I find the coverage of Richard Simmons appalling. I’m glad the police have conducted welfare check as elder abuse is a real thing, but a person can decide that they want to lead a private life. The man doesn’t owe us an explanation.

That’s a great way to view something like this. I also had to dial down the news—I was upset all the time. I decided that I would stick to NPR. It is still totally serious, but they are generally so calm and measured.

Yes. They can. The Saturday night massacre during watergate was when Nixon fired the AG for refusing to fire the special prosecutor. Then he asked the deputy ag to do, he refused, and Nixonfired the deputy AG. All cabinet members serve at the pleasure of the president.

Considering his worst fault last time was “too boring”, seems like he had a great position ahead.

I think that was Gingrich.

I would put Romney in this bucket. Before he abased himself to gain the republican nomination he seemed like a pretty decent guy. He had a genuine history of service to the nation.

Rex was at mandatory retirement age for Exxon, I don’t think he was actually ready to be done. He strikes me as the kind of dude who has no desire to sit still.

Ditto. I don’t think I’ve ever seen any mention of 9/11 beyond a news report of memorials. It is def. not treated as some flag waving jingoistic festival, at least not in Houston or it’s suburbs.

I’m a Texan and I agree. The state is in an uproar over this bill as well as about half a dozen other ones passed this year that are explicitly overriding local control on issues big (sanctuary cities), hilariously small (tree ordinances), and mean, unjust, and just weird (the god damned bathroom bill). These bills…

Oh for fucks sake. I live in Houston. Do you really think if the HPD arrested a violent person, suspected of multiple crimes that the cops were unable to prove, but they knew was in the U.S. illegally that they wouldn’t give ICE a call to get that person out of our city? Failing to pass HB4 doesn’t mean all…

That’s smart and responsible. I loath birds mainly because I worked at a zoo where a large part of my job was entertaining a blue and gold macaw who was a rescue after her owner passed away. She was too socialized with humans to do well in the aviary, so she worked in educational programs where she interacted with…

I think it is time for Republicans to recognize that their desperation for 50+.1 has led to a collection of legislators who do not have a unifying policy position. It is surprising that they vote along party lines as often as they do, which speaks to caucus discipline, but for really substantive changes to the system…

My greatest fear is that people have very short memories, and elections often turn on your personal situation immediately before you vote. So for those voters who are generally happy with their well functioning Obamacare health plan, they will not feel a need to punish republicans for attempting to take it away.

I think th permanence of social media is a real burden on kids these days. I’m just old enough that all the stupid shit I did in college is lost forever in the ether, only my drunkenly drunk friends vaguely recall that bullshit. If you had a recorder running constantly would every little fuckup feel like calamity?

So either you work on Venus or you have a unit conversion problem. I made the same mistake at work today! So no judgement here.

So, I have a personal, no sleeveless top rule, both because I am self conscious about my arms and because my office is kept at the right temp to preserve meats, and it is so fucking hard to find shirts that don’t bare your shoulders.

The short term thinking really is a shame and a consequence of the current dim view of labor. If you are hiring an employee expecting a 20-30 year tenure, offering support through the 1-3 years most women spend occupied with babies, you would be a fool to ditch someone with extensive experience or skills you’ve been…

Tactically, I think it runs afoul of one of the known gender biases against mothers. I absolutely think it should be acceptable to have a personal leave listed on a resume, and anything In the 6-24 month is really not a significant detriment to your skills except in the most fast moving fields. I don’t think it is…

Yes, and I worry it is only going to get worse. The reputation of ICE is declining rapidly, who exactly are they going to be recruiting for the thousands of new border agents called for under current law, let alone Trump’s expanded plan? People who are truly committed to the rule of law and seek to bring high quality…

Honest company is caught in a trap of the natural products industry: there is no such thing as an all natural, all gentle, laundry detergent that gets clothing as clean, as bright, while holding colorfast as an industrial detergent. Deciding to go for a marginally less effective cleaner to avoid some of the components…