They are not dictating to anyone. They are asking and petitioning.

We have problems in Texas, but we are nowhere near the league of Arizona or Florida when it comes to crazy. When a District Attorney tries to keep an innocent man in prison, he gets voted out in Texas. The DA trying to keep a proven innocent woman in prison is praised and reelected in Arizona. Texas made teens sexting…

"at least three Republicans who voted for the bill are ... trying to save face"

He sounds like a jerk, but up to 3 years in prison? Is this really more serious than the typical burglary first offense? Well, this is my home state and when I was growing up a wife giving her hubby a blowjob was two 2-20 year felonies (one for him, one for her) and the state that actually sentenced someone to 10…

Yeah, they have made porns set in World of Warcraft. Remember rule 34.

The sexy tax collector comes by and says "your payment is behind"?

You know, I was trying to think about what to write about this. I was trying to figure out how to communicate my thoughts concisely and effectively. Then I saw your comment. You are correct. There is not much more to say.

Every conversation I have had with someone I recently met at a bar:

So, is the villain the prosecutor for pressing charges when he doesn't actually have a case? Is SVU going to do a special in 3 years when a convict is proven innocent because the ADA pursued charges without proof beyond reasonable doubt but sold the jury on what a sleazeball the defendant was? Maybe they should have…

No, not everything. Getting shot is safer in movies and television. How often have you seen a rapid and complete recovery from a gunshot wound in television? Same with falling, fighting and getting hit by cars. Other examples of "dangerous in real life bu safe in the movies" are outlined on this web page:

The band camp girl was a classic. When my sister and I heard our cousin had gone to Band Camp, we kept laughing about it and our parents and aunt and uncle were mystified about what we found so funny.

"Chronic loneliness is linked with higher levels of the stress hormone cortisol"

Who says this secret is "life-destroying"? I have seen people with far worse secrets outed and they are doing fine. I mean, she was not outed for kidnapping someone or for being a former member of a violent gang or for paying her way through college by selling drugs. Yes, I know people who have done those things and…

If I were on the island for some reason and they had English translations in the museum, I would go. I am not really the target audience for cute and fuzzy bunnies.

One of the best ways to convince juries to acquit is to convince them the victim and/or accuser was a bad person. This is one reason for victim blaming. I would guess a criminal attorney has seen this all too much.

According to Wikipedia, no dogs or cats are allowed on the island. The rabbits were intentionally set loose after World War II. The island is a resort today known for golf, the Poison Gas Museum (about chemical warfare) and feral rabbits which do not fear humans.

Don't like Texas? Don't come down here. We are working on solving our own problems. Don't pretend that wherever you are from doesn't have problems. I don't go around posting "screw [insert your state]." Your state would not be buying the same nutcase textbooks as Texas if there were not nuts in your education system.…

Well, either you think women should decide for themselves whether to get an abortion or you do not. I was once pro-life and only supported exceptions for health or developmental abnormalities and I since changed my mind.

I have been getting the ads, updates on her events and press releases from the time Wendy started running. I do not remember a single one from Davis outside the category of jobs, health and education. Maybe we are on different feeds. Maybe the ads are tailored marketing.

If you want to base it on viability (which I would not do), go out to 25 weeks at least. 20 weeks is not even close to viable. Until a couple of years ago, the all time record for youngest premee to survive was a day shy of 23 weeks. According to the Mayo clinic, even at 23 weeks, premature babies that survive have…