¹² Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. ¹³ “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’” Matthew 21:12-13

I think this was mentioned in that piece on the former Obama speechwriter who analyzed a Trump speech, but the problem is he goes off-the-cuff ALL THE TIME, so the post-transcripts are weird mixes of written speeches and his extemporaneous remarks.

Oh my word, my grandfather lives in NJ right across the river from Philly, and he sounds a bajillion times worse than her. It’s like he’s from the North Georgia of NJ. Which I guess NJ kind of is...

MOREOVER: I interviewed a leading Alzheimer’s researcher for work not too long ago– as the only reliable physical exam to confirm Alzheimers is to do an autopsy, and see whether there are plaque deposits on the brain, scientists have developed a reliable written test. The doctor said undereducated groups, such as …

Maybe I shouldn’t disagree with this hypothesis, seeing as how I know next to nothing about the early stages of Alzheimer’s, but I really don’t think it’s dementia. I genuinely believe this is what it looks like when a 70-year-old man has never attempted to seriously educate himself, does not read anything…

When I was around 10 or so, we went to Disney in January on a day when it was drizzling. We rode Space Mountain five times in under half an hour. The best time to go is between Thanksgiving and spring break season, just don’t go around Christmas.

THIS HAPPENED TO ME. Afterward my mom spoke to me about it, and apparently my dad really wanted to know if I had seen his penis. I hadn’t, but if I had, and told him that, how would it help things?

Phelan is the name of the white girl protagonist from The Help, and now it makes sense, because Southern WASPs LOVE giving their kids family names as first names.

I think it’s pronounced FEE-lan. It’s the name of Emma Stone’s character in The Help (I can’t believe I remembered that)

::cat mom stroke::

I am very curious to know exactly how the Trump Bros engage in the outdoors. You cannot tell me that two douchebags who grew up in a penthouse actually think it’s fun to sit in a tree stand for several hours in the frigid dawn. I’m picturing more of a luxurious yurt on Kenyan plains where they bring out a lion chained…

Granted, I was a lot younger and more conservative when he was in office, but I don’t think Bush, Jr., was out to do harm, or enrich himself. But I think his ignorance enabled many of the malevolent people he surrounded himself with to do these things. I think Bush, Jr., gets a lot of undeserved hate from mainstream…

I was thinking about this recently. Meeting with the President is such a rare opportunity, and most people would agree to do it, even if they disagreed with them. I have a lot of problems with Obama’s policies, but I would still allow him in my house. But I would hand-carve wooden stakes, and entrench them all around…

That part about Trump being a “music enthusiast” reminds me of the scene in Pride & Prejudice (2005) when Lady Catherine de Bourgh goes on and on about how much she knows about music, and how talented a musician she would have been, had she ever, y’know, actually learned to play an instrument.

I’m assuming he sat for this photo recently. Why would he agree to do it, with a reasonable awareness of the final image, and then drag them for it? Did they misdirect him with a few shots of him facing forward like he’s on a throne?

I don’t really think he’s “evil,” per se. But I don’t like them taking a dude who seemed like a good guy, and suddenly turning him into someone who wants to use her.

I haven’t seen this episode yet, but if it’s who I think you mean– UGH. NO.

I am REALLY enjoying Pitch. Some of the plot-lines are a little over-the-top (her brother is suddenly evil?) But the way they handled the photo leak was superb. So refreshingly feminist. I wish I could go back in time, and be born Ali Larter.

How dare you even speak of Elle Woods and Donald Trump in the same sentence