As a Chicagoan, I remember the good old days when that nonsense would have attracted sniper fire.

Thank you for this perspective. I am post-menopausal and also had to take steroids during cancer treatment a couple of years ago. Either or both have caused damage to my metabolism; I seem to gain weight relentlessly.  I exercise every day, don’t eat fast or fried food, and avoid carbs and sweets. Still, I gain. I…

I mean, hasn’t Haiti suffered enough without having to endure Sean Penn?

I thought one of the big problems Haiti had was that France forced it to pay back the “debt” incurred by freeing the slaves and confiscating slave-owner property. According to the summary in Wikipedia, the payments to France were the equivalent of $21 billion in today’s currency.

The DNC is still chasing after that unicorn, the white working-class voter.

He dumped his first wife of 23 years (three kids from that marriage) to be with #2. My sympathy for her is somewhat tempered by the fact that she had to know what she was getting in to.

Karo has a “recipe” for making fake maple syrup. It’s probably even cheaper than buy AJ. http://karosyrup.com/Recipe/Easy_Maple_Syrup

There are some theories that major depression is analogous to mammal “sick behavior,” which causes the animal to instinctively find a hiding place and conserve energy needed to heal from an injury or illness.

Sigh. This is pretty much how manners works nowadays. If I don’t want to listen to someone playing Drake on their phone speaker on the train, I have to wear earplugs. If I’m eating outside on a park bench and someone sits down upwind and lights up a cigarette, I have to move. The Rudes rule the day...and night.

What amazes me are people who keep texting me late at night, despite me not answering or even reading their texts until the next morning. Maybe...read a book? Watch some streaming; Netflix isn’t that expensive. Turn off the light and be alone with your thoughts.

It’s primarily about power, isn’t it? I hate it when adults tease children about having boyfriends or girlfriends.

Yeah, really crave that cervix-bruising. :(

Problem is, the first text is the one that wakes me up. I had to block a “friend” who kept up this nonsense after 10 pm.

I need to have a talk with my brother. He isn’t handsy, but he talks about his penis feelings at inappropriate times, e.g. when he isn’t in bed with my SIL.

There are several of these anti-Obama care videos on the DHHS Youtube page. What the fuck is happening to our government?!!

I found the eyebrow woman on a U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services video, along with other “victims” of Obamacare. Uh...should the USDHHS be allowed to make political propaganda videos?

He thought Burr beat Hamilton at a pie-eating contest.

I used to waitress, and guess what? They most likely don’t tip black people either, LOL.

THEY ARE JUST TRYING TO HELP

Oh man, you just know he told her to lose weight (behind close doors) or else...