A thinking-man’s Salamanca is one scary MoFo. Tony Dalton was fabulous. Tough task to come on later in a show hitting on all cylinders in a beloved TV universe and steal the show but Dalton did it.

Wow.  Quite a story, that guy.  I don't know why I'm still surprised when religious fundamentalism and overt racism overlap in cultural/political figureheads. 

It is impossible to parody these people & probably a mistake to try

So...

Yes, detached empathy. And support for the notion that this [or any other countless videos we see on the weekly] isn’t real to them. It’s fully indicative of the cynical yet true belief that several of those who consider themselves ‘good white allies’ are only interested in seeing and fetishizing Black suffering.

Yeah, though many outlets are talking about the (current) halftime show,
I thought it was universally understood that his was the best and the one by which the bar had been set. I swear, it seemed like the headlines were more about his performance than the game itself.

Prince: The Best Ever. Always

Agreed. And now 1 & 2 are firmly locked up for the foreseeable future.

Thank you I was thinking the same thing. Nobody even comes close to this one!

Of course, Sonmez’s tweet clearly wasn’t timed to comfort aggrieved fans, nor was it a referendum on Bryant’s character. Sonmez just posted the link without additional commentary—no chiding of Bryant’s fans or characterizing those grieving as rape apologists, both Twitter takes you can find with little effort. …

I assume that’s the “you’ve got to be fucking kidding me” line?

Seriously, this whole situation is terrible and he manages to find a way to somehow make it all about him.

I thought it was bad having a borderline mother until I experienced having a narcissist as my children’s father. I have guilt that I didn’t choose better (I was 18; bad decisions all the way around, but that’s a bad rabbit hole to go down because I don’t regret my kids) and guilt that I didn’t leave sooner (I thought…

I’m assuming I must be your long lost sister.

Not a problem, I read somewhere you specifically were wondering so there you go. 

“Mother Hood” sounds like a character on Season 2 of The Watchmen.

It will be interesting to see if he cuts his workouts/lifestyle back if he does go into politics. 

The guy does so many movies that he has to basically stay in shape all year long. He’s pushing fifty and he’s still doing his insane workouts and insane diets and pumping PEDs into himself (allegedly.)

Rock was scary big in particular when he did Pain and Gain and GI Joe back to back