Texas isn’t my state, but I did a quick check through the criminal records system, and I found zip for Mr. Brown. Even allowing for the fact that I missed something, records were sealed etc., there in no way on God’s Green Earth that someone in possession of 12 lbs of weed wasn’t on paper. It doesn’t happen. Gus Fring…

These people are soft as church music. They aren’t going to do shit. I don’t say this because hate and impotent rage don’t burn in their hearts. I say this because they are profoundly lazy. Moreover, the oligarchs who paid these for mooks to serve as the bulwark against incursion into their wealth accumulation would,…

Shit on Biden all you want, but he offers something that no other member of the Democratic field does: absolution without penance. Charles P. Pierce has been banging this drum for a while, and watching last night made it all clear. He’s the sucker’s way out. No deep inner analysis, understanding of racism and class…

“In further remarks, Hart said that the pain was like having someone smash a dollhouse on his head.”

Meanwhile, at the Bombay Gin Emporium and Laboratory, important experiments are being run for the benefit of you, the reader of The Root!

Because I believe in reasonable debate on this site, I looked at your sources. The first was behind a paywall, but the BBC article is simply a summation of the first article. One news story referencing one article doesn’t seem to be a robust body of work.

Malema is an absolute nutcase. Forget for a second that Mugabe tried this, and cratered both Zimbabwe’s economy and food production. But it is morally reprehensible. Yes, the legacy of colonialism and Apartheid create enormous disparities in wealth and power. And sure, white south African’s aren’t “from” there. But…

I’m just going to come right out and say it: boneless, skinless thighs are amazing. Yes, the skin on the thing for fried chicken is the best part, but for grilled or smoked chicken, it’s a bit of a grab bag. Also, it eliminates the gristle and sinew in the thigh, which no one likes. Lastly, and this is real and…

I take a slightly more optimistic view of this eventuality. If you look at his polling data, he does worse when he goes full White Nationalist (like post Charlottesville). I suspect this is because there are a certain percentage of people who voted for him last time (college educated, suburban) who are racist (by…

Let’s say you’re going to a little kids mermaid-themed birthday party this weekend, and YOU KNOW that one of the racist ass uncles is going to say some shit about this. When he brings it up, is the right move a swift chop to the throat or a knee to the nuts?

Here’s what I do not understand. Marmalade Mugabe made it to office with a least the tacit support of a number of “reluctant” middle and upper-middle class white voters in swing states. I’m thinking high-dollar folks in suburban Philadelphia, who “held their nose” to vote for the bastard because Hillary was “just so…

Crazy Louie’s turn of phrase here is interesting, because he seems to believe that Muller is a “reinforced” asshole. How should we understand that? That he’s a stronger, more durable version than standard? By what measure? Muscular control? Flexibility?

How can you tell the difference? Amirite?!

Depends on how it evolves. If it is ultimately presented as a comprehensive anti-poverty program that also helps people at the lower end of the socio-economic spectrum, I think it has a chance.

“Boo fucking hoo” because these people, by virtue of the architecture of white supremacy, had an incredible built in advantage that a) could have been used to avoid this for themselves or b) change the system in a way that benefited society as a whole. They did neither.

Aside from racism, what else is Donald Trump good at?

“They can’t hold everyone else hostage anymore.”

+ all the stars for finding this. 

Anyone remember that episode of “The Jeffersons” where Tom Willis became concerned that he was too white? Then he comes in to the Jeffersons apartment with an affected walk, wearing a new fedora, and asking is anyone liked his new “sky”, and George immediately busts his balls? The lesson being that you should just be…

Take my money.