A diverse cast of impoverished midwestern teens competes to inherit Clint Eastwood’s car in The Apprentice: Gran Torino.

You’re selling LBJ short, here.

* “... they ... low ...”

I’m still so puzzled @ the psychology behind that kind of worldview. Aside from tax collection, what did the gov’t ever do to these jamokes?

Rabid Dog Catches Mail Truck

I gave the whole “when we go high ...” lecture the other week, & got around to regretting it straightaway. The stakes have changed, the odds aren’t in our favor, & it’s time to make some righteous noise. Still, it’s not a good look if we keep up w/the old accusation — Hitler! It’s what the nutjobs on the right have…

Can we talk about the look the doorman is giving him?

I think you’re onto something. I thought that if we kept on electing enlightened meritocrats, we could wait out the shifts in a changing electorate, move the political pieces a few steps left, & firm up a realpolitik committed to preventing the real nightmarish timelines. Now, it seems like we’ve been catching a…

Seventy Year Old Grandmother Has Limited Understanding Of PCs

Theory: we brought this upon ourselves by rooting for the Cubs. It all checks out: the Cubs are popular with coastal bandwagon fans, so when the World Series went down to the wire, we all focused our positive karmic vibes on Chicago, a major metropolis/democratic stronghold, instead of Cleveland, a benighted old…

I’ve joined in a few uphill fights against development/use of land better left alone, so I’m w/ the locals, here. Beyond the broad contours, tho, it’s hard to get a handle on this one. Are we looking at the endgame, right now? Aside from the hope for some saving grace ex machina, do the protesters have a leg left to…

 It’s hard to get the details straight on this one. I thought the pipeline was rerouted b/c the original upriver route took it too close to active wellheads, & b/c the downriver route was shorter & less complex. FWIW, Snopes.com has the dirt on the viral claim that Bismarck residents requested the diversion. Plot…

Interesting note: ACE is structured as a cooperative, so the individual store owners hold 100% of its shares. It’s hard to tell how far up this goes. Directive straight from the boardroom? Independent initiative on the part of some N. Dakota regional franchisee?

Here’s what I hate: the shortsighted belief that a vote for the Greens or the Libertarians in a national election is the best means of advocating for reform of the two party system. It’s a wasteful, destructive tactic, & it has no achievable endgame. Until I hear a consistent, unwavering call for Instant Runoff Voting…

Spare yourself the emotional strain of blaming Bernie for the late concession: just blame Jeff Weaver!

Same. Bernie is in a position to do a whole lot of good RN— it’s on him to give some practical, helpful shape to the insurgent left wing as the DNC rearticulates its politic — but I’m not getting a reassuring vibe from his post-election presence, so far. He’s still too eager to relitigate his campaign, & he’s still…

Even tho it’s a wild unlikelihood, I cherish this timeline.

How long ‘til it’s open season on them bizarro survivor jalopis? I’ll go halfsies on a shipping container. Wait ... no ... O god ... that’d be cultural appropriation! SMDH

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