He’s not doing something so mundane as just making up countries: he is living almost entirely inside his own head. To somebody as narcissistic as Trump (not to mention the very real possibility of dementia!), the outside world exists only to lavish him with praise and tell him how wonderful he is. Full stop. He’s not…

This is interesting. I’ve been waiting 6 mos. to see someone say something like this. Just didn’t expect it to be Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ):

Shocker!

I just spoke with Satan, and he is not on board with this. He does not want a sudden flood of Senators and is afraid that McConnell will take over. I’m paraphrasing, but he said something like “Sure, this is Hell, but sheesh, let’s be reasonable.”

That’s just good advice to follow 24/7, regardless of where you are at. Not only does it help keep you safe, it saves some precious battery power on your mobile devices to have those radios turned off when not in use.

I saw a - I almost hate to say it, but as a former Girl Scout I feel like I’d be abdicating my own responsibility if I didn’t - fairly weak-sauce response from BSA leadership in the MSNBC crawl this morning.

I don’t know if I think it’s the shitiest, but it’s among the most alarming. The reason for the institutional respect for the presidency that has built up over the years is the shared assumption that the president is a decent person, or at least has enough wherewithal and self-control to PLAY as a decent person, and…

It’s a mixed bag. As far as the national organization goes, the Mormon church has managed to exert a lot of influence and is the driving force behind all the homophobic policies that they’re just finally emerging from.

Their Facebook page has been flooded by a lot of scouts, both current and former, absolutely furious about this stunt. It’s been an interesting read.

Of all the shitty, SHITTY things he has done, I actually think this could take the cake — at least right now. The fact that he said this shit in front of children, unchecked by anyone in authority at BSA, is just silent approval for the terrible things he said in his speech. If the BSA really didn’t endorse this shit,…

Same. I’m an Eagle scout and was the SPL for our council’s troop at the 2001 Jamboree (where Bush also committed the crime of appearing via video instead of in person). I couldn’t be more furious about this. This is supposed to be an opportunity for the President to give a boiler plate address about leadership or…

Count me among the Eagle Scouts who are fucking furious with this appearance. I’ve got friends and family who are also Eagle Scouts, and some are even thinking of turning in their badges in protest.

Also, please fire any Jalopnik writer who uses the word “break” to describe the part of the car or action causing it to stop.

I wouldn’t think of it as a replacement, but it certainly makes a lot more sense than the current LMP2 spec does. At Le Mans this year it was virtually impossible to tell the LMP2 cars apart, and aside from mildly rooting for United Autosport as the American entrant there really wasn’t really much of a reason to root…

I love this woman. She’s clever and got moxie.

Boy. If only the GOP had a master negotiator who could come in and arrange some kind of deal. Wouldn’t that have been nice?

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