Pretty, young, and Afghani, so basically a trifecta for getting an old, white, closed-minded judge to talk down to you -

The mother smiled at her son’s antics and yelled at her daughter. There was no safe movement for the little girl.

Hugs from another alcoholic abusive father survivor. I haven’t talked to mine in years and years. I did not invite him to my wedding. I have no regrets.

I worked with a woman and she brought her two kids to the company picnic, The boy was into everything more so than any kid his age I’ve ever seem. Her daughter literally just stood there. The mother smiled at her son’s antics and yelled at her daughter. There was no safe movement for the little girl.

Oh Mark, I’m so sorry and I totally understand where you’re coming from.

MARK! *HUGS*

It was a trap door. Cruz does this all the time when someone might upstage him.

Those two are definitely fucking. Why can’t anyone else see this?

pretty unbelievable huh?

They were merely exchanging long protein strands. If you can think of a simpler way, I’d like to hear it.

I sincerely hope that someone with superior editing skills adds the puff of purple or green smoke and an “I’m MELTING!” scream.

I swear to god the dude cannot do ONE FUCKING THING like a normal person.

That is the wettest, fishiest, limp-noodlest fucking hand I’ve seen in a long, long time.

In what world or political mindset is “pretend I didn’t see it” the correct response here? Even the staunchest Republicans like to pretend they care about other people, especially white ladies. Maybe he was leaving her to pull herself up by her own bootstraps? I just don’t get it.

There are reports that she did not actually fall. It looks from the video here that she just tripped. However the Cruz family pretty much ignored her (except the one daughter who has not been spanked into hatred yet) to the point of Heidi Cruz calling one of the daughters back. Ted never even looked up.

Oh, I agree. She wasn’t advocating, she was just hoping for/banking on it.

Thanks Nana!

finally someone explains it to me in a way I can understand!

congress, iirc, is a consortium of village elders chosen to represent their hamlets by drawing straws. there, they compete in physical and mental competitions while also trying to collect as many golden eggs as possible. at the end of their sessions (the length of which is determined by counting the numbers of stars…

Seriously, when did fellow 40 somethings become the subject of ridicule?