It depends on where you are. As a kid in the 70s and 80s in Rhode Island, every school in my town had an RN. If they were absent, there wasn’t a substitute.

Where I now live in NJ, every school building has an RN. In addition to sick kids, the nurse handles health-related paperwork (documenting food allergiest, etc)…

Which was worse, Star Trek V or Nemesis? Discuss.

I want it. But I’d have to impose a period dress code on guests, and no music or TV made later than 1979. If you’re going to live it, live it.

That’s a really good idea - although small businesses will scream. Remember, FMLA is unpaid, but businesses with fewer than 50 employees don’t have to provide it to their employees. The ADA doesn’t apply to businesses with fewer than 15 employees. I would expect a system like this to have a similar carveout, meaning…

Rubio also lacks the magic Cruz touch, where most normal humans find him more and more creepy the longer they’re exposed to him. The man is the human embodiment of the “Uncanny Valley”.

Yup - it’s amazing how good this show is, and how bad the X-Files was in comparison. Stilted, boring, totally lacking in any chemistry between the characters. It’s like watching a table reading.

With their apparent family dynamic, he was probably sweating whether or not she’d actually do this.

This is still less creepy than Cruz’ mother in his video, who said she prayed for him several times a day (which you’d only do if he was in great physical danger -not - or you believed his soul was in peril), and was so…

Should be noted that Mary Dye was appointed to her seat in May 2015 after her predecessor resigned after a scandal of some sort. If she’s planning on running for reelection, it’ll clearly be a campaign to watch.

Yeah, I’d like to see some prosecutions for “offical misconduct”.

Yeah, resenting a “servant’s entrance” and complaining about the fact that the owners won’t make repairs on the “poor side” is class warfare.

The Khmer Rouge used kids this age and younger as soldiers and executioners. ISIS is doing the same thing today. I’m not going to try to guess what these kids have been exposed to, and what else is going on, but you can’t assume that kids won’t do horrible shit, especially in a group.

That’s why (in general) I think…

Isn’t there a looming coffee shortage? That makes this seem like a terrible idea. Can’t get behind diverting beans away from coffee, unless they’re garbage to begin with.

Also, right now my coffee intake (black) is essentially a zero-calorie exercise - not going to give that up!

Let’s remember - he’s the weakest (constitutionally) governor in the country. It’s barely a “real” job, so yeah, he has tons of time on his hands. He's not even responsible for proposing a budget.

I remember at the time that the Japanese were referring to this sort of public display/embarrasment as Bushu-suru

That’s likely a “If this flag offends you / study American History” t-shirt. Just so you know what level of jackass you’re seeing here.

Poor Mrs. Betty Teal. Every time I hear Bolton mentioned (which does happen from time to time), I think of this sketch and smile. It’s been more than thirty years since I first saw it, and this is still one of my favorites.

They were great up until the OJ trial. That really was the end.

I’d suggest “Van Faux”, but maybe that works better to the ear than in print.

Anyway, we’ve got some places around here that do the whole party wine/art - it’s generally art/ceramics places that are doing “real” classes for kids and adults as well, and this is a way of generating some revenue in the evenings. Seems…

I’m ok with that, as long as there’s poison on both knives.

I’d tip the waiter $500 to have the sickest staff person in the restaurant (since their employers aren’t required to provide paid sick days because of assholes like Cruz) handle his food.