The Frankish Reich

A friend and his family adopted a shelter pit bull mix. Friendly, happy dog. That's what they said. So as a dog lover I started petting him in a normal way and two of them in unison say something like, "I wouldn't do that." He'd bit the last person who did the same thing. No serious injury, but drew blood. (They no longer have the dog.) My question: why don't people file down their teeth? After all, a lot of dogs nip and even bite. The problem is the "pittie" (kind of an attempt to cutify them) can seriously hurt or kill you when they do it. When I suggested this, people acted like I was Dr. Mengele. But really ... why not go all Hermie in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer on them, de-toothifying the Abominable Snowman? Isn't a live/happy/relatively harmless pittie better than no pittie at all?

Holy crap, Batman ... did you put that together yourself?

Yeah, Bush 43 destroyed him.

Good point. I've been thinking along the same lines. It's a difficult comparison because we're talking about a densely populated sliver of land, not the wide of expanse of theoretical attacker Canada/Mexico. But isn't it important that we didn't try to bomb Afghanistan into an uninhabitable place? We attacked Taliban strongholds and training camps, and then embarked on an ill-advised nation-building operation. I'm not sure there is anything comparable.

The "I'm gonna make $86 million more in Walmart Bucks just by sitting on my ass" dance

Cornell's own (but just Ag school) Keith Olbermann is still around?

So since literally nobody in the USA knows who this is, I had to look it up. Some trans performer in Spain, retained to do some PR for Spanish Doritos, owned by Frito-Lay, in turn owned by Pepsi. Please continue to Streisand Effect this bizarre personality, and let me know the list of which products I cannot buy or consume. I assume it will go beyond Spanish Doritos? This one gonna hit Bills fans hard. (Why does Spain even have Doritos? Buy those wickedly good Jamon flavored potato chips instead!)

I have a feeling Sean Payton is going to leave the Broncos in exactly the same shape he left the Saints in ...

Here we go again. Frito-Lay this time?

The Jets haven't fired him ... yet.

It's kind of like Black Lives Matter. What nonracist can disagree with the sentiment behind the name? But then there's the reality of the grifters and political hacks who co-opted the name for their self-serving purposes.

And here I was thinking that was EJ Manuel. Knowing the charmed life Nate Hackett has lived, I fully expect he'll get yet another life.

I think you're right. I think that a lot of gay/trans material gets a pass because it is considered under the rubric of making kids feel like they're not alone, even if it crosses the line into what is definitely age-inappropriate. I have no problem with parents (moms, if you will) getting involved and trying to influence what school libraries have on the shelves, or at least making sure that those materials are age appropriate. But as for this specific group - Moms for Liberty - yes, I believe at least at the start it was a classic astro-turf (not grassroots) group, and that it's primary purpose is to publicize liberal overreach (and as such, to try to swing those all-important suburban moms toward Republicans) rather than to improve true education for kids.

It wasn't the trade. It was the contract extension. That's what really crippled the Broncos. Until Deshaun. Records are made to be broken!

Challenge to do what? I am saying that there is an underlying belief here, and that without that belief many of these comments make zero sense. 10% of home schoolers: incredibly devoted parents who have the intellectual ability and discipline to provide a top-notch education to their children. 90% of home schoolers: the opposite. That's why some standards are necessary, but the home school lawyer-zealots fight ANY standard tooth and nail.

Every man hates what he has to deny.

Nate Silver is right.

Then why does everyone recite the mantra "gay porn" like @Westside just did?

I had access (not through, umm, official channels) only to straight pr0n. Which, I assume, is why I am straight. Which brings me to my question: underlying all the storm and fury about exposing kids to "gay pr0n" isn't there a fear that your kids are going to be turned gay? Assuming you are straight, do you really believe that you could be gay today if you found a stash of gay pr0n in your brother's closet?

Yes, that too. So let's add that to the question - "other than demonstrated medical reasons or well-established religious exemptions."

What people forget is that this is a so-called "impeachment inquiry." Not an "embarrassing influence peddling inquiry."

Moms For Liberty is the classic astro-turf group, created by a bunch of Republican activists masquerading as regular old "concerned moms." That is why Bridget Ziegler's role and personal life is - and will always be - relevant. It exposed the organization for what it really is. Phony. A lot of you fell for it hook, line, and sinker. The cure for being embarrassed doesn't start with biting again.

Good luck with that one. https://torontosun.com/news/world/schools-out-board-boots-threeway-sex-loving-moms-for-liberty-co-founder "Moms for Liberty" will never live this down. Prediction: they'll change their name.

Right, and let's start with this!

It would have been a lot more enjoyable to watch that Florida "Throuple" woman interviewed.