He would have been fined anyway; this has nothing nothing to do with Komen. He would have been fined at any time for wearing those non-uniform shoes.

it's hurting public health.

I find them to be delicious trash. And, actually, sort of educational as well. I can now rattle off that family line like nothing else. Something that history books never taught me. It is a great for giving the "big picture" of history.

Between picking commoners to be the godparents, and the news from last week that several key members of the royal family were not invited to attend the christening leading to complaints that "Williams way is increasingly the Middleton way," I am having flashes of reading a Phillipa Gregory novel. Specifically the ones…

No, there is not. A judge has qualified immunity for decisions made while acting in his official capacity, unless there is some sort of fraud or other illegal activity. A bad decision is not illegal.

I tend to agree, but it does make sense, in a way: a D.A. represents the State. Although they are elected on a more local level, they speak and act on behalf of the State, much moreso than their respective city/county. If there is a need to appoint someone it makes more sense that the State's executive officer does…

Anyone else feel like she is channeling Delta Burke, ala Suzanne Sugarbaker?

She was super awesome.

I felt the writing in Harry Potter had both a rhythm and wit which would have been a welcome addition to The Hunger Games.

I can't help but compare it to the Giver, which delivers in in those aspects in so many ways that HG doesn't. Of course, that is horribly unfair comparison. But I can't help but make it.

I'm a libertarian that 'hangs out' on Jezebel. Death stares roll off my back like water. ;)

I think that is also part of my problem. There was so much more I wanted to know about the world, the politics, why it got that way, etc. I felt very unfulfilled in that way.

No, you're right, they are different, and I'm probably conflating the two. For me, it was simplistic to the point of being annoying to read. Almost like pulling teeth to get the story out.

Twilight was *horrible.* Horrible.

Actually, I'm a big George R.R. Martin fan. :) I've read all the "Game of Thrones" books, and have another sitting around about vampires that I'm waiting to start.

I would probably have to re-read it (*shudder*) to accurately describe the problem I had with it, but I recall feeling like the sentence construction was overly simple.

I, as a very adult adult, bought Hunger Games. I read the whole thing in about 3 hours. Great story/idea, but awful writing. Like, the most awful book I have ever read. I feel like it is written at about a fourth grade level?

Not wading into the race discussion at all. At all.

I think you're being fed a lot of bullshit in this thread by people with some sort of axe to grind against the US or Americans who have conservative politics. Don't buy it. The US is very welcoming and open place for [legal] immigrants. (It is really only the topic of what to do about illegal immigration,…

Unrelated, but the first time I ever heard someone use, and then describe, the term "k-hole" was the exact time I decided that I never wanted to try ketamine.