Agreed, conditionally. The president sets the agenda of the majority party (when he/she leads that party) so it’s not as if the president just sits around waiting for bills to sign. And even when the president isn’t leading the majority party, look what happens - what has Congress been up to for the past eight years?…

It's depressing how partisan the American political system is. No one (on either side) uses their brains. They're all just doing what they need to do to keep their jobs and keep the money flowing to their campaigns.

People have got to stop freaking out about voting for the President.

to be honest I’ve been inoculated from fear living in SF. Butch women are not nearly as common as gay men of course, even here, but SF is aware we exist so I’ve never had a problem. Once or twice I’d get a double take from someone very old, but then they’d just go back to washing their hands. My concern really stems…

A friend of mine works for an Australian Olympian and we have been mocking the Australian uniform for weeks. It looks like a barbershop quartet had sex with a boarding school.

I think this is good advice in general, but depending on the situation, you need to be careful not to constantly be bailing people out. If people learn they can trust you to do great work, there’s a tendency for them to take advantage of that fact and count on you to take care of everything.

It’s solid advice. But as someone struggling with this exact situation right now, it’s harder than it sounds to motivate yourself to follow it. This article is somewhat perfectly timed as a reminder. I’ve not been proud of my work over the last 2-3 weeks. I need to fix that...

My theory is that baseball players just don’t care about defense anymore. Not only are they bad at it, but also they are surprised when people think they should be better. The fact is that most players lack defensive skills, and it is painfully noticeable—cripes, I’m not even a keen watcher, and I see it. Maybe if…

What’s that? Everyone is looking at me?

And watery tarts lobbing swords.

Perhaps I haven’t searched hard enough, but I don’t think anyone is saying they deserved to die because they ran from cops. They died because they made a mistake. You can’t blame the officers for not risking their lives to save theirs. Police have an obligation to do whatever they can within reasonable limits, but…

Want to bring up to everyone that this is in Florida, in a murky pond, at night, right after a big water-disturbing commotion.

All choices have consequences.

This game ended at almost 12:30 a.m. central time — the time zone where both teams (and most of their fans) reside. Even without overtime, these 8:42 central starts result in games going until way past 11. For anyone who has to get up early in the morning — and for almost every schoolkid who would like to watch their…

The issue is that this series is between two central time zone teams and all three of the weekday games have had a 8:42 puck drop. A game or two makes sense, but all of them? The Nashville game getting the early slot is what I think really set him off.

Pat Foley — who is a HHOF broadcaster, by the way — wasn’t complaining about his work hours. His statement was related to the effect of a late start on the players and the fans. I don’t think Chicago and St. Louis fans give a rat’s *** at this point about watching the other games being played in the NHL playoffs; at…

Not a ton of hockey fans care to watch teams beside their own, but mentioning ‘east coast time’ was worth doing since the supposed reason the games are staggered is to increase viewership. Starting the game just before 10pm eastern sounds like a horrible way to attract the most densely populated portions of the…

But Jayden Juice and Charlotte’s Web were not discovered in a traditional lab, and they’re not pharmaceutical products. In a way, that’s an exciting form of progress, because we’re all familiar with some of the unethical behavior pharmaceutical companies exhibit, and it’s nice to have outsiders doing research that…

Dear Sir Buzzkillington,

I’m not sure why you were knighted but your points are excellent and appreciated.

Deadbuzz J. Limpjoint

Good point. I have a friend who owns some farmland in California. He rented it out to some farmers who sub-let it out to some medical marijuana growers. Feds raided the property and now my friend is in court fighting to keep his land from being confiscated by the federal government even though he wasn’t profiting…