Trump hasn’t specifically said that he would kill or change social security. He has stated that he would not touch it, kind of. Instead, he has said that the way to save SS is to burble burble his tax patter b/c lowering taxes increases revenue and that stabilizes social security (it is magical thinking). Paul Ryan…

Also the Legend was Tom Cruise IIRC.

That is some excellent Santa face being served up by Santa Larry. My shriveled heart is having a feeling.

Second this. Check out the cotton fisherman’s sweater.

Agreed regarding the placebo effect and visualization as a tool to increase performance. The problem is that when we don’t balance it with, say, chemotherapy: a useful tool becomes a conduit for quackery.

This. Also the legitimization of faith-based facts, like humans lived with dinosaurs, evolution is false, etc. The problem is not just a religion thing; secular implementations include “visualizing” this and that, like visualizing your cancer away, your team winning the big game, or visualizing your way to…

My dad was similar: educated and curious, trained in physics. Also a climate change denier who loved G Gordon Liddy and Oliver North. He always had to be the guy who had the special insight. If it was commonly believed, then it was wrong. For instance, he would never look at Consumer Reports to help decide what car…

And providing interesting and satisfying work for older actors and actresses who we don’t get to see as much as we should!

That is a terrible scene to advertise with. I am disappoint.

$12bn during the Obama year, according to Bloomberg. Huh.

And climate change is bollixing them hard.

Uncertainty should work in Switzerland’s favor, since they are still a major place for people to stuff their money when things get tough locally. They have had negative interest rates for about 2 years (meaning that people pay to park their money in a Swiss account rather than earning interest) and that won’t be…

Their economy is tightly tied to ours, though, so they would need to be quite judicious about tanking our economy. The Chinese government has some experience in managing narcissistic sociopaths; they have kept Kim Jun Un from turning the Korean Peninsula into a smoking crater. While it is a bit embarrassing for the…

Right? Ace is just up the street and I like shopping there. Dagnabbit.

Millions of people are not voting illegally. That is arrant nonsense being promoted by Trump and Alex Jones. There have been red flags since 2000 over jiggery pokery of the ballots themselves after they leave the voters’ hands. Two different concerns, two different reactions.

Liza Weil was magnificent though. I was a bit sad that she hadn’t evolved at all, but I loved seeing her again.

It is so heartening to know that you’re in a good place now. My friend recently got married and is happy as a cat in a sunbeam. My cat assures me this is an accurate comparison.

I just want to plant the flag firmly - leaving isn’t failure. It isn’t a sign of weakness. It doesn’t mean you are giving up too soon. I helped a friend escape a bad situation, and these were all the reasons they didn’t get help earlier. The emotional abuse very quickly escalated into physical violence; unlike your…

But it is also a perfectly good choice, and anyone who tries to suggest that one should try to stay in a dangerous relationship and work it out should be ignored. You were not able to bail right away in your situation, but I think we can all support the OP’s decision to GTFO immediately.

There have been issues going back to the 2000 election with voting machine totals, over counts, undercounts and vote counts not matching exit polls. The process of collecting and tallying votes needs a thorough investigation and review, regardless of who wins. I am glad that Jill Stein is doing this; I hope that it…