Pretty sure you’re a rapist in every state, buddy. Yup - even in NC (http://www.ncleg.net/EnactedLegisla…).

I have a feeling Sarah Palin believes that Obama is not allowed to invite anyone to the White House unless he personally calls Bill O’Reilly and gets his permission first. Every goddamn time Obama has someone at the White House conservatives throw a fit. It’s his house!

“What kind of name is Mohamad?”

There is a strong bipartisan consensus in America that taxpayer money should not be used to fund abortions.

Pennsatucky, anyone?

Maybe unload the kids on grandma and grandpa and go on a short, romantic vacation (or staycation - just get a hotel room in your hometown!) to re-connect. I’ve been with my hubby for over a decade, so I know the feeling of the shiny exterior being worn off, but maybe if you spend a few days alone with him, you’ll…

Could be, but this was in Denver where recreational marijuana is legal, so I don’t see why he would both with synthetic stuff (not that I don’t think his defense is complete BS).

Seriously. Insanity caused by edibles my ass. All “too much weed” does is make you take a 12-hour nap.

I’m sure it does - and don’t make that assumption with your husband. I’mm 100% sure that my hubby prefers late-20’s lefty vs. early 20’s lefty. Early-20’s lefty was a neurotic pain in the ass.

I think once you hit around 30+, a 7-8 year gap isn’t creepy. It’s when you get over 10 years and start to get into “old enough to be her dad” territory that it gets creepy. When you get into 20+ years then it really gets creepy (unless you’re famous or something, I suppose, though I still find it creepy - Johnny…

Guess he won’t be issuing any marriage licenses then, since sodomy is any sexual act that is not missionary-style procreative sex and I don’t know many married people who do only missionary-style procreative sex...

Seriously. I usually watch DWTS but I think I’ll be skipping this season.

I feel like it’s probably a combination of internalized misogyny and insecurity. I think women are cruel to other women in sex work in part because they fell threatened by them in some way - just like women are cruel to other women who they may find more attractive than themselves.

One time where being short is an advantage: “ankle pants” are the perfect length for regular pants for me :-)

Confession: I love most of this. But then I’m just an old hippy in a young body, so there’s that.

Ah - crazy coincidence. The SVU episode was called “Confession” and aired in 2008. It was about a kid who went to the police to get help because he wanted to molest his step-brother, and then there was a thing with a support website where people posted pictures of kids but didn’t act on it, then someone acted on it…

I’m going to disagree heartily with your assertion that most kids “cycle” through bullying and being bullied. I graduated from high school less than a decade ago, and the kids being bullied were definitely not doing the bullying. I was bullied from kindergarten through graduation and I never bullied anyone - I mainly…

How about it being therapy-worthy offense instead? Why does the kid have to be arrested - why couldn’t someone see this and say, “You know, I bet this kid would benefit from talking to a professional.”

I’m about 90% sure that you’re referring to an episode of SVU - unless SVU got the idea from This American Life. But there was definitely an episode with that scenario.

Well, Idris is pretty much the only thing that would convince me to actually see another Bond movie, so...