When Britney and her sister were kids/teens, their mother was more involved in their career, not the father.

The fines could be tied to the average income of the accused. For example, smoking in a non-smoking area could be fined with 5% of a monthly income (or average monthly income, if you don’t have regular income).

I loved that movie! The only moment I found unrealistic (but it had to happen this way for plot reasons) was the looooong silence after their semi-final performance. The clapping would’ve started sooner.

But aren’t girls named after their mother? So Sigrit’s surname should’ve been Helkasdottir.

What’s your opinion of Rock Steady?

I get that. I was being sarcastic.

It’s interesting that in a country which hates workers’ unions so much, police unions are so untouchable.

Can’t think of “Huxley” without adding “Aldous” in front of it - I loathed Brave New World when we had to read it in school :/

My husband is currently going for the Wham-era look of George Michael.

Schadenfreude?

They are still hugging on the show? In the German version, they even extended the jury table to make them sit further apart this week. There hasn’t been a live audience since last week (they use applause from the first show of this season, when that was still allowed), and everybody keeps a short distance from each…

Thanks for writing “martial law” correctly, because I’ve been wondering what the hell Evangeline Lilly was talking about! The only government programm named “Marshall” I remember from history was the Marshall Plan, which was a financial stimulus to Western European countries* after WWII, and I didn’t understand why…

This story has been debunked:

While I agree with several of your points, I have to disagree that Biden would have a bigger chance against Trump than Sanders. In the past few elections, it has never been the centrist candidate who won the presidential election. Also, even moderate Republicans might be willing to close ranks - party over people,…

She’s no longer running, so as far as I’m concerned, she can have her cake and eat it, too: enjoying SNL just for the heck of it, while still being a noticeable person of interest for the political sphere (I really wonder whether Bernie and Biden are trying to woo her for her endorsement).

Don’t count on it. I’ve read a conversation of one Bernie Bro on Facebook where he was “graciously” forgiving Warren and telling her and her supporters that they would let her in if she’s being nice now.

Didn’t he already say he planned on having a female VP? Or am I confusing him with another candiate?

And she still got 3 million more votes than him.

I’m wondering how that will look like. I’m afraid there will be more streaming monopolies, e.g. Disney+, and maybe Netflix can still survive, what with being the first big service. It might make things easier, but it’s also somewhat limiting the choices for consumers.

*I have a feeling this group would be okay with more Flint, Michigan situations happening.