Don’t give up on it. People learn at all ages and thankfully,since it’s not strenuous, no matter when you take your classes you’re not too worn out to go back to work or carry out your errands.

Go first thing in the morning when the chlorine and filters have done their work and the pool has been cleaned. ;-)

I guess this may be the new way to be helicopter parents. A little while ago there was a post about making your kids fans of your favorite team so trying to shape how they’ll stand up to ‘the Man’ is a logical progression but I agree with you, this is how parent pleasing clones are made.

Same reason this happened the last time-clicks.

Absolutely.

I do want my children to be aware of the problems present in our society but I wouldn’t feel comfortable about encouraging them to be activists at a young age. Children have to finish building themselves before they know if they have it in them to go out and try to change the world. Most causes will only yield results…

Better in what way? I use Lysol wipes mostly because the scent is mild and even then it dissipates within a couple of minutes but do the Clorox wipes clean better or is it something else you prefer about them?

Better in what way? I use Lysol wipes mostly because the scent is mild and even then it dissipates within a couple…

Yes, didn’t this monster cause the crack epidemic in inner cities just so he could finance some illegal intervention in South America? He was racist trash on steroids on top of being a moron at economics and everything else.

Actually, that’s something we should all do. Even if you don’t have kids you may at some point have to take one (or a pet) home for a relative or friend to say nothing of doing this to avoid forgetting presents, expensive purchases and perishable goods on the backseat. Checking the backseat each and every time you get…

The bag in the backseat idea is great but only if you ALWAYS do it and not just when you put the baby there. If you always do it, it will train you to always check the backseat whereas if you only do it when the baby is there, you may sometimes forget to place the bag to remind you. I was in the habit of leaving my…

It’s been deadly 38 times this year but I’m sure it’s happened thousands of times. We need this technology, if only because those driving kids might sometimes not even be the primary care providers which would make them even more likely to forget a grandkid or godchild. I just toss my phone in its case in the backseat…

Obviously, it’s the driver who called the cops and had them meet the bus and board it. If s/he had gone to intervene, it wouldn’t have stopped the attack on these women as well as police involvement did.

They have to prepare the answers to all 100 questions about our country since they don’t know which ones they’ll be asked. Sure that’s not much but, again, what deep learning do we require of existing citizens? What deep learning did we ever require in the past to become a citizen? None.

For having seen pictures, newscasts and documentaries featuring Swedish jails as impeccably clean and uncrowded over the years this all sounds far-fetched.

The thing is, what else could it be? Most current citizens most notably those born here couldn’t pass it and honestly I think that’s a much bigger problem because I suspect a lot of the ills in our society stem from the lazy and/or blinder wearing mentality it displays.

Yes, some whites, like you, will see less and less racism and may come to believe it's a minor issue simply by shutting down all the racists they encounter. I don't regret that I never let that shit pass but then again it means you don't know how bad some people in your circle are when they're not around you. 

There’s also the problem of living in an echo chamber when you’re progressive. Trump’s rise in popularity and election came as a shock to me but when I took the time to think about it, I realized that it was because I had purged every remotely racist person I met out of my life since childhood. I don’t start quarrels…

Yes, being detained pending your trial is common in Sweden. It always was (but they seem to get people tried faster so there’s that). I'd assume the Assange situation has made them even less interested than ever in letting suspects free to roam the world instead of staying to answer charges. But here's a good PDF…

It’s disturbing but dog people are in their own universe where doing things like this is almost always a compliment. So much so that I remember Oprah (a fellow dog lover) giving someone a puppy on her show while making it clear that she did not want it to be named after her since it was obvious that the happy and…

Come now, there’s nothing he’s said or done that would turn off those women if “grab them by the pussy” and the fact that his longest marriages featured glorified mail order brides didn’t stop them from voting for him. They did it then and they’ll do it again. The only hope for this country is out-voting that idiotic…