In July 1932, the Nazis won the largest plurality (32 percent) in German parliament but had other parties formed a coalition, they could have held back the Nazis. But the other parties didn’t: they were obsessed with infighting over smaller differences and failed to see the larger, existential threat. This is that…

Diving into insane conspiracy theories right now is a defense mechanism for the right wing. When you can’t exist in the actual reality, you have to invent a fake one to deal with the cognitive dissonance. And the further you need to retreat, the crazier that fake reality gets.

It’s infuriating but not at all surprising that the president is going to label these guys as a terrorist group. And of course there will be no classification as such for Proud Boys dorks. I’m here in Columbus right now and both groups showed up but it wasn’t either of them that was the problem.

When we think about asshole geniuses and whether or not they should continue making their art, we rarely consider how much better art could be if fewer assholes were allowed to make it.

My favorite “preppers” are the Trumpsters who have been building bunkers and stocking them with provisions to live alone for years but are now protesting for the right to die with nice hair and freshly painted nails. 

all this means is rich donors threatened to withhold money from the school so they backtracked. not rocket science.

If the religion you follow (likely through indoctrination from childhood) tells you that the god you worship hates you because of a defining aspect of yourself that has been with you since birth, i dunno...maybe leave that religion and find one that accepts you for who you are?

Yeah, this is essentially what I said to one of my friends who was nonplussed that his concerns as a crime victim were ignored in the investigation and prosecution: you’re nonplussed because you’re under the impression that this is about you.

Look at someone like Louis Gohmert or Devin Nunes. They’re not smarter than a bar towel.

Behind the scenes, these women have helped overhaul the company’s approach to protecting elections, creating a new ad library to ensure transparency, and partnering with over 55 third party fact-checking organizations.

Thanks, but I refuse to use sarcasm tags.

In a more simplistic form, the issue is ‘hatred of women’.

Oprah gave the world Doctors Oz and Phil. Never forget.

Eh, I’d strongly suggest reading at least one of the Gospels, if only to do some serious compare-and-contrasts between the Jesus of the Bible, and the Jesus of the Christian Church. I’d suggest Luke, myself; according to Christian tradition, Luke was a physician, and so he tends to ground his Jesus in a baseline sense…

Sequels which are better than the original:
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Mad Max 2: Road Warrior
The Empire Strikes Back
The Gamers II: Dorkness Rising

WHAT!? You mean instagramable capitalism is still capitalism?????

The point people seem to miss is that in the “classic model” of early stage startups (such as there is one), the people working 80-hour weeks have equity stakes in the business as part of their employment package. When that’s the case, you’re a part owner, so it’s not unreasonable to expect that you’ll do what is…

I know too many people who debate like this. Talk over you, shout, try to pin you down on answers that make you look not credible (even when you are), use simplistic logic that’s difficult to argue against (logic that doesn’t really apply, if context and nuance are taken into account, or logic that is a false…

Her resorting to ad hominem arguments so quickly in the argument belies the weakness of her position.

That’s all conservative things are MEANT to do.