But is it only reasonable in comparison? We need to be careful to not accept “fucking nuts” because at least it’s not “bat-shit crazy.”

Who do you like? It’s not like there are awesome options out there.

I can handle snoring. It’s the sleep-farting that gets to me.

They reported that one guys says that crime is up because of refugees. Not quite the same thing.

I think they are going to push through as much change as they can in the first year, and after they’ve gotten their major work done they’ll start to turn on him. Or, if they think that his antics will hurt their reelection chances.

What more do you think he can do? No snark, I’m curious. Because he’s speaking out and stepping up more than anyone else and I’m not sure what else he could do publicly right now.

It could be something as innocuous as “he makes me go to bed early on the weekend”

But he says that this was punishment that they agree upon. I haven’t seen anything where she has said that this is not true. So I do wonder if they did, in fact, decide as parents to use spanking as punishment.

I have no clue about the abuse charges, but Thicke has admitted to severe drug and alcohol abuse as part of another court case. So that doesn’t exaclt scream responsible parent.

My point is that if a child says I don’t want to go to dad’s houses because he buys the wrong bread, I would not support that. Even if I thought he was Disneyland Dad or if I knew he let the child watch too much TV or didn’t enforce bedtime like I would.

At what point though is it important to acknowledge that the absentee parent is making an effort? If there’s joint custody and there’s no risk to the child, I don’t see how allowing the child to stay away any time they ask for any reason is healthy in the long-run.

It’s interesting that you use the word “absentee”. Do you feel the same if both parents have been present in their children’s lives up to that point?

Which sounds sad, until you realize he’s a pretty terrible person and we’re all better off if he doesn’t try to win us over with his octogenarian (nonagenarian?) charm.

Ha, all good! Glad you liked it. It came from someone more thoughtful tham I am but I like sharing it with others. It resonated for me.

That Jewish family? Love the Blacks!

...Or take one of those classes where you paint a portrait of your dog. I would totes do that with GWB.

....Which is such crap because, what was their great “economic concern”?? Was it about bringing back dying industries (that will never come back because they are dying for a reason and that’s free market capitalism)? Or was it about clutching your wallets because it looked like someone in need was getting help and you…

Yup. Hell, even the national parks system has taken them down a few pegs-- they really think they can beat the media and intelligence community?

I am paraphrasing someone else’s eloquent post here...

That’s fake news. Trump loves black people-- he’s been told there is no bigger fan of black people than he is. In fact, Queen Latifah is scheduling a meeting between him and the CBC right now.