It's such a dichotomy. Women get catcalled every day and feel uncomfortable and harassed. Understandable. The average man gets catcalled a handful of times in his life and cherishes those moments almost as much as their children's births.
When I was a union rep there would be people that would bitch about the $70 bucks a month or whatever the dues were. I would explain that without the union their pay would be far, far less (not even bringing up the benefits of work hours, vacation days and whatnot). Like the "all taxes are theft" morons, the words often fell on deaf and willfully ignorant ears.
Living with a handgun owner particularly increased the risk of being shot to death in a domestic violence incident, and it did not provide any protection against being killed at home by a stranger, the researchers found. - Guardian Article April 7, '22
The relationship of Americans and our guns is such a weird, religious-level issue. Just bizarre people. And some of them are friends of mine. The people, not the guns.
What the fuck, Hugo? Why hold it in a country that has no human rights?
Carter, correct as usual. I am surprised to hear this though, if only because the last I heard Carter was in hospice. And that was months ago. Dude just survives.
There really should be some DOJ investigation into why the SDNY dropped the case in the first place.
The US doesn't deserve John Oliver. Thank you GB!
Biden literally just cancelled oil and gas leases less than a week ago. I agree he hasn't done enough, but there is some validity to the old statement that perfection is often the enemy of good.
Same, it's so weird seeing normal TV or using the internet without blockers. Feels like living in Idiocracy.
I heard this a couple years ago: The single most important predictor of a successful coup, is a failed coup
I've been feeling like I've been living in a different reality for almost a decade at this point. The world just doesn't make fucking sense at all.
I guess I'm obligated to go listen to War Pigs once again.