I'm a woman and a Republican. I actually view many left wingers and much of the Democratic Party to be hostile, or at times, condescending, or harmful, towards women. I have traditional social values, which are not largely welcomed by the Democratic Party. There used to be conservative Democrats - the so-called "Blue…

I was under the impression that evolutionary psychology was not a real science and it should go the way of phrenology, cold fusion, and homeopathy.

From what I can tell, and I am no evolutionary scientist either, they are saying that the high rate of PMS heredity shows that it was selected for, i.e. women who PMS on the regular are more likely to choose a successful mate and produce more women with PMS.

Logic has no place here. Science and women—pish posh!

I'm no evolutionary scientist, but if women spent most of their days pregnant, and had almost no periods, couldn't PMS just be an accidental biological artifact that was never pruned through natural selection because it never had the chance to occur too often? Because while I can follow the logic of this theory, it…

That's not right. I grew up with hunting, and have memories of seeing a buck hanging by it's hind feet to the garage door, with blood dripping off its nose. It was definitely dead.

Yeah, flittery, jerky motions really set off their fight-or-flight response and though I don't know exactly how, they really do pick up on nervousness. But good on you for being there to do the just thing for that boa.

Your snake sounds really cool! I became the reluctant owner of a Brazilian Rainbow Boa several years ago. An old coworker of mine had her a filthy tank, bone dry, sitting in his living room. I mentioned how beautiful the snake was, and he said, "Do you want it?" I felt that I had to take her or else she would end up…

I inadvertently became a snake owner back in June of Rorschach, a stray high white banded California King Snake that is definitely not native to northern New York. The thing is, the feeder mice that my local pet shop keep alive for live feeding were already slated for live feeding, so one way or another besides…

now you've lost me. It's a mouse. That will be eaten. If you respect it, your snake would starve because you wouldn't kill it.

I'm sorry, but I have a hard time believing that. Or at least believing it is the norm at food banks, or that they'd turn her away if a single woman showed up with four children and said, "I know your policy is two family members at a time, but I have no one to watch my kids." I imagine that most food banks are set up…

The article also goes on to say how the kids started playing near a road, in the water at the edge of a lake at the park, and climbing on a big concrete sign. Any of these kids could've been injured or even drowned. And the mother wasn't even somewhere where she couldn't have kids with her! She could've take them to…

While some shitty people own snakes, the vast majority of the herp community is made up of good people that don't own them just to seem cool.

I originally thought it read "erotic snakes," and was extremely disturbed.

AHHHHHHH JUST FUCKING STOP. Stop falsely equating this with the "struggle" of feminists. White females are not blameless here. The politics of race in America cannot be solely attributed to white men. Your attempt at tying the two together is crass and insulting.

Here is a gentleman, probably white (I can't honestly confirm that), carrying a gun, who can spew out every legal and constitutional protection possible. They let him go his way, and take his gun with him. I may not like guns but I do like people who know their rights. Cops fear people who know their rights. But…

Yep. They were armed. These people are defenseless. See how it works now?

That was over 48 hours ago. The situation is fluid, and the police response to protests has become a story of its own. His silence now is deafening.

right, but the more pressure and the more updates the POTUS and the white house receives (since the news is shut out) should make this a higher priority then say another birthday gala...

we should probs start tweeting at the POTUS. At the least we can make it so embarrassing to the white house that they have to come out with a statement.