The dogs are coming from a church organization and they are welcome by the secular schools.  And animals are part of the community, they are part of the family.  This is not sad, it's inspiring.

Maybe their credit isn't good enough to get a mortgage - in case you haven't heard, the credit requirements are a lot tougher these days

It's possible that the materials she "salvaged" were in a dumpster or she was given permission to take them by the bank. Or maybe the bank or realtor hired a company to clean out the houses or otherwise rehab them to sell. People leave a lot of stuff in houses when they abandon them.

A 14 year old is not EMOTIONALLY  an adult

This saddens me.  People have no respect for themselves or their relationships if they think prostitution should be legal.

Someone who selfishly disrespects their SO and cheats is not likely to be inclined to use a condom

How are you going to pay for all this testing to make sure everyone (on both sides) is clean, and really, what guarantee do you have that they didn't pick something up since the last time someone was tested?  What about HPV that doesn't show up on testing, yet can lead to cancer?  Who's going to pay for treating that?

All those blended coffee drinks, smoothies, etc. at Mc Donald's slows down service.  How much faster could they make service at Chipotle - it's just a line of ingredients - pick what you want.  Unless you're behind someone who can't make up their mind.

A lot of antibacterial soaps and household cleaners, wipes, etc. also contain triclosan,