Remember that meme that was going around, a list of “American” names that a Japanese game designer had come up with? My favorite was “Bobson Dugnutt.” Now that’s a perfect Texan name.

And the fastest-running immigrants shout “Andale! Andale! Arriba! Arriba!!”

Did you read the WaPo article? It addresses the “forgetting” issue and makes a very strong case against criminal prosecution.

Why? It’s not as if punishment will deter other parents from making the same mistake. If anything, punishing these parents (the good parents for whom this is truly just a terrible mistake, not parents who, like, got drunk and forgot the kid) will reinforce the idea that only bad parents have this happen to them, and…

Just because this particular tragedy only happens to a few people doesn’t mean they’re bad parents. As shown in the comments above, a LOT of parents forget their kids occasionally. My own mother once forgot my infant sister when she was taking us with her to the grocery store; she was just used to taking me, and she…

I really do suggest you read the WaPo article. People like Harrison don’t prioritize work over their children. They aren’t negligent parents. They literally fall victim to a brain glitch where they think they’ve dropped the kids at daycare. When you drop your kids at daycare, do you think about them every minute like…

I left the faith when I was 20. Nearly 30 years later, I still sometimes get a long, dark night of the soul where I’m terrified that I’ll go to Hell and that my non-Christian husband and kids will, too.

Could have been the money, but it seems much more likely to me that he waited to speak out because he was afraid of losing friends, family and community. That kind of hesitation is a very common experience in fundamentalism.

Yeah, it’s funny how “he’s the president, you need to respect him!” only applies to Republicans.

Yeah, I don’t get this either. Is there any thinking behind this, however twisted or stunted? What sort of nefarious dealings could be in a book deal? Is he suggesting the Obamas are being paid through the book deals, under the table, for political favors? Because Obama is out of office now and they’re both staying…

One tiny bright spot for me in the Trump presidency is that I think he never actually meant to be elected and he HATES being president. He hates not having absolute power (well, not yet...), he hates being required to attend endless meetings (although not as many as he should be attending), he hates the travel, he…

And he almost certainly also kept it afloat with under-the-table deals with Russian and Middle Eastern businesspeople and oligarchs...deals where Trump is obviously expected to illegally/immorally give value for money.

Yeah, apparently the White House (as a very old building) has its share of issues with climate control, rodents, etc. - but a real president is gonna be way too busy, and thinking too deeply about real problems, to bother tweeting about it.

I agree. I love thrift shopping and whenever I go to Goodwill there’s at least one copy of Sarah Palin’s “Going Rogue” - often more - because all the right-wingers bought it but none of them actually wants to keep it. They buy these books to show their support and loyalty. Trump could just rave about how the liberal…

And I watched Cummings’s questioning. He raised his voice to make some important points, but he didn’t scream at anybody. That’s just Trump’s (via Fox’s) viewpoint that if a privileged white man raises his voice he’s just tough and has the courage of his convictions (ahemBrettKavanaughahem) but if a POC or a woman…

What really strikes me about cases like Epstein’s is that, as a filthy rich, powerful, and not bad-looking guy, he could have had all the consensual sex he wanted. This wasn’t a case of a guy who wanted to get laid and who didn’t care if he hurt or traumatized women and girls. This was a case of a guy who specifically…

If I’m guessing right as to exactly what they are (I’m too skeeved out to watch DPP videos!), they’re called epidermal or sebaceous cysts. I get them too. It’s something to do with the natural skin oil ducts in the scalp getting plugged up. If you don’t get them removed early on, they will grow until there’s a big…

I actually don’t have a problem with the concept of capital punishment in the most severe cases. (I know: “Bad liberal! Bad!!”) Some crimes are so heinous, I think it is warranted.

I agree. Death would be an easy exit. Instead, keep this SOB alive, try to get him to give up some names and evidence of other child rapists, and then let him stew in prison for a long, long time.

Yup. I lived in rural MN for a few years in the ‘90s. I expected it would be at least somewhat liberal there. It’s...really not.