Can we at least buy those kids the boots?

Your anecdotal evidence continues to be anecdotal. I'm a bank lawyer, I can tell you (actually I can't tell you because of confidentiality rules, but you know what I mean) about rampant unethical corner-cutting that I've seen and you can see tons more evidence of full blown fraud in the news every day. Bankers cheat…

"Sadly, this situation is not uncommon. Not the norm, but not a rare occurrence either. "

The republican way: obvious sounding bullshit is easier to grasp than complex truths, so just settle for believing whatever bullshit you want justifies the result you want.

Look up some statistics. You clearly do have a problem paying for people that really need your help. You just pretend that there's rampant fraud, with anecdotal evidence trumping, uh, actual evidence so that you can tell yourself that you're not a callous bastard. But you are.

Then there's McDonalds, which tells its underpaid employees to sign up for food stamps and health benefits because the company knows it doesn't pay them enough and that they can get the government to subsidize their workforce. Support a higher minimum wage and watch how many corporations will no longer take advantage…

A lot more people on WIC are children under the poverty line than are even alleged to abuse the system.

They're using Latham & Watkins for the offering, which makes me think there's a at least a decent argument for it being a legit offering (even if it's a really shitty asset class and investment).

Nah, if a QB yells at his team the announcers call him a fiery leader, if a WR does it everyone can assume he's a diva. It's just one of the intellectual shortcuts that allow every team and player to fit into one of like four preset narratives that sportswriters and typical fans live for.

I don't know if I'd say we're good at getting oil out and around until we go a little while without spilling tons of it somewhere.

"Wayne who?"

the best part is that he admits to calling someone to have his tweets typed up, and that, at least at one point, she was in his avatar.

I worked on my first Habitat house a couple weeks ago. Not only does it feel good to help, but it's really energizing to know you're building someone a new home. It was amazing to put in an 8 hour day swinging a hammer and not even feel tired or eager to finish (compared to my usual exhaustion 3 hours into my day…

No it's not. It's like saying I can have a membership to a gym for $100 a year or pay $20 per visit. Then visits go up to $25, the annual membership becomes a relatively better deal. That's not crazy talk, just a reasonable comparison.

Because now, if you DON'T have Prime, you have to order more to get free shipping, whereas, if you DO have Prime, there's not a threshold.

That's a quality recovery right there.

Good point, Beer, T-tt-es and Left Turns.

The widgets for individual spaces is a good find. I was already starting to sour on this, but maybe I need to play with it more. Really don't like that it doesn't sync with Touchdown for my calendar, but hopefully that will come.

did someone get you one yet? I have one left