I had stopped watching the Daily Show regularly and never saw her until that segment with her making fun of Megyn Kelly was aired, and between that and this I think I'm going to start watching again mostly because of her. She is amazing.

It isn't a typo, that's actually the name of the offense. :)

Yeah, that's what gets me about this criticism as well. I volunteer with an animal rescue. I also volunteer for organizations that help people. It's not some either/or dichotomy.

To be fair, feral would be the correct term for a dog who was descended from domesticated breeds but is living in the wild.

It isn't uncommon for people to keep retired service dogs if they are able to. It takes some adjustment to go from working to retired, but most dogs can do it. The reasons for adopting them out after they retire are usually about the increased difficulty of caring for two dogs or related issues like housing.

In addition to what MyOcean said, the advice is also pretty incomplete, at least the way it is usually given. While a lot of sexual assaults happen when the person is falling-down drunk at a party, a lot of assaults also happen after she's had a few glasses of wine over a long dinner with someone she thought she could…

That's exactly it, IMO. Telling young people not to get too drunk and that bad things can happen to them if they do is a good thing. Telling young women not to get drunk because otherwise they'll be raped while not also talking to young men is misogynist as hell.

Like I said, he is still awful. I was using "good" as a relative term compared to previous popes. He's done a lot to help the position of unwed mothers in the church. He's also moved away from pushing laws to prohibit abortion (although he does still support them, but inaction is better than actively pushing them). A…

Thank you for going into more detail. I agree that it was a shitty choice for them. I was using the term "good" because Pope Francis is also not good for LGBT people, just less awful, which is apparently good enough to make the cover of The Advocate.

I'm familiar with intersectionality and the lack of it in most mainstream movements, thanks. I just think this isn't a particularly good example of LBT exclusion from the mainstream LGBT community, and was hoping you could actually explain why you think it is, particularly in light of the fact that this pope is…

I am honestly confused about the point you are trying to make. Obviously The Advocate has general problems with excluding the LBT portion of the community, but there are plenty of LBT Catholics so this seems relatively inclusive to me, at least by The Advocate's standards.

Not only that (although that is a huge part of it), but a major concern is that even relatively clean raw milk goes bad super quickly and needs to be handled to higher standards than pasteurized milk. It's virtually impossible to ship and distribute it safely on any kind of scale.

I can definitely respect that, although it strikes me as a somewhat unusual view in the context of relationships where there's enough trust and commitment to use the pull-out method. Thank you for being so concerned about it though. And just in case that sounds snarky, I mean it genuinely.

Hey, no judgment from me! Thanks for sharing that. I know with my husband and I, unless we're just a little tipsy it often kind of catches us by surprise, so that's why I was wondering. It's interesting to know that's not universal.

Well, obviously. ;)

The thing I always wonder about with people who use the pull out method (and actually really don't want to get pregnant) is, do they never have drunk sex? Because relying on a method that requires a significant amount of self-control and bodily awareness while drunk seems like a terrible idea.

You realize that the American Academy of Pediatrics doesn't have legislative powers, right?

You are not alone in that at all. I still hear it that way even though I know what the actual lyrics are.

Man, that Blurred Lines one...now I can't hear it any other way than "breed a cactus from Jamaica."

Yeah, I think it depends on the type of upbringing. I grew up in a liberal Christian church which didn't engage in any of the shunning behavior or peer pressure that the LDS and a lot of more conservative churches do, and it was a wonderful experience for me as well. It provides a great support network and a sort-of…