Meh, probably some shmuck assistant manager from the golf course. The Secret Service doesn’t have the money to send one of their own guys and leave the detail a man short (tho no doubt the charge for the truck and the shmuck’s time will turn up on their budget).

Is there any info on how pregnant women are getting put into custody in the first place? Is it just coincidence?

My fave author once said, a [sex worker] should be judged like any other professional - is her service good? [etc]. No false morality, no sex-is-sin, it’s just another job. It took me years to unpack the unspoken privilege underlying the quote - the assumptions that the work is chosen, not forced, that the worker is…

The Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse issued its final report on Friday. The stories of the victims are horrific, but the actual abuse pales next to the systemic silence, coverups, and victim blaming that allowed the abusers to continue virtually unchecked for decades.

Am ded. Needs more stars.

I am wondering, (if we disregard those who only vote Republican, and/or only vote anti-abortion), whether these white women are basing their vote:

I’m curious - when I get my tax return from the Australian Tax Office, along with my individual return I get a page that summarises where my money actually goes - this much to health, this much to defence etc, according to that year’s federal budget. Similar information is available online, if you know where to look…

My dad picked his cat the same way - small town caravan park, either abandoned or got lost, cause he was litter trained and knew what a plastic food dish was. Been travelling together in the camper ten years now.

Worth a search thru your local secondhand bookshop. I read a lot of golden age scifi and pulps - American culture really hasn’t changed much since the thirties, i’m constantly amused by stuff that still applies today.

You get a star for Job. Don’t forget that Yahweh and Satan may have been gods to Alec, but to themselves they were artists. (And Yahweh was the only artist to use the concept of ‘worship’ in his art.)

I like it! And it works for a boy or a girl!

Yup! Mum’s maiden name for me, dad’s mum’s maiden name for my brothers. Then they accidentally gave us all first names starting with M and second names starting with J, so we came out MJTC, MJTC and MJBC.

Ikr? I hadn’t heard of these till now. If only I had, all that time and money wasted on doctor’s visits and medication!

I make this joke every year, it’s my favourite dad joke! And it’s just perfect for pic messaging.

Depends on what we’re voting for (fed v state v local gov). Usually, you get one ballot paper for the senate, with six to ten names, and one ballot paper for the house of reps, which can be huge, and you either vote above the line (by party) or below the line (by individual). It’s preference voting, which is…

You turn it into a request, that they can decline, giving them the controls. ‘Okay, time to go, can I have a goodbye kiss?’ I actually get more cuddles that way, from my babysitting kids, than if I forced it.

Yes! I have had entire conversations with my mum, who is two states away, by text (and before that, email) that took days or weeks in realtime, as we each replied when we had a moment. Esp when we were both working and commuting.

Oh hell yes. i remember feeling very wtf? at that. Iirc, Jazz is the only Autobot to die - the others all survive.

:) Good for you.

I’m happy to agree to disagree, since your argument does essentially boil down to “nuh-uh!”.