“I’ve always wanted to be somebody, but I see now that I should have been more specific.” - Lily Tomlin

Glad he won. I hope he takes the money and uses it to move somewhere nicer.

Was reading about this on the local rag’s site. Couple more details:

If you want to raise your blood pressure even more, read the more detailed reporting in the Daily Oregonian:

Still missing the most important aspect of the old rotary phones: Young people will never know the cathartic release of hanging up on an asshole by smashing unto the phone a receiver heavy enough to bash someone’s brains.

If people think Portland is lily white, then you haven’t been out to the suburb of Lake Oswego, often called “Lake No Negros”, and it’s inferiority complex having next town over, West Linn. 

And that’s where it starts - we let you play snake, and next thing you know, Facebook takes it over.

In 1956 AT&T released this mockup of a pocket phone. Even back in the days of rotary phones, long before real pushbutton phones emerged in the ‘60s, they thought there would be buttons instead of a dial. They also thought it would be round, to fit in the watch pocket of men’s pants.

They should put a small screen on it so I can play snake.

It’s pretty funny to think, that Trump is the longtime democrat who made the republican switch when the opportunity to grab power arose... and Bloomberg is the longtime republican who made the democrat switch when the opportunity to grab power arose.

Hipster Kickstarter launching in 3...2...1...

Where can I order one of these for my dad who constantly screams at his smartphone, “I JUST WANT TO MAKE A FUCKING PHONE CALL!”

I agree that Bloomberg was a Republican, and I would have said the same about voting for him if there was still such a thing as a Republican. Because Trump is not a Republican, and there is no longer any such thing as a Republican in the sense the term was understood prior to Trump’s nomination.

“As far as I’m concerned, he’ll be just as bad as Trump is, if not worse”

They’re both rich, old racists from NYC. As far as I’m concerned, the only difference is that one of them can speak in complete sentences

Assuming that happens, and if it does, at what cost? His children are being used as distractions to obscure the accused sex offender in the family FFS! It's disgusting.

I can’t believe I’m even deigning to acknowledge this, but I also can’t help but find it very interesting and telling that an article that was explicitly not about Kobe Bryant and only mentioned him (once) in a factual, yet passing manner, purely for context, has not only devolved into a discussion about Kobe and his…

Good point. This whole mess was caused when ol’ Herr Hans got upset by the words, “you can’t sit in the front seat.”.

Some of The Root’s frequent commenters are also known for defending the celebrities who bashed the likes of Gayle and Oprah for daring to question the wrongdoings of black men, just because.

I know this won’t ever be addressed, and I’ll probably get dragged for mentioning this at all, but this is one of the reasons…

“Did that fake ass [Michael] Jackson shit to tarnish his name with them lying ass kids and here she is with a known rapist smiling and laughing. Fuck u and Gayle. Free bill Cosby.”