“Blatt fascistically represents the Jewish-Israeli longing for respect from the world”.

God damn, Haaretz went from the New York Times of Israel to the Hysterical Pravda of Israel so quick. So I guess what I’m saying is Haaretz went from the New York Times of Israel to the the New York Times of Israel.

WHAT.

In college, Newt Gingrich came to my school to speak. He visited my class, which focused on the UN and the history of NGOs and IGOs. We got into a discussion about Iran and he rambled on about how they hate us because they hate modernity. I raised my hand to point out that there is probably still asked degree of…

I was alone in an elevator with Ruth Bader Ginsburg and she farted. I was going to ignore it like a gentleman when she said “woah did somebody step on a duck.” We both laughed and she turned to me and said “no one will ever believe you if you tell this again.” She is one wise lady.

Sam stood out from the start. “Born on third base,” as he says, not because his family had money but because he considers intellect, not class, to be the new driver in society.

Hot take!

Yeah, I would probably be pretty reactionary after my family being killed and all my assets being stolen.

It’s nice that the Cuban people can read, it would be nicer if they could eat.

Serious question: Have you ever been to Cuba?

I’m thinking about it—what if we were able to present the opinion of someone affected by Castro without commentary, while also holding the belief that Saudi Arabia’s rights record and Guantanamo are bad? That’d be wild. If only it were possible...

But you might note that the “murderous killer” you’re indicting via proxy here brought vast advances in literacy, health care, and overall quality of life to Cuba despite the crushing force of an embargo by the world’s most powerful economy

Anyone who has ever been inspired, educated, enlightened, enraptured, sorrowed, or enraged by a piece of fiction, take note:

The Prestige TV Show Hot Take Economy is extremely bad and dumb, but so is arguing that the way that we talk about and depict our world in fiction is irrelevant and not worth talking about in general. Granted that many people do it in a way that is stupid and wearying - that doesn’t invalidate the broader principle…

Okay, cool. The treatment of women and minorities in fiction is not worth talking about and is never emblematic of larger issues in the real world. Art should never be scrutinized for what it might tell us about the world we live in.

Only one of them has to sell shirts to compensate for his non-guaranteed contract and shorter average career, not to mention likely long-term neurological damage.

During the national anthem I was lying naked on my couch trying to eat corn chips off my chest without using my hands. I hope I didn’t offend anybody.

Okay so join me on a bit of a thought experiment.

My guess is budget and business.

If the water were actually defying gravity, it would accelerate upwards 9.8m/s^2 faster than it is in the video. I call shennanigans.