Let’s be fair, they have higher tax rates.  However, I don’t have dreams of being a millionaire, so it doesn’t bother me.  The idea that we must have no safety net so that a millionaire can keep even more of his money baffles me.  I’d rather have the security of knowing that if I get sick, unemployed, etc. I’ll have…

I think what it is, is simply that a lot of Americans can’t comprehend that other places are better. They’ve had “America is the best” hammered so thoroughly that the possibility that it might not be is just lost on them. When they hear about the things other nations have, that the citizens of those nations take for…

It’s why I get confused those times I cross the border and get some hyper- suspicious US customs guy who’s been convinced that all non- US citizens will say and do anything to live in the US... why would I leave behind universal health care, paternity leave, and the many other things I have that Americans don’t? What…

Oh good, here we go! We’re barely two days removed from POTUS publicly siding with a hostile foreign power over his own intelligence community, and the news cycle is already slowly moving on to the outrage over his walk back, then the outrage over his talking heads’ outrage over the outrage over his walkback. Today…

I would love to be in the meeting where they farted out that idea. “Uh...what if you said you meant to say ‘wouldn’t’?”

And she has a driver’s license.

This woman is among us, just walking around not noticing shit.

We should be like Europe in immigration laws but not in social services, healthcare, gun control, etc.

Switzerland has a tiny standing army, all males between certain ages are potential conscripts and therefore have weapons at home. But no fucking ammo. US gun nuts love to cite Switzerland but they don’t realize that this is what a “Well regulated militia” actually looks like, rather than carrying a loaded assault…

1. Gun ownership is high but heavily regulated. This includes mandatory military service.
2. The Swiss healthcare system is non-profit for those plans that cover basic services, are heavily regulated, have caps on deductibles and out of pocket costs, etc.
3. Switzerland has general data privacy laws.
4. Switzerland has…

I don’t think I ever saw the hybrid outside of SE Michigan.

*scans comments* Yup. Look at the Trumpers and their prepackaged talking points- anything to not confront the evil they consign to.

That’s off-topic, Jimbo. The question is about whether children should be taken from their parents during the processing of their situation, whatever it may be. It could an asylum application, or it could be the deportation process... The point is, there’s absolutely NO reason to separate families.

How about starting small with, say, not lying to people and stealing their kids?

A: These are asylum seekers, who have broken no laws.

Hiding the card in a copy Slaughterhouse-Five makes total sense. Here’s why:

I think the Camry is starting to become unreliable, which is an issue no matter how cheap it is to fix. And possibly he also just wants a newer, nicer car.

Tomorrow. At the latest.

Eh, like with everything else about the Kardashians, what they represent bothers me more than what they actually are. I mean: I loathe everything the Kardashians represent about our culture, the vapid fame-for-its-own-sake thirst we celebrate rather than scorn.

One person is living the American Dream while the rest of the nation is stuck in a nightmare only possible in America.