Most modern American Christians are what I call “Buffet Christians.” They pick the pieces that appeal to them and none of the things that make them feel bad about themselves. They forget that Jesus is supposed to be an aspirational figure, and not a cudgel.

As Mahatma Gandhi never said,

“But...but...who will think of the women?!”

the fact that this ever became a political issue is so disheartening to me. I’m not SURPRISED in the slightest, mind you. I’m just pissed about it. 

I just had to tell the fundraising committee I’m on for the local high school why it’s not a good idea to hold a gathering of over 100 people-- with live bands performing, no one wearing masks because of all the eating and drinking they’d be doing— next month.

As I said over on The Root:

Can someone working for jezebel/gawker explain why this commenter is allowed to continue commenting on these sites day after day?

Essentially. If you don’t have to depend on government money for your care, this won’t affect you. However, that is a terrible position to take but it’s not like people aren’t willing to die on that hill over and over and over. “Not my problem” might as well be our country’s motto.

What did happen is that the Department of Health and Human Services announced that it had finalized a rule regarding the implementation of the Affordable Care Act’s prohibition against discrimination on the basis of sex, stating that this statutory provision would no longer cover trans people or people who are…

It’s been bizarre to see in real-time just how disconnected the stock market is from the economy. It’s been acting utterly irrational during this whole pandemic.  At this point, the market only exists to attempt to get Trump re-elected.  I wonder when they’ll give up the ghost?

I am far from a germaphobe - I never used hand sanitizer before covid and I’ve always believed kids should get exposed to things like dirt and germs because it makes their immune systems stronger, etc. But washing after the bathroom? That’s just 101! I have to say you would be most welcome at my grandma’s, but the…

If you pay any attention to it, probably.

“Olympic Boxer Accused of Doping Was Just Guilty of Rawdoggin It...”

I also like to emphasize the fact that she was a fully-formed adult of 35 when she married him, not a naive young model just out of her teens. That woman knew exactly who he was and chose to marry him anyways.

“pluheese, help me!”motherfucker I’m TRYING

Well it's interesting how the entire message changes when you have all the info.  

Sigh..the full biden quote:

But that’s not how singular they has ever worked throughout its lengthy history. Outside of irregular verbs like “speak”, it always takes a plural verb conjugation, and English speakers of all dialects will instinctively conjugate the verbs in the plural (excluding dialects where the non-standard “they is” is…

There is so much bigotry, hatred and idiocy in her essay that it’s hard to process it all.