As much as I loathed PE, I don’t use that little homily because it insults all the brilliant and hardworking teachers I know. And I know a few, having come from an family full of educators.

The biggest lie Americans, especially conservatives, love to tell ourselves is the one about self-determination and self-reliance.

Reading this, as a UK resident, I can only shake my head in disbelief. Since last year, I have had a number of health issues all no doubt due to hitting 40 and my body deciding that the previous 20 years of ill use were enough.
I’ve had cameras in three orifices, and due for two of those orifices to receive cameras…

I didn’t know I’d ever have to interact, treat, or view her as a human being.

That stuff from 2006 should preclude him from every having a job in the media again. What the fuck, people?

This again and again and again.

“Those comments were made without having any knowledge I would ever be here”

So it’s cool to say this about a woman only if you aren’t going to meet her/be her cohost??? okay wtf kind of logic is that.

NBC paid a shitton of money to broadcast the Olympics. They’re not going to fuck that up by having Megyn host. As much as I love the Winter Olympics (I even watch the biathlon events) I would rather miss them than have to look at that lady.

May be not “points” but if she’s taking action to actually change the abuse she knows exists, which it appears she’s trying to do, then she’s at least worth listening to. It’s pretty easy to point fingers from the cheap seats, but many people across all industries enable abusive behavior by their lack of action, if…

on the one hand, no, you shouldn’t get a cookie for doing the basic, human thing. on the other hand, admitting you’ve done something wrong is literally the first step to fixing a problem, so it is important that people do it and we recognize it.

I have no idea who Janelle Monáe is

I finished the blanket I’ve been working on, I swear the last few rows of these things take longer than the rest of the blanket combined

You should consider contacting an attorney. Generally, when a contract is assigned, the assignor (or assignee) has a duty to notify the obligor. If you can prove you kept paying the assignor (contact your bank immediately and request full statements and records for all of this), you may have a claim against the…

Yeah, something like 45-50% of homebuyers where I live are from out of state. A large portion of that has gone for vacation rentals like Airbnb or VRBO. It’s creating a massivehousing shortage for residents and driving rents up at a ridiculous pace. A $600/month studio in 2013 is now almost $1600/month. It’s going to…

The top-end prices drive the low-end prices. As one increases, so does the other. More over, the low-end prices also become further and further endangered by the inflating market, becoming prime targets for gentrification, stripping out the low-end market to replace it with new high-end residences.

I agree with this. Price should be driven by local supply and demand. Not by investors who may live on the other side of the world who buy up every available property in cash and drive up the local market price beyond what local incomes can afford.

There has never been a shortage of housing. It has always been a shortage of AFFORDABLE housing — ie housing within the reach of the majority of US incomes. When more housing gets built, it’s not priced in that range. It’s priced at the range of what the top 25% earners can afford, for the same reason that everything…

All the new housing isn’t for people who live here. It’s for wealthy students from China and Korea who come here to go to business school. All the new apartment developments are upscale and priced as though they’re in New York, not Indiana.

We’re building tons of housing where I live.

Thanks to both jez and deadspin, esp, for staying on top of this coverage.