The whole structure of our voting system and government fundamentally favors a 2-party system, though. Comparisons to other countries with multiple political parties usually don’t take into account their different voting methods (proportional representation, non-single member districts, etc).

No worries :)

Does it have a refractory period, though? That could be dangerous if it needs to perform quickly.

I’m sorry for your loss. Likewise. All you can do is remember the best and try to see positive. Death sucks. Hugs.

I was wondering about that - going to look for the table. If the drugs were all found in her blood, it couldn’t have been more than about 72 hours since she’d taken them (non medically-educated estimate). That’s more than even a night on molly or a few bumps of coke on a night out drinking - that was a pretty big…

Carrie really had all the support in the world, though, and addiction still got her in the end, despite her making a career out of examining the root causes of her abuse. I don’t have any good answers, and certainly don’t think criminalizing or demonizing addicts helps- I agree with you in general, but I do wonder if…

I’m bad about replying really late sometimes, so apologies. Better late than never, though - and you made good points I didn’t deal with or clarify.

I really appreciate all the practical knowledge! My dad taught me everything from how to chop wood, fix a flat, change the oil, tie different knots, how to handle different emergencies - all this good old-time wisdom that’s evergreen. He spent as much time as possible with us, playing and building and learning and…

And Jared, Pence, Bannon, Steve Miller, the fucking Mercers, Paul Ryan, McConnell, Conway - all of the minions of this kakistocracy. Pretty please to the divinity I don’t believe in, don’t let the motherfuckers get away with it all.

I don’t understand how you think I conflated investigation and indictment - I mentioned that he’s almost certainly under active investigation now, but he hasn’t received the sealed target letter that subjects of fed grand jury investigations are sent after the active investigation is over, but before any indictments…

http://www.theonion.com/article/report-dad-wants-show-you-where-fuse-box-50526

Trump actually has more experience with investigations and lawsuits than any other aspect of his presidency. He’s even mentioned how the subject of an investigation receives a sealed target letter informing them before they’re indicted - something he’s surely experienced amongst the over 3000 legal cases he’s been…

You’re conflating defense of a status quo in which indigenous art is often disrespected with criticism of a proposed ban’s workability in practice. They can be mutually exclusive.

Would it be better for no one to raise any counter arguments or opposing views? To not point out any weaknesses or internal contradictions? You may not agree with the devil’s points, but just ignoring them only weakens your own argument.

I thought you were being sarcastic at first. Yes, this is hard, and misguided at best.

Very much agree with you. Experience counts, a lot.

Agree - but the justification talking points are already lining up, just in case.

The thought of the 4 of them (Melanie, Barron, and her parents) talking to each other in Slovenian amongst all the WH people tickles me somewhat. Guessing that they may be having some rather pointed conversations that no one around them can understand. Apparently her parents aren’t very fluent in English.

Fox’s headline article is about how Comey showed that Lynch conspired with Clinton to avoid prosecution - and that is the real collusion and obstruction of justice here. The word “Russia” literally doesnt even appear - instead, the rest of the hearing merely concerned the “circumstances surrounding Comey’s firing”.

Ethical, intelligent, effective.