If they paint themselves to look black? Yeah. I know it doesn't seem fair, but neither is the systematic oppression of an entire race of people for hundreds of years. Unfortunately that's the world we live in, and the historical context at play here.

You don't understand the difference between "sexy" and "sexualized," do you?

I think it has more to do with the amateur nature of the costume. You can have someone do the makeup, and someone do the clothes, and someone else be the model, and someone take the pictures. The point is that you're not getting some professional movie makeup artist or costume designer to do the work.

It’s important to understand the historical context of blackface. It was used for years in what were called “minstrel shows,” which were basically shows in which white actors would dress in blackface and portray offensive stereotypes of black people.

Do you dislike cynical assholes? Because I've got some bad news for you...

Right? Like....are we not supposed to notice?

Yep.

Both of those things are true for reasons that have nothing to do with ice cream.

As far as I know the other candidates haven’t been giving speeches to the exact people they’re telling voters they’ll go after if elected. If someone is claiming they’ll go after Wall Street, and then it turns out Wall Street has been paying them to give talks, I’m certainly not going to vote for that person until I…

Doc Ellis

“The fact that people are saying we lied about (Johnny Manziel’s) concussion is false’’

The standard of trustworthiness? I agree, we never have held politicians to that standard before. Seems like a good time to start, though.

Should she have to? No. If she doesn’t, though, it’s just one more reason in a long list of reasons not to trust her. If she doesn’t release them, that means whatever is in them is more damning than the appearance of being opaque and untrustworthy, which says all you need to know.

She has a family she'd like to spend time with.

I like Samantha Bee, and I hope this show works out for her, but I didn’t think this episode was nearly as funny as the reception it’s getting would lead you to believe. That said, Wilmore's show was pretty awful for the first couple of weeks, but it's really found its footing now, so here's hoping Bee does the same.

Because they're intentionally supposed to look like they're on a lo-fi, wrist-mounted CRT screen.

I was ready to be skeptical, but this album is actually really good.

There is now that she's begun to cooperate.

Not if the victim's testimony is the only evidence you have.

Hanlon’s Razor says we should give them the benefit of the doubt: