Intervocalic alveolar flapping! One of my favorite forms of lenition. :D

I have talked to some folks in the marijuana business. They've had varying experiences with it, depending on the state and local law enforcement's stance, which typically affects the DEA's and DoJ's approach. It's so varied that comparing one municipality to another—even within the same state—is often like comparing…

He's like Reed's raging id.

Season 2 includes the episode "Blackwater," which ends with The National's rendition of "The Rains of Castamere" playing over the credits sequence (and it was supposed to be done by Florence and the Machine, another inspired choice). Do something new and cool with that, Internet, and I'll say "great job."

I never understood the Jon hate. Or the Dany hate. It makes me sheepish in commenting in the GoT review threads.

He's set the tone by not interfering, or rather his AG has and Obama backed him, despite all sorts of opposition on both sides of the aisle.

I would love to be able to chat with him and to hear him actually pronounce it. He was a brilliant man who led a fascinating life.

Ah. You're absolutely right. That was a typo, actually. I'm on my phone, and I'm relying a little too heavily on its autocomplete feature (no excuse, I know). At least I think that's why—seeing you call attention to it, I immediately recognized it as an error. I even remember reading a Language Log entry about that…

I think I remembered that—like maybe you mentioned it before—hence my lame attempt at a joke. Either that or I read it as "señor."

Makes sense to me. I was actually a Make Mine Marvel guy growing up, and Batman and his Rogues Gallery were the only DC characters I really ever cared about, so this has been fun.

I'm the same way, and I recently read an article (I think it was in Slate) about how what's been the American approach is starting to fade a bit—in the U.S., I mean—and the trend is towards punctuation appearing outside of quotation marks. I'm starting to see it in my students' writing. I use to correct it, but now I…

Oh I was just to make you chuckle. I meant no offense.

It would be if anyone here actually had. I certainly haven't, and the original comment above was "marijuana becoming legal for recreational use in more and more states all the time," which is exactly what's happening on Obama's watch. If you think that would have happened under McCain or Romney and their respective…

He did for a time. He says that he realized that he was going to lose, so he compromised. It's not like a single payer system had universal love amongst Democrats even, either. The same corporations that you're you're rightly saying have too much influence with Obama have too much influence over members of both…

Not sure which part you're responding to, but here's a good write-up about his legacy with regards to drug laws:

I'll add Slim Charles to a growing list of my favorite characters that are already here.

Having worked for his campaign at the local level in '08 and having been someone who hadn't had health care for most of his life, I was as disillusioned as anybody by his abandoning a single payer system, among other things. I only begrudgingly voted for him in 2012, and I empathize with what you're saying. However,…

Holder held off any federal intervention in Washington or Oregon with Obama's blessing (and now we're seeing a domino effect for reform at both the state and federal levels), and Holder signaled that he wants to reduce mandatory sentencing and reform existing sentencing guidelines for recreational drug use, again with…

You're reaching.

Was it pre -"Naked Eye"? I could have sworn I was looking forward to seeing them around that same time (edit: that was two years later—I was way off) because of the video and an interview they did right before the video debuted on MTV. The band was interviewed by a V-Jay, and the Beasties were there, too, introducing…