I prefer to break all of time up by Before Malingerer, The Era of Malingerer, and After Malingerer, but I suppose everyone has different preferences.  Tolerance!

"the lawsuit quotes Deen as allegedly saying."

The racism is (or, at least, it was traditionally) different in the North and the South.  Jim Crow laws were about humiliating black people on a daily basis, and reminding them who was in charge (hint: not black people).  The message was: "don't get uppity and think you're above your lowly station."  In the North, it…

That's a terrible story, @sharculese:disqus  (in the sense that what happened was terrible, not that you told it poorly).  But could there be a silver lining in the fact that society has progressed to a point where a black person could reach college age and have encountered such racial hatred so seldom in her life…

And casinos to run in exotic North African locales?  And world-domination plots to foil using ingeniously disguised gadgets?

Plenty of time for that.  Besides, Kirk didn't have crew members like that, did he?  Was Spock the only non-human on the Enterprise?

Yeah, if you've got a Southern accent, chances are real good that someone in your family tree owned slaves.  Wait, did she find out that her ancestors still had slaves after 1865? 'Cause that would be kind of a big deal.

@avclub-6677b21c2be1e1f008baa1fad33e58e1:disqus , Paula Deen could use you on her defense team.

Wonderful, @avclub-cd3695fb409b3ce6dc60ca44b08983ac:disqus !

@The_Primordial_Dr_Zoidberg:disqus , I expected a "woop-woop-woop-woop!" at the end of your post.

Over the years, I have kept an occasional bag or wrapper, if it was clean inside, just because it had something remarkably funny, offensive, etc. on the package.  The best example I can think of is a bag of fancy-pants ramen noodles that Malinger-Her bought at an Asian market.  First, it was a foil-package, which is a…

@disqus_okgItcD0yy:disqus , those of us from "Western culture" use that term to describe ourselves all the time.  "Western culture" is very close to saying "Occidental culture."  Why shouldn't we say that?  I think the only reasons people don't say "Occidental" is that (1) they've never heard of this word, and (2)…

I can't name another T-Rex song.

But Pete is smart enough to realize that Bob won't be loyal out of gratitude; he'll remain loyal because Pete has information that could end Bob's upward mobility.

Don't let the Burl Ives looks fool you: Bert Cooper is a ruthless fucking gangster.

It was last seen on Grandma Ida…

@olivececile:disqus  and @ComradeQuestions:disqus , I also detect some willingness on Pete's part to ride Benson's coattails, should he rise to the top. 

We're all going to call her Sallamander (with or without the "The," according to preference) from now on, right?

Professional for Don: gruffly exhaling in annoyance when your senior partner is crawling under your bar for an orange he dropped while trying to juggle.

"Craaaannnnberrryyyyy Juuuuice."