The refugees from countries like Syria are regular decent folk fleeing the same scumbags who attacked last night. DAESH/ISIS see the majority of Muslims who don’t think the way they do as enemies, just as they see the rest of we infidels. By assuming every Muslim is a radical terrorist you’re doing exactly what the…

I’ve been binge-reading Bernard Cornwell’s Saxon stories and watching the BBC America show based on them, so it’s been on my mind lately. And I’d rather think of that than of all the horrible shit happening now and what will happen in retribution.

Yeah, the name comes from making fun of The Eagles.

Yeah, I agree. I remember when France was first trying to ban headscarves and veils I noticed how the “whatever” ‘tude we have in the US made it not really an issue here. Yeah, there are assholes who get into the faces of women who cover, but I’m taking about on a legal and national scale. We just take it, and as you…

I love all these racists who freak out over a brown person acting suspicious (which can be anything from objectively criminal behavior to standing around twiddling their thumbs) but give white ppl acting truly scary a pass. This is why we live in a society where black kids who wear hoodies get shot but white dudes who…

Think about it: the Salic law bullshit on succession basically started the War of the Roses, which lead to the rise of the Tudors, which led to all the shit with Henry VIII and the break with Rome, after which oppression of the Irish got even worse, so it makes sense.

I wish more and more news outlets would call them DAESH. Ever since I found out that they hate being called that, I’ve called them that. We really need to focus on the fact that they hate the majority of Muslims just as much as bigots in the west do.

About 1200 years ago it was the Vikings. Pointy-helmeted bastards.

I think these kinds of assholes are happy when horrible shit like this occurs, so they can justify their bigotry. Everyone else is just horrified and sad but they’re all rubbing their hands together in glee. Fuckers.

Same here. <g>

Well, the jerks in question no longer work there. And there actually wasn’t an HR dept at the library anyway. And the library is the kind of place where a manager who literally screams at her employees and throws things around and at them gets praised for being a tough manager instead of being recognized as a violent…

I wasn’t saying that to imply you weren’t thinking the same; I was just saying it because I was afraid if I just let the first part of my comment about growth spurts and such stand w/out tacking on the “it’s good to be healthy, etc” thing someone else would come in and accuse me of advocating being sedentary and…

A coworker of mine battled and lost against cancer some years ago. She used to have bright red hair and wore a wig when hers fell out. A couple of assholes in the office snarked about the fact she was wearing a wig even though we all knew why. Those motherfuckers.

Thank you for listening and learning.

Some kids are consistently thin or fat throughout their childhoods, and some do the puppy growing thing where they’re short and squat one year and tall and lean the other. No matter what, encouraging activity and eating healthful foods (most of the time, but remember that having “bad” food won’t kill anyone) for its…

That’s the thing—we can talk about objective measurements of physical attractiveness, like clear skin and symmetrical features and such, but when it comes to beauty, it truly is subjective. Cliches like “beauty is in the eye of the beholder” are true for a reason.

Damn good point.Just because something lasts doesn’t mean it wasn’t important and even life-changing. And there are many different kinds of love. Romantic love turning into friendship love still counts as a win in the love column.

They make no damn sense, given that the fish they’re posing with are already dead. Wouldn’t it make more sense to have them in the water with a live fish?

Wait, doesn’t this mean this is a way of doing ethically-sourced longpig liver? Hannibal Lector will be the happiest.

But shouldn’t that mean he’d be wanting a badger as the national symbol? Actually, that would rock...