I just listened to that yesterday and came here to see if anyone was commenting about it (you can listen to the whole thing on podcast, which I suppose you probably know - that’s how I get it). Her speech to the conservative ladies in which she decries those who want a stronger system in favour of one that champions…

I just listened to that episode too, and found the whole thing strange. She paid for an impoverished girl’s private education and bought her mom a car to help her get to work. And then she hired the mom to be her personal laundry woman, which is nice I guess, since the mom was having trouble holding a job. But they…

Part of the conservative ethos is that private charity is just as good as and can replace public policy and funding, so this makes sense in a way. She picked a family she thought was “worthy” of the help, and gave it. She didn’t consider the other kids who were still in the school and that they all might benefit from…

Last night I listened to an NPR show @ Betsy DeVos and her time as a mentor in a low income school. I missed the beginning, but the teachers who were interviewed talked about how profoundly misguided she was. She took a shine to one family and bought them a car, but never tried to figure out what would actually help…

I think the “clowns are harmless fun” boat sailed with Captain John Wayne Gacy at the helm.

It’s a fair point. I do think though that knightly types haven’t exactly been good for her, and with this last episode’s ‘fuck loyalty’ statement, maybe she’s catching on to the fact that the whole knightly ideal is kinda BS. So who knows?

Yeah, Jon and Dany share almost the same amount of DNA as full blood brother and sister.

The showrunners have the lost the ability to even pretend to be good at subtle foreshadowing. DID YOU KNOW DANY CANT HAVE KIDS, EVERYONE????

I would kind of love it if Stannis the Mannis came back all of a sudden. “Fewer.”

Rhaegar and Lyanna’s wedding was infinitely more interesting to me.

I think that was more about Theon being able to be a Stark AND a Greyjoy. Like, you can be honorable AND beat someone to death on a beach. Which will set up Jon figuring out how to accept being a Stark AND a Targaryan next season. I’m just glad he’s going back for Yara.

Shut your mouth, Tormund is NOT dead. He’s a fan fave, so if/when he goes, there won’t be any ambiguity about it. They’ll go for the most emotional impact possible. But on that note... WHERE IS GENDRY?? Did they leave his ass at Eastwatch? Did he go running for Winterfell after he caught his breath and no one told us?

I just have one question: IS TORMUND FUCKING GIANTSBANE ALIVE?!?!?! I NEED TO KNOW. NOTHING MATTERS TO ME AS MUCH AS THAT RIGHT NOW

That was the most unanticipated boning by two of the most pouty milquetoast characters on this show. I nearly fell asleep. That might just be me though.

The old Taylor is dead? Really? Because I’m sure a shitty chours of “Look what you just made me do” is still playing the victim. Unless you’re in an abusive, gaslighting relationship or have a gun to your head nobody is making you do anything.

That chorus is...not what I was expecting.

I really hope she beefs with Beyoncé at some point so Twitter is nothing but venomous bees and snakes. Like Australia.

Take my star. Never have I needed something so bad, and not known until I received it. Thank you.

At this point, I’d legit settle for this (very good) dog as president.

I’m reasonably sure that Donald doesn’t know anything without John Kelly’s help. Now if anyone can wrestle the goddamn phone out of Trump’s hands so he can’t tweet anymore THAT would be an accomplishment.