TenuredVulture wrote:Here's an example of homeschoolers working to protect the abusers in their midst: http://www.hslda.org/cms/?q=bill/senate ... eschooling.

Here's an example in Pennsylvania:

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/lovejoyfem ... vania.html

TenuredVulture wrote:Or, you can just watch that show 19 and counting and think about how truly horrific those people must be in real life.

Werthless wrote:On a related note, the folks on here might appreciate the turmoil brought on by a generous gift:

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/black-colleges-face-hard-choices-on-25-million-gift-from-koch-brothers/

Roger Dorn wrote:@nickmartin: Arizona journalist @michaelbkiefer, who witnessed Joseph Wood's execution: "I counted about 660 times he gasped."

http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2014/07/23/arizona-execution-botched/13070677/

Another botched execution in Arizona, hope we start to see a trend of more states scrapping death penalties.

Roger Dorn wrote:@nickmartin: Arizona journalist @michaelbkiefer, who witnessed Joseph Wood's execution: "I counted about 660 times he gasped."

http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2014/07/23/arizona-execution-botched/13070677/

Another botched execution in Arizona, hope we start to see a trend of more states scrapping death penalties.

Werthless wrote:I kinda like how it's called "reproductive rights" by those that are interested in rights around limiting reproductive capacity. It would be like if people interested in "cloning rights" were those interested in the rights to kill clones. I enjoy imagining a bunch of Natalie Portman clones running around, and all of these "cloning rights advocates" arguing that the original Natalie should be allowed to create and destroy the fake Portmans. I'd watch that movie.

dajafi wrote:Cuomo and the Moreland Commission

Really excellent investigation by the NYT.

Cuomo is a sociopath. He's often compared to LBJ, and I think it's close to perfect... power-mad, pretty much corrupt, with some occasional progressive inclinations that, because of his mastery of political dark arts, he's unusually effective in bringing to fruition.

He's also 37 points up on his Republican opponent for re-election, and Christie basically has written off the race as a lost cause. Astorino, the Republican gubernatorial nominee, suggests this is because Cuomo and Christie are protecting each other over Bridgegate. I find this very plausible. I still won't be voting for Astorino, who's probably a better human being but is unacceptably right-wing. Gotta see who the Weed Party is running, I guess.

Werthless wrote:I kinda like how it's called "reproductive rights" by those that are interested in rights around limiting reproductive capacity. It would be like if people interested in "cloning rights" were those interested in the rights to kill clones. I enjoy imagining a bunch of Natalie Portman clones running around, and all of these "cloning rights advocates" arguing that the original Natalie should be allowed to create and destroy the fake Portmans. I'd watch that movie.

slugsrbad wrote:

Werthless wrote:I kinda like how it's called "reproductive rights" by those that are interested in rights around limiting reproductive capacity. It would be like if people interested in "cloning rights" were those interested in the rights to kill clones. I enjoy imagining a bunch of Natalie Portman clones running around, and all of these "cloning rights advocates" arguing that the original Natalie should be allowed to create and destroy the fake Portmans. I'd watch that movie.