Thanks for this explanation. It has got to be one of the stupidest things I have ever heard (not your explanation, obviously!). I mean, who the fuck cares, a. And b., what's with this acting like Beyonce isn't just some focus group driven media whore like the rest of them?

Of course there are good role models out there for girls, but they aren't women who are regularly discussed in that context. This weekend, Dr. Helen Caldicott is speaking in NH. Dr. Caldicott is a doctor who was working at Boston Children's Hospital when Three Mile Island almost melted down. She left her practice to…

Kate needs a serious eyeliner intervention. I know I say it all the time, but this pic confirms it x1000.

-I could go the rest of my life without seeing a childbirth and I'd be fine. I was horrified enough by that goddamn "Miracle of Life" video I saw in the fifth grade. Those monsters.

-Sssh, sssh Amy Adams. Just sssh.

You're right, states never abuse their power to the cost of ordinary citizens. The US is a free country because it was just born that way, and will remain so however passively its citizens behave.

It's so sad that American's eat so much packaged crap. My family is southern and cooking is a huge part of our familial traditions. I never ate processed shit (unless mom was sick or we were camping and even camping there was at least one dinner that was freshly caught fried fish with a side of onions and fried…

Someone makes the very good point upthread that post-war rationing knocked the stuffing out of British food for a really long time. It sounds to me that you are describing exactly British post war food.