I'm Canadian, I live about 25 minutes from the Quebec border and the people moving into Quebec are there for the subsidies, not the ambiance.

The difference is that people want to move to the United States. Quebec.... not so much.

I don't get it. I'm a foot guy and I wouldn't tip more or less based on a server's shoes or height of heel. Who are all these men who tip more when the heels are higher??

Get back to me when you hang your North American neighbour's flag upside-down.

Yeah, it's a win-win for both parties. The only loser is, as usual, the taxpayer.

Thanks. You made my week.

Here is the principal in question. He's got "Good ole boy" written all over him.

It's not racism, it's bigotry. Same thing, only different.

Isn't Ohio one of those important states when it comes to federal elections? So, having a shit-ton of new babies birthed to teen moms means they'll likely vote Democrat... Is this perhaps a Good Thing in disguise?

You haven't watched a porno lately, have you? All the guys are muscle-hunks with average or better faces. Back in the 70s and 80s, they took what they could get. Now you have to compete to be a male porn star.

I used to like it here when I wasn't inundated with constant Pope and religion stories.

Yup. Nobody likes a Jenny-come-lately, and she has no experience at all.

Those people are worse. These women are blinded by love & attraction, whereas the Zimmerman gang are blinded by rage & racism.

Yeah, and when they discover that the boundaries of abortion come with a huge lawyer's bill, who's going to pay for that (as if we didn't already know)? When half-baked right-wing pols come up with these brainwaves, there needs to be some way that they personally take it in the shorts instead of passing their bad…

Save the rant for something that really matters. Like the guy that leaves his shit smeared on the toilet seat of the one and only stall at work. Every. Damned. Day. I've had revenge fantasies like you wouldn't believe about the men' room, video cameras and various ways to get back at the Mad Shitter. At least…

" too vanilla for PM Ashfield?"

Are you saying that a person who themselves have engaged in classic right-wing persecution politics will claim they are being persecuted? I definitely didn't see that one coming.

HEYYYYY!!!!

Where's the persecution complex from a group that has held power for centuries but now feels like if it doesn't gets it's way, then it's being marginalized, diminished and having its rights infringed? Oh, it's right there in your post.

I tried a lidocaine-based cream when I was much younger. I didn't last any longer, but it burned a bit after being applied. Wife didn't complain about any topical after-effects. I don't have that problem any more, but I can attest to how much stress it causes a guy when he's trying to find that special someone.