“Well sir, the cat is an employee of the library. He’s in charge of pest control. If you’d like I can give you an employment application, and you could have your dog fill it out. We’ll get back to him in a week or so once we’ve had an opportunity to review all applicants.”

“This movie felt like a rebellion, like there were actual stakes...”

I loved this movie. I love the original trilogy but for movies based on a galactic rebellion against an evil empire, they are almost totally bloodless. This movie felt like a rebellion, like there were actual stakes, and the story felt realistic and beautiful and thankfully not the least bit superfluous. I was worried…

On the list of Classic Blunders right after “Never go against a Sicilian when death is on the line” is “never get in a small town turf war over a cat”

A theory I’ve heard tossed about is that Putin has major dirt on Trump that he gathered in 2013 when Trump went to Russia to judge a beauty pageant or something. So basically, Trump has to play along or get doxed. I have no idea what would be so damning that Trump would basically ruin the world, but there you go.

Not only that, it created a defensive/offensive wiggle spot. For example, election rigging. Trump accuses Hillary and Democrats of rigging the election, using scary boogeyman words. Naturally, Democrats throw evidence at him about how voter fraud is not a big deal. This doesn’t change the minds of hard-core believers.

Why not both?

Hey, anybody gonna answer that phone?

Reminder, folks: Loco Jones is an idiot and a troll (a combo like peas and carrots). He will make false equivalencies simply to get replies to bump his comment up to the top so he can link it to 4chan and he and the rest of his ilk can jerk off to the thought of getting SJWs riled up.

cahoots

This is why Trump is so infuriating and effective. He’s able to distract from actual facts and events and manipulate the conversation to support his narrative. I am just not surprised anymore, although I’m still disgusted.

No idea either. If the ‘librul bastions across America seceded (which would never, ever, ever, ever happen) maybe that would galvanize all these fucknits into playing along.

I’m not sure about the GOP being done for. They gerrymander. They undermine democracy. They undermine voting rights. They purge voting rolls. They shut down the government regularly. Heck, it may be that they work with the Russians. Kind of seems like they own America at this point and I don’t really see (if they keep…

Bingo. It’s lack of any remaining human decency but also it’s that disconnection from reality thing. That’s the part that I find most alarming because it means they will believe absolutely anything and, because they are so easily whipped into frenzies of fear and/or hate, they are very easily manipulated.

“Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they’re sure trying to do so, it’s going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can’t…

No, it’s far worse than that. It’s no longer about policy or ideology, it’s about authority. The Republicans have shown that if their ideology conflicts with gaining and holding authority, they will cheerfully shift their ideology to accept whatever their leaders tell them. The Russians are our enemies until the day…

I call them terrorists and extremists. The terms apply to them better than the bastardized meanings they’ve appropriated the terms for.

“If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.”- President Lyndon B. Johnson

That’s the thing a lot of people don’t understand... it’s not a difference of political opinion anymore, it’s an issue of common human decency. And the republicans have shown that they have none - almost every hill they make a stand on is genuinely about keeping the downtrodden down under the boot of the…

Republicans have become a disease.