The whole thing of Podesta being invited to a dinner party for a performance artist's book release, and that turning into 'Hillary is a blood-drinking Satanist witch' would be funny, if it hadn't potentially contributed to her losing. The same could be said of much of this election, really.
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Well, no, I don't remember that; I never chanted that myself, either.
Hi AV Club. I have something to say. I'm not sure if this article is the best place to say it, but still, I just have to say it somewhere. What I have to say is: I'm fucking terrified.
Yes, it was a choice made to boost ratings; of course it was. So was the decision by various cable news networks to give massive amounts of airtime to Trump speeches and rallies; so was the decision by the news media to focus on Clinton's emails in wild disproportion to any substantial policy concerns. And now, look…
I know that Pence is super anti-abortion, but I'm just guessing based on precedent that many conservatives would rather retain Roe v. Wade as a rallying point than actually dismantle it entirely. There's a good Fred Clark piece from the day after the election that addresses this:
Real talk: one prediction I've been seeing - based on how autocratic and totalitarian regimes tend to work - goes something like this: Trump enacts some sort of short-sighted plan that might spur initial growth but then leads to an economic downturn; he then says that of course it wasn't his fault - it was the…
I think he was joking. But your definitions are still good.
(Since it seems clear now that Hillary was unelectable.)
The problem is that there most certainly will be terror attacks - considering that any random lunatic can claim they're with ISIS and go on a killing spree, and considering that those kinds of attacks seem to be happening with some regularity, we'll probably see one (or more) such attack sooner rather than later. The…
Speaking of Ghibli, the day after the election I saw Kiki's Delivery Service for the first time. It's a film with a very sweet, humanistic vision - most people are kind, people love and value their families and friends, honest work is rewarded, etc. It's a fine and lovely film - as most Ghibli films are - but the…
It's totally uplifting!
I disagree: not only is it woke, it's woke af.
WASSSUUUUUUUUPPP?
Hmm well keep in mind that if Jones is 42 now, that means that he's been doing this kind of thing since at least his early 20s (apparently he's been hosting conspiracist-minded radio shows since 1996; his first film about this stuff was made in 1998).
The first such speculation came in 1986, when he claimed to be 32…
When I learned, a couple weeks ago, that Jones is only 42 I was kinda shocked myself. Not into speculating too much about peoples' health, but everything about him suggests a much older guy (well, except for when he freaks out like an angry baby). 42 is way too young to be consumed with paranoid right-wing delusional…
Yeah I saw at a screening with, apparently, several others who had never seen it - lots of screaming throughout. Maybe just a few people doing that, but still - some loud screams happening.
No no that makes sense - he practices the ancient Japanese art of bowlkata and the highest possible bowlkata rank is that of the participant.
They look so young…