I mean, she’s been working on a voter registration project, appeared in commercials for it, and wrote a damn book. The Obama Foundation already started with their fellowships and had a huge meeting for their Yong Africa Leaders program in Johannesburg which got rave reviews from a lot of the participants.

Oh, I know it’s high (my Dad is Maghrebi French) and that alcoholism is a serious problem in France. But from what I understand, at least according to recent research, it’s not as bad as the UK.

That people can’t recognize what a monster Blackburn is without being pushed to see the truth.

Yes, this is very common in most other countries. My Dad grew up in a similar manner, as did Mr. BlueLark’s family, so both of us were introduced to the occasional glass of wine or sip of beer or even the occasional sip of whiskey when we were 12/13.

I mean, I sort of agree, but at the same time the French still have less of an issue with alcoholism than the US, the Brits, and the Australians.

Have you read her book? She talks about Soon Yi in an incredibly demeaning, dehumanizing way and frankly I think it’s nuts that (mostly white journalists) people avoid the obvious fact that her older, POC kids either all ended up dead (some were homeless and committed suicide), groomed by pedo Woody, or hating her…

This. I love the Rock, but it’s not that hard to realize that a character that is canonically portrayed as quite a dark man should be...played by a much darker man, especially considering darker skinned men are often denied in favor of mixed men in the entertainment industry. I wouldn’t bat an eye if he was playing…

I’m going to get killed by Michael for saying this...but I do think she had an impact (just not as large as the media wants it to be). A lot of it was that it was the last day, but apparently more than double registered on the very last day, a working day, than the entire month in TN alone. One of the pollsters I…

That was the impression I received from my colleague in that he’s afraid that a quasi-Troubles will start up again with a hard border. I’m just surprised that politicians don’t seem to be doing more to stop it.

I feel like people don’t want to admit that our political system is an utter failure. That Senators who represent 18% of our population have control over Senators who represent 82% of our population. The Dem party is seriously fucked up, but this isn’t their fault (I’m actually pleasantly surprised that Tester,…

*Tester

I mean, McCaskill decided to vote no even though she’s bound to lose her race. All of the red state dems with the exception of Manchin voted no, and all of them have far more competitive races than Manchin.

I usually agree with you Roo, but I feel like both Arnheim’s point and Adam’s tweet can both be true. Schumer sucks and needs to stop tone policing (and ideally will be voted out), but Manchin is Manchin. There’s no threat that can legitimately be held against him, if the party comes out against him that will probably…

I have a very bad feeling we are going to keep eating our own. I fucking hate Joe Manchin and I think the DNC could have done way more to pressure him into voting, but the Democrats didn’t fail us beyond that point (and even if Manchin changes his mind and votes no, Kavanagh is still going to get confirmed). For…

Good point. That said, his opponent in the primary was free college tuition, $15 min. wage, legalize weed, etc. Basically, she had no chance in hell in WV.

How come the Northern Ireland situation as related to Brexit doesn’t seem to be getting that much press? A colleague of mine is from Derry and is baffled at not only the Tories but Labour’s inability to see the big picture. He had a job offer back in N.I. and decided Trumpian America was better than what he thinks is…

I mean, I agree that there is no way in hell a liberal Democrat will ever be elected in WV, but I feel like at this point we can do better than Manchin even if it is a typical Blue Dog center right Democrat. I’m extremely pragmatic and I understand that in the past he’s been worth it despite his innate shittiness, but…

I mean, I get it about purity tests (it frustrates me when people think Tester or Donnelly has the same safety as Schumer) but even this is a step too far imo.  I’m not delusional, there is no way in hell we can elect a liberal or leftist in WV, but we can maybe get a better version of a Blue Dog Democrat compared to…

Yep. Manchin needs to pack his fucking bags and go.

Very true. More people need to understand that the “small” races can sometimes have a substantially bigger influence on one’s life than the “big” political offices.