Actually, if you’re referring to the ACLU, I think they’ve finally announced they’ve quit defending (neo)fascists, Nazis, etc.

he’s saying a lot of shit that makes no sense, even if you’re only looking at it on a factual level

Yup to all of this. There are actual, professional bona fide economists, like ones that have PhDs in Economics, that I think are consistently on point, like Paul Krugman and especially Robert Reich, but there are still far too many that seem stuck in the old Chicago School mentality - Milton Friedman et. al. - so as a…

eh, i think it’s more that they refuse to look beyond the short-term, but it’s probably not a point worth arguing

Maybe, maybe not. I’ll grant that it wouldn’t surprise me, it would totally fit with all the other pieces of the puzzle, but I’m inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt and reserve judgment on this particular point until/unless he’s explicitly confirmed it publicly.

Sorry, I disagree, and I know plenty of other people do too. He found himself with the opportunity and the platform to express his opinion - an opinion that no one really had the opportunity to express so bluntly with so many people’s attention, and he was 100% right (for starters, Dubya didn’t even meet with the…

that’s it, pack it up folks, we have a winner!

GODDAMN RIGHT! Thank you for having the courage to stand up and speak truth to power!

so true.

From the few comments I’ve read from Tan Julius, he (and it’s almost guaranteed he’s a guy) is just spouting the same “conventional wisdom,” “rational/sensible, common sense public policy” talking points you hear over and over in any discussion where you can count on dozens, if not hundreds or thousands, of people…

Just want to say that your comment deserves to be at the top of the pile, and everyone should have to read it before commenting :)

GODDAMMIT! I KNOW THIS IS COMPLETELY BESIDE THE POINT BUT ANY PLACE WITH THE WORD “WAFFLES” IN ITS NAME SHOULD BE A WONDERFUL PLACE. WAFFLES ARE WONDERFUL AND ANY PLACE WITH “WAFFFLE” IN ITS TITLE SHOULD BE A TEMPLE WE WORSHIP AT, NOT A PLACE WHERE YOU MIGHT GET SHOT OR CHOKED OR SOMETHING BY ANYONE, REGARDLESS OF…

This actually is one of those cases where it’s really, truly irony, not one of those Alanis Morrissette cases. Good call on questioning it, but you made the right call here :)

but of course you know that, on a practical level, cops basically never “violate the law” because they ARE the law. It’s the same philosophy as Nixon’s in this exchange:

Maybe petty of me, but lots of people are posting screen grabs of baloney before they dismiss it, so here ya go:

Really sucks that the NFL gave Kaepernick the shaft, but I hope he’s at least making some decent money in speaking fees or something. He seems too smart and thoughtful not to land on his feet one way or the other.

I know it may feel like the Mueller investigation is taking forever, especially given how slowly each day seems to pass under Hair Fuhrer. But according to more “objective” standards as far as “this kind of thing” goes (admittedly, it’s a little hard to agree on what’s “objective”, especially given “this kind of…

just wanna say i think that’s a perfect analogy :)

maybe off topic? but thank you for turning me on to Pusha T. I suck at staying current on music, and I’ve got very little hip hop in my collection, but I like what I hear so far.

ooh, i can hook you up, and i guarantee my prices are better than his.