After listening to Trump’s, er, “vignette”, his speech style mimics shiba inu doge memes.

All the stars, Gristle. All the stars. +1

Pneumonia is hard on anyone who develops it. Any other brilliant observations, doktor?

It’s still 1954 in Minnesota, per CJ. Jana is a class act and her reporting is top-notch. In other words, everything that CJ has never been.

Diphthongs as related to American diction are so much fun. Without going too far into the weeds, “wild” is a one-syllable word with no “uh”. I am lazy and don’t have any of my IPA fonts on my cell phone to explain why it’s one syllable even though it’s an auditory combination of two vowel sounds. Also, b-dubs, and…

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Holy shit that was amazing, in a terrible and sobering way. Thank you for posting it.

This, and her record of voting in favor of legislation that is financially damaging to women leave me cold to her. I am also voting for her because Trump. But she’s no friend to women, unless said woman benefits her directly.

Nothing on the various cults of kettlebell: hard style vs. girevoy? Married to a girevoy competitor, and I haven’t met a kettlebell enthusiast that I haven’t been thoroughly annoyed with within 2 minutes of meeting them. I tolerate my S.O.’s obsession.

Oh please—a self-appointed scholar such as yourself should know the context of “love your neighbor as yourself” referred to Jews treating fellow Jews well. It was not intended to be the “be kind to everyone” spin. The original source material for that saying comes directly from Leviticus, describing differences in how…

There are actually quite a few ancient and religious texts that depict deplorable human behavior. Introduce yourself to Joseph Campbell if you’re new to the field, because he examines quite a few.

The weasel is somehow board-certified in IM, although he hasn’t kept up with MOC. Given that ABIM temporarily suspended its MOC after years of complaints of ineptitude and being overly-cumbersome, will let that penalty slide.

This, my friends, is the pinnacle of white male privilege: mediocre art; direct equivalence of idiotic, wildly unethical American political figure (Trump) to Jesus; zero contextual understanding of anything/everything.

+1000 for your second paragraph. I’ve heard about the “death of conservatism” for years, but the US seems so much more fearful of basically everything. Pervasive irrational fear of “others” is not the hallmark of an intelligent or empathetic society.

That’s exactly what happens. In other words, I have nothing to add but the obvious because.....yeah, that’s exactly what happens.

A statement that general is not a spoiler. Kinda like saying the sun rises in the east isn’t a spoiler.

Let me get this straight. Outside of the fictitious supernatural, his logic is that socialists do not pay him. Yet he drove out to meet her with the intent of working, saw that she was a “socialist”, and he drove away. In other words, he decided to go to a job and then drive away from it—thusly ensuring that he…

I have never understood why women who marry misogynistic fucksticks are lauded. It must be because it’s fundamentally a transactional relationship, which many people still admire.

The fuck is that shit—stealing my mom’s denim skirt from 1983?

Hillary’s logic is tragically narcissistic, in that it carries the connotation that *she* is the one who can provide pain relief. She’s incredibly paternalistic, herself. Her friends are prescriptivist in the same ways—Gloria Steinem’s take on why women should vote for Hillary (VAGINA!). People are hurting without…