Stay at home moms aren't allowed to get sick.

Is it that surprising that she doesn't have friends or family who:

* Don't have to work; and

That's what we get for letting women serve on juries.

As StarHopper27 said, some babies just don't take to a bottle. You may think that's bad parenting, but it really doesn't change the situation here. This particular baby doesn't take a bottle. This particular infant would therefore go hungry if the mother isn't around to feed it. Whether or not you agree with her…

It isn't "inconvenience," it is the health of an infant. What if, rather than being a nursing mom, this woman was the sole caregiver to a disabled child, who could not feed himself or use the restroom alone? I'm guessing the state would grant an exception. This is no different.

Sure, she's entitled to post pictures of herself online. My question is why would she want to? Isn't it enough to feel good about yourself? What does it say about her that she's seeking all of this external gratification, that she can't just be happy that she is healthy and fit? She has to pose in her undies and…

You know what would have been "inspiring?" Seeing her photo as she crosses the finish line of a marathon (or half, I'm not picky) or her face as she finished 60 laps in the pool. A photo of her in briefs and a bra doesn't inspire me. It makes me sad that a woman can be a mom to three kids and still only see her…

Part of the issue, I think, is that the United States is about to set the global economy on fire, and the GOP is content to watch it burn. So...mainstream media coverage is pretty focused on debt ceiling negotiations and reopening the government, which makes less room for important stories like this one.

Jezebel is…

Ok, then let's spread the blame around. The sheriff was clearly biased in his dealings with the Colemans, and deserves to be vilified for it. But the fact that the rapist walked free? That's down to the DA.

Part of my desire to push back on this has to do with wanting folks to understand how our criminal justice…

Let's put the blame where it belongs - on the DA who took all of that evidence and then chose not to prosecute. The bedsheets, the DNA, the video recordings, the interviews with witnesses - all of that was gathered by the sheriff's office. Unfortunately, the DA took all of that evidence (which did not, again,…

Actually s(he) is right. The sheriff collected the evidence and forwarded it to the DA, who declined to press charges. That's the way our criminal justice system works. Haven't you seen Law & Order?

"In the Criminal Justice System the people are represented by two separate, yet equally important groups. The police…

I'd say food banks and DV shelters are your best bet. Whatever food banks in your area normally serve folks dealing with food insecurity will be especially challenged in the coming months, with the shutdown and the change of season. If you know new moms who are getting formula samples in the mail (I know I was…

The danger, though, is that Congress will pass a bill funding just this program, and all other programs affecting white women or veterans, and then just let all of the poor people and the people of color languish while the media's attention moves on to the next shiny thing.

No, not unless one could prove that judge acted out of malice or corruption. So, if you could demonstrate that Lee paid him off, yes. If he was just horribly, horribly, wrong, then no.

This is actually for the best. Even the most conscientious judges are wrong sometimes, and if we opened them up to lawsuits, they…

While I understand that this is how hearts and minds are won, I genuinely wish that it was not necessary to trot out sad stories of white, attractive, middle-class mothers of small children in order to shame Congress into action. The government is here to meet the needs of all US citizens, from the attractive moms to…

I know this is going to sound like hippie nonsense, but I totally recommend infant potty learning for those with the time and resources to do it. I was really really skeptical, but even doing it a couple of times a day (after naps and in the morning, basically any time you take a diaper off), I've seen good results.

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I am left with so many questions. Where was this on her body? What is all of that? Is it dirt? How did she let it go so long? Why choose this one night to clean it? Did it hurt?

I'm not really talking about what John Smith in Iowa knew, though. The OP claimed that "more Germans were collaborators than weren't." So I'm not really talking about what the Allies knew. I'm talking about what folks living in Nazi Germany and under Nazi occupation knew, since that's what the OP was talking about.…

Edward, and yes, he did like Germany an awful lot.

I think you and I may be talking about slightly different things, here. If you are asking whether I believe that the NKVD and the OSS knew about mass imprisonment and deaths, then the answer is yes, absolutely. That is a known thing.

I'm talking about whether Hans Hansen from Dusseldorf or Ivan Ivanovitch from…