“They’ll never really be Penobscot, but they can have an appreciation for their ancestry.”

I think, despite my efforts, using the word “claim” was clumsy on my part.

I’m replying very very tepidly, because I am white with zero Native American ancestry (can I say that? I mean that respectfully). I am not going to presume to argue against anything that anyone of non-white heritage would say insults them, because I have never been subjected to any of the myriad injustices that they…

The fact that we’re communicating with something that’s 11 BILLION miles away is bananas. 

Not sure why the picture isn’t showing up (not that everyone hasn’t seen it by now).

Don’t imagine... behold:

“McConnell, for as much as I wish would suddenly evaporate into a cloud of mosquitoes that would plague Ted Cruz until his dying day...”

I saw it as a NPR alert, but that was the only place that said it. NYT, WaPo, Reuters... nothing to that effect. So, I dunno, but I guess that effectively negates my comment. 

BEGGING YOUR PARDON

Hm... NPR shot out an update saying that the plea deal does not include matters involving the Trump campaign.

Oh, oh... I hope I didn’t misrepresent myself or that show. It’s an irony-blind hilarious shitshow of hillbilly hijinx and the word “SUMBITCH” every 12 seconds. There’s a small part of me inside that screams objections any time I’d put it on, and my wife rolls her eyes so hard that her optic nerves almost detach.

We’re just gonna go ahead and ignore that the arbitrator in this is Harry Henderson?

The travesty of this article is the complete omission of the Mountain Monsters show and team. They risk whatever is left of their nicotine-addled-upper-90%-artery-clogged-otherwise-unemployed lives to track down those SUMBITCHES, make hilariously huge complicated traps that never work, and catalog some dozen or so…

Apparently, I’ve been informed that since moving away from Pittsburgh (10 years ago), the Science Center no longer does the Floyd laser shows. 

I think you’re right that “yinz” is a contraction of “you ones”.. I don’t remember the etiology of it. I lived in Pittsburgh for 8 years, having transplanted from central PA, and the “yinz” thing drove me nuts.

Oh, and Mattress Factory for cool modern art. 

I’m sure there are some “y’all”ers there (as everywhere), but the more prevalent term they use in Pittsburgh is “Yinz”.

- CAMBODICAN (Southside): open really late. Get the fried wontons (seafood are better, but beef are fine) with the “moon sauce”. Awesome.

Just stop. You’re being a dick. Despite your stated personal experience, you’re clearly out of your depth when it comes to depression and suicide.

I get that this is semi-relevant, because he just did an interview. However, I’m fresh out of room for more outrage at the moment, considering we have a sitting President who is not being impeached for far worse things, is actively ruining the country and planet, and is likely to begin a Constitutional Crisis any day.