All Sexiest Man Alive contests should be handled by SNL (this is when Mark Harmon - yes, Jethro - went up against F. Murray Abraham ;)  ):

My sincere apologies. I have seen POC used as “pieces of crap” (nonracist use). Yes, it can be used as “people of color”. Believe me, I have seen medical abbreviations which mean different things to different specialties. Please accept my apologies. (incidentally, I am Asian American)

I don’t think there really is getting these people back to the party.

I think we must remember that Cheeto has built a cult with easy to recite lines, tough as nails talk, and a great propaganda machine attuned to a certain segment of the population (in this case, white blue collar workers). This is pretty much how a cult works.

It actually should be part of the New Green Deal, as it will save water:

You are right that these people are key to winning government consistently, but they are also the people that will gladly cling to fearful, hateful messaging over anything material. No amount of factual, objective content will counter that base emotional response.

You want to change the Senate? Start working to get those who felt abandoned by the Democratic Party: Blue collar workers. Many of these were previously hard blue voters (believe me, I know these guys from working in OH and PA), but when Hilary ran, many felt she was catering to the college educated and not the blue…

China will wait until Biden comes in. Unless Cheeto shoots missiles at any Chinese territory (or made up island), they will be patient to see what Biden will do.  Cheeto is basically saying this as a hedge; if Biden (or Harris) looks soft on China, he can talk about how tough he was, but if Biden/Harris are going…

No mention of Warren G. Harding, who lived up to his surname? Politico called him the “horniest president”, with Harding calling his dong “Jerry” and naming his mistresses vaginas (one was “Mrs. Pouterson”). Made JFK look like a Franciscan monk.

“In the same manner that sex was the trade of the prostitutes, so too was the making of textiles,” writes an art historian.

If I take off the governer and rev it past 220 km/hr, maybe I can bend that arm up Hitler’s ass...

Laura Ingraham reminds me of Faye Dunaway’s Diane Christensen from Network (if you haven’t watched this film, it is amazing, even for these times, and extremely underrated). Cold, calculating, finding what can rile her base...with an empty heart inside.

So what we are hearing is what the lawyers are telling the press.

And again, I must ask: do the Kardashians WANT us to hate them?

Ah, yes! At least Jeroen had some good character actor gigs in Hollywood in the late 80s and 90s (The Fugitive, anyone?).

Mads vs. Rutger: That would have been the ultimate Euro pair!

I enjoy playing the games as the characters, and appreciate the world view the games take, but man, the whole AC story feels like a dang telenovela!

Has anyone seen who these characters are based on? Actually, pretty accurate for the family and the times.

I think Mr. Vance said it in his own words (great interview, but I have put the timestamp at where he addresses the critics):

There certainly is a strain of willful ignorance and excessive pride that can become a generational trait in certain demographics.