I think the generally very flippant responses like this really discount how much pro-life people truly, deeply believe that abortion is murder. Murder of babies, not less. What you may see as inconsistency is only because your viewpoints are axiomatically different. That is, given certain core beliefs about justice…

Hummer is such a great song that doesn’t get the respect it deserves.

Rolling Stones, Exile on Main Street: Torn and Frayed/Sweet Black Angel/Loving Cup

As a mainline Protestant, ELCA Lutheran specifically, I find this comment interesting because one of the defining characteristics of Lutheran theology is that we don’t owe God anything. God is to be worshiped because we are thankful for his love, not to earn our way to heaven.

It’s almost like she represents a very mainstream POV or something.

So, that vest he’s wearing, was that designed by Rob Leifeld or something? What is he keeping in all those pouches?

See, I always thought that Justine Sacco tweet was obviously a tongue-in-cheek jab at the privilege of white westerners. She wasn’t “punching down”, so to speak. If a known comedian said the same thing there wouldn’t have been nearly as much outrage. She never deserved the flak she took for that.

Hingle McCringleberry’s Excessive Celebrations

I don’t know, they can be a lot of fun and great experiences in their own right. When Dark Star Orchestra plays, their setlist is from a specific Grateful Dead show, played how the Dead would have played that show that year (since the Dead’s sound changed quite a bit over the years). And then at the end they tell you…

NDA’s are contracts, which falls under the realm of civil law, so there almost certainly wouldn’t be any jail time. Typically it’s just financial penalties, and as you said, I’m sure there would be no shortage of suitors lined up to cover her.

Presumably, in order for a non-disclosure to be enforced, Trump would have to admit that it even exists, which he has already denied. I know his base doesn’t care, but pretty sure Trump cares very much about made to look like a fool, almost to the exclusion of everything else. Even if she blabbed about the whole…

“Can you pay 1/50 of a Bitcoin?”

Ron Swanson: “I’d like four more glasses of Lagavulin in liquid form.”

Is that true? Doesn’t the person who replaces him hold his seat until that seat is up for re-election in 2020?

I think the biggest complaint with it stems from the fact that it’s terrible. My kids loved the original Frozen movie and they were bored out of their minds with this short. It has absolutely no redeeming qualities. It’s 20 minutes but feels like 45.

As I am an American of Norwegian descent, we traditionally have lutefisk for Christmas dinner. If you’re not familiar, it’s cod fish which has been preserved in lye. Then you boil or steam it, and when you’re done you have something that very much resembles fish-flavored Jell-O. It’s just as good as it sounds!

I don’t think it’s as blue as it might seem from the outside. Both legislature chambers are controlled by Republicans. Franken originally won only after a recount. Our last governor was Republican. Hillary won by only 4%. Certainly I think it’s left leaning on average, but like many states it’s a matter of urban…

Another third did state they were willing to wait for the results of the ethics investigation, so it’s not like people are out in the streets with pitchforks and torches. But I don’t see how this ends with him staying around. It’s a major bummer too, because he’s otherwise had been so good. He had that ability to…

I’m with you. The first few accounts (including Leeann Tweeden) had the air of “well, maybe it was unintentional, or a misunderstanding”. But there’s clearly a pattern of this behavior. At this point, even if it was *all* unintentional, which seems incredibly unlikely, I don’t see how he can stay in office. Removing…

Um, Klobuchar? Also, there is no shortage of qualified people to replace him. I think Keith Ellison would be a fantastic senator, but slightly concerned about his ability to win a statewide race.