So to summarize, ICE is actually ruining the promising futures of young men who came to this country as children, worked hard, and thrived. Meanwhile, the DOJ is busy investigating the tragic plight of the white kids ‘discriminated’ against in college admissions. And over at the Dept of Ed, DeVos is clutching her…

Well, punitive damages are generally available in defamation cases against private individuals if the defamer acted with malice. Given that the defendants here put down in writing their intent to ruin the plaintiff’s business, establishing malice is a slam dunk. So who knows exactly how it was apportioned, but I’d…

Not to mention thay she also had to blow through her entire savings and retirement presumably just to get by, and that could be a hefty chunk of change plus lost interest if her retirement was a 401k or IRA.

God, YES.

Yeah, I read the Washington Post story, and it could be a lot shorter if it just said “a lot of people didn’t read the original contractand decided to go to war over $125, but upon reading everyone went ‘uh-oh, our bad, nvm’”.

They literally destroyed her successful business; it’s not completely unbelievable that a previously in demand wedding photog could have pulled in that amount in the couple of years since the wedding, not to mention emotional damages.

a) Went way overboard on wedding costs and months down the road were trying to undo the damage by refusing to pay for anything they could manage to

She probably did it to get more traffic to her blog. Anything for clicks, y’all! In all seriousness, I hope her blog tanks now. As of yesterday, the site was down. What a bitch.

They found a way to add eternal bitterness - and perhaps personal bankruptcy - to their “special day”. Memories, indeed.

Fuck these people.

And this is why, as a graphic designer, I absolutely refuse to design anything wedding related. Getting married seems to bring out the absolute worst in people.

The couple seem like the sort of people who:

Right? I mean this is like every Holiday party with my relatives. A good portion of us are liberals, but the old ones are the Conservatives. We still like to talk about other things like pets and vacations, with a strong Manhattan.

>we don’t WANT a system where there are 13 candidates and everyone ends up with 5-11% of the vote.

I’m not being purposefully contrarian. I just fundamentally disagree with the notion that it’s somehow a moral failing to go to a fucking party because of who else might be on the guest list. Within reason, of course, but this looks to be within reason.

guys your tinfoil hats are showing. You’ve never been to a big party where someone you didn’t like disagreed with was at?

Voters WANT this system. It always gives you something to talk about (if you’re insufferable) and it provides a simple binary choice. That’s the correct difficulty level for most voters. A or B. Up or down. 1 or 2.

It’s great to see that it is possible for people on both teams to sit down and be civil with one another... It’s just a wonder why they can’t do that when they show up to their tax paid jobs.

So, the solution to division and polarization is...more division and polarization? Yeah, OK.

Betterment.com is great. You can set up automatic deposits and also determine your own stocks/bonds ratio. There's a flat $3 fee if you're depositing less than $100/month, so it might not be perfect for the 52 week challenge. For that, I'd recommend SmartyPig.com. SmartyPig also lets you set specific financial goals…