No, the whole point of the X-Files is that they were running with stuff that had already been out there for a decade or more. Read the Illuminatus! Trilogy sometime if you want full grounding in all the crazy of the time.

I mean, as fundamental principles go, I have to agree those are solid.

Just like mine is to correct “free rein”. Everyone always gets the horse idioms wrong.

They sent them to the White House ahead of time to get a statement from them as to whether or not they were genuine. The White House confirmed the numbers were correct.

I also started to get the feeling that it included the stories she had *planned* on reporting on today before the tax returns preempted them.

Sorry, not Kat. But hopefully your good vibes will reach her through the ether, and I’ll definitely take mistake as a compliment!

I transitioned while working at a Japanese company (in the US) for managers who were Japanese nationals.

I agree. I transitioned while working at a Japanese company, and the cultural differences are real, but very hard to describe. My best explanation is that in Japanese culture you are much freer to decide which set of cultural restrictions you want to abide by, with very little judgment attached, but once you do so you…

A lot more than you would think. One thing to keep in mind is that transwomen of a certain generation (say 45+) learned quickly that we would be denied medical treatment if we did not perform a certain level of femininity. I know people who were denied hormones for wearing jeans to their appointment instead of a…

Wait, you think Texans don’t eat kale? I grew up eating it there in the 70s and 80s.

It was not against the law for him to refuse to disclose his tax returns as a candidate.

If Hillary Clinton had been a man, she wouldn’t have had to wait so long to run, and so would have lost to George W Bush in 2004, instead of John Kerry. Coincidentally, on policy matters she’s pretty indistinguishable from John Kerry.

I heard people use it on panels with him all the time in the 80s — it may have dropped out of favor now that he’s respectable.

“Railroad” is George “RR” Martin’s longtime nickname.

The Wild Card series is seriously good stuff, though. And that’s how Railroad originally gained prominence.

You don’t take the high road for the sake of your target. You take the high road for the sake of yourself.

I’d argue Bush’s loss had more to do with Perot than Buchanan, but that one is certainly debatable.

Birth certificates are regulated by the states. The process of changing the gender on your birth certificate varies widely depending on the state you were born in, and some large states (like Texas) don’t allow you to change the gender on your birth certificate at all.

See, my reading is that the only status quo candidate to win a presidential election in the last 50 years is George HW Bush, so she was doomed from the outset.

The Midwest. There were multiple houses just down the road from me for sale for $40k this fall. Easily commutable (~30 min) to a midsize city.