It doesn't. It doesn't work at all. Our voting system sadly rewards nutters, rather than relegating them to the back benches.

And it's not even much of a Mexican holiday. Most American think it's Mexican independence day, which it is not (that would be September 16).

Ah, you nailed us. Yeah, it's true - Fox News, in fact the whole Republican Party, is a big practical joke we've been playing on the world. Amazing that we actually fooled anyone into thinking that millions of Americans were that stupid.

Which is a good reason to stick to the original soft corn tortilla tacos.

The Apocalypse already happened. Someone just forgot to turn the lights off.

Already know that, at least for myself. If I want to cut down on drinking, I just switch from white to red. And the difference is a lot more than 9%, lol.

Not worth the risk, not worth the long term political fallout, so to speak.

If you must hunt, hunt an animal that is overpopulated because we humans ran off their predators - like, say, deer in many places in the U.S., who used to be kept in check by wolves. But shooting Bambi I guess isn't manly enough for some guys, so they have to after elephants.

I lost about 45 pounds with some modest exercise increase, but mostly from cutting out sugar soda and realizing just how many calories are in those bowls of chips you get at the Mexican restaurant (I grew up on Tex-Mex - I eat way too much of it).

It's probably more culture than language. Some places have very different attitudes than we do about this. I've lived in Spain and some Latin American countries and was often surprised at what people would say to each other about their looks and their bodies.

The "only criminals will have guns if we criminalize guns" is what's moronic. As long as authoritarian cowards demand their right to be armed at all times for the collapse of civilization and a war of all against all (which they all not-so-secretly desire), we'll have to deal with stories like this.

Yes people break laws. Therefore we should have no laws. Have at it, everybody!

I overstated. They essentially invited themselves in - I'm guessing it was the nicest house that was close to both Grant and Lee. He got to keep his house after the meeting was over. But they also took most of his possessions as souvenirs.

Meet Wilmer McLean. The First Battle of Bull Run (early in the Civil War) was on his farm. Later he moved to Appomattox Courthouse, and of course his house was requisitioned (along with most of his furniture) for Grant and Lee to meet and effectively end the war.

For once there is an advantage to male pattern baldness.

Ya - I know about these kinds of examples. But I was thinking more about some much more common and widespread, a truly domesticated species bear, in the sense that a dog is a truly domesticated wolf.

My father left instructions that I was supposed to scatter his ashes. That was the beginning and end of his instructions. I have no clue. I'm seriously thinking of "scattering" them in an unused plot next to his parents that they bought for reasons unknown — but since I travel a lot, I imagine he expected me to take…

Such a shame bears were never successfully domesticated. Can you just imagine having a pet bear? Sure, feeding it would cost a fortune, but who cares?

No, it's not. Vanderbilt names buildings for former Chancellors, administrators, trustees, and such. Gillette dorm is named for a former trustee, who may or may not have been connected to the the Gillette company.

Dogs have lived with humans for thousands of years, and we have until recently bred them for jobs, not companionship. Some breeds have adjusted well to the companionship model, and newer breeds have been developed with that in mind. But some breeds - look, a Border Collie without a job is plain nutty animal. Those are…