Oh yeah, me too. But as soon as it gets past 83 I’m turning on my AC, so...

As someone who lives in Texas (I know, I know) I would always wrinkle my brow in confusion as I’d read people talking about not needing AC. As someone who lives in one of the states where people die every summer because it is too goddamn hot, I was baffled.

I agree that there’s a lot of times that the actions used by the police escalate rather than de-escalate a situation. I also think that there’s a lot of people that hear/see #blacklivesmatter and automatically get defensive out of ignorance/racism/etc., and help perpetuate a them/us mentality that is then further…

I agree, I don’t think it’s the best option. I completely see why those Swedish cops on the way to their Broadway show who broke up a fight on the subway in NY went viral. I only wish our own officers were better able to subdue without pulling weapons as a go-to, but if they have to, I’d prefer they pull a taser first.

Oh it’s awful. I’ve been addicted to podcasts lately and there’s a really good one on Invisibilia on how Americans view mental illness- The Problem with the Solution- and Alan Pean’s story on This American Life called My Damn Mind, which details how he showed up at the hospital while he was having a psychiatric…

I see what you’re saying- we don’t see anything before he’s on the ground- but what we do see looks like they had a guy on the ground and shot him multiple times, and it looks terrible on the part of the police. They should release the surveillance video from the store which supposedly shows the whole incident-…

Because Robbie is new on the scene, reporters are trying to fix her with a narrative. The job of the celebrity journalist: peg ‘em so it’s not only as if you know ‘em but always have known ‘em or someone just like ‘em. But Robbie is too fresh to be pegged. Less being than becoming. The most recent theory has her as a…

I know the store owner reported that he was tased- and also that he didn’t have a weapon in his hand when he was shot, and the police removed it from his pocket afterward. I know there needs to be more investigating, but that video is damning.

If only reactions from the police were that. The police are in place to protect citizens by minimizing/preventing criminal activity. This should protection from the actions of other police officers as well. Instead of closing ranks like some secret society other officers should stand the fuck up and openly call for an…

I don’t know if he had one, but either way it looks like he’s pinned.

Agreed. I don’t know sometimes if it’s genuine ignorance or deliberate misunderstanding most of the time, but this insistence that we’re in a post-civil rights era which means that everyone is equal so that anyone still talking about racism are the actual racists and dividers is disingenuous and frustrating. And…

I loved this, and I’m sorry for what your brother had to deal with, and probably still has to, though hopefully not as extreme as when he was in school.

I seriously doubt she watched it on BET. She probably saw it online afterwards on some site. BET is probably too much reverse racism for her to handle.

I agree with you, but worry about what they’re passing down. Still a lot of young racist white people who don’t think they’re racist and looking for someone/something to blame (immigrants, affirmative action) about why they aren’t as successful as they think they should be.

The former Clueless star

I love Sons. Peaky Blinders is A+ too. Gotta love some British gangsters.

I have a love/hate relationship with Cersei. A lot of it is her bold just-don’t-give-a-fuckness (clearly, I made that up). Cersei loves few things- power, herself, her family (in that order, in my mind)- and does what she feels she needs to for those things. Whatever she needs to. She does not care. She’s terrible,…

I enjoy the Applegate Farms cleaner wiener commercials.

Clearly you’re trolling, but eh.

You’re right. Ladies, it’s 2016, but reach back to the 70s and find that representation. In b movies. Makes total sense.