I'd suggest reading 'Under the Banner of Heaven', which deals with FLDS and discusses in depth why Utah's anti-bigamy statute is written the way it is. Utah was pressured into passing the law by the federal government. The law targets multiple adults living in marriage-like arrangements specifically because the FLDS…

We-ll, the Duggars do benefit from things like having their home declared a church (they do or used to, broadcast a 'church service' over the radio from their garage) so that they don't have to pay taxes on it.

Yes, they get more support if there's no legal father in the picture. In the FLDS, the other, non legal wives are encouraged to receive government assistance, as the church considers this 'bleeding the beast'.

"By the way, where are all the MRA posters coming from? Has Jez been linked at an MRA message board? "

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They're more expensive. I've suggested Alternative Apparel before, but American Apparel is just flat out the cheapest. I don't have a catalog in front of me to give you specifics, but unless things have changed very recently, AA is the cheapest (decent) quality on the block.

History holds that they are not particularly smart.

Their blanks are some of the cheapest on the market. My brother is a screenprinter and I've asked him repeatedly to stop using AA for his shirts, but he (read: his clients) can't afford the alternatives. He's also told me that a lot of clients specifically ask to use AA because of the 'ethical' labor issue.

The blood is the life.

Er, really? Because that's what babies subsist on. Milk. Sure it's not soy milk or 1% milk you get from the diary case, but if you ask someone what babies eat, they're gonna say milk.

"He said he played Edward as some sort of manic-depressive century-old virgin."

I know it may be fun for you and your friends, but getting drunk during a movie is really obnoxious. The other patrons didn't pay for you to get blasted and make fun of them. Can't you wait until it's out on DVD?

Well, I thought the first one was a moderately good teen movie right up until the time the vampires are revealed. I knew they were vampires obviously, I just thought there was some genuine tension and decent high school stuff. Post-reveal, it's just a terrible movie.

She's also Sam's mother on iCarly.

It's not addressed well (or at all) in the show, but the reason that the witches, weres, and shifters aren't out of their respective closets is because they're watching to see how the world reacts to the vampires. The progressive reveal of the supernatural world into the mortal one is a major theme of the books and,…

"where is the mainstream voice of conservative feminism?"

Are you asking because of the phrase 'lesbian shitass'? If you're a new or not a regular reader of the site, I refer you to this article to understand where the joke comes from: [jezebel.com]

Me too! I laughed outloud and said, 'Hah, she's dressed as Arlene'. But no, Teen Mom joke.

And then Eric sends her the coat.