It’s a weird place to be for me, honestly. I grew up in SC, raised as a Catholic and taught the horrors of abortion at a relatively early age (I recall watching the anti abortion movie in CCD when I was about 12). I wasn't out protesting, but I definitely would have believed I was pro life until I was probably 25. The…

It's always the point

Dreamland is a must read. 

They're not clean.

I had someone tell me that she had binders full of the research she had collected to support her anti vax position. Fucking amazing.

These people really are impossible. Look, I’m a fairly smart guy, but I know my limitations, and I’ll gladly defer to people who know what the fuck they’re talking about. I’m astounded by the number of pretentious assholes who play the, “I’ve done my own research,” card. You want to know the fastest way to get me to…

These fuckwits are everywhere. I live in Wisconsin, and, because Wisconsin's got some Florida envy or something, one of the repub candidates for governor is a freedom humping jackass who's telling parents and students to resist mask mandates in schools because he alleges that the mandates violate state codes. One of…

Congratulations. I'm glad that you were able to drop that weight (your MIL, that is). Best of luck moving forward

I do what I can. Cheers and good evening.

Great example for the display of "People who have served humanity by dying."

The SC justice system is a microcosm of the entire country. If they can find a way to legalize cruelty, they’re going to do it, and the scales of justice will still be broken. Case in point: I grew up in SC with a kid who murdered his wife and a gambling partner because he’d racked up large gambling losses and she had…

Google Joel Acevedo if you want more evidence of the fine people who police the city. Not sure if that case is going to cost the city since the officer was not on duty at the time, but it's safe to say that the way the case has been handled this far is pretty piss poor.

And par for the course: I know people who added that he was with an escort as if that justified the use of force. 

Thanks. It's always a melancholy thing at this point, honestly. Dad's 82, and he's not in great health. Mom's been gone for almost eight years, and they'd been married for 47 years. They were so inextricably linked that we all felt sure that he'd also be gone within the year --- such was their love for each other.…

Beautifully written. I last hugged my dad in December 2019. Since my mom died in 2013, we've seen him every summer and every other Christmas. This summer can't get here soon enough.

I think about it through several lenses: the first is people who know you're a racist and let you know how awful you are. The second is people who know you're a racist and are perfectly fine with you. The wildcard: plausible deniability. If you pull some bullshit like, "I know what's in my heart/ I have Black friends/…

The thing that gets me about racists, xenophobes, homophobes, and hateful assholes in general is the lengths they tend to go to in order to deny their bigotry. If you're this kind of asshole, then just admit it. I'll still think you're an asshole, but I'll respect your pathetic honesty. Have some fucking guts, right?…

I'll assume you are correct. In this case, if the judgment creates a situation that Edwards can't evade, then I guess that is better than a judgment that he can easily skirt.

One can certainly hope that the dam is going to break soon

That's what I'm struggling with as well. The damages are on par with simply underpaying a person, but this case is clearly more complex than mere wage theft. This was an insidious crime, and looking at it otherwise is unacceptable