These do seem to be pretty minor requests from the jury. It's not like the taxpayers paid for their shopping spree at Nordstroms or got them Zim4Eva tattoos or something actually scandalous.

Interesting point. Would we be scrutinizing the jury at all (for being too girly, or any other criticism) if their outcome met our expectations? Probably not, they'd have been a non-issue.

I think the careers of these two men say a lot for the power of having a small, rabid group of vocal defenders. Just think, in a few more years, Paula Deen is going to put out a new cook book, and all anyone will say is, "Wasn't she the one everyone was all debate-y about a few years back? What was the issue again? I…

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Awww yeaaaaaah. Since they can't really leave the room, the sheriffs would have to procure the "sexual health practitioners." Which leads to the fun thought of how preferences would be managed. Would they have to fill out a form to request the type of service and practitioner they want? *teehee*

If I were a Special Ops soldier/marine/etc, I'd be really offended by how low my superiors' opinions are of my fortitude.

Ooo, does the state sponsor/procure prostitutes for sequestered males??? If not, they should get on that, stat.

Yep, while speculative, I can't see people making an issue out of either the same list if guys were doing it, or a similarly gendered/stereotyped list (fishing, car show, sports bar, etc). I mean, I've never heard of an itemized list being big news before.

Agreed that it didn't read properly for it to be anti-USA Today, but I just can't imagine the author would want to rip into the female jury that way. Cognitive dissonance?

Your daughter has excellent taste. Patrick Stewart is timelessly stylish and appropriate for all genders.

It's SO humid here, you can taste the air. How is it possible to get as dehydrated as we do, when there's water everywhere. It seriously make as much sense as Waterworld, which is what will probably happen to us in NC shortly.

I think this was supposed to be an indictment of USA Today's treatment of the issue, but the tone was weird and I don't think it came across that way (at least, not to me).

I wonder what the tone of this article would be if the jurors were male?

OMG, SLURM!

I was totally going to post this! It's the first thing I thought of when I saw these tats, and I thought I was all edgy and cool and unique. *sigh*

It makes my heart happy to know your daughter is so well-adjusted and secure. May her dinosaur affection never abate! Long live the lady paleontologists!!

Wow, yes. I had several doctors tell me, when I asked about the risks of my abortion, that not being pregnant was ALWAYS safer for women than being pregnant, no matter how you get there.

What I love is the idea this child had to go to a photoshoot, with make-up and hair and wardrobe stylists, all to represent six smells from her show. Like, professional people sat around wondering what poses and facial expressions to put on the card, what props she should hold, and then she got to pose with lights and…

Aaand, that's exactly how I felt looking at this dragon/dinosaur skull. At first I was all "That's so cool!" but then I was like, "What about the children?!?!"

It's entirely part of the pattern for these guys (and women too, I'm sure) to look for any other explanation for their predicament because their brains just can't process their falls from grace are their own faults. It's the same reason "I'm a hugger" sounds like a plausible defense to Mr. Mayor.