But the financial penalty of owing child support (that you might forget to pay) while ignoring the child you sued your one-night-stand into carrying is going to end up less than the “wear a condom you idiot” fine.

That's not true. Some of them were in flooded flood plains or in pits full of vipers.

I kinda think the analogy is intended to work both ways. We, the special, suffered in ways unimaginable to the special, pampered brats of today.

You forgot the “fighting off rabid wolves the whole way, dressed in our underwear because it was all we had and we were GRATEFUL for the opportunity.”

Why can't people typing tweets all day be expected to write a paper the same way? We aren't talking a thesis here, it was supposed to be written in class.

I would imagine that if you can spend all day writing tweets you can probably type in a paper, so long as the teacher understands that formatting might suffer. Better than not getting it done at all.

I’m thinking that instead of the hour or less of class to finish the thing they have all day and access to google. Even babysitters are probably in better position than they would be in class.

Possum don't tend to get rabies — some sort of natural immunity. Any chance of a handy raccoon?

The study done by the American Veterinary Medical Association showed that conservatives tend to be dog owners while liberals tend to be cat owners. (There was a Time magazine survey that concurred)

“Holiday” comes from holy day, which is pretty clearly acknowledging some religious intention. “Christmas” comes from Mass of the Annointed One, which doesn’t match up with the Magic God Baby story at all.

They couldn’t come up with a better excuse than “fostering discussion” and “not what we would have done”? The school already has the right to yank scholarships for non-participation, there’s no reason that sports participation should make that mandatory. They aren’t trying to get rid of the other protesters.

I think it’s the founding Puritan idea that bad things only happen to bad people, and they must deserve it. Godly, hardworking, tough (etc) people don’t have bad things happen (except faith-testing challenges of course).

I always wondered what was downstairs from Hollywood Upstairs Medical School.

Convincing people to rush into making life altering decisions Under pressure, that’s responsible and praise worthy. /sarcasm

Personally, I’m a little more concerned about what other medical waste might be disposed of inappropriatly. Aborted Fetuses sounds dramatic, but it’s about whether funeral rites for something that was never human. Landfill wildlife picking over potentially infected tissues is a health issue.

Not shooting Whitman doesn’t make them unhelpful. It’s the lack of any assistance (and proof of harm) provided by their actions that makes them unhelpful. You are right, that is an important distinction — even those who think they are successfully providing back-up are prolonging and worsening the situation.

While this is a scientific break through its unlikely to have a big influence on domestic dog breeding. Artificial insemination is cheaper, widely used, and well understood. A few breeds like pugs and English Bulldogs depend on AI as they cannot reproduce naturally. In rare breeds, it may be the only thing protecting…

Because it would be a public service to gather them up, play the sound of a gun shot, and watch them all pull weapons and shoot each other?

Except that suppressive fire from uncoordinated and questionably trained civilians also endangers bystanders and keeps first responders pinned down. Also makes it difficult for police to determine who is the ‘bad guy with the gun’ when the behavior is exactly the same as the ‘good guys with guns’.

She's essentially complaining that there are an insufficient number of comforting lies being taught to children.