Will buy one asap.

Let me know when we’re going into business, son.

I listen to Texas Talking, a podcast about TX state politics that is, unsurprisingly, depressing as fuck. Last episode I heard, they were speculating on what democrats have enough of a following to be competitive in a statewide race. Popovich came up as a suggestion, that his celebrity could overcome the extremely…

DAMN YOU INVISIBLE ONIONS THAT ALWAYS SEEM TO FOLLOW ME AROUND WHENEVER THERE’S A CRAIG SAGER CLIP!

2nd smile of the day for me. Two in one comment subthread!

First smile of the day for me (I’m drafting some correspondence to a Senate Committee). Thanks for that.

I believe it was Avery Johnson that is actually the general...

He decries the oblique order too.

You know that plan of attack will be based on some solid fundamentals.

I am going to cause you emotional distress by posting this clip. Forgive me.

I think where white people get mixed up is what they’re supposed to FEEL about their privilege. They (we) too often assume it’s guilt or remorse that’s required. When, in reality, it’s kindness and civility and fairness. And most importantly sometimes, it requires outrage for a plight that’s not your own.

“If you were born white, you automatically have a monstrous advantage educationally, economically, culturally in this society.”

Dang pop looks like the crazy uncle who thinks chem trails are real, but he talks like a friendly grandpa.

It’s certainly true that other people in the world have had it much, much worse than the average American, but that doesn’t erase the awfulness of the current situation. It’s the fallacy of relative privation. You would hear it in Wisconsin when Scott Walker came after public sector unions — private employees griping…

Neither of these have, or are likely to, lead to a policy change; furthermore I am pretty sure the second one was coming regardless.

Counterpoint: When your elected representative is a Republican, when Republican voters would vote for a fucking Yosemite Sam mudflap if it had (R) next to it on the ballot, when a Republican legislator’s biggest concern is not getting out-Klanned in the primary, protests do not work.

Kalanick stepping down and democrats introducing legislation aren’t connected at all. Neither was the result of the protests.

No because the democrats don’t have numbers to pass any legislation. They might as well be jerking off into a ceiling fan.

Counterpoint: no they don’t.

Wouldn’t the evidence of protest “working” be the actual policy change (which neither happened nor does it appear to have it increased in likelihood of happening)?