I actually like Al Sharpton, but he is a terrible host.

I haven't seen his show yet (I see most MSNBC shows via app through XBOX and have yet to see his show appear in my feed), although I like him in interviews. Didn't even know he was gay. And Thomas? Who is that?

That's good to hear.

And when a POC or a woman does make it on a news show, the POC is there to discuss race and the woman is there to discuss reproductive issues. Which of course should be discussed (and not exclusively by white dudes), but it's not like white dudes are the sole experts of everything else under the sun.

I generally love cat gifs, but I think this one out does them all. Thank you for this gift.

Looked online for the transcript, but could find it. Anyway:

Yep. I'll never forget the time I got verbally blasted by my kid's sitter the time I got stuck at work, past closing, by some customers who wouldn't fucking leave the little store I worked in.

Yeah, it's ironic that the Government in the Sunshine Act (which all citizens everywhere would be lucky to have) also allows bloggers easy access to stories like this. Section 119 is especially handy to citizens.

I think the real question is: Did Mr. Burns find love on Flag Day?

"And why the mom? Where's the dad?"

"point of the sentence/fines is to compel the mother to ensure her children receive an education"

Hi, yeah, I just saw this elsewhere in this thread. It is just beyond contemptible. Which I suppose is how many Americans feel about the poor, so I guess I shouldn't be too surprised when predator capitalism meets indigent defendants.

Have a non-violent, non-drug offense pay her debt doing nonprofit work for the community? Madness, you hippie!

I don't have time to find the source material right now, but remember all the push in Arizona to make being an undocumented worker a criminal offense? Plus the accompanying 'papers, please' laws? Shockingly, it turns out Arizona has a huge for profit prison system. So, yeah.

Poor Land in Jail as Companies Add Huge Fees for Probation

There is an entire movement in the U.S. that is advocating using the courts and criminal justice system as a revenue center for cash strapped municipalities. It's disgusting, using the threat of jail to extract fees from the poor.

Agree with everything you just articulated and the thing I dislike even more than that are all the stories of a woman's rape being the catalyst for the (male) hero to go forth and conquer villains.

Though, to ONLY buy games that have a female playable charachter [sic], will exclude you from many great games.

I was in high school in the 70s and clearly remember imagining the open minded utopia we would all be living in by the time I was in my 30s.

Gimme five bees for a quarter.