I much prefer the Kardashians. They’re just enjoying what the free market’s giving them.

I’d say the Kardashians are deeper thinkers than these two.

Are there two more tiresome people in the contemporary media/entertainment landscape? (Kardashians don’t count as “people,” because they’re clearly members of an alien species of reptilian origin.)

Oy. I’m not a fan of either of these two; it’s probably because I’m too old and I just can’t handle this trying to be edgy, self-absorbed horseshit.

In case folks are curious about the numbers, one aspect of this is that girls who would otherwise have to drop out of school no longer need to do so. Per the Global Partnership for Education:

Yeah, the good news in this article is definitely tempered by the realization towards the end that all this is happening DESPITE the religious right fighting it tooth-and-nail.

They are capable of fitting the regulations to the jobs without taking away from another industry that needs tighter regulations - as I posted above, contractors in the same state, Tennessee, can do jobs of any sort under $25,000. Do you know how much dangerous shit someone can build that is $24,999 or less? I talked…

And, according to Freakonomics, it will also have an impact on the future crime rate (in a good way).

I really do not understand why this has not happened already.

Thanks! I’ll give it longer than usual to see if it hooks me, too. I’d love to visit eventually, but there are other places I need to make it to first. Why can’t I be rich and jobless?

Insurers have very good incentive to stop pregnancy in super high birth costs.

Thanks for that tip! I am partly of Finnish descent and am woefully unaware of that part of my background’s culture except for reindeer, alcoholism, and the Saarinens. So I’m super curious about this.

What happened to her is awful, but I’m still not giving Nate Parker a dime.

Regulation for public health is reasonable. A $10,000 money grab is not. Do these 15,000 hours of mandatory courses even include the braiding techniques she was using? Also, was this regulation being enforced consistently and fairly across all types of salons? I don’t know the answer to these questions, but I think…

Hey, I teach 6th graders, and to be honest most are way more empathetic and sensible than Trump.

. . . he’ll wind up getting beaten so bad in the general . . .

Incorrect. If she changes her mind but fails to tell the male with whom she *initiated* sex, he would not be a rapist.

It would be nice if Donald Trump released anything, at this point. How is he getting away with this?

Aaaaah, the old Failing Upward. We demand documentation!

Or, as Seth Meyer so eloquently put it: