TX and FL making sure to be included, as expected.

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And Boomers who made their jobs their whole identity while hating their families. So all they have is work, and thus poison the well of work/life balance. Also they refuse to step down from leadership positions that they Peter-principled into.

Humans are the champion killers of all time. Shrikes admire us.

Nobody wins?

Lockheed Martin snickering

In the Office of Hell and, actually, also Hell

John Roberts' SCOTUS will be remembered as the implements of America's downfall.

Decorum and etiquette are but the genteel masks of a violent authority

You're making some huge assumptions about the quality of sex and health education that those kids have had access to. It's easy to point a finger and say, well you should be more responsible, but the reality is that adolescents are still learning and developing. So even with great education, they make bad decisions. They won't have adult brains until their early to mid 20s. And there's no reason why those decisions should ruin lives, when modern medicine can resolve the dilemma in minutes.

In other words, you're making an argument for much better and more widely available sex and health education. Which religious types are likely to oppose. Can't have it both ways- either the kids are fully informed and made an error, or their guardians failed them and set them on a track with a veil of ignorance.

Identifying your core self is still an accomplishment to be cherished. You've evolved

People should give Kansas a LOT more shit than they do.

Losing was always their goal. When they lose, even more money flows to them. If they had won, they'd have to try to govern and actually present accomplishments to the voting base. MUCH easier to simply pick a strategy that they know will lose, and go that route.