I had an industrial exec tell me the other day that he can’t even fill line worker jobs because the people who are complaining about the immigrants can’t pass a drug test to actually take the job.

This is something I really wish all the anti-immigrant “patriots” would try to understand: The immigrants who come across the border illegally out of desperation to find work and support themselves and their families are not your enemy. The employer who’s happy to exploit that desperation to save some money on payroll…

I agree with much of this but it doesn’t go far enough. We are all implicated in the demand for this labor even if some of us don’t really understand that we are. We all want goods and services supplied as cheaply as possible and our price sensitivity drives all of the demand for the labor that takes those jobs. It is…

“He’s making racial stereotypes, so I’m going to be even more unironically racist than he is being to prove a point.”

Kelly’s second cousin in Alabama felt that burn.

They’re overwhelmingly rural people. In the countries they come from, fourth-, fifth-, sixth-grade educations are kind of the norm. They don’t speak English; obviously that’s a big thing. ... They don’t integrate well; they don’t have skills.

“But they’re also not people that would easily assimilate into the United States, into our modern society. They’re overwhelmingly rural people. In the places they come from, fourth-, fifth-, sixth-grade educations are kind of the norm.”

Shaun King saying the officer is Frank Moss.

Hmm. Yeah, you do seem to have a good enough grip on the plot. I guess you don’t have to see it.

It looks boring. Kids have them on DVD, VHS and streaming services. My best friend growing up had every action figure. I have bought every Lego Star Wars set, but superhero movies and science fiction are not my thing.

Fair argument but you’re forgetting that Drexler won a ring in 1995 after he moved to the Rockets to rejoin Olajuwon.

Guy’s a HOFer, not your average Let’s Remember Some Guys guy.

Peter Bondra

I’ve got another variant for you to switch up every so often:

Shamelessly posting this again because it still applies.

Obligatory.

Mr. LeBron is great. Mr. Jordan was great. There’s no way to compare who is the fictional greatest because.. surprise.. they will never compete against one another. Let. It. Go.

... I believe that the place in pop culture in which Donald Glover exists has never been occupied...