered by the local school board or the state…

Love Kathy Bates with a burning passion, but Chuck Lorre is so unfunny I’m trying to decide if she’ll redeem him or he’ll drag her down and whether it’s worth it to watch and see....

I wish more botanists would shout from the roof tops that more CO2 is not actually good for plants. It’s analogous to humans eating nothing but french fries. Not only do plants need water as mentioned in the article they also need fixed nitrogen, phosphorus, iron, etc. which are all found in the soil and are subject…

I have had the Paraguard (copper) IUD for 10 years now. It has been a godsend in terms of not worrying about taking pills or wild mood swings. It’s also good for 10 years so very cost effective.

Oh she’s totally into the nekomimi scene, she’s a huge anime fan and adds ‘the_neko’ to all her social media handles. We just like to tease her about being a furry since the majority are so obnoxious and you’re not living a full life as a parent of a teenager if you’re not teasing them about something harmless :)

My 13 year old has taken to wearing a cat tail and ears every day since school started. She says it’s cool. I’ve been worried she was in the early phases of becoming a furry, but maybe she’s just on to a new trend?

NM is not really a blue state. Until the last two Obama elections we were a toss-up swing state - used to get us a lot of attention during election years. We also switch parties on Governors pretty reliably every 8 years (Johnson - R at least then, Richardson -D, and now Martinez - R).

There’s a difference between Reservation land and Private Tribal land. Private tribal land is land purchased by the tribe outside of the reservation. It’s owned by the tribe exclusively and has a few less protections than Reservation land. Reservation land is owned by the Federal Gvt. and managed on behalf of the…

Private tribal land is different than the Reservation land. Private tribal land is land the tribe purchased outside of the Reservation while the Reservation is land set aside and managed by the Federal Gvt. on behalf of the tribe. It gets really complicated, but since I live in a state with 29 Reservations I've had to…

This is fantastic. I used to mod an Abortion stories group on LiveJournal (like 15 years ago). No one would publically talk about their story then and it's so awesome to see it happen at such a high profile event.

Sorry, mis-read your question, I agree.