The juror argued that the public deserved to know the “full story and absolute truth of how this matter was handled.”

I wish this type of writing included things like, I’ve been eating ma po tofu so often that I had two Amazon Fresh deliveries this week instead of just one. Of course, no matter what I order, I always tip at least 25%. -or- Along with my bread baking on Sunday, I also made my weekly donation to the local food bank.

The pandemic has brought the class differences that have been growing for decades into sharp relief. The media, social and traditional, makes it more obvious by putting those differences in our faces 24/7. Those are the “Well, duh!” points. The question we’re not asking as a society is where do we go from here? The…

Lately I’ve had a few zoom calls with family (who are geographically very spread out), that have made me realize how different our experiences have been. Most of my family work from home, but I am an “essential worker” as a therapist at an inpatient rehab. I go to work every day, wear a mask, and deal with the other…

Golly.

“I have absolutely no problem with the immigrants, but they have to come to the country legally.”

She knows that she is an immigrant who doesn’t have a job, right?

it’s always so disappointing to hear immigrants evince the “I got mine, fuck the others” attitude especially towards other immigrants, but one thing I’ve learned with certainty over the last 3+ years is how utterly lacking in empathy so many people are.

The only thing I think of when I read or hear Encino is the amazing 90s comedy Encino Man starring Brendan Fraser, Sean Astin & Pauly Shore.

I know. Makes me wonder if perhaps she’s internalized that her former life/angsty punk turned pop persona as “fake,” and therefore assumes that *gestures* “this” is somehow more real and authentic living? Does that make any sense?

The pile of shady ass attorneys and also, the revolving door of legal representation kicked off almost immediately after he was in custody.

I just read that aloud to my young adult son, and we both cried after talking about what all that really means— Black people not being issued a birth certificate by a state government official (or not being allowed to contest a clerical error on one, in her mom’s case) is the equivalent of saying that no, you don’t…

If we’re throwing blame around, the Kenosha police deserve some too. They actively and intentionally created the situation.

I’m having the same problem. You can get them to agree with you in a given conversation but the problem is they then hang up and go right back to marinating in Fox News propaganda. Short of actually moving in with them, you simply couldn’t compete with the barrage of bullshit coming from places like Fox News, OANN,…

the idea of a Democratic Senator penning the leftist equivalent of the Tom Cotton NYT op-ed piece about invading cities is unthinkable.

Rittenhouse has a history of violence, and was turned down by a Marines recruiter after one conversation. To say his parents didn't raise him right is a clear understatement. 

This shit is nuts

It seems he was severely enabled.

You hear it in the assertion that New York, a city in which I live, is burning, and the mainstreaming of conspiracy theories about busloads of armed activists descending on rural communities en-masse.

Just what we need, a bunch of unqualified, possibly sociopathic, George Zimmermans running around.