I don't know what to make make of this.

As well they should.

We know it's you, Mahershala.

Honestly? I think the guy was just desperately trying to cover his ass on every front and seriously miscalculated.

The issue is that it, and the language of trauma as a whole, started being used as political language. Which has kind of disconnected it from it's initial concepts.

I dunno. I like my explanation better because it doesn't depend on the cunning ways of the wily Cossack to explain the defeat and offers a potential for solutions that, while they involve some self reflection and minor ideological skirmishing, don't involve nuclear war.

I've heard good things about these Pinkerton fellows!

On the other hand, they did kill that asshole Barb.

I think it goes

Orange tic tacs aren't orange.

This is also true. But still. It is the waving of the dick as a form of warning off.

Honestly, that's more China dickwaving about their efforts to seize control of various bits of ocean and how Trump shouldn't get in the way than anything. They're a bit more overt and it's getting a bit more media presence than it would under Trump than Clinton. But similar noises would have been made under Clinton.

I'd be more worried about Paul Ryan, to be honest. Bannon awful stuff is going to disappear to great fan fair the moment Trump goes. Ryan's stuff is going to be part of your permament political reality and he's going to quietly get everything he ever wanted.

Is he gay or is it like when my parents were trying to sound out if I was gay because I'm in my late 30's and never had a long term girlfriend when the reality is I'm just weird and anti-social and unpleasant to be around?

Some sort of Harry Potter reference!

Yeah. I'm seeing his inevitable reinvention as some variety of progressive version of him at some point when that becomes profitable.

Eight.

Something that's become really apparent over the past 16 or so years is that people only give a shit about core liberal values, in the old timey men in wigs sense, when they're useful to them. But if there's a chance to punish your enemies well….

Because, while the house of Saud is essentially a horror story on the level and only a slight chance someone might notice stops them from treating the Shia minority like jews under the early days of the Nzai party, they completely own both US parties. And if Clinton was in charge is no one would have said jack and…

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