I’m waiting for some world leader to pre-empt this weaponized hand-shake BS and just suggest a crisp high-five.

Yeah, that was my first reaction. “Wait.....she’s WAY too long in the tooth for President Groper.”

“If this is what the culture believes they must do to keep pure (so long as they aren’t hurting others...)”

They gave up “logic” quite a while ago.

Pffft. Looks like you were aiming for Frenchy from Grease but didn’t quite get there.

I don’t know how the british health care system works, but if they’ve got universal/govt supplied health care, they could be balking at the price? (Recall all the Republicans screaming about “death panels” when the ACA was first floated)

Whoops, did I say 400,000? I meant 5,000,000.

I’m guessing that if that adorable little foreign child was brown, they wouldn’t care quite as much.

Mali: 6-7 children per woman

Religion is basically a cultural construct, offering a place that people can feel they understand and belong, with like-minded people. To “fix” that construct in someone’s identity, it’s best to start them young. She basically admits that here:

Trump doesn’t want refugees from Syria. But he (or his successors) better figure out how to deal with 400,000 refugees from Miami.

Yeah, I knew about the CO2 levels and ocean acidification and the clathrate gun hypothesis (melting arctic ice releasing tons of methane trapped in ice clathrates). But, it gets worse! A few years ago I heard a talk by an environmental chemist about how changing temperatures will cause certain bogs and permafrosts to…

I was on a tiny puddle jumper flight when an elderly woman tried to open the cabin door, apparently under the impression that it was the door to the restroom. She probably wouldn’t have managed to even move the lever, and the pressurization would probably have prevented the door from opening, but that flight attendant…

I think that may be shade.

Yeah, I’m a little confused by the conflicting class signifiers. The “IV” in his name, the first class seating, and the “do you know who I am” entitlement all point to spoiled rich brat. But the mother being a “Delta employee” and him flying for free....I dunno. Unless she OWNS Delta, she’s not exactly managing a…

Sort of like in The Fifth Element, where the passengers get into cushioned bunks, and the flight attendants push a button that instantly knocks them out for the duration of the flight. “Good night, Mr. Dallas.”

“Florida Man assaults flight attendant, attempts to open plane door mid-flight.”

Hey, remember back in 2016 when Trump was going on about Hillary being on death’s door and not having enough physical stamina to be president? Good times.

“Meet our new head of coop security: Mr. Fox.”

That’s the “roll over and show your belly” handshake. Seriously, his hand is totally submissive.