I wonder . . . if the Kentucky legislature is mostly Democratic maybe they like seeing the Republican presidential candidates parade the crazy woman around (I doubt she’s pulling a lot of moderate support). If the legislature is mostly Republican, maybe they are trying to stay the hell away from the argument to avoid…

It seems like it would be against her interests for the marriage licenses without her name to be declared null. The official reason she’s out of jail is because she agreed not to stand in the way of licenses being produced by her clerks — ie. the job is still getting done. If the licenses produced are not valid then…

Get toys. Lego is available in any color scheme. Entertains guests during inevitable pauses for photographer or whatever. Added bonus: also wedding favors.

I think there is a dismiss-with-prejudice option for civil courts, sort of a get out and stay out. Is there something like that the appeals court could do? There should be a way to stop her lawyers from wasting so much judicial time.

Hate speech and inciting violence are both crimes in Canada, and not misdemeanors IIRC.

Palin fails the Turing Test every time she opens her mouth. ELIZA was more believable.

I'm sure she can see the Rapture from her house.

So glad I had my green card before getting married.

I had a coworker who was informed by her mother-in-law that for the duration of the pregnancy and nursing she could not consume anything sweet, sour, spicy, warmer than room temperature, colder than room temperature, caffeinated, carbonated, or anything containing red meat. As far as I know my coworker followed the…

Of course she wants to live in the past if she has no knowledge of history and assumes she’d be part of the upper class. She seems to think skirts and corsets were the sum total of historical concerns.

During wedding planning my sister-in-law’s mother informed my mother that there was no place for mother-of-the-groom in wedding planning and she should “wear beige and shut up”. There was barely room for the bride and groom in wedding planning, as far as she was concerned.

Maybe Mary is planning on returning the pricey wedding gifts for cash to pay down her loans. Some people assume asking for cash is inappropriate . . . returnable gifts are the next best thing.

It’s not just weddings. People, especially family members, feel that it’s their right and duty to tell you how to behave while pregnant, how to raise your child or children, etc. I think people overvalue their own opinions — just ‘cause you say what you think doesn’t make what you think interesting, valuable or true.

Getting sympathy on the internet?

Cookie Ironwood. Pretty sure that would only work if I wrote really slutty poetry.

I still remember my mother’s ritual for preparing a baby bottle: warm, shake to equalize temperature, squeeze two drops on left wrist to check temperature, lick formula off wrist, feed baby. Now I’m wondering if the ‘lick formula off wrist’ part was to check for errant substances rather than being too damn tired to…

Canada’s first prime minister, Sir John A MacDonald, was famous for having alcohol in his water glass — particularly during important political speeches. His alcoholism was so well known it was actually part of my 8th grade history lesson. Of course, he did all sorts of other important things like creating the…

Still would have been rape if Kye turned out to be a middle aged white guy or a talking poodle or someone wandering by the hotel room. The homo/transphobia is probably what got the story widespread coverage but it doesn’t change the initial crime.

Statistics class was a long time ago, but I’m pretty sure “daytime audience of TV show who have access and interest in internet voting” is not a representative sample of the populations.

The Huckabee campaign probably selected the music (along with building a stage and maybe distributing those white crosses). Suing them would be a public service, but they’ve probably already set aside SuperPAC money to pay any fines.