I saw the article title and clicked hoping it was about the president.

I don’t think it’s much that as that routine is compelling.  She’s been doing this for so long, I mean, she probably doesn’t know what she’d be doing if she wasn’t in there.  And that kind of change and uncertainty would frighten anyone.

It’s public domain and nobody has to pay for licensing.

Also, the Queen of Swords TV series about twenty years ago.

It’s been done.  “Zorro’s Black Whip”, 1944, starring Linda Stirling.

The Republicans actually improved their standing with voters of color, particularly Latinos.  We cannot expect demographic change to be our fairy godmother and turn our pumpkin into a carriage.  We’re still going to have to convince people to vote for Democrats, even in a browner future America.

I suspect he’s not running in 2024, so reelection considerations may not be a primary factor.  That said, he’s never been a leftist revolutionary.  I don’t expect him to turn over a new leaf on that front at 78.

I mean, the Republicans have spent the last four years putting polluters in charge of the EPA, Betsy Davos in charge of the Dept of Education, etc.  Putting a peace activist in at Defense wouldn’t be any more egregious than what we’ve seen the other side do.

Margaret Thatcher is probably too left wing for modern US Republicans.  Our “conservatives” aren’t your Tories; they’re closer to Britain First, and I don’t even know if you guys have a fundamentalist religious right kind of faction I can draw an analogy with on top of that.

I think Nikki Haley might also have a serious shot at a nomination.

Absolutely unforgettable game.  And yeah, a majestic cross at the end there.

Well, even actual kings, if they wanted to stay in power, had to worry about keeping their vassals appeased.  It seems that might be where he dropped the ball.

At least this guy is actually rich. It’s the idiots that make 50k a year and think Obummer or the nickname du jour is out to bankrupt them that floor me.

“Stealing” as a dirty word implies an acceptance of capitalist notions of private property that not everyone shares.  One could easily argue that people getting an education are simply taking what they are owed.  There’s no need to feel bad for folks making their living on usury; that used to be a taboo practice for a…

What constructive purpose does it serve to castigate people for converting away from the right? Like, who benefits from us vilifying her for voting differently at 18 than she does now? 18 to 30 is a lot of change for most people, a lot of things to learn, and ideally a lot of growth. I see no cause to be upset here.

It goes back and forth.

I’m not sure that’s true, the aging and conservatism correlation. I think it seems that way because of our current crop of old people, but that’s a generation effect, not a cohort one. The generation that survived the Depression were quite liberal right along.  And plenty of liberal or left-wing figures started out…

Hate is way too simple for this sort of relationship.  If it’s anything like my sister, who doesn’t get along with our mother for very good reasons, there’s gonna be a bit of mourning for the parent she wishes she’d had.

Yeah, this very much sounds like 4chan at work.

I mean, I think the solution kind of has to center men in that that’s where the problem is. That’s where the hangups are, that’s where the violence comes from, that’s where the behavior needs to change. Until we as dudes untangle our shit, we’re going to be stuck as a group in this same old rut.

I’d love to live in a…