So kudos for writing that whole final paragraph as one single sentence. At first I was going to complain and be all Dude, it’s called a period. Use it. But I re-read it a few times and just have to give some respect.

If Tom Brady is still in the Trump camp, then Trump’s definitely underinflated.

I don’t know how well it was received by the public at large, but I really enjoyed the Front Page Sports Football series.

RIGHT? Like, the mechanisms he’s talking about ARE ALREADY IN PLACE. He imagines that somehow if you’re a refugee you just say so and then we fly you to the US and buy you a house with directions to the nearest Guns-N-Explosives store. It is insane.

This is sad. You are one of the only Gawker media names that I actually recognize. And I think there is even a “law” in your name, which I’m not even sure about. The desire/need to move on to a better/higher paying/less stressful/etc. job resonates and I wish you well.

But hey, at least a millionaire will pay less in taxes. Then they will start “job creating” and you’re good. No worries!

Spoken like a true elitist!

Zing!

I suppose I should have nuanced my argument more: from those on the right, deficit spending on things like stealth fighters, or massive air forces bases in the middle of the country, or whatever, is always always considered to be OK. If there IS a discussion of cutting to spending, it is never about cutting some OTHER…

So you’re saying that without the deal, Iran wouldn’t have developed a nuke and it’s only via this deal that an Iranian nuke becomes possible?

To add to this, it bugs me when military spending is often touted as something that “creates jobs” (even this article notes that the new order would be good for the St. Louis economy) but spending on basic American infrastructure (especially during a huge economic downturn where the US can borrow essentially for free)…

No, right. I read Alias Shakespeare something like... 20 (?) years ago, and the points you bring up above all stood out to me. You don’t even bring up issues like Shakespeare’s familiarity with foreign locales (Verona, Venice, etc.) that seem odd for someone from the English hinterland to have had.

I hate that I fall in this camp, but I totally fall in this camp.

Sweet dolla tea from McDonald’s. I drink that.

Re “They are all stuck in a past century on the environment, civil rights, and virtually every other major issue.”

Re “Independently of the undergraduates sincere desire”

There is some merit to Burneko’s original argument. Plinkett even makes this point in a roudabout way in his review of Phantom: in Star Wars, Vader really just seemed to be the Emperor’s enforcer. He was a bad ass because he killed that rebel in the blockade runner, And we heard about how he killed Luke’s dad, and…

Nope.

“Also, the Leia-as-sister thing is a fatal mistake, too; it forces us to understand both Vader and Obi-Wan as complete idiots.”

Guy, isn’t that the beauty of the pod cast? When I’m trying to cook (or clean my kitchen, or raking leaves, or washing my car, etc., etc., etc.) having a few people talk about a topic/topics I like while also engaging in stupid jokes, plugging some sponsor, going off on a tangent, etc., is perfect.