Because of the way your introduction is worded, I can’t tell whether your dad did all that stuff and yet became a liberal, or he did that stuff but you became the liberal, or you did all that stuff and became a liberal. But if you intended to refer to yourself as the “bleeding heart liberal,” I have to say, that…

It doesn’t matter if ESPN cares. It matters that WEWS cares, and that the public knows that this highly remunerated mouthpiece is a thief, because we can elect to avoid his material, which might eventually either change his practices, his remuneration, or his employment.

Most corporations don’t care about anything…

It isn’t relevant whether many, most or even ALL the countries don’t give a shit. It’s still the case that the democracies, at least, (and probably others) would have a harder time continuing to be involved with the organization if it was publicly acknowledged that whoever coughs up the most cash for the bank accounts…

As per others in this thread, I think what’s key here is that this is not money going into FIFA, but into private pockets, ergo by definition corruption. And it’s secret, so they and their sponsors get to play a lot of games about what’s going on. If FIFA openly said, “Whoever gives us the most cash gets to host, and…

This was highly enjoyable. And I’m a Sanders supporter, but I also love your pointing out that his current positions are barely socialist. Let’s get him into power and then push him left! Unlike Obama, I bet he’s actually hoping for that. It’d be fun if someone could run on Bernie’s left to frame his position more…

While I agree that’s true up to a point, one of the interesting things about Sanders is that his constituency is rural. The Northeast Kingdom of Vermont always votes heavily for him, and believe me (my parents lived there), the actual voters there (as opposed to the summer people) are not arugula eating Volvo drivers.…

He doesn’t have a terrible record on gun control. He has a D- from the NRA and one arguable “bad” vote. He has not paid only lip service to equal rights for minorities and women — addressing the civil rights issue specifically, he has a life long record of support and when challenged by Black Lives Matters and other…

Taking a moment to point out that women not understanding they need to get tested is not a key problem in American health care. Women not having access to quality, affordable health care is far more significant to breast cancer outcomes.

This corporate “awareness” crap is an utter scam. The NFL is the worst, but not…

The crosstabs on the polling might reveal more, but I don’t think that’s quite right. The kinds of nutjobs who want to shut down PP have other extremist religious nutjob candidates who are more natural landing spots for them. If you believe women shouldn’t have reproductive autonomy, who’s more appealing to you as an…

Erm...Vick went to jail, served his sentence and has expressed remorse numerous times. That is not remotely like what’s going on with Hardy.

Also interesting: that once Brian Hoyer came in, the Texans offense worked better than the Texans defense. What the hell? Since when is the Colts’ O line otherworldly?

Princeton! He was undergrad at Princeton. He only did Harvard for law school.

It’s bad enough what Harvard has come to, in so many ways, but you can’t blame the college, at least, for Cruz.

Thank you. I think Howard is a terrific writer, but I thought he ceded too much here to their self-description. I am DEEPLY offended by much of ESPN’s commentary, so that since Olbermann left, I think I watch MNF (scanning through Berman as much as possible), World Series of Poker if I have insomnia, and when I can’t…

Honest public discussion of adoptee life are so rare. I hadn’t thought before about adoptee gaslighting being a thing. Got any other examples?

Oh, I know. I have friends with entirely blood-based families with terrible relationships. The thing with my brother and me is partly neurological, too, which could happen with blood kin. But it’s just...a lot of difference that is so profoundly innate. I still remember when his birth father showed up. He had been…

True, but having a mental illness doesn’t make you a liar. Also, having known casually several famous comediennes, that description seems both specific and likely. People that are “on” in public are apparently often withdrawn and controlling in private.

Here’s the thing. I thought O’Donnell’s public excoriation of that…

Based on what? You didn’t actually provide a factual counter-example. What is your basis for asserting that she will change her stance based on what people want who are not in the economic elite?

I don’t anticipate changing your mind, but I’m really curious. She has certainly made statements this summer that sound like…

I did. What two times are you referring to? She changed her stance on SSM, once the die was cast and after VERY wealthy donors pressured the Democratic party to do it or they’d close their wallets. Her leaked emails indicate that she’s not really on board with the idea of treating same sex parents as equal.

But I…

Her constituents are banks, billionaires and corporations. Where has she listened to citizen constituents in changing her mind? In this campaign, she is basically making as few mouth noises as possible towards actual, effective policy and legislation. She’s following behind Sanders in just about everything, co-opting…

My primary argument would be that it isn’t labeled as advertising. If before every one of these things, there was a voiceover and a screen label reading, “The following is a paid advertisement for the United States Military. It is intended to trick young men and women into offering up their lives in the support of…