Thanks for the reply. Definitely agreed. I can’t quite put my finger on it, but the political climate breeds a self-destructive way of thinking that becomes addictive after too much exposure.

Any over/under on TX going blue if Castro is the Democrat's VP pick?

...Still better than a despotic tycoon who thinks years of bribing legislators plus prolific tweeting equal political experience.

Agreed. I wish there was more coverage of the Democratic side beyond “Who’s winning?” It’s making me think that the talking heads aren’t as liberal as they want people to think they are. Thankfully there's the internet.

Every state should primary/caucus before St. Patrick's Day so we can all get drunk afterwards.

This primary *should* have produced a productive dialogue about what progressive values mean in the 21st century, but it’s become discouragingly meanspirited. What’s most discouraging is that the supporters have started attacking each other rather limiting criticism to the candidates, which I’m really hoping doesn’t…

...And yet any of these celebrities who can’t even figure out how to register correctly as undeclared will have far more public platforms to analyze political issues and shape the national discourse about globally important issues than people with PhDs in the subjects. (Also, is anyone else not totally buying that…

A friend of mine with a B.A. in Theater and no job prospects for years other than call center work got a one-year community college degree in computer science (or something like that) and had dozens of well-paying job offers right after graduation. And he’s found ways to combine his computer and theater backgrounds…

I'm glad that ordeal is over! Insurance companies: fuck them, fuck them hard...until you need them.

She sounds like someone with serious dirt on one of the partners and knows she can’t get fired because of it.

I’m with DontGetYourBoobsInaBunchTina. The upshot here is that he’s more experienced and competent than he was 6 weeks ago. So if he gets entry level contract work, he’ll probably do better than his peers and advance quicker, perhaps to a better salaried/benefited gig than the last job he had. My recommendation while…

Your baby is adorable. I'm sorry the delivery was such an ordeal, but your body will heal while you'll always be able to recount your 40 hour struggle to guilt-trip Juniper into every household chore imaginable when she's older. Congratulations again!!!!!!!!

Related: When you spend $6 on a double shot of espresso, put it in the fridge for the next morning because it’ll be a long day following insufficient sleep, then wake up to find out your SO threw it down the drain because “the coffee cup was almost empty.”

I campaigned and voted for Bernie. Much as I’m firmly on Team Let’s-Just-Remember-That-Ted-Cruz-Is-The-Real-Enemy these days, I still hope he wins. Some reasons: (1) Given that the big money in politics era was brokered by Reagan era Republicans to starve out the Democrats, having him in the White House will send a…

As I’m very sure you know, Bernie Sanders does not accept contributions from the top one percent of celebrities. The top one percent has put in place a rigged entertainment industry where a majority of parts go to a small handful of A-listers and A-plus-listers. What we need is a revolution that will strengthen the…

Yeah, pretty sure she didn't write it or read it before performing it off a prompter, but whoever on the campaign *was* in charge of proofreading the script ought to get fired or severely reprimanded. (And if the campaign doesn't have someone to proofread stuff like this for election-threatening shit - which might be…

I actually believe it. Does Trump strike anyone else as the kind of guy who constantly brags about all the sex he’s having to make up for the fact that he doesn’t actually have much sex?

He also didn’t get the memo that it’s not the 20th century anymore and you need non-white people to vote for you in the general in order to become President. You really can’t go the full racist pandering route until after you’re elected anymore, unless perhaps you pander super duper extra hard to the evangelical…

I mean...she could just shut the fuck up about her husband and how great the ‘90s supposedly were and just focus on her own record and platform because it’s the 21st century and he doesn’t get to be President anymore. She doesn’t need him. It isn’t like she needs a spouse to match and one-up any revolutionary,…

I got a literal rage migraine after listening to Ted Cruz’s victory speech. It lasted all night and half the next day. But the takeaway was that while the sound of Ted Cruz’s voice (especially coupled with the sight of Ted Cruz’s face) might cause an actual medical condition, it’ll make you like the Democrats again.