She did not call Hillary's policies mother-unfriendly [whatever 'mother-friendly' policies are supposed to signify!], she implied Hillary is a bad mother.

Of course, there's nothing wrong with the Stein tweet that you quote; it could be a Hallmark card.  And it is about policy.

The tweet in question is a personal attack on Clinton, about her mothering, on Mother's Day.

Additionally, if you and Stein believe that Clinton's policies are not mother-friendly then you have not been paying attention. Clinton has decades of fighting for women, children and families under her belt.

"I agree w/Hillary, it's time to elect a woman for president. But I want that president to reflect the values of being a mother."

Absent the provision of any context whatsoever on her part, what did she (and you, too, for that matter) expect the public reaction to be to her bald insinuation that Hillary Clinton doesn't "reflect the values of being a mother" -- on frickin' Mother's Day, no less? (Palm slap to forehead.) D'OH!!!

Now that Dr. Stein feels compelled to provide that additional context, well after the fact, in order to somehow retroactively justify her offensive initial public characterization of a woman who just so happens to be the prospective Democratic presidential nominee, then she has already lost this debate big time.

Suffice to say that Dr. Stein showed exceptionally poor personal judgment for having even deigned to go there in the first place, never mind both her appalling timing in doing so and her subsequent decision to double down on the stupid. Because rather than simply apologize for her remarkably dubious choice of words, she's instead further chosen to undertake a tawdry effort to spin the indefensible.

No small wonder why the Massachusetts voters in Stein's own district have said at the ballot box time and again that this sad sack of self-righteous indignation is not ready for prime time. Perhaps you and the rest of Dr. Stein's fans ought to take up a collection on her behalf, so she can go out and buy herself a couple of much-needed clues.

On a day where most mothers are greeted with sticky pancake kisses and homemade cards with crayoned declarations of love, Green Party presidential wannabe Dr. Jill Stein took a decidedly nastier tack.

On its face, it's an odd choice of dig. Hillary has had an impressive and long record of advocating for women and children, from working for the Children's Defense Fund in the early '70s to her famous speech as First Lady to the United Nations Conference on Women in Beijing, China, where she declared that "women's rights are human rights."

As the junior senator from New York, Hillary wrote or sponsored legislation advocating for the Paycheck Fairness Act, the Choices in Childcare Act, as well as a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate concerning the importance of preventing child abuse and neglect before they occur and achieving permanency and stability for children who must experience foster care.

Does that sound like terrible motherhood values?

In addition, Hillary and Bill Clinton raised a daughter, protecting her from much of the harsh glare of conservative smears, who grew to graduate from Stanford University and attain master's degrees from Columbia and Oxford Universities and even a doctorate from Oxford.  And now Hillary speaks of the joy of watching Chelsea being a mother herself.  If that's bad mothering, I hope my kids think I am similarly a bad mother.

It's sad that the irrationality of Hillary-bashing has progressed to such a point that something this offensive, this nasty, would be considered an acceptable thing to tweet on Mother's Day.

I was sort of stunned by her appearance. She had been a big girl for years, not obese but definitely plus-sized and quite buxom, and she certainly wasn't shy or apologetic about flaunting her sex appeal. That night, however, it was rather shocking to see how cancer had taken its toll on her. I had just lost my cousin a few weeks earlier from leukemia, and you could see that Ms. Kane was struggling similarly to try to keep her illness at bay.  

Yet Ms. Kane still had this bawdy stage presence and incredible personal rapport with her audience, and her band was tight and could jam with the best of them. Hers was not necessarily the best voice you'd ever hear, but it was loud and brassy and quite distinctive, and she sure knew her way around a lyric. She was one of those performers who looked genuinely happy to be onstage, making music and sharing it with everyone. I felt very sad today when I read of her passing.

Candye Kane was a fearless and courageous woman who faced and overcame a lot of adversity in her life, which she quite obviously lived on her own terms. Adult film stardom usually precludes subsequent attempts by such performers to transition into so-called "respectable" show business careers -- or any career for that matter, if their past is found out.

CBS Records had initially signed her to a contract in 1985, but she was dropped once the executives learned of her career in adult films. Yet rather than run away from that notoriety, Ms. Kane decided to keep her "nom de p0rn" and use it to her advantage, as a means to first draw attention to herself in her new professional persona.

No doubt, many people may have been first drawn to see her in those early days out of the sheer novelty of seeing an adult film star who had the audacity to think that she could front as a singer for a band. They came back again and again as fans because lo and behold, she had genuine talent and heart.

Ms. Kane doggedly pursued her dream and amazingly, she ultimately succeeded by getting people to see her not for what she once was, but for what she could be. She won numerous honors and awards for her work, and her adopted hometown of San Diego fiercely embraced her as its own. Today, San Diegans are in mourning; her death was the lead story last night on the local news.

Candye Kane's life's story is one of hard work, determination and perseverance, and it's absolutely inspiring. She will be missed.

But I was quite happy to see Jon walk away from that dang Castle Black. My watch is finished. Great scene.

Also liked the flashback scene, even if the methodology is totally ripping off Happy Potter. The 3 Eyed Raven needs a penseive. Screams from the tower are Jon Snow being born, I believe.