In situations like this, the police also get information from the family regarding mental health status and history of suicidal ideation. If this suicide had come completely out of the blue, there would be more investigation into it.

Maybe they don’t get cancer because it’s a book for children and the author has a lot of plot to get through? I can’t see how a specific explanation for cancer in the wizarding world would have benefitted the story.

I have a Nest (and I’m a woman) and it is excellent. I can turn on the heat while in bed under the covers using my phone. Or, if I go away for the weekend and forget to turn down the temp, I can do that remotely as well. The system is designed to learn your schedule and has saved me money by automatically turning down…

There is a strict code of conduct in the intelligence community to appear bipartisan so that they do not negate their work by appearing biased. Politicians are allowed to be political, but the intelligence community works for the country and many of them work under lots of different administrations, both Republican…

From what I understand about the intelligence community, this is actually somewhat of a story. They take extreme pride in being non-partisan, as it could be argued that partisanship would influence investigations and that would negate the excellent work of the intelligence community. It is a big no-no for anyone in…

To be fair, most of these disgraced politicians have a law or business degree so they can return to a very lucrative private life at a law firm or being a CEO or running a think tank. Al Franken is only a comedian/writer and he might have to wait two whole years to write a book about this! (just being clear that I am…

But Democrats don’t represent Democrat voters anymore than Republicans represent Republican voters. They represent their constituents, regardless of who they voted for. I’m sure you would be really pissed if you lived in a red district and were represented by some harassing creep.

But then you see conservatives using that as a proud rallying point - Democrats are a mess of infighting who will turn on each other constantly and Republicans are calmly controlling everything. They don’t care what’s happening as long as they are winning and there are enough who love “winning” enough to ignore the…

She earns $80k per year. In rural Kentucky. And that is what she chooses to wear to look professional.

She only got very religious during the 4th marriage, so the first three don’t count because God forgives her.

Not sure. They have more than twice as many registered Democrats as they have Republicans, but Trump won the county with about 60% of the vote. It’s apparently considered a “swing” county, so they both have a chance to win. I think it depends on how embarrassed the voters were by the attention Kim brought to their…

I commented this above but If I had to guess, I would say that the jab was that she shouldn’t feel good about being a rich white lady winning a case against a sexual assaulter because other women who are not in a position of power are hardly going to feel “elevated” by a Taylor Swift victory. She said during the trial…

If I had to guess, I would say that the jab was that she shouldn’t feel good about being a rich white lady winning a case against a sexual assaulter because other women who are not in a position of power are hardly going to feel “elevated” by a Taylor Swift victory. She said during the trial that she was pursuing it…

I usually drink it cold with an ice cube but I will put it in the microwave if I want it hot and it’s still great. I also add chicory to the coffee before I brew it (which just means leaving it in water for 24 hours) to add sweetness so that I didn’t need to use sugar anymore. I use an hourglass brewer similar to this…

I would exempt “cold pressed coffee” (i think he meant cold brewed) from the list. I cold brew my coffee and it’s the best. I don’t have to own a coffee maker, cold brewed coffee has no acid in it and it makes coffee concentrate that I can keep in the fridge for two weeks. It’s basically a much cheaper way to make…

John Oliver and Trump have a feud going back a couple years. While running for President, Trump called his show “very boring” and claimed that he turned down a request to be on it. Oliver said they never invited him and that he will NEVER interview Trump. Then they used Trump’s quotes in the ads for their show.

Sure, but that’s confirmation bias. You hear way more about the celebrity kids who themselves become celebrities and almost nothing about those who don’t.

There is an absolute difference between CONSENT and gritting one’s teeth and silently dealing with unwanted innuendo, harassment, uncomfortable workplace culture and inappropriate touching. Don’t you dare act like women are these fickle creatures who suddenly go from LOVING sexualized attention at their workplace to…

I think the job paid about $24,000. It was more recession desperation than wanting to work there specifically. In 2004 it was an unpaid internship and I thought the magazine was cool when I was 18.

I needed a job desperately and this position was for something very specific I knew how to do in TV production. I interviewed for the magazine internship when I was 18 and they were in this scrappy office with dogs running around. I was only there for about 25 minutes. It was the 2011 interview where I was older and…