I’m not a Marianne Williamson supporter, and I’m aware of all the ways her self help methods have been problematic, but I don’t like all the shallow bullying she receives. Maybe it’s the hippie in me, but mockery is not a good look. It feels like kids in a lunchroom ganging up on the weird kid. I felt the same way…

No, but we have some things that have protected status - such as you can only call a cheese Stilton if it is made in a certain way and in a certain geographic area (we copied the idea off the French, who guard words like champagne very assiduously). Cheddar is made in a certain part of Somerset, in a very distinct way…

No, more an Appellation. You know, how Champagne can only be called that when it comes from the Champagne region of France, everything else is sparkling wine no matter how fancy. All of which to say there really is a place in England called Cheddar, but they didn’t get their Appellation trademarked. 

Andrew Cuomo may be his best shot, but it’ll only be short-term. Next up, Harvey goes on trial in Los Angeles, and he’ll never get a pardon out of Gavin Newsom. 

That kind of lux just ain’t for them.

She never should have put herself in the position to be criticized. 

For the purposes of photo ops, the lunar flag was (I guess, still is?) outfitted with a flexible wire to make it stand out impressively instead of hanging limply from its pole in the absence of atmosphere.  

Source: Books owned by my grandad, who was an engineer for McDonnell Douglas and worked on NASA space projects…

Compromise has led us to a near-fascist republican reality... why settle for compromise when we could fight for the 100% thing we want. Saying you’re ready to compromise before you even reach the negotiating table is foolish and is directly responsible for Warren’s tumbling poll numbers. If she were harder line on her…

Well, yes.. Ideally the DA would independently look at all the evidence the investigators were able to gather & all the witness they talked to & determine if it was all believable & sufficient to get a jury to convict.

Emails was the main correspondence between these two characters, so absolutely that was a likely email. I used email extensively with my future wife at the time while we were dating, and we wrote long emails to each other similar to this. (we had some restrictions on how and when we could communicate because of her…

OOOH, that's goooood. 

That “I put a black boy behind bars for life over an accidental killing” is a significant part of her answer to “how have you helped black communities?” says an awful lot about her career in the first place, little of it good. And if he’s behind bars on some bullshit to boot, that should be the end of the line for…

that’s better

“And when you’re a billionaire, they let you do it. You can do anything. ... Grab them by the puppy. You can do anything.”

Sorry, “properly-trained dog” should’ve been hyphenated.

I paid off my mortgage yesterday! It took me 18 years, but it was 7 years early on a 25 year mortgage.

No, I think extending healthcare coverage to 15 million+ Americans (and rising with each state that expands Medicaid) is a pretty massive achievement but I could understand how you might not if you oppose universal healthcare. 

Mmmm, that’s good kinja.

And remember it’s not even 7%, it’s 7% on top of CPI!