Mitch McConnell just announced his retirement as Minority Leader on the floor of the Senate, effective in November. If, Dios Mediante, Democrats hold the Senate, my only prediction is that his replacement will be worse.
I used to be seventeen – now you’re just like me
Tyler Boebert, Lauren’s oldest, who fathered at child at 17, is now 18 and in a shitpot of trouble: Four felony counts of criminal possession of ID documents – multiple victims One felony count of conspiracy to commit a felony Over 15 misdemeanor and petty offenses A year and a half ago, Tyler got a …
I used to be seventeen – now you’re just like mePost + Comments (82)
How can you really love someone who can’t love you?
The Washington Post finally prints a positive immigration story [gift link] Immigration has propelled the U.S. job market further than just about anyone expected, helping cement the country’s economic rebound from the pandemic as the most robust in the world. That momentum picked up aggressively over the past year. About 50 percent of the labor …
How can you really love someone who can’t love you?Post + Comments (53)
Tish James 1, NRA 0
Good news: A New York state jury on Friday said the former long-serving National Rifle Association leader Wayne LaPierre – as well as other executives of the gun rights group – were liable in a a lawsuit centered on the organization’s lavish spending. The jury found that LaPierre, who was the NRA’s CEO for three decades, misspent …
We Are All Catholics Now
There was a discussion in the comments on my post on the Alabama IVF debacle about which forms of contraception would be allowed by our new Jesuitical overlords. Let me cut to the chase on this one: the answer is none, not a single one. Anyone who grew up Catholic could give you that answer …
Every Sperm is Sacred
Anne Laurie posted about Nikki Haley’s response to the Alabama decision basically making IVF impossible in that state (so impossible that the UAB Medical Center and Alabama Fertility stopped IVF immediately after the ruling). I know someone who worked in a fertility clinic, and from what this person told me, IVF is a special kind …
Say It (Over and Over Again)
I was browsing for a podcast to listen to at the gym and this turd popped up in my feed: This is his second week on this fantasy topic. I’ll help Ezra out with a few pictures showing how it would work. One possibility: Here’s another: At this moment, the top two stories on the …