Thank you. Not everyone gets it without a wink or a /s, but sometimes I’d rather not spoil it. :)

Yes, it was an attempt at wit.

“Yeah but Han Solo” should have been a clear enough pointer to the end of TGA as how Star Wars is going, not RotJ as implied by “both Death Stars.” Because Han is in a pretty great place at the end of RotJ, not in the Star Wars Retirement Center basement :)

And even if you give her the benefit of the doubt and accept that the word “massacre” was honest confusion, not a Freudian slip betraying her intent to invoke in people the implication of massacres, and not even worse a deliberate misstatement to create an alternative fact in the GOP bubble...

I was about to click on the link, but then I saw it was FUND not REFUND.

I didn’t lose anything. Except, apparently, you somewhere along the way, and maybe your sense of humor too. I wasn’t upset, but now I’m awfully frustrated that what seemed to me to be straightforward counterpoints has produced a nitpicky and fastidious misaccounting.

WTH is wrong with you?? THEY KILLED HARRISON FORD. Got his son to do it, too. Killing planets and major public figures and ruining families!

HELL NO. If it doesn’t matter which way you vote, then let history know you opposed it. Honestly, what is the benefit of voting yes? The Republicans have amply demonstrated that they don’t reciprocate or even play fair anymore, so TO HELL WITH THEM.

So we’re Lost?

Yeah, but Han Solo.

The Republicans and the Democrats are not equals in opposition. The Republicans held Congress over the Obama administration; the Democrats did not and do not hold Congress today.

And then another evil asshat marshaled the pro-Empire forces, built an even more powerful machine, and obliterated the Republic.

California can bring a shitstorm of lawsuits, but not much else. National politicians are hardly imperiled. This is the unfortunate reality.

Try not to think about how that movie ended, and how that story is going.

In 2018, the GOP could win/steal control of a couple more state legislatures, at which point they’d have the 38 needed to ratify Amendments.

45 could decide that the Supreme Court is so busy with all of the bullshit GOP legislators and 45 himself are hocking up, it needs more members.

It’s technically still a Republic, until those fuckers codify baldfaced voting restrictions that get the stamp of approval from the Supreme Court. Stay tuned.

Lawsuits will no doubt fly when that motherfucker tries it.

How was anyone supposed to effectively call them out on it? It’s not as if nobody said anything. The President came right out and said he expected them to do their jobs. It was well-covered by the press. The commentariat here was apoplectic. Was someone supposed to sue the Republican legislators blocking the vote? On…

Yeah, but in the meantime several rich assholes will get richer. So it’s worth it.