Taxation without representation = vandalism and an armed revolution? Cool—let’s name a nationial holiday after it. Hundreds of years of oppression, discrimination, and state murder = vandalism? Whoa, hold on a minute; we’ve got to stop this shit right now.

Unfortunately, “Cassandra” is an apt name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra_(metaphor). Her persistence seems to be paying off, but I’d be burning shit down to get attention.

Mass murderers.

The optics are wonderful. This is a huge, public rebuke to the “it’s Trump’s world now” crowd. And credit where credit is due: good for the advertisers and (gulp) good for Fox.

Protective father here. You nailed it.

Brilliant, of course, but thoroughly depressing. At one time, I thought that things would only get better once old fucks (and I am one) started dying off. But this shit is cockroach-like in its survival abilities—and ugliness.

More specifically, the appeal of Alexa on my phone is that I can terrorize my family by randomly turning lights and appliances on and off when I’m not there. They spook easily.

The metaphor is blinding.

I assume women don't even see me: I'm middle-aged. Life's actually much easier that way.