Margo Martindale as Linda Tripp. Her Mags Bennett on Justified was chilling in how someone who seems so sickly sweet and nice was hiding the reality that they were a ruthless crime boss.

Tim Kaine and Joe Biden have gone on the record to say that their personal views are pro-life, but are pro-choice politically because it reflects the views of the majority of their constituents. Given that they both are Catholics and the increasingly absolutist turn the American Catholic Church has taken, it’s…

His father and uncles, especially JFK, are more than likely spinning in their graves over both his denial of science and willingness to cozy up to Trump. Trump stands for much of what the Kennedy brothers believed in and advocated for including clean and fair elections, peaceful cooperation with other countries,…

Even if the Democrats had retaken the Senate, the only senators from that region who would be somewhat against the DAPL would be Al Franken or Amy Klobuchar, both from Minnesota. Heidi Heitkamp, the other Senator from North Dakota and a Democrat, probably the most likely person to head any Senate committee on Native…

I lived in South Dakota for a couple years and worked for an attorney who was involved with South Dakota Democrat Party. He was close personal friends with the Democrat candidate for governor in 2010. One of the paralegals in the office was around Noem’s age and came from a farming family around Aberdeen, the major…

Try that on Ron Johnson, Our Dumb Senator from Wisconsin. Knowing him, he’d think that smegma is some Scandavian-American food delicacy.

Aww, Paul Ryan is so scared of some girls in shocking pink. Maybe he would benefit from taking the 6 week masculinity course at UW-Madison.

A fair number of them do echo what people who voted for Trump in my family have said about why they vote Republican and were Trump supporters.

I read the book earlier this fall and it’s very much worth reading. It’s one read that it takes getting through the first 100 pages and the background information before you become hooked.

Because most of us have it conditioned in us that we aren’t “nice girls” if we expect the same standards to be applied to our male colleagues. They are apparently the real special snowflakes who need accommodations made for them because of all the responsibilities in their lives, but can get away with doing a subpar…

Men with dependents, married or not, do get treated better than their female colleagues. I’m a woman without kids by choice and get screwed over at work in favor of my divorced male single father colleague. He’s barely capable of doing his job in a manner that allows him to keep it, but he gets the perks that should…

Like others, I don’t think the current team had anything to do with Sandusky. They shouldn’t be penalized for the lapses in judgment made by administrators and coaches 15 to 30+ years ago. I do think that there should have been more a housecleaning than there was in the athletic department. Only the higher ups…

So it seems like the Tim Beckman and Illinois situation all over again. Only difference is that Indiana seems to be handling their situation better than Illinois did.

My late maternal grandfather served in Korea. He rarely spoke about his brief time, including some actual combat. There was never a gun in my grandparents’ home because of his time in the Army. His time in the service was an eye opener for someone who grew up in rural Nebraska and had his first interactions with…

I’d rather have the Big 10 champion, more than likely Wisconsin get in as the #4 team. I’d rather have Michigan go to the Rose Bowl over a playoff game because it’s better than facing Alabama. I also don’t see Washington getting in because of their weaker resume even with one loss.

The process of cutting ties with family varies with people. For some people, it takes years to complete the process. The seeds may have been laid decades prior to when they finally decide to cut ties, and in retrospect those around them can see what happened and what could have prevented the estrangement.

If your prediction is somewhat accurate, just look back to Reagan’s term. I’m convinced that he was only really a hands on president during some of his first term. He probably had early onset symptoms of Alzheimer’s even when he was campaigning in 1984. His handlers and staff were the ones in control, which explains…

Walker could be leaving Wisconsin quite the shit filled box as a going away present. That includes a significant budget deficit, a transportation fund that is running nearly a billion dollar deficit, an education system (both K to 12 and higher ed) that was as recently as a decade ago a national model, now…

That was last night. He sounded heartbroken over the phone. He came around to HRC as someone who would provide some adult leadership even though he dislikes her as a person. He was worried about the financial markets even then.

That’s not a bad idea. In addition to obstructing everything the cheeto zombie tries to do, focus on 2018. The Democrats can retake the Senate, multiple governor’s mansions, and maybe the House with 2 years of stalemate. Look at what Democrats have done to Rauner in Illinois. They’ve allowed nearly none of his agenda…