i know some people who worked under him in city government and one who works for bloomberg llp who all think he is a competent person who knows how to get things done and plan to vote for him.

this is stupid. vote against him in the primary (i sure plan to), but if it comes down to him or trump and you do anything other than vote for him you would be part of the problem. the idea that he’s as bad as cheetolini is insane. 

“The supposed need to humanize begs the question: to whom are immigrants not already human?” 

“I believe that none of them will ever set us free. Bernie, Pete, Biden, Warren—they are all the same person to me: The people with the key to our cage. Like many black people, I will vote for them over a whip-wielding Donald Trump, but that doesn’t mean I trust them. None of them want to dismantle our cages.”

“Everybody is recommending books these days, but it’s unclear how much people are actually reading them.”

i don’t like pete, but potato salad is disgusting in all forms to the degree that chips and salsa, while not a very impressive thing to bring to a cookout, would still be infinitely better.

nah. booze is always the answer. 

“Can Cate Blanchett Make a Series About Phyllis Schlafly Endurable?”

this really horrid decision by the i.o.c. deserved top billing or better yet its own article. of all the great/famous olympic moments (the miracle on ice, comenici getting a 10, the dream team, jesse owens owning germany, bikila settng a marathon record running barefoot, flo-jo, bolt, phelps, strug, etc) john carlos…

gender (as distinct from biological sex) is always a social construct. the markers of gender - e.g. hair and clothing styles, social roles, etc. - are not determined by or intrinsically tied to biological sex.

“she has graduated from greatest female tennis player (not even that)”

not to compare the level of unwarranted criticism they receive (since there’s really no comparison, some people just love to hate serena and it’s a real shame), but people started talking that kind of trash about federer 7 years ago:

i don’t see how that would have any impact on the problem described above: whether people who, for example, lack the capacity to see, are able to make use of technological innovations available to people who can see.

“The new labeling has drawn criticism from eating disorder advocates and body positivity activists alike, who say that viewing food in terms of its ability to be “canceled out” by exercise is an unhealthy approach to nutrition and impacts our psychological relationship to food.”

(a) just as he’s allowed to have and publicize his opinion, others are allowed to have and publicize their opinions of his opinion.

was the notable exception kody “monster” scott? because i read his autobiography and whatever else you might say about him, i don’t think “outright white trash” fits.

any credit for this post due to dammitpam, who wrote on 11/15/19 5:46pm

yeah, username checks out. how dare he... express his opinion? i didn’t like that piece at the time either, especially given that he explicitly rejected the idea of voting for clinton on the w.f.p. line - ffs even hamilton nolan said that was enough for him - but he’s a new yorker, and as you know new york was in no…

michael, this series is hilarious, even if at bottom there’s really nothing funny about how this malicious goblin is trying to poison the country. 

$4.50 a gallon? in the tri-state it’s >$5 a half gallon if you want organic.