That's not how bail works. If she put up the $4000, she'll get it back after showing up for trial. More likely, she paid a fee to a bail bondsman who put up the $4000 for her.

Well, I walked to and from school every day starting when I was six, so resplendent.mom is clearly a hardened criminal.

Oh, boy, the family now has an unemployed parent who is now $4000 in the hole. That's GREAT for the child. Good old justice system, looking out for us.

And she got fired. (Granted, from McDonald's, but still.)

So a source article says "there is no law that specifies how old a child has to be before he or she can go somewhere unsupervised. It's done on a case-by-case basis." But she had to pay $4,000 bond to get out of jail. For not breaking a nonlaw that doesn't exist. Hmm.

This is a war on *poor* parents. By and large, the greatest density of registered sex offenders will be in the poorer neighborhoods of any city. So if you are a poor single mom, and you're grateful for perhaps the first 30 minutes you've had to yourself in a month...you are at greater risk for negligent parenting…

"Numerous sex offenders living in the vicinity of the park"

I understand parents being advised not to do this by law enforcement.

You mean to say that a Christian corporation doesn't actually give a fuck about the children they so loudly and repeatedly claim to care about, but instead they're just a bunch of self-serving, greedy capitalists!? I'm shocked.

So, for those keeping track at home: Hobby Lobby cares deeply about protecting the unborn when it comes to denying women contraception coverage under the Affordable Care Act. Hobby Lobby does not care deeply about protecting the unborn when it comes to ensuring that mothers are capable of providing for their new…

"UGH YOU ARE NOT HELPING!" is something I yell at Dawkins' twitter account often.

Oh Richard, I thought we'd agreed that you would lay off the subject, what with the whole elevatorgate debacle....

Why oh why must he be one of the most public faces of atheism?! Dude, you are not helping!

Andi has said she didn't know who she was going to pick until the end and expressed doubts about both men throughout the series. Don't believe her if you don't want to, but I'd argue that many people believe that having sex with someone is a pretty good way of getting to know them and deciding whether you'd be…

People who call it "making love" really grind my gears...

My god, I was half joking, but he literally just said the exact same thing and still doens't realize what's wrong with it.

Every time I read your name I imagine thats's how John Travolta would pronounce Dylan McDermott's name.

I think he is literally going to make the exact same argument he did on the show and not even realize it.

Oh snap, Beadle done upset Steven.

Q.E.D.