I know a lot of cops and EMTs. Thing is, that nobody calls them to come to a healthy, functional, stable situation. Day in and day out, they’re elbow deep in the worst moments humanity has to offer.

It’s almost as if sticking those state agencies with five times the client load and half the funding is having an effect on their ability to do their jobs.

I once had a roommate whose fiance would be at our place every day. Literally all the time. She maintained an apartment a few blocks away where her cat lived, because she “didn’t want to live with a guy before they got married”.

Look, man- If I have the choice between cancer killing me in a year, radiation buying me a few more months, or an experimental cure with a .0001% chance of working, I’m grabbing that long shot and running with it.

As I’ve explained- I saw three possibilities:

Because as I said, I saw the third party candidate-however unlikely- as the one last ditch effort which could avoid either disaster.

Ah yeah, I’m sure Martin O’Malley would would totally have inspired voters to zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

This is my issue with that- It’s not that I deny your basic premise, it’s that I think the context is really important.

ran the last 6-7 months of her campaign as “have you seen that other guy”, when it was obvious to anyone with half a working brain cell that people vote for policies false hope and promises

Unless you’re carrying your dogs onto airplanes in a little doggie valise and talking to them in your doggie-voice at all hours and hand-feeding them foie gras-flavored jellybeans, you’re not one of THOSE dog people.

I’m reasonably certain that the move to box frames has been solely because of the number of dildos we used to find under beds.

15 years working in the hotel industry, and another 15 travelling with bands and comedy shows.

I’ve been in a couple communities where there was “that guy”. Everybody had heard stories, they gave off a predatory vibe, you’d notice little things.

If we are to accept that rape culture is a thing, then we have to accept that people are indoctrinated into it. That the entire point of that concept is what has been normalized. “No” being a gray area isn’t something somebody just comes up with, it’s something they’re taught.

I think Jello Biafra said it best, something to the effect that the problem is that the right can get Catholics, Mormons, and Baptists together to say “you’re wrong about everything else, but let’s work together on this abortion issue”, while on the left it’s “we agree with everything you’re saying, but we can’t work…

I went to a Tilted Kilt once because a friend got a pickup gig for an open mic there, and I usually do his open mics.

I really want F4 in the MCU just because Doom is probably the best looming villain for Phase 4 and beyond. He’s the only character that can give Dr Strange, Iron Man, and Black Panther EACH a run for their money.

The man’s entire career was built on telling people whatever they wanted to hear, then doing what was best for himself, and sticking everyone else with the bill.

For the record, everything Trump promised is bullshit and most of it panders to peoples’ worst base instincts. I’m not arguing that at all. The point is that a lot of people believed whatever he said because they were desperate enough to want to believe it.

The thing is, Trump didn’t just spring up out of nowhere. He isn’t some random singularity, he’s the inevitable end result of 40 years of socioeconomic bullshit which the Clintons and people like them are directly responsible for.