Christ we have a bunch of copper-bottomed, stain-resistant, oceangoing, all-weather twats on both sides of Commons.

I saw one great description of Maybot’s skillful negotiation…

Hopefully they’ll shine a spotlight on a woman on International Men’s day. Who am I kidding, they wont do that

I don’t think so - you can appeal a judgment, and the defense can appeal an excessive punishment (such as 25 years for selling food without a permit). But, much like Brock Turner receiving little to no jail time for rape, I haven’t heard of prosecutors appealing a slap-on-the-wrist punishment.

Considering the prosecution asked for years and the judge gave him months, plus the judge’s actions that took place in front of the jury, they may have the ability to appeal. I personally think blatantly violating the terms of a plea deal should be an automatic maximum sentence.

Sorry Ford, this doesn’t even remotely meet my mobile entertainment needs:

In Vietnam it was called “fragging.”

Imagine a future where a cracked windshield costs $4000 to replace!

How Can The Clean Water Be Real If Our Eyes Aren’t Real?

Having just last month been unceremoniously, very unexpectedly, and without any prior discussion fired for something a manager misinterpreted, sat on for a week without speaking to me about it, and then just given my walking papers with no actual opportunity to defend myself — after nearly 4 years of me doing a hell…

I used to be a barmaid in a remote Australian town that had a large Aboriginal population and was so, so racist. The pub had two bars in separate rooms, connected by an opening behind the bar so the bar staff could move easily between them.

This is slightly off topic, and way too long, but it’s a partial scorecard...

I stood up for a person and for being a decent friend in general. One of my best friends now was being bullied by her “friends”at school. One of them told her that she couldn’t eat lunch with them because she wasn’t cool anymore. I heard this from my seat in class and got PISSED. I didn’t really know the chick at the…

I recently stood up for equal pay during a contract negotiation, in particular the fact that dividing new starts in six month periods meant half the intake will get no pay increment while half would. Come a month later my issue becomes official negotiation policy so we all get equal treatment. I will also be making a…

Being a Russian ship, I expect we’ll have dash cam footage soon.

Yes- THIS. I am in the business and I am constantly telling anyone who will listen about how much of their healthcare dollars go to stuff that has zero to do with actual care. 

Pedants of the world, untie! 

The company that they’re complaining about *is* the government insurer.  American business and government subscribe to the magical thinking that outsourcing stuff that you do every day will somehow save costs, by having someone else do it and tack on overhead and profit.

Just arrived in Vietnam.

This reminds me of a photo project someone did of taking photos of mothers very soon after birth. Let me see if I can go find it: