What is Problem?: Putin sees no problems whatsoever with Prism.
Interesting Statistic: Young children with guns have killed more people than terrorism in the United States this year. Maybe we need a law prohibiting little kids from owning guns… um, yeah never mind.
Wake Up Call: Boomers, this is the future calling.
He swears he doesn’t know where his son could possibly have learned such language: Sure Dr. Heck. Stick with that story.
A Few Items Buried in the Immigration “Reform” Bill: No health benefits (as someone who has heard about multiple reports of tuberculosis in the community in the last 6 months, this strikes me as a recipe for an epidemic); Real ID back from the dead with a side order of a government list of people allowed to work (right, what could possibly go wrong).
A Few Items on Wages, Wage Inequality, and Wealth Inequality: Gatsby Curve; temps; wages for normal people are dropping; and wages vs tuition.
Food Myths: the truth about salt; and 7 other things.
Let me fix that for you, hun: before…
These girls can’t get their ears pierced, they can’t take an Advil at school without parental permission. Yet, they can go into a pharmacy in this Brave New World of women’s equality and — quote — reproductive health and get a morning after pill.
Corrected…
These girls can’t get their ears pierced without a parent’s consent, they can’t take an Advil at school
without parental permissionwithout risking expulsion under zero tolerance policies. Yet, they can go into a pharmacyin this Brave New World of women’s equality and — quote — reproductive healthand get a morning after pill that will keep them from having a baby they can’t take care of and that their body isn’t really mature enough to give birth to.
It’s not a boon for pedophiles. It’s a boon for girls who are mature enough to realize that babies having babies is a bad idea. And yeah, I think maybe schools ought to revisit policies for high schoolers on OTC meds such as Advil and Maalox. But that’s another issue.