Now it won’t be the same with every relationship but for me and my wife, good communication has only made our bond stronger.

Hey there, Dead In Bed - Harris’ advice is spot-on. I have (very recently) initiated a divorce after 8 years in a relationship and 6 years of marriage with my wife, whom I had a very similar relationship with. We have always been very tight friends, good partners, etc.; but our sexual relationship has always been…

If they promise not to make a difference, then why have ‘em?

No, I actually think it’s because he doesn’t believe in charity, and his donations are going to be paltry. Also, per other commenter somewhere in the thread, his effective tax rate was really, really low, which is suspicious. His supporters will completely ignore that he’s a 1%-er.

It does make me additionally concerned about what his reaction will be when 0% of his legislative agenda makes it through his first term due to the Republicans’ geographical advantages in the House.

One is a de facto requirement for a Presidential campaign. The other’s pretty unusual, even if it’s not particularly onerous. I’ll let you decide which is which.

For what it’s worth, I’m pretty sure there’s nothing shady in his taxes. However, the press always picks up on charitable donations, and I’m willing to bet that there are very, very few (if any) in his taxes, which is something that won’t be reported on favorably. I’m guessing that’s why they are dragging their feet.

He was asked about it in an interview recently, and his response was that his wife does their taxes, they’ve been busy, and they’ll get around to it. (Not exaggerating)

Isn’t professionalism a societal construction? If it is can it be changed?

Should people that tattoo their face be banned from having a job? Of course not. But reality is what it is, you’re going to be automatically shut out of the *vast* majority of career paths with that one choice. So you better be prepared to own it.

I’m not a Sanders supporter, but that’s both surprising and disappointing.

I really wish Pareene published more. I was really excited when he came back, but he hasn’t done much (on the front side) since coming back. (I know, I know, he probably has a MEGATON of other responsibilities)

The superdelegate system is stupid, but here’s the irony of complaining about it with regard to Bernie Sanders; without the open primaries that are the only thing giving him a chance, they wouldn’t have been created in the first place.

Gawd, Andrew Sullivan’s such a conundrum. He was never, like, sorta-right or sorta-wrong. He was always really, really right, or, more often, really, really fucking wrong.

Seriously; anyone who thought about this premise in the context of the larger gaming world for more than 30 seconds could see some big potential problems with it.

Oh, I didn’t say it was a good plan.

My guess is that she also sees this run as key to winning a legislative position (Senator or House) down the road. Which, I mean, hahahahahahahahahahahahaha, but okay.

In a Sanders vs Trump (or maybe even Cruz) race, where the main candidates are basically all proposing wildly infeasible things, I don’t think a relatively moderate billionaire with a reputation (earned or not) for getting shit done is necessarily as crazy as it sounds. Especially in a Trump v Sanders race, you…

I made this argument in a response, but here’s a slightly longer version.

My counterpoint to that is that, no matter what, her political opponents on all sides will tear it apart, repeat things out of context, cast aspersions on flimsy ground, etc. We’ll get a 5,000 word Gawker hit piece on how “we’re not saying we’re in the tank for Sanders, but we’re totally in the tank for Sanders”.…