Now we’re getting somewhere.

I would assume Hamno is opposed to hereditary inheritances of union leadership as well, which would seem to be covered under the headline “All Dynasties Are Bad.”

It makes a certain amount of sense to people who also believe that they would be perfect and super successful if it weren’t for that dirty second deity called Satan.

I suppose your shit doesn’t stink, either.

Milo is certainly mentally ill, but so are many criminals. One can feel sympathy for the person’s suffering while harshly condemning its manifestation in their harmful behavior.

I can’t fix cancer, doesn’t mean I don’t hate it.

Why can’t you hate on rich people voting GOP? Rational selfishness at the expense of others is arguably more detestable than ignorant support of self-damaging policies.

You nailed it. Possibly the most accurate, succinct label for modern Republicans, even beyond “racist,” is “suckers.” These people are the easiest marks for all types of con artists, be they corporate, political or (especially) religious.

Apologies if the studies address this, as I don’t have time to read them. But is it possible that games are shown to relieve stress because simply knowing you have some free time to play a game reduces stress?

You’re not sure what “right” we have to criticize the rich and how they use their vast amounts of wealth? Are you serious?

I’ve repeatedly said that I’m not here to defend the Koch brothers.

“three times your income at 40"

Haha, sure, the Nazis were left-wing because they called themselves socialists. You’re gonna trip when you finally crack open a history book and learn why they chose that label.

But they don’t invest a lot in philanthropy when viewed as a percentage of their obscene wealth. I’m formerly of Wichita, Charles Koch’s personal fiefdom, where he’s plastered his name all over the place. He helped finance the (tax deductible) renovation of Wichita State’s arena. His mother’s name is on a new art…

His response is so revealing. It shows how he sees a persona’s politics and ideological and moral philosophy as nothing more than joining a team, after which you adopt that team’s beliefs and cheer for their players and boo your opponents. That “team,” or more accurately, “tribe” prism is what drives so much of the…

Are people now required to spend a certain percentage of of their income? There’s no reason that a person making $500k a year needs those kind of absurd expenses, and attempting to use obvious luxuries like that to somehow prove that a person making $500k/yr is not rich is very odd.

Watergate happened in a very different political era, with very different political dynamics. The Republican Party of the 1970s is different than today’s Republicans, who will full-throatedly support Trump when he fires Mueller. And with minorities in both chambers of Congress, there’s nothing Dems can do about it…

With Sessions recused, Rosenstein would need to pull the trigger on firing Mueller. If he refuses, Trump can fire him and move to the next person, who is a woman named Rachel Brand, who most seem to think would gladly can Mueller for Trump.

This is what gets me, and I kinda wonder if the influence of the stupid prequels is to blame. The original movies had almost no backstory. The Empire was half-baked Nazis, the Rebellion was half-baked Allies. Done.

I got the strong impression, like ESB, they kinda skipped though a lot of the training for the sake of not boring us all to death.