I know both the smell you’ve described and the TV noise.

It’s all lip service.

This 100%. The Democratic party is not grooming and growing candidates in local and state races which means there’s a big fat hole when looking for candidates for federal positions. It’s time for new blood. The truth is, Trump’s appeal was actually very similar to Obama’s - they were both outsiders, people we hadn’t…

Very true. it makes me unreasonably angry any time I hear it.

Wow. He’s bonkers. Like, I can see the points in Mormon theology and cultural norms that his ideas are (probably) based on, but it’s twisted.

Yeah. This is weird. Mormon theology has that weird backhanded reverence for women. Women are amazing and spiritual and babies! They’re a perfect balance to male aggression and selfishness. We should revere them and respect them like the goddesses they naturally are. But they can’t have authority or power because…

I was just thinking I should watch this show. As someone who was raised Mormon, I always find lots of similarities in Scientology membership tactics. I find it fascinating.

This is my dream setup. I teach piano lessons out of my home so I want a space that can be closed off while there’s laundry (probably some clean and some dirty) spread everywhere and the sink is full of dishes because I had to do my prep work earlier in the day. Also, my kids are noisy and I need to cut the sound…

If I’m reading this correctly, running a Presidential candidate every 4 years isn’t so much about down-ballot candidates this year, but it makes it easier for candidates to run in mid-term years?

You (and people like you) are the main reason I can’t pull a Susan Sarandon and just say “Bring on the civil war!” I live in a place and in a life circumstance where things are less likely to be messy. Not everyone does. There are a lot of people who genuinely like the climate/natural resources/whatever where they…

Hi back at-cha! Hope the Thanksgiving rain didn’t make your day difficult!

The same odds Trump had of winning?

I don’t think I’m going to bed until she hits $2.5M despite everything I have to do in the morning. I’m fascinated by it.

1)It could only happen peacefully in theory. In actuality, it would be a bloody bloody mess. 2)I moved to Seattle (from Utah) in small part so that I was in the “right” part of the country when it does break up (my husband is from here and I hated the winters there, so it’s far from the whole reason). Sure I miss my…

I read that in some states, they’re required to have a Presidential candidate in order to run down ballot candidates. I don’t know if it’s true, but it’s what they’ve said in their defense.

So I just had a vision of Utah’s future. Orrin Hatch said this would be his last term. Now he’s starting to say he may run again. I want Evan McMullin to run against him so that he’s voted out of office instead of leaving on his own terms. It would be so sweet.

I’ve thought this for a long time. Even before this election. My definitely-crazy, right-wing nut BIL says he voted for Trump to bring the “revolution” more quickly. There’s a part of me that gets it. It’d be nice to just get this started so we can end it and move on to bigger and better things. But I also know that…

Are we really saying that his issues couldn’t possibly have changed or gotten worse over the past 10 years? Most addictions happen in fits and starts over the course of many many years. It’s highly possible that if this report is true, he’s had periods of sobriety interspersed with increasing usage. It’s possible he’s…

I don’t think it was discussed in her debate prep. I do think she’s adept and giving compliments to the undeserving and saying something nice about someone’s kids is an age-old way to do so.

“We need an adult in the White House”