It’s unfortunate that the man who successfully prosecuted the KKK for the bombing of the Birmingham church and murder of little girls will lose his seat to a football coach who sounds like he’s sustained one too many hits to the head. I hope if Biden wins and Jones loses his seat that he’ll seriously consider…

I think there’s universal good etiquette- gifting like you said, writing thank you notes, arriving at the set time for events (not arriving early or late), etc. In general, good manners. I also think there is etiquette that’s used to maintain archaic social classes. For example, dinner parties where there’s a plate,…

Putting aside all the reasons this woman is just awful, how did she think she was going to get away with this lie in this day and age? Our entire lives are easily accessible on a phone and she seriously thought people wouldn’t start looking into her past, especially because it seems she was constantly changing her…

Agreed. I’m focusing my energy on so called progressives who are still griping about Biden/Harris and saying ignorant shit like “they’re not excited about the candidates but I’ll vote for them.” That’s not enough. Yes, voting for Biden is the bare minimum you can do but I’m sure you have…

So what I’m hearing that as a society, we’ve gotten greedier. I don’t want to sound like an old man on my front porch yelling at kids, but I feel like when I was a kid during the 90s there weren’t parties for minute every life event and it feels like too much sometimes. That’s why I’ve always taken baby showers as a…

I can totally get behind it being a celebration of pregnancy but isn’t that what baby showers/sprinkles are for? I’ve only thankfully been invited to that one gender reveal party and I think the blatant gift grab turned me off more than celebrating genitals.

I didn’t know about the deadline but knowing that now makes me think it’s more a stall tactic to avoid having information released before the election that could hurt him with swing voters, particularly white suburban women since they are leaving him in droves. The really cynical part of me thinks whatever would be…

Do you mean to run out the clock to prevent discovery from being released before the election or run out the clock so there’s a statute of limitations issue with the lawsuit and it gets dismissed? If it’s the former, I agree with you it that it’s very likely a stall tactic but that doesn’t make it any less dangerous.…

I think you’re giving judges way too much credit. Judgeships at any level are primarily political appointments and while there are good judges, there are also a lot of shitty judges who got their position because of who they know, not their legal acumen. And being disbarred is different than being removed from the…

Barr gave a speech earlier this year about the death of the Christian nation and how Donald Trump was the only thing standing in the way of the country’s downfall. Everything he’s said and done as Trump’s AG have been in keeping with this belief so this latest step, while terrifying, is unsurprising when you know he’s…

This is a genuinely terrifying step towards authoritarianism. This is why we absolutely need to be enthusiastic about Biden/Harris and encourage everyone we know to vote for them. I’m not one for hysterics but this is just one in a series of steps that makes me scared our democracy will not survive if he’s re-elected.…

The hypocrisy of Republicans towards veterans and service members exists at every level. I practice in an area where the elected DA is a National Guard member and most of the ADA’s in his office are Republicans. Anytime I get a vet who clearly has PTSD who hasn’t been getting treatment because of the VA backlod and…

There was an article in The Atlantic back in January that discussed how Kate and Meghan have basically become avatars for the culture wars and how people reflect their values onto these two women regardless of what they’re really like. One of things I found most interesting was these tabloids and writers who praise…

Aside from the obvious issue of biological sex does not equal gender, I find gender reveal parties to be so selfish and is just another excuse to make your family and friends pony up a gift. I had a friend who sent an invitation to her gender reveal party which included a line about how there would also be a shower…

Oh, absolutely. I don’t think anyone can say with a straight face the vitriol they face isn’t based in racism and if you do, you’re either a racist yourself or need a crash course in critical race studies. There are valid criticisms to be made about some of their choices and things they’ve said, but they’re no worse…

They really are a polarizing couple aren’t they? People either think they’re the devil incarnate or borderline saints when the reality is they probably have their good and bad qualities just like everyone else. Except the Trumps. They’re just evil.

To be clear, I’m not ridiculing them or criticizing them or think they’re the monsters the British tabloids make them out to be. But they are famous for nothing and they wouldn’t have gotten this deal but for being members of the British Royal Family. That’s the only reason Meghan is being asked to do these symposiums…

I honestly find that fascinating and want to look into it more.

Wait, they still get income from Charles’ estate? How does that work if they’re not senior/working royals? What will happen when Charles dies? Will it be split between William and Harry evenly or is it Charles’ estate in the sense that it belongs to the Prince of Wales which means that it will be William’s estate if…

Thank you for the rec! I was thinking about watching Royal Pains after I saw the lead actor as Watson in the BSC show on Netflix. I can never remember his name but he was just in everything during the 90s and 00s.