Trump doesn’t bring the best people. They’re human traffickers. They’re drug dealers. They’re rapists. None, I assume, are good people.

Personally, I think Morgana would be an interesting choice of focus for another telling of the legend - especially if one doesn’t feel too constricted by earlier versions. There’s a lot an author can work with, there. Of course, one could also just ignore the legend, and use her in any range of works as a legendary…

I thought that it was human nature to have a fight or flight reaction to things but apparently most of these people just have one reaction: hold the line no matter what.

Because of course one should allude to having secret tapes when everyone is accusing you of being Nixonian. I don’t see how that could possibly end in bad PR.

Honestly, I’m getting a bit frustrated with how many retellings of Arthurian legend are just some variation on the “sword in the stone” bit.

Makes sense. One of the key factors that drove a lot of retail stores out of business was how many of them got involved in long-term leases during the height of the real estate bubble; that’s unwound a fair amount, but some are still tied down by overvalued property, and the lingering effects of the crisis in general…

Well.... It doesn’t have to be good things, though. If she takes a week off, she might come back to find that President for Life Trump decreed that being a Democrat is treason, or that we’ve gotten into a nuclear war with France. We should be careful with such a power!

Is it at all possible that Trump is covering something up that’s minor, but he’s a complete idiot?

I find it profoundly unlikely that Comey has been fired for the investigation that handed the election to a man who twists everything to his own benefit.

And Obama didn’t clear him when he was taking money from RT or Russian oligarchs... It’s not like he has a team of precogs working on security clearances!

Well, the entire thing was finalized, like, three hours before they voted on it, and before that most of the negotiations were taking place in closed-door meetings. I don’t believe the bill itself was even made available to the public before they were voting on it.

A bit the opposite, really... Corbyn’s an insurrectionist outsider who inspired a large number of young, far-left voters to join the party, and successfully challenged the established leadership. His base of support is very passionate and energized, just... Most of the rest of the party is more ambivalent to them (a…

How... How do you have a celebration for someone’s election, and not invite them? In what way are the two linked, in such an instance?

This sounds like a classic Rovian tactic, doesn’t it, quietly signaling the administration’s politics in day-to-day government operation. It wouldn’t be out of place in the Bush white house.

Ah, I see. That’s what I get for only looking at the top-line number!

Corbyn however has claimed it as a victory

...The FCC still cares about obscenity? Their standards have fallen so severely over the last decade that I’d just assumed that they’d phased out the authority.

I’m pretty sure it already exists, though I don’t have an infographic handy. There was a lot of talk about that in the summer of ‘15, shortly before the primaries.

How will Trump lead the fight against the opioid crisis? By planning to cut the budget of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the agency tasked with responding to the crisis, by 95 percent, of course!

Are we ever going to have a Secretary of the Army again? It’s kind of an important position, so it would be appreciated if they would appoint someone whose actually, you know, qualified and not horrible, to the seat.