As far as I’m concerned, a candidate who gets the nomination of a major party is per se viable. The only reason to not vote for a major party candidate in the general is because you (a) would affirmatively like someone else who is also running to be President, and (b) think that by the person you’re voting for has a…

Shared adversity is a huge thing. They shared an abuser (and a fucking HELL of an abuser), so, you know there’s a fucking crazy bond there.

In the show, Arya is about 18 now

I read somewhere recently that a poll showed that some sizable fraction of Bernie supporters would not vote for Buttigieg in the general if Buttigieg got the nomination, but that 100% of Buttigieg supporters would vote for Bernie if Bernie got the nomination.

Are you familiar with the concept of usury? It used to be a thing that was actionable in this country.

The Blast reported that according to their sources each artist was paid the same amount for two weekends worth of shows—$4 million per show, which still bears some cause for pause as there really isn’t a comparison between the two.

Doctors and hospitals I get--but the school? For what?

I think the issue would be proving beyond a reasonable doubt that something the other child did during the fight precipitated the death. Based on what he medical professionals are saying, if this could have happened at at any time, then, there’s your reasonable doubt. So are you really going to put a fifth grader on…

House Hunters with Ben Carson.

a bunch of teens reportedly gathered outside of a McDonald’s near the JP Taravella High School to watch a fight between two high schoolers

I like the Netflix “One Day At a Time” reboot. Of course, I’m also Cuban-American (so the show is somewhat aimed at me), but solid is solid.

The fact that you felt the need to comment after almost a week—just to say you didn’t read my last—fills me with such a sense of pity and sadness for you.

I thought the movie was clearly pro-choice. She simply decided to carry the baby to term. Isn’t the idea of the pro-choice movement to not interrogate a woman’s motives for the choice she makes?

Pish posh, I’m sure there are plenty of Christian rock bands ready to supply a soundtrack and full score. Bonus: the music would have been just about as good as the movie.

Generally speaking you’re right, but lots of Federal crimes require a particular and specific intent as an element.

I categorically have no sympathy or understanding for people who get ‘canceled’ or whatever else for wearing blackface today. This shit comes up often enough that, regardless of whether you have some real clever hot take about why should be okay, any reasonable person who makes their living online, or spends time…

The memory of 9/11 is sacred ground, and any discussion of it must be done with reverence. The President shouldn’t use the painful images of 9/11 for a political attack.

I’ve previously defended Lightfoot’s politicking and fence-sitting on the issue of Smollett and the suit, but this is getting a little bizarre now. Suit has been filed and litigation is under way; the time to unambiguously state whether she’s going to voluntary dismiss the lawsuit and let bygones be bygones is…

You can buy a solid trigger lock for $10; it’s not going to keep out a dedicated thief, but it’ll definitely keep a little kid from hurting themselves. Without even litigating the issue of whether the boyfriend should have had a gun in the first place, there’s no ideological reason to eschew safety.

I’m pretty sure the venn diagram of “people who are outraged that Laura Ingraham would speak ill of Nipsey Hussle” and “people whose opinion of Laura Ingraham matters to Fox News’ advertisers”, is just two separate circles very far from one another.