I'd love to agree, but most of his nominations went through and most of those people are not similarly impaired.

Like Trump he's a product of fear and despair. My question is whether Putin and the oligarchs ever come into power if our side had handled things differently. The disposition of Soviet natural resources and military assets could have been handled a lot more smoothly, and we could have helped to ensure that. But we…

We in the west didn't help much with that. We made fun of their situation, offered minimal assistance, refused to welcome them into the world community, and ran NATO right up to their doorstep. Putin is our fault as much as ISIS is. With great power comes great responsibility. We could have made Russia into an…

Talking down to voters is what drives them away, moreso than any single word can.

Neither does Putin, but they both have enough power to maybe tip the scale.

That kind of disdainful rhetoric will guarantee more losses. What you're saying about Americans and socialism simply isn't true. There are still plenty of union households where socialist isn't a bad word at all, and plenty of young people with open minds and liberal dispositions. We are absolutely screwed if we…

Not everyone views the world through identity politics. Sanders and Trump both spoke to the rust belt but Clinton ignored it. I'm confident Biden would not have made that mistake.

Perfectly OK. I hate cheese, and people treat me like an alien because of it.

As a boat sails away from shore, it disappears over the horizon bottom-first as if going down an escalator. That's because it's rounding the curve and your vision can't.

Watching the world wake up to discover that its real nightmare has just begun.

What sort of duress? The circumstances here don't favor that kind of argument, and clearly it didn't work if she raised it. You can't sue over an open and obvious risk, and you can't claim backsies after you sign a contract with a person who raped you. If she was forced to sign it… again, what sort of force?

She's losing legal battles because she has no case. Going to court with no case usually does backfire. Her lawyers have succeeded in garnering internet support, which appears to have been their only realistic goal.

I always thought the concept, backed by Aykroyd's genuine interest in the occult, is what made the whole thing viable. How many movies have their own original story and universe like Ghostbusters? It's increasingly rare.

Counterpoint: Dance numbers do not belong in Ghostbusters films.

According to the linked Variety story, she's trying to break a contract she signed after the alleged assaults took place. So she had every opportunity to account for his actions in making, or not making, this deal.

Nice! That's exactly how it used to be, back when everyone was familiar with pop culture from before their time. I haven't had an antenna for years but now I want one again.

Kind of but not a very direct one. Combine that with the fact that there wasn't any violence in-universe, and you have a guy riffing on the idea that he would never actually do such a thing. It's still tasteless but not as simple as Futurama suggested.

OK but you have to eat the whole thing.

At least they identify themselves right away. "Pleased to meet you. I'm an asshole."

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