Not nearly enough departments routinely test officers for this. It’s not required in a lot of states.

“Curated food crafting kits”?

Oh, that’s so sad. I’m picturing someone holding the package, aping happyness with a rictus grin on their face, trying to ignore that yawning chasm of emptiness inside that’s threatening to engulf their entire psyche. Or, with the same facial expression, trying to feign delight at getting…

It’s perfect. She’s actually speaking in pure, unadulturated “dog-whistle”. There’s nothing else! Her speeches are nearly 100% devoid of information, but they’re chock full of meaning to folks who like her and believe the things she does.

It’s fucking brilliant. Horrifying, but she’s always going to have an audience,…

Holy crap, they’ve actually made the Surface Pro 3 look affordable for what you get (including pen & keyboard). I mean, I’m not going to buy a Surface Pro 3 unless I suddenly get a financial windfall that allows be to buy an additional computing device for over a grand for “just sometimes”. But it’s a really, really…

Or the only pharmicist within hours of driving in a one-traffic-light town.

That’s part of the issue - a lot of these companies have done scummy, unprincipled things in the past, and they’ll do it again. What folks interested in food additive safety should be doing is pushing for a European-style system for approving food additives. They have to demonstrate the utility of the additive or it…

There may be areas of her life where she demonstrates intelligence. This isn’t one of those?

I really can’t figure this sort of idiocy out. Either these fuckers don’t believe a word of it, know that this isn’t how it can work, but their personal income is so tied to pandering to this point of view that they just stick to it. Or, they genuinely don’t understand even the most basic pieces of this country’s…

They mark their territory by entering any space and metaphorically pissing in the corners?

I suspect the number of parodies on various sketch comedy shows may have inflated the number in our minds.

It won’t matter. Estimates are that without between 40% and 50% of the Hispanic vote, a GOP candidate likely can’t win the White House. The only Republican that has a shot at drastically improving their share of the Hispanic vote is Rubio, and even that’s iffy. Bush’s support, while among the best on the Republican…

That’s a fantastic story. And I’d read the Mitchell book YEARS ago - so thanks for the reminder about it. I need to go dig my copy up from wherever it’s been stashed and reread it.

Mugshots! Erika on the left, Chanese on the right.

May his days and nights be filled with burning disgestive agony from food-borne illnesses caused by underpaid food sevice employees with no paid sick leave handling his food.

A lot of Texas relies on volunteer firefighters, and the budgets and equipment apparently really suck. I remember the state budget cuts got a fair amount of press coverage a few years back when there were some large fires in the Austin area.

As a side note, it’s been increasingly difficult for volunteer fire…

She’ll come out ahead through donations. That’s the nutty part.

Also, not all jpgs are created equal - some software does a better job than others, and there’s no agreement on what “quality level” means from app to app. If the initial compression added artifacts, Facebook is likely to exacerbate them - that instantly gets you into the equivalent of downloaded & re-uploaded…

Yeah, but it also seems like it’s an attempt to make this seem more like a cultural partnership instead of denying the essential humanity of an entire group of people, an attitude which still finds expression today. And the part on the Klan - that’s ridiculously thin. The Klan was essentially a parallel power…

The tone of that message makes her sound like the villain from a fantasy story. You know, someone who seems pleasant, and appears well-meaning to most, but there’s a hint of menace. It always turns out that the character is some sort of timeless evil from a bygone age, either disguising itself with a pleasing…

Chihuahuaschnitzel is a niche player in most markets, and doesn’t have the marketing budget to sponsor events like Wienerschnitzel does.