Not just on and off. They’ve been having an open-secret affair for years. Lewandowski is renting an expensive apartment (in DC, I think, but maybe NYC) on her dime.

This week I learned from Cracked (of all places, because we really are in the Upside Down) that all the imagery we have of witches were actually the accouterments of women brewers in the 13th century. The pointy hat was for visibility at market, the broom was actually an “ale stake” which they were required by law to…

Fun Fact! The early Gnostic Christians not only recreated the Eucharist their very own selves by consuming semen and menstrual blood (incorporating rituals that pre-date Christ and which may have inspired the Eucharist story in the first place) they also had some pretty wicked orgies.

There are a couple excellent Youtube channels that do a great job of showing how the small-gang pvp in EVE can work. It’s much more readily engaging than massive fleet fights like this (though these kinds of fights are a rush in themselves: I’ve only been in a couple fights with over 200 pilots in them in my EVE…

I wonder if it would be a smart move on Canada’s part to announce that they will grant asylum to any of these deportees who want it. Hell, they could even cut a deal with ICE to take them at the northern border instead of wherever they’d be sent otherwise, save the US some money.

Republicans are apparently clapping their hands over the idea of Manning potentially fracturing Democratic unity …

I had a friend around 2001 who was very insistent on referring to herself as a rape survivor, and not a victim. I couldn’t understand why: because in my mind, you’re a victim of rape the same way you’re the victim of any other crime, or a natural disaster, or any other tragedy that might befall you over which you have…

2016? Pfft. Look at the date of this tweet:

I didn’t actually mention Mueller at all, and despite your suspicions I hold him in high regard. But that doesn’t change the electoral math, much as I might wish otherwise. Impeachment requires a supermajority in both houses. The Dems definitely won’t manage that in the Senate: there are 24 Dem seats, 2 Indy seats,…

I appreciate Schumer’s optimism here, but there is absolutely no way the Democrats are taking back the Senate with an effective majority. I say “effective” in the sense that the GOP will filibuster everything that isn’t written by the GOP, and since the Dems aren’t going to get a big enough majority in the House to…

Cardin just recently released a report critical of the Russian Government, and suddenly he has a primary challenger. And look who’s excited about it!

Actual conversation, last night, with my German flatmate:

is that one poster here who’s been helpfully giving daily/weekly briefings on the Brexit dumpster-fire still doing that? I’ve likewise been largely afk for the last few weeks, and would enjoy the Schadenfreude.

read the end of my first post. It ended with a 1-year challenge. I was showing my results. Sorry for the confusion; it’s not a direct response to your reply.

Fun (?) Fact: the symptoms of the flu and food poisoning are very similar, and it’s hard to tell which you have unless you’re specifically looking. What most people get as “the flu” during flu season is actually food poisoning from — surprise! — eating a food (turkey, among other things) that they have little…

The opposite of this.

WHOA HEY it’s one year later! Let’s see how we all did!

Most of the casino was boring, except: Rose’s “look closer” monologue was great. I think that was one of the first times I saw someone in a Star Wars film pointing out the rotten underside of a glittering rich-people’s playground. And Kelly Marie Tran was great in general.

Allende was a Kremlin agent. So you have the socialist elected president backed by the Kremlin, vs. the military coup backed by the US.

This. Despite having the most hated president in modern history, and a tax bill on the verge of burning the entire US economy to the ground, Democrats still might not even manage a majority in the Senate, let alone the 2/3rds they’d need to convict (the latter is a mathematical impossibility regardless, as there are…