Another dumb negotiating tactic was him basically saying all these other countries got great deals where they took advantage of us, and he’s going to renegotiate them so that we’re the winners...implying that the other county is going to be the loser. Even if that were true, you’re China or Mexico, why would you agree…

I don’t believe that the true numbers of animals that die from airline flights is reported. It may be agreed-upon silence for settlements, but I’ve heard so many nightmare death stories that I really just wouldn’t trust an airline with a live animal in the cargo-hold.

I like how her being reasonably prepared like every other candidate in the last 30 years was an “unfair advantage.” She could just never win with those people.

My dad started with that bullshit after the first debate between Donald and Hillary. He called me and I think intended to do a show of humility and honesty by admitting Donald shat the bed. But then he qualified it with “oh but she’s trained as a lawyer, and really, you have to consider the unfair advantage” and then…

At Easter, my step dad actually quoted the Art of the Deal to me, and told me I should read it because it had good advice like, “always make your most outrageous demand at the beginning of the negotiation!”

Yes, the Democrats ate Trump’s homework on this one for sure.

I love how this shit keeps getting smacked down because Turmpy can’t keep his puckered anus mouth shut

I just read the decision and it is delicious. The Judge smacked down the Justice Department (and Trump) hard. And it shows that the DOJ can’t just get away with making arguments in court that are readily contradicted by the statements of the President. For instance, the DOJ had argued that the order was essentially…

Pardon my info dump.

Didn’t Nate Silver say that Hillary would win?

Gawker still seems to have for Nate Silver. He predicted a 4% win for Clinton nationally; final result was 2% win, which is damn good. The biggest problem, which FiveThirtyEight expressed over and over again, was that polls in Wisconsin and Michigan sucked and there weren’t very many of them(the polls in…

The backwardness of the “drugs pouring over the border” angle is astounding. First, most all of the weed smoked in the US these days is grown here. No one wants to smoke the Mexican product. Second, the the drugs that are ruining the rust belt are prescription opioids, made by the companies that funded his goddamned…

Gorka is awful. Bannon is bad enough, but Gorka is an actual member of a neo-Nazi party. But he’s convinced Donald that he’s “tough”, so he continues to have a role in the government. Just pathetic.

And everyone who supports them is SURE that it’s going to be their version of Christianity that is taught and not one they disagree with even though it’s a religion with a million denominations because they keep splitting off from each other when they disagree.

This is why I have issues with the “Transwomen are women” arguement, in terms of how it tries to deny that there is any difference between a woman born and socialized female and someone born male, socialized male, who transitions as an adult. It’s like saying that there is no difference between someone who was born…

I think it’s worth noting that most transwomen spend a whole lot of time of their formative years being socialized as men. I’ve read from several transmen about how being socialized as a woman effected their transition, and I’d be interested in seeing how that socialization effects transwomen as well. Caitlyn being…

Caitlyn is a fascinating look into what white male privilege looks like on a woman. White women have their own sense of privilege but this Caitlyn mess is a whole different beast. She’s got like, super-duper privilege and watching her open her gob and consistently embarrass herself is one of my last remaining…

Slabs of concrete are replaceable and don’t experience suffering. Patients that die without healthcare or foreign civilians that are bombed aren’t and do.

It’s only a matter of time before some tiresome person shows up, wringing their hands and proclaiming that “we’re better than this” and “all vandalism is wrong.”

I’m only disappointed to hear that the star goes some periods of time without being vandalized.