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Dec 19, 2012 Margaret L. commented on Savage Love.

@25, EMDR is a placebo. I'm glad that you're doing better, that's awesome. But there is absolutely no evidence that EMDR itself is beneficial, and the theory behind it makes no sense at all. EMDR does not "help your brain process traumatic memories."

Nov 9, 2012 Margaret L. commented on Mitt Romney's Campaign Really Believed He Was Going to Win, Right Up Until He Lost.

@16 Matt from Denver: But, see, my fear is that they will wake up and realize they need to be more reality-based, but they will not get any less evil. They'll just get sneakier.

Nov 9, 2012 Margaret L. commented on Mitt Romney's Campaign Really Believed He Was Going to Win, Right Up Until He Lost.

I think Matt from Denver is right. There's two ways this could go for the future. One is that the hard-line right is a dying breed, and the party is going to have to go more moderate. But the other is that they are going to learn from this experience and play it smarter next time around. It's a terrifying prospect.

Nov 9, 2012 Margaret L. commented on Obama Thanks His Campaign Staff.

@20 Velvetbabe: Stockholm syndrome.

Nov 1, 2012 Margaret L. commented on God Said, "Hey".

That self-mocking stance is really just a way of saying "It's okay that I'm a neurotic who makes bad life decisions, because I'm confessing to it!", winking at the reader as if we're all like that, right? I don't know if she started it, but it is definitely part of a dreadful trend in personal essays these days.

Oct 9, 2012 Margaret L. commented on Watch Paul Ryan Get Mad When Confronted with His Own Philosophy.

What I find striking about this whole thing is that the interviewer actually asked that question. Have the media finally gotten sick enough of the right's naked bullshit that they're finally willing to ask them what the hell they mean?

Oct 6, 2012 Margaret L. commented on That's a Lot of Goddamned Money.

I had to admit to myself that the *only* reason I haven't donated is that I don't want to be pestered once they have my contact information. I decided it's a small price to pay, and I can just thow out all the fliers and delete all the e-mails. So I just made my first ever Obama contribution.

Oct 3, 2012 Margaret L. commented on SL Letter of the Day: Bad Attitude.

Off-topic, but does anyone know what Dan's new book is about? We need a leak!

Sep 21, 2012 Margaret L. commented on SL Letter of the Day: A Refusal to Eat It.

Further proof that when most people say "moral code" what they really mean is "personal ick code."

Sep 21, 2012 Margaret L. commented on What Would Happen if Mitt Romney Dropped Out Now?.

@18: "Obama will win by several points. (NY Times currently gives him a 76% chance of winning.)"

I think you're confusing "chance of winning" with "margin of support." 76% sounds huge, it sounds like a landslide number, but it's not a measure of Obama's support, it's a measure of how likely it is that things will flip one way or the other, given how razor-close the race is.

Let's say I'm going to flip a coin twice, and if it comes up tails twice I'm going to shoot you in the head. You have a 75% chance of not getting shot. How comfortable would you feel?