It was brought home to me fairly strongly in the GW Bush years when he limited the use of embryonic stem cells and dashed the hopes of my father, who had Parkinson’s, for a stem cell cure. Just because Bush’s religious views were against should not have meant that my father, who didn’t share his views, had to suffer.

Good luck.  Documentation is always important.  Please send the documentation to a personal email account or back it up to a flash drive or something.  It’s no good if something happens to the two of you and you no longer have access to your computer at work.

These people are imposing their religious (if they call it religious) beliefs on the rest of us.  Why should we put up with this shit?

I’m just here to say I hate this motherfucker and I’m so glad he lost. And I’m not even from Wisconsin. I just hate him and the small-minded assholes that follow him.

I live near DC - please use some kind of paint that will just rub off marble so they don’t have to use abrasives or acids to remove it. I know you were being facetious, but just in case, it’s good to plan ahead.

I don’t really remember how Beth’s job was described, but to me it sounded like president of the ballet, which is a non-dance position that primarily raises money.

Everyone there should have immediately sat down on the floor.  Immediately.  I think we all need to brush up on our civil protest skills.  I hope I would have been sharp enough to think of that if I’d been there - though I may not have been able to overcome my shock and horror to come up with it.

Yes, because she’s SITTING ON THE FLOOR.  No one would sit on the floor unless they had serious evil intent.  I know I sit on the floor to be my most evil.

Yes — she goes to jail for 6 months, and is billed for being in jail for 6 months, and can’t pay it because she’s been in jail for 6 months so they send her back to jail. Additionally, they put her kid in the foster system, and he’s adopted by people who tell him that 1) she never loved him, and anyway 2) she’s dead…

Haha!  My niece did that to me.  My sister was traveling overseas, and she called to see how everyone was.  I said we were all pretty good except that Beth (the 18-month old) didn’t seem to want to eat.  Well, she said, you’re fine as long as she doesn’t throw up.  We hung up, I picked up Beth, and she vomited down my…

I’m so sorry to hear you lost your uncle.  He sounds like a wonderful guy.

Second paragraph -- you refer to Elizabeth II.  She’s the current Queen of the UK.  You meant Elizabeth I.

Another way we can tell she’s from Fox “news” — there is a time and place for cleavage. When you are being appointed to be ambassador to the UN is not it. Tell me I’m wrong if you want; tell me I shouldn’t be judging other women’s clothing choices... I don’t care. The way to tell people you’re a serious working person…

Women being bitchy to each other sells FAR more papers than women being nice to each other.  I wouldn’t be surprised if M&H just wanted more privacy and more space.

I have relatives-in-law who live there.  I was thinking Mississippi or maybe Alabama.

When I grow up I want to be Michelle Obama.

Well, Bernie Madoff was sentenced to 150 years behind bars and his crimes were just financial, so that’s how much girls count, I guess.

“Hitler was a socialist” makes me roll my eyes so hard bells start ringing. The story of how Hitler became a Nazi: he moved to Germany in 1913 to avoid having to serve in the Austrian Army, but ended up in the German Army anyway. After WWI, he stayed in the Army. The powers that were assigned him to infiltrate a…

I think it’s because they were settled by Italian and Irish immigrants. Italian and Irish immigrants who worked in factories enough to know the value of a good union. I’ve never really thought about how Catholic CT, RI, and MA are, but once you mentioned it, it makes sense why.

Actual not made up truth: the “Militia” part of the second amendment (A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed) is incredibly important, and that’s why the NRA wants everyone to forget about it. In colonial times,…