A points based system seems like the obvious solution to bring in the best talent with the needed skills across all sectors. At least there would be more objectivity and transparency than the current H1B system, which is basically a lottery

Love it! I just realized that I’ve never talked about this show IRL with anyone because none of my friends watch it. I usually have to be content with the NYT recaps - incidentally there are some very perceptive commenters over there as well.

Not exactly. I don’t think a precision strike on Kim is possible and if he feels genuinely threatened he won’t hesitate to use his arsenal, which would be catastrophic for the region - something worse than I and likely you have ever seen. I think engaging with NK (and China on this issue) should be a top priority for…

Backing Kim into a corner is a completely reckless strategy and it’s truly stunning that Trump doesn’t seem to get this or really care.

Real time over 3 days is either going to be really boring or we’ll finally get some much needed character development. I’m cautiously optimistic.

I’m all for more gender diversity, but I can’t be the only that thinks the Taylor character is really, really, boring. An Emmy would be a real stretch with the material they’ve been working with so far.

I don’t know that the critics who may say that of me, if they found themselves in this very unique and unprecedented situation that I am now in, would do any differently than I am doing

I know! I often think the styling couldn’t look more haphazard.

A 6% drop in sales when they’ve clearly been cutting costs (forever) and also raising prices is definitely problematic.

I have to admit that white privilege wasn’t something that I thought about much throughout the show.

Seriously what did Tomi think was going to happen? Short of getting fired this was the likely outcome. Hard to believe someone who lives in her conservative bubble could have misread this situation.

I don’t especially enjoy shopping at malls, but downtowns and suburbs, just become wastelands without retail. It seems like attracting the right kind of tenants (food, entertainment, boutiques, local businesses), even if it takes subsidies, are a better solution than converting to offices or other boring things.

proudly instilled in them what she believes to be the most important life lessons: loyalty, honesty, integrity and drive.

I’ve been there. I mean, I read this straight faced because it was just dawning on me how ridiculous I must look. I feel like in the UK and Canada this sort of extreme hemming and hawing is more socially acceptable than the US, so you can take some consolation there.

What’s the consensus on Trump’s beauty regimen? If he’s using bronzer, I would have expected the skin tone on his face to be more even.

I don’t think Preet Bharara just gives up or sells out. Interested to see what he does now.

Wouldn’t it be easier for Trump and the White House to think up some excuse to delay or abandon the wall rather than go to all this trouble and legitimately endanger the country? I assumed Bannon was an evil genius, not dumb enough to actually try to build this thing.

The president is “not somebody who sits around and waits. He takes action and gets things done,” deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told the Washington Post. “That’s one of the reasons that he is president today, and Hillary Clinton isn’t.”

It’s kind of hard to tell isn’t it? The way it’s transcribed in this Politico piece it sounds like he’s basically treading water.

The lyrics sound very personal and specific, which is kind of weird since I thought she tried to be very private.