I’d really love to see a Warren-Castro ticket, because the two of them have impressed me the most on policy and neither is a slouch on the more symbolic parts of political life either. 

Low expectations, but hell, it’s nice they took action so quickly and with little attempt to minimize or dismiss the issue.

I think it’s very possible that percentage of Republicans sit out. Even in favorable polling something like 10% of Republicans disapprove of Trump, and when you get into specific issues and deeper data there’s usually more. I don’t think 5% sitting out is impossible, though 5% voting for Democrats might be a bit much…

Only a small percentage of Republicans abandoning Trump would have some impact. His base is narrow. Independents, per a new poll I just saw today, are strongly against him. If 4-5% of Republicans can be convinced to reject Trump or not vote, it may make a difference. You’re not going to convince most, not with how the…

I disagree. The report was so badly covered the first time by the media that a second chance could have value. If Mueller stating things from the report leads to the report being more widely read or conclusions penetrating deeper into the American public than it’d be a solid win for the Democrats. The ignorance…

I’m fairly certain the vast majority of those cases were dropped a year ago or more. 

Honestly I use Youtube for stand-up clips and music. So I’m not the average consumer. At one point I wanted to start a Youtube channel, I’ve got the “talk about something in a way where people think you know what you’re talking about” skill combined with an actual desire not to misinform people, but I’ve never really…

Youtube culture has serious issues. Gods only know what’s gonna happen to the kids growing up idolizing these halfwits. I know there’s good and bad, but it seems like a lot of the biggest most influential actors are bad, whether they’re far-right charlatans pushing long-since discredited ideologies or stupid edgy…

We’re really verging on the point where these systemic attempts to abuse migrants could be credible called crimes against humanity.

His ignorance of basic regional dynamics is somehow even worse than you’d think. This was also where he claimed India wanted him to mediate on the issue of Kashmir, while actually India has spent decades claiming they reject any third-party role. The Afghanistan bit is incredibly stupid but somehow makes more sense…

Honestly don’t know if that’s the case. It’s pretty irregular as far as major mostly-standardized languages go though. I mean I get the joke here, but I don’t wanna mislead people. 

My cats are named Cuán and Órlaith, which has caused a lot of issues with distant relatives who don’t get they are Irish names. Unfortunately I don’t have any pictures on this new laptop.

The surviving Celtic languages really have a thing for odd orthography that confuses outsiders. The joke is they were designed to piss off the English, though Irish (and from what I know Welsh) orthography is actually more regular than English. 

I kinda doubt he remembers where the Golan Heights are, honestly. 

The Irish raided and colonized Wales way back in the day and stole a ton of vowels from Welsh.

Well, there’s probably more complex variables than that, but that’s a fair point. Personally, I’d have no issue if the Spirit and D.C. United made their partnership closer. I’d really enjoy it. But I’m not sure those of us who are already soccer fans are the market they need to be aiming for entirely, you know? 

Jabotinksy, who ironically had a less racist view of Palestinians than many of his ideological descendants, was an open admirer of fascism. There were some of the far-right fringe even in Hitler’s era that saw the vision of an “ethno-state” as admirable. There’s even more now, ties between the Israeli far-right and…

I have a dim view of the near-term prospects of the Israeli left as well, though if they finally decide to merge with Arab parties they might be able to build a solid base. But so far Meretz and Labour have been afraid of doing so, and it’s hard to say they’re wrong given racism is rampant.

Really doubling down on that whole “using Jews as a shield for racist authoritarian politics” tactic huh? Not sure that’s going to end as well as the GOP hopes. Even members of the establishment Jewish groups that tend to be politically risk-averse and willing to condone anti-Muslim hate seem to be getting antsy. Not…

^This. Most of the time Gatorade isn’t really necessary but if you expect to be outside for more than a few hours during a heat wave you’ll actually want it.