I dislike the inherit power imbalance where one person is desperate for a green card, but have a hard time seeing where this is majorly different from mail-order arrangements besides the outright exchange of payment. Marriage through the “mail-order” type arrangement at least provides some protections in terms of…
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This actually solves my problem with Chipotle. I love their ingredients but get frustrated because they are never well blended in the burrito. It is like biting into a layer of cheese and lettuce, then a layer of beans and rice. My Chipotle eating has been revolutionized!
Unfortunately I don’t think it is as simple as looking at their gun laws. A lot of these countries were less violent, and had far fewer guns per capita, than we do at the point they outlawed handguns or imposed tough restrictions. I think part of it is the inherently violent history of the U.S. and it’s relative…
I think it is a publicity stunt that has gotten out of hand. He thought it would be like last time, he would get his name in the papers and in headlines and then would be able to slink away after a while. He keeps saying and doing things he thinks will tank his chances so he can be done with it, only for those things…
I don’t doubt that, which is why I specified necessarily. People who don’t want to engage certain material, or just don’t want to do some work, may try to use whatever to avoid it. People have always done that, often using discomfort or challenging the appropriateness of the material (sometimes accusing…
Except trigger warnings aren’t necessarily about getting out of assignments and completely disengaging from ideas you don’t agree with. The school essentially already issued a warning when it sent out the message about the text likely making people uncomfortable. These students knew what to expect, they just don’t…
Actually, rock is far enough removed from its association with black people and label of “race music” that it is okay now.
So at what point should she have pulled the gun? How the hell was she to “drop him in the backyard” unless she was already armed, awake, and knew he was breaking in? How does this make sense? For this scenario to work, she would have had to have the loaded weapon in arm’s reach, easily accessible, and had some…
The thing is, this seems like someone who would have been eligible for parole regardless. They served 30 years, presumably with reasonably good conduct, and their crime could likely be considered one of passion with no pre-meditation that occured after a physical altercation had happened between them and the victim,…
I’m pretty sure jesters are supposed to be witty and knowingly mock the aristocracy and those in power in a way that reflects the truth about them but without making them want to have the jester executed. These people serve as mockeries of the elite while not knowing that they are mockeries, and would have the head of…
Some MMA gyms offer boxing and kickboxing classes as stand-alone. I just got into one that offers kickboxing and am going to stick with those for a while, and maybe eventually go to some of the other classes once I feel comfortable. It might be a good way to find the boxing you are looking for while seeing if any of…
That’s an interesting take but I think a more likely one is the distinction between killing and murder. Though shall not commit murder (unjustified kill), but killing is sometimes necessary and even proscribed for certain sins (such as having sexual relations with the same sex). In their minds, they are killing but…
No involvement with Boy Scouts. But that hasn’t kept me from having a stance on their LGBTQ-exclusion either. And honestly, if they wanted to bill themselves as a religious organization I wouldn’t care quite as much as long as they weren’t receiving preferential treatment. For instance, one city that enacted an LGBTQ…
If they don’t care locally, then I would really hope the policy would go. Keeping it as a policy, even if not locally enforced, still sends a message. They say they aren’t about God but reverence for God/gods is written into oaths and policies. Being an atheist/agnostic or any other belief shouldn’t be grounds for…
It does sound like a cool first date idea, but I would definitely be worried about going on a hike with a stranger. I think a cool compromise would be going to an old fort or something, or maybe to a botanical garden. There are a couple in the southern U.S. where you can just go in and explore or see re-enactments and…
You really don’t see a problem with the exclusion of non-believers? It seems like just by being an atheist/agnostic leader in Boy Scouts you are going against their policy. That is a messed up policy. People shouldn’t have to hide their disbelief anymore than someone should have to hide their belief. Just because…
They cancelled an endowed professorship. That means that certain faculty positions will no longer be fully funded by their charity. Not sure if the “related funds” mean only the money for the salary or scholarships for anyone who might study under that professor.
I wonder if it is possible illegally obtaining drugs has a longer statute of limitations and they are looking into that?
I think this may be part of the reason some people, myself included, consider themselves fans or admirers even though we only watch clips. Each clip has the level of production, set design, and directorial quality you would expect from a stand alone piece as oppose to one piece of a larger show. I feel like the effort…