I got trapped watching a Fox political talk show of some sort at the gym today (four very attractive women and one average dude all making me very angry) and they loved Fiorina, with a little appreciation for Rubio and scorn for Jeb. A guest on the show was talking about how people just LOVE Trump’s straightforward…

Yeah, honestly, that is part of the reason I don’t carry. My husband has always told me that if you are prepared to pull a gun on someone you should be prepared to shoot someone - and I do truly think I COULD if I had to, but I also don’t want to add any possible risks just associated with carrying a gun. I don’t feel…

I am in somewhat of the same situation - I got mine because my husband wanted me to, and because he has guns. Based on that though, I would say that unless you specifically want to be able to carry a handgun concealed (or your bf wants you to and you are willing) you don’t really need the CHL class. You could go to a…

Weirdly enough, what I said IS the correct procedure for cops dealing with someone incorrectly using their carry license! And you’ll note that I DID point out that it would take a good cop to do that! AND at no point did I suggest that I think it would actually happen that way in the real world, or that I would have…

Yeah, a good cop (haha) should definitely try to resolve the situation peacefully, but that dickhead should ALSO have been disarmed. The cop should have told him to take his hand off then gun and then removed it from him, to be returned at a later time. If he didn’t comply then it should have escalated.

I have literally sent people on facebook that type of quote and have not gotten through to them. I - honest to god - got in an argument with someone who was comparing the Confederate flag to the gay pride flag, in that if people can be offended by the Confederate flag he can be offended by the gay pride flag.

I just moved to Texas and keep hearing this argument and do not believe it at all. I just took the state’s concealed carry class, and the instructor was a racist old Texan lunatic. He carries two handguns and six magazines at all times, and the class was basically “how to shoot someone and get away with it” class. I…

Texas is about to allow licensed open carry and the thought scares me. My husband and I have concealed carry permits (I don’t carry either way) but open carry seems particularly stupid. It unnecessarily scares people and there is no immediate way to know if you’re a murderous lunatic or just a dickhead who likes to…

I cut the skirt threads (of course. When I notice them.) but I leave those belt loops on. I don’t have a particularly defined waist (narrow hips) and it helps keep the belt from wandering off.

Hey thanks! I keep looking for a feminist group, or a women’s rights activist group, or something - this state DEFINITELY needs that - and I must be looking in the wrong places.

My husband worked for a company that did almost all of its business with the government (defense) and he got paid, but I imagine the reasons were complicated and involved the nature of their projects and the business and things I actually can’t talk about.

Are you an Austenite? And if you are ... do you know of any organizations or areas someone could do some work helping this along? I just moved to Austin and would like to do something useful with myself and also am sort of scared of the rest of the state’s politics.

Anecdote time: I just moved to Austin and am overwhelmed, even here, by the We’re Texas Goddammit!!!! attitude. I recently took a concealed carry class (I know, please no one flame me, my husband wants us both to be certified and I humor him) and the instructor, who was a completely insane racist old Texan dude,…

Same. I could...call and tell his staff that I hate everything he does and only moved to this state because of Austin? I am sure that would convince him of something.

Cruz is one of my senators. I haven’t even bothered, because what good would it do?

I read a great article yesterday (and I have no recollection of what the hell publication I got it from, sorry) examining the entire practice of using fetal tissue, who does it, where it comes from, and what the costs are. And the thing is - the discussion of cost is even more ridiculous because it is illegal to make…

Like with the anti-vaxxers, this is clearly a case where belief has so far transcended any real truth - facts which exist and are easy to find, studies, very obvious evidence - and the believers are going to refuse to be convinced. To anyone “rational,” this entire thing is crazyface, as are nearly all the…

I told mine I was having “a very minor surgical procedure” and that I would probably do better if I went home after it was done. They were VERY happy to accommodate. I did have a good manager at the time, but really - if you have PTO you can take it on whatever you want.

My gyno was like, “cough.” And I did. And it was in. The part that was more uncomfortable was getting the cervix prepped, and for me that felt like moderate to severe menstrual cramps, so nothing I wasn’t used to. I have heard some women have more trouble (it sounds like my sister had more pain) but trust me - overall…

Yup. And if you can talk out the prenup, the wanting one, the implications, the future, everything, you are probably more solid and likely to last. (Disclosure - I have one, mostly for my husband’s benefit, and it was kind of a process! I had a brief freakout when a lawyer told me it wasn’t in my interests, but I also…