Yeah - over the years, I’ve heard countless drag queens use that joke. It’s not exactly original...

This is a very good question, and not one I’ve seen adressed locally (I live about an hour from Flint). We have a DNR, but I haven’t seen anything about their input/reaction concerning use of the Flint River.

I know Burt’s Bees makes one. I got a sample in my ipsy bag this month, but haven’t had the chance to try it.

Experts, my ass. People are reporting skin lesions and “stinging” from showering and bathing.

Infuriatingly, the “emergency manager” law that led to this crisis is overwhelmingly instituted in black communities. The EM law has effectively undermined the voting rights of 60% of Michigan’s black population.

Sadly, the mayors (this whole debacle spans two mayoral administrations) had nothing to do with the decision to use Flint River water. Months before, Snyder had appointed an “emergency manager” to Flint who, under state law, usurps nearly every mayoral and legislative responsibility. These emergency managers report…

Incredibly, according to the Detroit Free Press, the governor’s own Treasury Department completed an engineering study two years ago that showed Flint would be better off staying with Detroit water, but, for some reason, it was ignored:

Curiously, now officials can’t seem to “remember” who even authorized the decision to switch to the Flint River water. According to the Detroit Free Press, the city council (in a 7-1 vote), the mayor and the emergency manager agreed to switch from Detroit’s system to a future independent pipe to Lake Huron, but nobody…

And he certainly didn’t want any federal agency nosing around in the fuckery he’s created in this state...

Abso-fucking-lutely.

Sadly, the auto companies have also ignored this crisis; in fact, GM stopped using the Flint River water source because they were worried the water was causing corrosion in engines. The company chose to instead buy water independently from Lake Huron...which will cost the city of Flint hundreds of thousands of…

Truth. And you are absolutely correct that there has been a huge drop in the actual handing down of the death sentence as a punishment (although Texas, of course, remains #1 in the carrying out of those sentences). The imposition of new discovery laws (not to mention the proliferation of DNA-tested actual innocence…

Say what? Texas executed 13 people last year...

You’re greyed on The Slot, too?! For shame. You are a great presence in the comments throughout the Jez universe. I love The Slot and Pictorial but can’t get ungreyed to save my life on either. Ironically I’m ungreyed (or used to be) on some subs that are retired, largely forgotten or, sadly, rarely posted to anymore…

“Germ Prison.” That’s about right.

Cool! I hope you like it. Ridley includes a lot of interesting asides in each chapter’s end notes that were almost as interesting as the main text...

I loved her in Wolf Hall, but did you notice how Anne’s wardrobe consisted of the same gown over and over again (the one featured in the photo you posted)? I mean, c’mon, Wolf Hall has to have had a budget capable of giving her some killer duds. They cheaped out a bit on her wardrobe.

Did you read “The Heir Apparent: A Life of Edward VII, the Playboy Prince” by Jane Ridley (I think it came out in 2014, or maybe last year)? It was well over 500 pages and I devoured it. Although he was defined by his unending philandering (instances of which made for great reading!), it was fascinating to see how he…

The American “tradition” of blackface/minstrelsy has been exported around the world for almost 200 years.

RZA adds, “He has the power to do something really cool. If he wants to be philanthropic, he can do something that could allow more people to hear the record.”