Trump would probably love to do so, but I believe he can only pardon those imprisoned by the federal government, not the state. Now I wonder how long it’ll be until he decides to have that changed.

As for why CPS didn’t move her kids to family members first, they usually (at least here in FL) try that first. But if family members are unwilling or unable to care for the kids, or are too far away, then foster care is unfortunately the next step.

I’m a Guardian ad Litem volunteer as well. It’s tough. Lack of transportation, lack of education, lack of family members (or financially and emotionally stable family members) to help out, make climbing out of the system and completing a treatment and case plan very difficult.

So...I was a Guardian ad Litem (volunteer advocate for the children in these cases) for years. Often, the parents would tell their friends and family members that the kids had been taken from them for just a “light” spanking, or that they had left their kids alone for “just a second” while they went next door.

I was also a GAL for years, and am in total agreement with your comment(s). And tragically, some of the parents won’t even give a moment of self-reflection to their children being removed from their care.

I’m not going to take the position that the system is perfect or even good. But I’ve worked in it as a guardian ad litem and I promise you that for a lot of people it does cause self reflection.

“I was shocked and scared and I hit him. The next day he was removed and I was arrested. I was treated as a criminal. I wasn’t given a chance to explain myself.”

“....retarded (and being autistic, i reserve the right to use the R word)“

You are mistaken about your Clinton claim. Here are facts:

Which is wildly irresponsible and just shy of fucking retarded (and being autistic, i reserve the right to use the R word).

Subway doesn’t owe a duty to an employee’s wife. MAYBE in the case of occupational exposures, but that’s about it. I’m not sure why people are advocating that employers get more involved in the private lives of employees, which is behavior that this suit effectively encourages.

You’re tossing around legal terms that have no real applicability here. Subway is under no obligation to perform “due diligence.” They have no duty to investigate allegations of possibly criminal acts. They might have had an obligation to report child abuse that was known to them, but no one is saying that they knew…

The issue is one of duty. No one is arguing that Subway did not have warning signs. But liability requires duty, and most states don’t impose a duty of care on employers to the spouses of employees. NJ courts have kind of done that, but only with regard to toxic exposure where the danger was more clear. But imposing…

Subway deserves to go down, but only to the victims of Fogle’s abuse. What duty do they owe her? Nothing.

Damn right, lets get that rolling.

Isn’t him saying...

“So it’s not real? “No.” he responded. “They’re rumors, that’s all that is.””

Tom, should you focus on his penis when his balls are the real story? I understand the confusion since there’s not a vas deferens between the two.

Piers Anthony’s depiction of women generally is horrible. I LOVED his books as a young reader, until finally the “WTF?” pile built up too high and I just couldn’t move past it anymore.

KfC, however, is unimpeachable.

Super glad I’m not the only one whose mind went to the wrong diaphragm.