But don’t you remember all those memorials that Germany built after World War Two to commemorate the noble sacrifice of average Nazis? You know, celebrating the contributions made by average people to systematic genocide and racial oppression? I mean, if you don’t force the victims of these crimes to stare into the…

Ball’s a genius, and this is an amazing idea. It will fail, because it will be spectacularly expensive to run, but I want to see it succeed so badly.

“Folks, this is going to be interesting to watch, because we’ve never seen it before, so we don’t . . .

This is where the pernicious effects of racism come into focus. Because working class white people and POC have so much in common. But instead of working on common issues, they are out supporting people like Dipshit von Haircut — to the detriment of their economic interests — because they believe that melanin is the…

I think that correct. When I’ve been invited to Jewish holidays, I’m quiet and respectful, enjoy the event and don’t ask dumb questions. I know that simply because I’m included, there is no way to separate the event from the cultural and religious nature of the event.

Valid. A lot of self loathing drives the Republican Party.

I hate Paul Ryan for any number of reasons, but I find his hypocracy particualrly galling. When his old man died, he took his father’s Social Security survivors benefits, saved them, and used them to pay for college. A couple of thoughts;

“St. Becky” is some funny shit.

What I wonder about is where so got the scratch to cover start up costs? She had to have millions in cash to make this work. Where does that come from?

Absolutely right.

I was working in D.C. (Florida Ave. and 9th), and found a couple fucking against the wall of the townhouse we were using as an office. Based on my interaction with them (averted glances, lighting-quick pants replacement), I can offer the following insights:

I’m going to confess to having a bittersweet reaction to these videos. On one hand, the obvious joy — not just for the students but for the entire community — is infectious, and brought tears to my eyes.

Carving each other up over petty shit is time consuming and pointless. I’m not saying that there should not be a place for diversity of thought, but this advances nothing, and provide cover for people who would write off legitimates grievances as nothing by petty squabbles.

We really need to talk about the breakdown of the family and its attendant social costs, including substance abuse and having children out of wedlock.

They are only loyal to power.

Par for the course with this collection of Barbarians. Bannon has been running around essentially claiming that getting shit canned from the White House represented a win. Up is down, etc.

Word of the plague of white Minnesotans rampaging through Chicago had not reached us here on the East Coast yet. Fascinating.

Update: Confirmed

Based on anecdotal evidence, I concur. The Westview Mall in suburban Baltimore used to have a Black Santa, and the lines were absurd.