Quote is “militaryily”. Trump likes to use words that don’t exist. He has the best ones.

A quality education, free to all, is a great enabler of social mobility. What they are doing to Oklahoma is unconscionable.

To shill for Trump the way she has, she has to completely submerge her own ego, to say things she knows are not true. So it makes sense for her to be a leaker - as a way of reclaiming a little bit of control on her life, on what she says, and rebuild a little self-respect.

Sorry, didn’t mean it to put you down! And it would be a lot of fun to see it in Infinity War.

Teachers took those jobs, and worked in them for years or decades, with the promise of that pension. That was part of the package, part of the justification for lower salaries. To take that away now is beyond immoral. It’s retrospectively punishing people for decades of work. I agree the plan needs changing going…

Agree re. holy week - also, she’s apologizing for hurt or upset, not for the tweet itself, taking her one further step away from responsibility for being a jerk.

That is actually the plot of one of the “Dragon Riders of Pern” novels. I forget which one - I read it an awfully long time ago. The heroes are on the retreat, don’t understand why the last decent fighting force disappeared 400(?) years ago, during the last threadfall, then realize they can travel back in time, and go…

Totally agree - this is exactly why diversity in the workplace is so important.

Re. Trump’s tweet, I guess “Taoiseach” is too hard to spell.

Yes, I can honestly tell you I knew of that word before he used it, and I can honestly tell you that I’ve used it. It’s the perfect word for him. Just because it’s new to you does not mean it’s new to the rest of us.

And what a ridiculous position to take - that I think Trump is a dotard, therefore I’m an ally of Kim!…

Totally agree. That argument, on its own, is completely sufficient. Everything else is just a rabbit hole.

“Dotard” is the perfect word to describe him. It’s not a word in common usage, but it’s not archaic.

It’s worth listening to Charen’s interview on the NYT “Daily” podcast this morning. She comes across as a little less one-dimensional than people would like to portray her here. Although we’d likely continue to disagree with her on many, many issues.

To be fair, this is entirely consistent. Bump stocks reduce the risk of repetitive strain injury for socially awkward men, whereas porn...

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I did not know that, thanks!

“I think the battery fire is out now”

The road that goes down the west side of Manhattan, along the Hudson, is Hwy 9A, The Henry Hudson Parkway, 12 Av, The West Side Highway, 11 Ave, and West Street. I thought it was named after a baseball player as well, but I can’t find proof of that. It’s maybe 12 miles long.

Richard Morgan comes back to race in “Black Man” which, because the title was so explicit, was published in the U.S. as “Thirteen”.

Isn’t there something about how NDAs are unenforceable if they are used to cover up a crime?