I think it’s even deeper than that. Flores sharing this story NOW is purposeful beyond just creating the “I was uncomfortable” dialogue. This is Fox News shark bait, and she must have known that. Just like the GOP knows we’ll trip all over ourselves clutching our pearls when this doesn’t even reach the outer edge level…

That’s some bullshit. It is feeding the GOP and the right exactly what they want at exactly the moment they want it. Like she didn’t know this would be front and center and be snatched up by Fox News immediately? She knew. And it worked. This isn’t about this woman’s comfort or creating a dialogue. Biden has been…

But this stinks of political muddying, not real concern about her space being invaded or the experience of women. Since her story came out, there have been scores of photos of her touching and being touched by many other politicians, including Bernie Sanders (whom she supports - and what do you know, Biden outpolls…

Yeah, there must be dozens of people out there with this knowledge or access, and they can’t all like trump so I wonder why no one has leaked yet. 

I feel like those who feel their hands are tied by ethics or legal policy/regulations need to unshackle themselves from those confines and let it all loose. There HAS TO BE thousands of people who know LOTS about the GOP, Trump, and all the rest and it should be out there ...of course, maybe it is and the media at…

And in many cases, they are the breadwinners, or at least more famous for their professional accomplishments. So, do they have to publicly suck their husband’s dicks to offset bringing home the bacon? I’m confused how it all works.

I’ll never be as cool as 7-year old you. 

lol 3rd rate paper towels ... I’ve been poor enough to buy those before and I wondered why I bothered. Takes a whole roll to clean up even the tiniest spill. Guess I wanted to feel like I could still afford paper towels.

What gets me is that DeVos, from the brief amount I heard of her initial testimony, came in prepared to defend the cuts, so they knew it was a bad move. But there is no real moral or economic defense to be made, that’s how stupid they are. 

Wow. I can’t even hide things on the bottom of my cart at the grocery store, like one does. 

From what I’ve read, she’s just a religious nut with a sense of ... purpose? zeal? God-given mandate? Fuck if I know. 

People want what they see on t.v.: the dramatic accusation and criminal bust for all to see and be emotionally rewarded with. Our system doesn’t work that way, but it is still disappointing and discouraging that the system as it is lets an obvious criminal, and his criminal family and associates, sit in the highest…

So, why are they trying to kill their base? I don’t get it. 

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Berg & Seeber. I just finished it with a book discussion group on my campus. It doesn’t offer much help in balancing the service/research/teaching demands, but it’s very good at exposing the corporatization of higher ed and adjusting the mindset of publish or perish. 

The work life of an academic is busy busy busy (deadlines - impossible grant due dates, as you know) and then wait wait wait. Have you read The Slow Professor?

Stop, you’re making us other grinding academic monkeys look bad. You must be a full professor. :-) 

The scarring alone from chicken pox can leave life-long damage to your skin, even if you don’t get other complications. 

It’s definitely performance art. tRump is getting played and the killer is inside the house.

Yeah, I’m not judging, just observing. Have all the meth, Kellyanne!