Latino friend from HS complaining about being stopped and harassed by local law enforcement in the panhandle. Told him he needed to be out of town before the sun was down. I asked him how he thought that deputy votes. His response: "Probably the same way I do."
I'm imagining is going to be the doctors, and more importantly, the IVF industry that gets this done. We're taking about a billion dollar industry, no way that gets shut down because some fundamentalists can't grasp unintended consequences.
It's what changed my voting perspective. I never paid that much attention to politics (never watched talking-head news) so I always voted with the "less government" crowd. But watching the Obama years play out on social media, and seeing the bullshit spewing from the people that did watch Fox News made me realize how much I had played into that bullshit.
You know there's nothing stopping you from learning tuba or big-assed guitar right now. No reincarnation necessary. Just saying. I guess tubas can be a bit pricey.
I've decided that every action Greg Abbott does makes sense if you add "because his dick doesn't work." to the end. Like adding "in bed" to fortune cookie fortunes. "Greg Abbott ordered TNG to place razor wire along the border... because his dick doesn't work."
You know, if I had done something as cool as competed in a NCAA sport... not only competed, but competed at a school and program as prestigious as Texas... I'd likely make it my handle on message boards too. I don't know that I'd act like such a dipshit that I'd have to give up my cool handle. I also know that I'd feel such a need to continue my dipshittery that I'd return with a sock account. Sad.
Make no mistake, she is as much a power hungry monster as Nancy Reagan. She sees herself as Jackie O, and is probably livid that these dorks are interrupting her chance at greatness. Nevermind that is really DeSantis and his bullshit that are keeping her out. Don't be shocked to see her throw her hat into the political ring at some point. ETA: And watch all the Hilary haters that trashed her for riding Bill's coattails (or whatever they bitched about) fully support Casey without on ounce of irony.
Not trying to belabor a point, but there is a difference between being socially awkward/on the spectrum versus being an annoying prick because you're allowed to get away with it. I assume your kid is the former, and deserved compassion. Ted Cruz is the latter... a kid that pushed buttons and cried bully when confronted.
It's the one drawback to society seriously addressing bullying. Natural consequences get labeled as bullying, so the truly annoying kids never learn the boundaries of being annoying.
I've always said that he's the annoying husband of your wife's best friend. You're always stuck babysitting his socially inept ass, or worse, forced to bring him along to shit where he ruins the things you genuinely enjoy.