Ivy League schools have huge endowments in the billions that could cover the tuition of students for decades and they could still live off the interest. They thrive off their reputation and prestige, but the education you'd get there is the same as any other university.

Yes, that is called trauma informed space. So often social services are designed with budget and nothing else in mind because we have this (not untrue) idea that our funding will be slashed at any time, so we rewire our brains to work on a panic level instead of a nurturing level. Trauma informed space is not only economical, it works better and helps people more. The day center at the organization i used to work at was rebuilt was trauma informed in mind and it made a world of difference.

The McMahons are pretty awful people all around.

You didn't over analyze, you just restated with more words.

There is the "Waffle House Index," which measures the severity of a disaster based on if and how many Waffles Homes are closed in the area.

My money is on Trump not knowing a damn thing about Black Wallstreet, but Stephen Miller definitely picking the location to fuck with people.

The budget for the LAPD was close to 3 billion dollars last year, while the emergency management departments got less than 100 million. Something is deeply, deeply skewed when it comes to our ideas to what actually stops crime and helps people vs what looks neat.

Yes...yes I know. That's what I was saying.

The flu started in Kansas!

Reagan will go down as the most influential president of the late 20th century, that is for sure. His impact is still being felt and the Republicans want so badly to find a new Reagan that they elected Donald Trump.

The Ollie North song is pretty great

Nah. He was still convicted of selling weapons but got immunity for testifying. There's a reason Iran-Contra was kept a secret and the Reagan administration did everything they could to sweep it under the rug.