Fuckin' A right. Look to Iran's recent elections, too, where the moderate who favors rapprochement with the West was resoundingly re-elected in the first round. He won 57% to 38% for the hardline conservative. A full 73.3% of the electorate voted.

God, I wish every newspaper in the country would reprint this.

I think some of them con themselves into believing they can bilk and squeeze the American poor and middle classes indefinitely.

Stop patting yourself on the back for being a maverick and reread what I wrote, if you please.

I fundamentally disagree that black Americans can unilaterally defang and detoxify the word by any tactic, and "just take it but don't get mad" is nearly the worst way to attempt it I can imagine.

I was alluding to this song by They Might Be Giants.

Shit, I gotta get some scratch together and place some bets. I'm pretty confident Trump will flame out spectacularly in 2017 or 2018. If they're giving even odds for ouster by 2020, that probably means they're laying long odds on the earlier propositions.

Ironically, his goal right now should be to avoid a trial for his client (the only place where his experience would be useful). You gotta give Trumplandia credit: they find goddamn novel ways to FUBAR the simplest things.

He'll go down to the land of cotton
get locked up and be forgotten.
Lock away, lock away, lock away the bad man.

In that case: Fuck you. It's apt.

I really don't mean to be combative with you, because this is an important subject.

HOLY SHIT.

Why did you go there?

Pro tip: When discussing racism, don't use a metaphor like "public lynching" for a bunch of pearl-clutching on social media. That's kinda fucked up, Genji.

Kareem Abdul Jabbar is a wise man. I think he's a good deal more gentle in his admonishment of Maher in that piece than he would be in person, especially in private.

Username/comment synergy off the charts. You broke my UC-synergameter!!

Oh shit, I forgot about that.

Yes, and in my view it is a far inferior system, for all the reasons I outlined. :)

They call me Dr. Bong
Good morning, how are you? I'm Dr. Bong
I'm interested in things
I'm not a real doctor but I am a real bong
I am an ac-tu-aaa-aaal bong
I live like a bong

It's stated that they are not. Emmit is older.