At first I thought it was reprehensible to coach people on how to get out of jury duty if they able to serve without threat to their health or income. Jury duty is an essential element of democracy, and one should feel proud to participate in it. Then I thought that anyone who would do the sleazier things you suggest…

Oh, wow, thanks! I just now noticed that after you pointed it out.

Tons of mixed feelings on Rent, Lindsay Ellis summed it up pretty well, along with the context of the government’s response to AIDS.  Some chilling parallels to Trump and Covid. I guess things were always shit.

I think there’s a big difference between “cheering on the deaths of the vaccine hesitant and antivaxxers,” which you claim liberals do, and rolling their eyes and muttering “well what did you think would happen, you idiot” which comes closer to the mark.  

What a false equivalence. Don’t “both sides” this issue. One side is actively perpetuating the problem which is absolutely cruel and destroying families every day, the other side is very angry about it. No one is cheering on the preventable orphaning of a generation of Americans. Not even the “liberals” who are…

I’m wearing one right now. I call it my hot flash hair clip. Ever since one of my sisters recommended them for that use, I keep them around. 

My first claw clip was a 1985 neon green one. I had to regularly soak it in hot water and sometimes use nail polish remover to remove the layers of Rave hair spray from it.

I’ve been wearing claw clips this whole time (they’re a great way to get your hair off your neck loosely, so it won’t mess up your style). Well.

So funny, I started in junior high too! Those Lip Smackers get you early for sure. I can’t leave the house without lip balm and feel anxious and deeply uncomfortable when I don’t have a tube near. It’s the addiction no one talks about, we need a support group!

I hate to sound insensitive because I was a fan of her acting, Election is one of my favorite movies and she was one of my favorite parts of it. But her obituary mentions she was a “naturopathic practitioner” which it needs to be said is not recognized as a legitimate medical profession, it relies on pseudoscience,…

The best way to tell if you are a hypocrite is if your voter registration is marked “Republican”.

“This isn’t about dining out. Open your eyes.”

Good article. Also, both the vaccine makers trials had over 30k participants, so it’s not like they only tested it on a few people. (Andrew Wakefields rigged study that is the source of all the antivax fear had a sample size of...12).

Not even a mention of the excellent book the film is based on? Let me FTFY.

“And thou shall not suffer the fool to breathe in your direction, nor for the idiot to gasp his spit near and far. No, you shall distance yourself from those made timid by the fierce knowledge that science provides and, clad in facts and armored with mask, face the ignorance of the wailing morons with the cold…

This made me so mad. It was ruled in the guise of “freedom of religion.” I thought freedom of religion meant that you couldn’t be persecuted, jailed, or shot for practicing your religion, not that you had to gather in 100's in one room during a pandemic so you could infect 1000's of others. What about other people’s…

I would easily pay $100 if that was the only way to watch him dragged out. Multiply that by probably 100 million people around the world, you’ve got $10 billion. Not so bad. Not retiring the debt, but not bad.

I just really don’t get why the Republicans even believe the MAGA movement exists anymore. They clearly aren’t out in the streets protesting this “stolen election”. The real money came from the donors. The GOP has suffered more losses than wins under Trump. Hell, Trump didn’t even win his own election. That election…

So he really is going to have to be dragged out kicking and screaming....

This is their chance to overturn Roe v. Wade and they made clear a loooooong time ago that was part of their main agenda.