...you think there are suits that aren’t being made by kids in Bangladesh at a price point most Americans can afford?

Definitely broadcasting my class here but the majority of suits I’ve owned came from Kohl’s? Might have had one or two from various other big retail outlets around the same price-point.

Fuck Reason and every disingenuous cretin that writes for them and supports their increasing flirtation with the far-right. It’s basically Quillette-lite now, and abhorrent trolls like Cathy Young as why. White privilege run amok combined with pseudo-intellectualism that’s off the charts. 

There’s that very self-conscious “I’m a smart person” posture some people adopt. They skim intro books. They don’t really grasp the substance, but they know the right terms to toss out to appear as a dumb person’s idea of a smart person. That’s what I mean. The guy who whines about Boasian anthropology because he’s…

There’s inefficiency in having an extra system for people over 55 though. Just in administrative costs alone you’d be wasting money. The benefit of a single system with one administrative structure is the lower costs, both monetary and in work hours, to provide care. 

“Policy unpopular if you frame it in dishonest heavily negative terms”.

Feel free. I’ve ranted on this topic a lot, because I’ve gotten stuck with “debate me!!!” libertarians quite a bit. Plus poli sci departments are always lousy with their type, even at small schools there’s always that one kid carrying a briefcase and making snide remarks to professors. 

I don’t know. I think Libertarians are, by and large, incompetent charlatans devoted to an incoherent ideology of selfishness that makes them feel special, but most of the ones I’ve met are well read. They don’t truly understand the concepts, but they’ve been introduced to them. There are some who promote their weird…

The DNC is over-reacting to the perception that the last cycle was far too favorable to Clinton I think. So now they’ve swung too far in the other direction and are leaving the pool really broad to avoid that same criticism (which got pretty heated and may have depressed turnout).

The most hilarious part about this feud between two idiotic devils is that Paul, in a tweet, called himself a “Realist”. I can’t decide if he knows that’s an actual school of foreign policy thought or he doesn’t and used the term ignorant of how it’d be read. Both are kind of hilarious, because his conspiratorial…

The Obama peace prize was dumb, though he at least tried to live up to the ideals. He fell short, in some cases by a huge amount (Yemen for example). But even if that was a mistake he’s still miles ahead of Trump, who can’t even pay lip service to the ideals behind the prize.

Given the general anger in the base and Trump’s poor approval numbers, I read that as far more likely to motivate people to vote out Republicans who can be called “corrupt” 24/7 during the election cycle. I don’t see a major risk there. Most people I’ve seen discuss impeachment are realistic, which means significant…

Supposedly, Pelosi and Schiff coordinated their recent statements after the (terribly named) WhistleblowerGate stuff came out. It’s possible Pelosi is deliberately being the slow-walker to give Democrats space to maneuver if necessary. I question the necessity of that, and the damage her posture is doing to morale in…

Never once have I seen any person use the term “shitlibs” and have anything of substance to say or contribute. 

Already happened. I’ve been seeing those since the last debate. Mostly from voters who seem to prefer Sanders, though it’s spreading a bit now. 

According to some of the various news articles from journalists who’ve followed her, she’s pretty energetic and active. I hadn’t thought about it, but that is something that will probably subconsciously impress voters. 

Yeah, but the momentum from losing the first state or two can be really damaging. How much of his advantage in South Carolina with black voters is soft, based in name ID rather than policy? I don’t know if we have any good data to make a guess, but that’s a key question. 

If they were launched from Iran, they didn’t go over the gulf. They overflew Kuwaiti or Iraqi airspace and entered behind most of the Saudi AA defenses. Patriot defenses apparently have a 120 degree view. Beyond that, cruise missiles tend to fly at an altitude difficult for ground-based radar to pick up. So it’s…

The evidence I’ve seen leads me to that conclusion (static is a bit much, I’d say less variable). Trump’s core voters are being bombarded. They’re constantly under partisan stimulus. Maintaining them in that state is a strategy to overcome Trump’s unpopularity, though the raw numbers suggest that may not work. Trump…

Dems or lean Dems staying home is a serious concern. If there was evidence they were underwater on impeachment I’d absolutely agree with you. But that’s my point. Those are who you need to be paying attention to. The majority of self-identified independents are lean Dem or lean Rep. The ones that are truly in play…