Absolutely could not agree more; as much as possible I followed the Kercher murder, and sadly for her family, it seems like they may never get true closure because of how poorly the case was handled (although there is a very likely suspect in Guede, the DNA evidence was so badly mishandled and contaminated that it’s…

We have most, if not all of the physical housing that we need... We just have greedy-ass landlords who want to suck their tenants dry. Land is so ridiculously valuable, that falling down shacks can easily fetch $850-1000 a month, and if the landlord ever gets busted they just kick the tenants out and sell the land.…

Marie Kondo is correct; for the vast majority of people, 30 books is a good amount. For those of us who actively enjoy reading, it might not be.

The very excellent book “Homegoing,” by Yaa Gyasi has a chapter on convict leasing (where the man is sent to a mine, I think). I had no idea that this had been a thing, and when I looked it up, I was pretty ashamed. This is still going on in many ways with states "balancing" their budgets by outsourcing to prisons and…

“Use the Fork.” “May the Fork be with us.” “Join the Dark side of the Fork.” I'd probably buy her merch if she was clever about it.

I believe any public official should be unable to earn/live on more than the lowest income average of their constituents. If the lowest average of your state is $30k a year, than you better learn how to live on it... The way the people you claim to represent have to. If you want to NOT suffer, best make sure you’re…

The problem is that by default we are only engaging with people for whom the system (as it currently is) ALREADY WORKS. The people for whom the system DOESN’T work are dead, imprisoned, or so impoverished that they have no time to worry about the system.

I’m petty enough that I love AOC just for making conservatives wet themselves. I love her policies, her “do no harm, take no shit” attitude, her refusal to worry about “Conservative Sensibilities,” and her focus on important progressive policy. I love her for ALL these things, but even if she doesn’t accomplish as…

I’m curious about what the Native Community would have preferred in light of the Right-wing encouraging physical assault of Warren to gain DNA (from hair), and stealing pen caps to attempt to run a non-consensual (and illegal) DNA analysis. I don’t really see that she had much choice in order to hopefully keep herself…

Cool that you blame RBG instead of that spineless heap, "justice" Kennedy. Maybe the problem is that conservatives deliberately manipulate this process to force their views on the country, not that RBG wanted to continue to serve. But sure: blame her for not having a crystal ball.

One of the reasons I had such a hard time understanding that there is heavy racial bias in the justice system is because most of my family’s interactions with it have been through my uncle.... And he’s gotten on the bad side of prosecutors like this. He’s an alcoholic asshole who runs his mouth, but sending him to…

My is a teacher and the unions saved our family more than once. I'm fiercely pro-union, especially as none of my jobs have allowed them. This is the only guarantee of any sort of financial security in the future.

Unpopular opinion: I believe Israel has a right to exist and give massive side-eye to people who want to “decolonize” the rest of the world but don’t acknowledge Jewish claims to Jurusalem/Israel (I guess if you hold land for longer than 500 years, it’s now “yours”). That region has been through many hands and many…

Maybe tag Mr. Blest in this, seeing as how he just wrote about how careful we must be not to hurt the feelings of those in the Deep South. You know, Texas *almost* didn’t vote for Ted Cruz so let’s ignore this woman’s plight so that we can pat ourselves on the back over how their demographics are changing! Everyone…

I can’t agree. The Deep South continues to be proud of their ignorance and hostile to Civil Rights; we’re supposed to give them a cookie because they *almost* did something right? No.

On a complete and selfish note, I just recently made the decision to live after being suicidal for many years. This future barreling down on me (almost 40, broke as fuck) isn’t very comforting. What’s the point of living when it’s going to be a goddam nightmare? Honestly, all I have at this point is pure spite. I’ll…

This just happened to me. I got a call from someone who used all the right words, and the price was reasonable. There were a few red flags, so I gave only my debit card number and asked a lawyer friend of mine if she could look over the paperwork. Haha, yeah... I did not need her to tell me I’d been scammed. The money…

Honestly, this has been coming ever since Democrats allowed Bush Jr to steal his first term. Every time push comes to shove, Democrats exhibit spines of the finest wet cardboard. It’s happening now with Pelosi pretty much promising to be completely ineffective in the name of civility.

Hard pass: pretty much every person that threw a tantrum about Hillary and voted for Trump did so because they’re mysogenists (which was a huge problem I had with that support base from Day One). I too wanted Sanders over Clinton, but I ALSO wasn’t going to shit the bed out of spite because I didn’t get my way.

Good.