LaceyLou

She's the one who gave the Duggar family a platform to defend the oldest son's behavior when it came out that he had molested his own sisters. In other words, not a surprise at all. And a lot of the women in MAGA already feel this way, and I'm sure most of the rest will fall in line soon. Sometimes women are their own worst enemies.

I hear you, and I'm at the point where I don't bother with any 'news' that claims Drumpf or any politician is done. I'm less sure that the abuse of girls will bring anybody down-I've been burned a few too many times by comments joking that 'at least they're going for the right gender, ha ha ha' and a general dismissal of girls being sexually abused. In fact I've heard girls as young as 6 as 'asking for it.' The only time some people care is if a girl gets pregnant as a result of the abuse, and then of course she must be compelled to carry that pregnancy to term. Once she delivers, she's ignored again at best or demonized at worst. I only hope I'm proven wrong this time.

I just finished Vidal's Lincoln. It's fiction, but the way it goes over all of the different tenures of the different Union army commanders was very entertaining.

And if they do use it to buy health insurance, doesn't that mean the 'big bad' insurance companies are getting the money anyway?

James D. Watson, of Watson and Crick fame, died November 6th at the age of 97.

Does anybody else still get tons of free address labels from various organizations asking for money? Even before the internet took over most communication, I never mailed that many letters. I honestly can't remember the last time I mailed a letter. Stop sending me labels!

This is beginning to sound like a Bloom County strip from the 80s. Only IIRC the weapon of choice was an olive loaf.

I hope you were able to avoid the parts of Boston currently on fire. It's a war zone, as I'm sure you know. 😉 (I'm pretty sure Logan Airport would be a good place for Purgatory to be)

I'm guessing somebody has something else on him, to be revealed if he goes against the Program.

Let me know how you like it. I'm thinking of going to Canada next summer (fate willing) and could use some ideas.

Aren't we supposed to ignore those who pray loudly on the streets, and pray in private?

Years ago, my father taught at Butler in Indianapolis. A colleague of his was in his office, looked out the window, and pointed at a nearby neighborhood as he advised my father never to walk there alone at night. My father pointed at one of the houses and said 'that's where I live.' This would have been in the 1960s, and was one of the few integrated neighborhoods in the area. It did get loud during the Indy 500, and people would park in people's yards during the basketball championships, but other than that my parents loved it there.

After seeing Hamilton, I decided to look at a fictional account from the other side-Burr by Gore Vidal. It's a good read, and now I want to look into nonfictional accounts of these two. And, yes, most of the Founding Fathers did, in fact, despise one another. I recently saw a YouTube video in which they showed 'commercials' using quotes from the candidates in the election of 1800 that might have aired had tv been available. It was pretty funny (and not so different from what we see now).

I've seen worse from healthcare majors partying all night after cramming for the big OChem final, tbh.

When push comes to shove.... I'm guessing they talk the talk but don't walk the walk.

And it appears to have worked at least with some of my MAGA acquaintances and relatives, based on what they're posting on social media.

At least a few of the YA book series I read that took place in the early 19th century had chapters dedicated to the fear people had when they knew polio was going around. For some reason, that wasn't a topic in stories that were set starting in the middle of the 19th century. Gee, I wonder why?

Truth be told, we hate Drumpf for free.

George Soros must be out of money by now.

Congrats! That's great. I hope the initiative passes.

My home-love it!

This, plus there are others here who make the point I would make far better than I could anyway.

So in other words they're using the interventionist interpretation of the Monroe Doctrine. Will they be able to still force Argentina to act in the interests of the US when the US ends up with even more debt?

Let me guess, Kill the Poor? Or California Uber Alles?

Next they'll want to bring back smallpox.