Dr. Bob

Enjoy it. Am almost 60 and would love to be 37 again.

If we can agree that children shouldn’t see beatings, torture, and murder, then sure.

You want some fuck?

“Government” has two meanings here. The oppostion has an official role in “governance” which is why they have offices, sit in committees, have research budgets, vote etc. In a minority government situation The backbenchers have a great deal of control over the process. Opposition included. The “GOVernment” controls the process to great extent.

This isn’t like the American system where the minority partner is relegated to the sides. The opposition play a very strong role in the parliamentary process. It doesn’t map well onto American politics at all.

That is the Westminster system. It’s fine in that the head of the executive only has power so long as they have the confidence of the elected members. If the elected members lose confidence then the government falls. The government is the house, so your vote does directly influence the government on either the government or opposition side. Don’t get too jealous of the American system - it’s a bloody mess in its own right.

Hi-viz and hiking boots.

The Spice Girls were real stuff. They were put together but revolted against the producers who were trying to control the group. In an infamous episode they stole the masters for what became the first album and released it themselves.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/girl-power-spice-girls-jenny-stevens-geri-horner/

Why not say “every month they match the annual output of the rest of Europe”.

As was Last Vegas.

The creek is 3 feet wide in places and can dry up during dry seasons. The “lake” is 3 feet deep. The city was founded there because the governor owned land on the bald prairie, not the river valley where the fort and city already existed. Water is piped in from a lake several miles away.

Let me introduce you to Regina.

I thought Pushing Tin was the aircraft controllers movie.

Olive.

Season one of Twin Peaks. Never should have been a season two. I’m ambivalent about Fire Walk With Me. Season 3 was a nice touch.

This wasn’t a published study. This was beers with the folks in the genetics lab at the hospital I worked at. No patient names or other identifying information was involved. They did tissue matching etc. and ran into the issue all the time. On a personal note two close friends have found out they had different biological dads than they thought they did. So maybe my perspective is skewed somewhat.

Incredibly common. I haven’t seen any recent estimates but I recall at one time that ~15% of children did not have the biological fathers than they thought they did. It’s not to point the finger at women - rates of infidelity may be even higher among men, it’s just harder to track independently.

I’m pretty sure it’s something.

Midday on the subway. I knew someone who attended that school and it was literally part of intro performance.

Or theatre students. They used to send them out to act weird in public to get over feeling self conscious.

I’m a scholar. It means not pulling stuff from your ass and citing your sources.