I feel as if this isn’t a good comparison. Maybe because it has been illegal to drug and rape women for the entire time Bill Cosby has been alive? Whereas Rudyard Kipling was not terrible by the standards of his era and country?

I think they did throw shade, but earlier, when they had “no comment on what motivated the Trump team.” It slides under the radar, until you realize China has just said “We have no idea what set off these crazy-ass motherfuckers this time or what they are trying to accomplish, and we don’t WANT to know.”

U.S. Attorney is an appointed job, though, not civil service.

After watching that video where the male penguins seriously fucked each other up, I think you could be right.

This is chilling, but consider that the Trump Administration can’t fire civil servants out of hand. The secretaries and undersecretaries are political appointments and change whenever the president does; everyone else is a federal employee and is subject to normal job protections.

This is a very well-researched analysis! I tremendously enjoyed it.

Cheetolini: perfect.

I have no idea what point you are trying to make. Do you think St. Nicholas of Myra had white skin because he was “Greek”? Are you offended that I think a 4th century resident of Lycia probably had brown skin? Do you just want to fight with strangers on the Internet? Are you a bot?

1. Did I say anything about his race or ethnicity? No, I did not.

Aww, you buried the lead: The suspect’s father, A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER, says his son totally did nothing wrong.

Considering that the historical Saint Nicholas was born in what is now Turkey...I’m going with actually probably fairly brown and somewhat Asian-looking. People really don’t know shit about their own religion, do they?

Oh man. For my Trump-voting relatives?

If there is a Satanic Army donation kettle somewhere, I’m tossing a buck in. These guys are almost as strong on the First Amendment as the got-dang ACLU.

I guess we are going to find out if it was the electronic voting machine’s fault, actually.

Miss Manners recommends giving a little shriek every time you are touched in an unwanted manner. You can follow up with “I’m sorry, you startled me. I wasn’t expecting that.” It shouldn’t take long to kill your uncle’s mood.

I don’t get it; why can’t the Secret Service just take over Tiffany’s bedroom for their command center? It’s vacant most of the time anyway.

I have no words to express how I feel about the Sieg Heil party in DC this week. I never thought I would see Nazis in the White House in my lifetime.

Let’s lay off Lena Dunham and the “moving to Canada” crowd a little. I am very, extremely aware that if my husband’s grandfather hadn’t said “Fuck this, I’m out” after Hitler was elected in 1933, his family wouldn’t exist.

Pedantic Spanish-language edit: What Trumpistas want to have are “cojones.”

Hey, this year the US moved from 49th to 41st on the global press freedom rankings by Reporters Without Borders. Go US!