Maybe if planned parenthood also provided viagra and penis pumps they’d be safer from legislative poisoning. That stuff never has trouble getting funded.

It boggles my mind that she would think that paying employees is optional under any circumstances. How can you trust a someone to run the country if she feels it’s appropriate to steal $30,000 from a widow? That’s some sociopathic behavior. Even Scrooge paid his employees.

I have heard the argument that the availability of cheap Irish labor (and later Asian labor) in the northern states is what kept them from adopting slavery in the same way as the south — which meant that they could be morally superior later in leading the way to abolish slavery country-wide.

I’m really hoping that she was invited because someone wanted the pope to tell her she was a twit.

The pope did spend a lot of time meeting with prisoners without endorsing their actions. I guess it’s reasonable that Kim Davis being in the same room as the pope does not actually imply his support, just the interest of someone higher up in the church.

I didn’t do edible favors at my wedding because I knew a few family members would manage to be allergic to whatever I picked (or it’s insufficently vegetarian, or made by slave labor in Thailand, or some flavor someone doesn’t like). I gave out multicolored stretchy gloves instead, because it was a winter wedding and…

I was thinking a less permanent way to remove vision — dark sunglasses, glasses with the wrong prescription, eye mask, even bandages. Maybe removing sight without actually damaging it might be enough to satisfy the neurological haywire. At the very least ‘practicing’ blindness allows for easier adjustment to the…

I did. But I will research anything for no reason at all (which reminds me I still need to look up what tree frogs do during the winter).

True. It’s a creepy mental disorder, but it’s thought to be caused by a neurological flaw where the brain does not recognize a portion of the body as “belonging” to the body. Like waking up with a third arm one morning, and not understanding why everyone says it should be there. It’s like the reverse of phantom limb…

My mom used to train assistance dogs — all labs and goldens. The most impressive trick was that they learned to open the fridge, retrieve a single item and NOT eat everything else.

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.