Also, healthy food tends to be more perishable, requiring more frequent visits to the store to replenish and more money. When I was at my poorest and didn’t even have a car, I had to buy all of my groceries to last two weeks until my next paycheck and figure out how to get them home from the store. I wasn’t buying…

They’re so fucking clever but can’t be bothered to completely fill out their ballots come election day, which is why the conservative won the Supreme Court seat in Wisconsin. Several HUNDRED THOUSAND extra votes in the Dem primary that did not manage to trickle down to the Supreme vote because the little fuckers left…

I’m saying this as a Gen-Xer. Our turnout at elections was dismal, so much so that candidates didn’t bother courting us. Millenials blow us out of the water when it comes to voter turnout.

If you’re talking about millenials, they can no longer be counted out the way Gen-X could. They are politically active and they vote. We need them to be more dependable and vote at mid-terms, but baby steps. Gen-Xers were the assholes who didn’t participate at all.

He was thwarted in his attempts to kill sorority sisters because he couldn’t get into the house. He shot the three that were outside at the time. He hated men only as an extension of his hatred of women — men who were successful with women but who he deemed inferior to himself. But it was all about his hatred of women.

The way I interpreted the body language of the other students, they were shocked and staring at their desks, hoping the asshole didn’t turn on them next.

At first this really hurt my feelings, but I’m from Madison, and we basically say the same things about the rest of the state. But I’m an outcast here — I don’t watch sports and I don’t drink. So I’m seen as an oddball, even in Madison.

You already admitted that your meat supply this week cost you $40. That puts it beyond the realm of affordability for the poor. And that’s just the meat. Do you only eat meat? Unlikely. Are you feeding children as well? You haven’t mentioned it, so I don’t know. Do you have to ride public transportation for multiple…

Definitely. I hated taking a purse with me on the bus. Right now I have a car again, and it’s purse time.

Same! First person in my family to go to a 4-year college (and only because it was back in the 90’s when it was still relatively affordable — if I were 18 now that would not be the case). First person to reach middle-class, and so very cognizant of how little it takes to slide back from there.

Try living 15 minutes away from a grocery store and having no car, and only $40 to spend per month (split between your two monthly paychecks) and then tell me how easy it is to eat fresh and healthy. You live on canned, boxed, and frozen food, because that’s what is going to last two weeks until you manage to get to…

$40 of meat in a week! When I was at my poorest, I had $40 a month after I paid all of my bills. I lived on rice and beans, boxed meals and frozen foods. I had no car, and had to beg rides twice a month because the closest grocery store was 15 minutes away. That’s two grocery trips per month, so food had to last two…

More likely it’s an issue of scheduling. Having a physician in the family you likely can appreciate that. Many poor people do not have a dependable “weekend.” They have schedules that shift constantly. You’re correct in your assertion that soups are doable on a tight budget, but meatloaf, ribs and pulled pork in the…

I’m going to have to quibble with your assertion that all of that meat you listed there for a week (or maybe two) of food is “super cheap.”

Which leads right back to issues of transportation as well. Try hauling groceries on a bus, it’s SUPER FUN. I’m lucky that I live three blocks from a grocery store now. When I’m without a car, the walk back and forth several times a week for fresh food is exercise, as is carrying my bag back with me. But I have to…

You can get pulled over for going too slow.

When will Republicans learn? You have Ted Nugent and Pat Boone music. That’s it. No one else is on your side. I love how they’re all “personal responsibility” and “individual freedoms” except for when it comes to shamelessly stealing the intellectual property of others.

A man telling another man “I’m going to fuck your daughter and your wife” is an age-old insult and NOT sex positive for the women. The women are afterthoughts — possessions of another man to be violated in order to assert dominance. This is absolutely a part of rape culture, and anyone who refuses to admit it is…

You are morally opposed to providing affordable healthcare to the poor? Because that’s what Planned Parenthood does. The Hyde Amendment has blocked tax dollars from being used for abortion since the 70’s.

Oh, they aren’t stupid. The intent is to make women enslaved to their own biology. Otherwise these uppity bitches might think they have rights and shit.