It’s always the smart dogs that get in real trouble, it doesn’t occur to dumb dogs to do the really crazy stuff. It takes significant intelligence to achieve truly impressive madness.

Depends a lot on the dog’s size. A hershey’s kiss is nothing to a Lab but will kill a Maltese. My brother’s golden retriever just went through the detox routine after stealing grapes off the counter.

My mutt is a fan of raspberries too. She also likes to pluck the green beans, take off with the tomatoes, and she ate an entire squash in one sitting. Also general consumption of anything she can nibble or catch. I blame it on the fact she didn’t get regular meals during her puppyhood (neglectful previous owner) but…

To be fair, it’s not just Labs. Beagles and Golden retrievers are also big offenders on the “need an abdominal explore” list. Retrievers almost make sense, since part of their breeding is an oral fixation.

It also is an issue that pulls in some traditionally Democratic voters: immigrants with strong religious backgrounds turn out for abortion (or marriage equality) votes when they’d normally stick with the party that isn’t trying to take their money and catapult them into Mexico over a wall.

I’m kinda surprised it’s not an election issue, actually. I mean, “from the party that shut down the government twice . . .” seems like the bumper sticker no Republican wants.

Sympathy for Ronald. I don’t think it’s a conscious choice for him at this point, when you answer the phone with the same required phrase enough times it blurs together and sounds robotic. I worked for a company with a 13 syllable name, add your name and a “how can I help you” and people hang up out of boredom. I got…

Small changes aren’t that expensive — like starting high school AFTER elementary school. Older kids can help out with younger ones, and high schoolers perform better later in the day (higher grades, better test scores, etc). Then you only need childcare at one end of the school day. Or if the family is only young…

Somehow “alpha male” stuck around even once the research proved that it wasn’t how wolves lived (or how dogs live).

As an added bonus, assuring everyone works reasonable hours removes the financial incentive for companies to hire childless men, overwork them, and then compare every other employee to that ludicrous standard. I’m a firm believer than economics make social changes faster than politics or education.

The underlying assumption being that if a male coworker had a kid, he’d have no problem ignoring them in favor of his career? Children being the only reason anyone would want something in their life other than career.

If you videotaped a murder and only showed the bit when the victim is no longer struggling it wouldn't look much like a crime either, right?

President Lindsey Graham isn’t nearly as terrifying as President Kasich. He’s running, and as a “moderate” republican who hasn’t said or done anything ridiculously stupid he supposedly has a good chance at the presidency.

The only reason these guys are desperate to find women with “low numbers” is because they know they cannot survive any comparison. Sad.

Cool! Where is the video of this classroom interaction? It has way more information than I've seen elsewhere.

Retroactive continuity is for comics, not politics.

The spotlight will move on, but she will still be stuck in place as the ignorant, hateful woman who used religion and her job as an excuse to make people miserable. Her legacy is that she went to jail in order to preserve her sense of self righteousness.

Screw no-tip. That should have been a get-me-your-manager-this-instant full-on hissy fit.

No, no, you are being TRICKED into having an abortion because women are to dumb to realize that PP reps are only after the sweet, sweet research fetus money. If only there was some politician to save us from getting health care from misleading doctors and nurses when there is perfectly good medical information…

Bloomberg thought that the same amount of money that was failing to provide necessary public services could also support a profit for private individuals and increase available services? That is some crazy magical thinking right there.