Those people who fought and died for you and her (and all of use) actually fought and died to protect her freedom to do what she just did. She didn’t disrespect the flag by anymeans. What DOES disrespect the flag is to hide behind jingoistic claims of patriotism whilst criticizing others for expercising their first…

Is there a TV on the bottom so all the people below it can see something besides the bottom of a floating stage?

Are you sure the right’s behavior is what you want to use as your benchmark for deciding how to act?

There is at least one known mutation that causes an increased level of hemoglobin in the blood. People who possess this mutation are much more effective at sending oxygen to their muscles than people who don’t. This makes them excellent at sports demanding continued, unending or extreme exertion.

There are many LGB supporters and, indeed, many LGB people themselves who are transphobic. Being supportive of some parts of the queer community does not inherently mean one isn’t transphobic as, I’d argue, Midler’s tweet above shows.

I think the issue is once you’ve had one you can’t get rid of them...

I love their phone pretend phone conversations. And then you try to actually get them to talk to the grandparent on the phone and suddenly they're super shy.

Even better - they dig into the history of the home to find out the stories of its previous inhabitants and how the property fit into the community centuries ago. It really adds some depth to the work they're doing.

I am so impressed by the DNC so far. It has inspired me all over again, which I didn’t really think was possible at this point. After the RNC trash fire, I was nervous for the DNC but I look forward to each night now and can’t wait to vote in November.

This whole thing just reminds me of an episode of Veep. I can just hear someone saying,

Also, from people who know how to teach. So few realize that effective pedagogy is a craft/skill that needs to be trained and developed rather than some undifferentiated instinct all people are born with.

I feel like it’s less that he looks like Kurt Cobain than that he’s TRYING to look like Kurt Cobain, which is probably worse.

I really think women in the real world have NO IDEA what women their own age are supposed to look like because of this. For example...

I’m a New York City public school teacher (high school) in South Bronx. This is something I used struggle with when I first started. I don’t have kids (or a relationship) but I asked myself that question a lot - would I send my kids to school here? But the thing is -

Great Finnish to that comment.

Look, call me selfish or a bad liberal but my kids are being sent to a place where they’ll be safe, where they’ll be well-educated and where they won’t have to deal with over-stressed, underpaid and disinterested teachers.

Yeah, because maybe as a feminist she considers Hillary to be the best candidate on women’s rights. You knew, because of Hillary’s record.

Another good reason to never exercise.

cheese sandwiches on white bread with the crust cut off

My two minds on this pretty much boil down to this:

What a great apology that he never should have put himself in a position to have to write in the first place.