We have some next door neighbors that have parties a lot, with lots of beer drinking and bottles clinking. but it's actually kind of nice because one of the party'ers is a young cop.
> When fed with cat food over a long time period, raccoons can develop gout.[223] With respect to the research results regarding their social behavior, it is now required by law in Austria and Germany to keep at least two individuals to prevent loneliness.
Awwww!
Those Germans and Austrians, always so compassionate.
> In a major blow against freedom of the press, a federal appeals court in Virginia has ruled that New York Times journalist James Risen must testify against his own source as part of a leaks investigation led by the US Department of Justice.
> The decision reflects an extreme "zero tolerance" view taken on by the Obama administration that has caused American journalists to become routinely entangled in criminal cases related to the leaking of classified information.
> In May, it was revealed that the Justice Department seized the private emails of Fox News journalist James Rosen after labeling him a "co-conspirator" in the low-level leak of a CIA report on North Korean nuclear tests. Earlier that same month, the Associated Press reported that the Justice Department had seized the phone records of more than 100 of its reporters over the course of three months as part of a different leaks investigation.
Anyone wonder why Snowden leaked in England, Germany, and Brazil?
If she had had a biological child with her husband and she was 100 % sure that nothing would ever happen again between him and the ex, then I'd perhaps say, "why not?".
Why did she never really talk about children with her husband? She only told him long ago that she didn't want a biological child, for a (I'm sorry) silly reason, and he "seemed to accept that".
I mean, fine, if that's what you'd prefer, but it is a lot to ask of your husband, and the opposite of a compromise, which would be one bio, one adopted.
@simchona Well, she should first get over herself, then have the bio child. Although I think she will love it anyway, as mothers do. If she is incapable of loving her own child after deciding to have it, she's insane.
A fire service spokeswoman said the phone had been ringing off the hook, with power lines down, people trapped in lifts and multiple sprinkler activations in city buildings.
"We've had reports of damage to some buildings down town. We've got power lines that are coming down."
Every fire truck had been sent to jobs, she said: "We've got all of Wellington out now. And we've got jobs waiting to be addressed. We are prioritising jobs."
> My wife and I lived in New York City for a while, a gorgeous place if you enjoy humanity, but then we begat a little girl, and we brought her home to Minnesota so she could enjoy her aunts and grow up among slow-spoken enigmatic people. (Are they — a. resolute, b. bored, c. thoughtful, d. drugged?)
I know my pals got The Mystery Knight electronically. Or at least, I thought they did.
Actually, I thought they got all three that way. I’ll ask them. Just had their return-from-East-Coast-exodus housewarming party last night.
> Republicans are all about Old Glory and school prayer and the sanctity of marriage and the Fatherhood of God but when it comes to actually needing help from them, you shouldn’t get your hopes up. They might send an ambulance or they might just send a Get Well card.
> In yellow-dog St. Paul, you will be rescued by the St. Paul fire department and there is no better emergency service anywhere in the civilized world.
> You may be flat on the floor feeling as if an elephant stepped on your chest, or your child may have swallowed a fistful of God knows what medication, or your grandma may have slipped on the ice and banged her noggin and she insists she’s okay but in Swedish—whatever your dilemma, the St. Paul rescue squad will deal with it in swift and professional fashion.
> Republicans have perfectly nice manners, normal hair, pleasant smiles, good deodorants, but when it comes down to cases, you do not want them to be monitoring your oxygen flow: they will set it to the minimum required to sustain basic brain function, and then they will recite a little prayer for you.
> They are a party that is all about perceptions, the Christian party that conceals enormous glittering malice and is led by brilliant bandits who are dividing and conquering the sweet land I grew up in. I don’t accept this.
There once was a good Democrat
Who was able to talk through his hat.
Such smart things he said
Off the top of his head
Or else out the place where he sat.
What we have is a two-party plan
The Dem and the Re-pub-li-can
They talk sweet as honey
But it's all about money
Which they're stealing as fast as they can
> It’s one thing to get into power and do favors for your friends; it’s quite another to touch the conscience of a nation. The last Republican to do that was Teddy Roosevelt.
As Dan Carlin points out, "Politicians listen to the people who pay them and make laws for them. There's nobody out there lobbying for the Bill of Rights."
Hah, good point about the weather. Them Eurotrashes don't appreciate what it means to sweat and freeze, them with they's tepid climate.
> Why don’t they pass a Constitutional Amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as good as Prohibition did, in five years we will have the smartest people on earth. —Will Rogers
Also from the same source:
> I am no believer in this “hard work, perseverance, and taking advantage of your opportunities” that these Magazines are so fond of writing some fellow up in. The successful don’t work any harder than the failures. They get what is called in baseball the breaks.
> Democrats take the whole thing as a joke. Republicans take it serious but run it like a joke.
> A flock of Democrats will replace a mess of Republicans. It won’t mean a thing. They will go in like all the rest of ’em. Go in on promises and come out on alibis.
> Papers say: “Congress is deadlocked and can’t act.” I think that is the greatest blessing that could befall this country.
Here's one that sums up Clinton's presidency:
> Being serious or being a good fellow has got nothing to do with running this country. If the breaks are with you, you could be a laughing hyena and still have a great administration.
And Obama's:
> If I was a President and wanted something I would claim I didn’t want it. Congress has not given any President anything he wanted in the last 10 years. Be against anything and then he is sure to get it.
When I was a kid I always thought my grandparents were too interested in the news and politics and “domestic affairs”. I thought those were all silly things, things not to bother with.
> You wire the state or the federal government that our cow or dog is sick and they will send out experts from Washington and appropriate money to eradicate the cause. You wire them that your baby has the diphtheria or scarlet fever and see what they do....why can’t we get a government to at least do for a child’s protection, what they do for a cow or a hog?
> There is no argument in the world carries the hatred that a religious belief one does.
I'm trying to think of kept promises, but even if there have been zero cases doesn't there shouldn't be some.
> Personally I don’t think you can make a lawyer honest by an act of the Legislature. You’ve got to work on his conscience. And his lack of a conscience is what makes him a lawyer.
> One thing that a poor person should never be expected to pay for is medical attention and not from an organized charity but from our best doctors. Your doctor bill should be paid like your income tax, according to what you have.
> There is nothing that keeps poor people poor as much as paying doctor bills.
> An Amish lady trots down the road in her horse and buggy when a cop pulls her over. "Ma'am," says the cop, "I'm not going to ticket you, but I do have to issue you a warning. You have a broken reflector on your buggy." "Oh, I'll let my husband, Jacob, know as soon as I get home," responds the Amish lady.
> "That's fine. Another thing, ma'am. I don't like the way that one rein loops across the horse's back and around his balls. I consider that animal abuse. Have your husband take care of that right away," instructs the cop.
> Later, the lady tells her husband about her encounter with the cop. "He said the reflector is broken," she tells her husband. "I can fix that in two minutes. What else?" asks Jacob. She says, "I'm not sure, Jacob -- something about the emergency brake."
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