I’ve been active duty military for ten years (not the Marines). This was an incredibly depressing story to see break today, but what actually gives me some hope is the strong, emphatic push back online from some male Marines that this is not who the Corps should be. People with real influence are starting to speak out…
What’s really weird about that is that he doesn’t even need it; there’s at least three inches of the narrow half sticking through the loop. What’s even weirder is that he doesn’t know how to roll the tape inside out so he could stick it to the back of the narrow part instead if he simply must use tape.
Oh, the bar was higher, then, little grasshopper.
Yeah, and the coup de grace is that spokesperson saying, “There was absolutely nothing misleading about his answer.” No shit. Not one lick of subtle obfuscation, distorted facts, or clever omissions; just cold, concrete, unambiguous lies.
How is it that we could attempt to impeach Clinton for this very offense, but Sessions can just put out a bullshit statement and move on???
Lock him up! Lock him up! (oh wait he’s a Republican so it’s ok..nothing to see here)
Models smiling on the runway! Cancel the Apocalypse!
Thank you for your kind words. It is such a devastating trauma that goes beyond rational conversation. I understand not being able to talk about it, logically. The remnants are with us for life.
Jinni, I know this will sound like a paradox, but abusive parents aren’t always unloving parents. Many of them are capable of, on the one hand, nurturing a child, and on the other, being abusive at times. It’s very confusing for a child, but there is that aspect where they’ve learned how to love because the parent…
Can you imagine the poor soul tasked with CC’ing tonight?
I am deeply, unequivocally done FINISHED hearing his voice. Anymore is sends me into a rage fit. I think for my health I’ll use captions
According to Gizmodo, if you want to prevent “Teck-Neck”, yes.
We’re supposed to use all of our fingers, yes? *gulps hard*
I know! See, I squint in the same way and hold it at the same distance because print has suddenly become very, very small.... :(
There was plenty of suspect treatment of children in Communist (and atheist) China and Russia and there’s lots of systematic abuse of children in secular organizations such as Olympic Gymnastic or, you know, Penn State. The difference is mainly that there are few atheistic organizations and even fewer that frequently…
My initial response (to the headline) was to respond with some faux surprised snark. But the details are unbearable, devastating. May those children receive so much counseling and love, and not repeat the cycle of abuse. This is simply beyond words. The death penalty is too kind for this couple.
Senseless and sad.
Maybe we are all trapped in a sitcom that used to be pretty decent but totally jumped the shark in an effort to increase ratings that ironically ends up getting the show cancelled.
