Yowch.

I agree that everyone deserves a fair defense. But I don't think character assassination of an alleged victim has any part in "fair". (There may be exceptions, like when the alleged victim is an actual scammer, but most of hte time, no). You can defend someone to the fullest extent that the law and ethics permit and…

How the hell do you put fried donuts in a drink and have it still be drinkable?

We do have to defend horrible people like rapists, but I don't think we have to do it in upsetting ways. They're guaranteed a defense attorney. They are not guaranteed a defense attorney who will resort to tricks and character assassination. If defense attorneys would stop pulling moves they know are BS and defend…

I find doing it with butter and a little water on the stove and then pureeing is as good or better than baking.

I like this, but I make my real pumpkin pumpkin pie with sweetened evaporated milk and 2 eggs. I use a huge amount of pumpkin pie spice, hand-ground (and yes, it's got clove and ginger in it). No milk, no flour, no cream. Also good additions? A dash of orange bitters, a splash of brandy, a big squirt of fake maple…

Yeah, I don't accept it either. If you can't make a competent decision then it shouldn't be your decision to make.

The police do a better job of putting other people's lives on the line. Specifically, black men's.

No. Barf. I've been a generally pro-Obama sort even when he hit some rough spots (although I am not a fan of his hawkish foreign policy and lily-livered ways of dealing with the conservative fuckery or his half-assed health care plan when we needed single-payer), but fuck that noise. Calm never got anyone anywhere.

Not at all. I'm married and all, but John Oliver is like the more outgoing, slightly older British version of my husband. I actually have a huge crush on him.

As far as I'm concerned "left wing" is the new moderate, because the right wing is SUPER FUCKED.

I agree, but for a few small things. One, not everyone lives near their parents, and not everyone can (If I had kids I still couldn't live near my folks, because I don't like the area and there aren't any jobs there in my field). Two, sometimes grandparents have values you don't really want your kids spending that…

So total loss to you was half a computer? A small price to pay for a life free of an asshat.

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What's yours is his and what's his is his!

I won't win, but can I just come in here and say "housework"? I would have dated-for-fun but never, ever married a guy who didn't understand the importance of a fair balance of housework, and be willing to do his share to the best of his ability (if "the best of his ability" were still awful, he'd have to be willing…

I highly doubt his son said it in Chinese, though, so putting it in a random language like that is a bit odd? Or am I missing something?

No, Bill, you are not my 好朋友。You're a 老色狼。

I do like most of their stuff...as I said I like their moisturizers, drying lotion and eye gel. But, the zit-killing stuff just doesn't kill my zits is all. That said, on the whole their products are several steps above drugstore brands and even some fancy brands.

I've used the Mario Badescu drying lotion. It relieves the pain of big zits but it doesn't actually dry mine out...they take just as long to go away. What does work is the buffering lotion, in that it helps cystic pimples 'surface' sooner.

I also like their oil-free face moisturizer for traveling (airplane air), their…