After 911 and in the run up to the war it was similar, but those of us who were against the war were an invisible and nearly voiceless minority. I read Glenn Greenwald’s coverage in Salon, among others, but in the regular newspapers and pundit shows, the consensus was that we’d invade ASAP, liberate Iraq for a bunch…

Two words: Donner Pass. I drove it on a business trip to California and they put up a tire chain advisory just as we squeaked through. You will have to learn how to drive mountains in the snow, flatlander, but they get buckets of snow up there.

And his followers, amongst whom I have an ancestor, had to sneak out of England,come to America, and change their names to avoid the purge. By all means, Mr Bannon, please go on.

Thank you! Its good to know that Canada had to evolve, too.

Ah, I had thought the church tried to ride the line by saying women couldn’t pare the number of implanted embryos- hence the increase in high order multiple births since IVF became available, and extra frozen embryos couldn’t be disposed of.

It is bolstering to hear support, plus if there is a lot of support for an issue it is less likely to get horse traded away.

I thought your mistake was delightfully meta, since it wasn’t that long ago that Perry suggested getting rid of the department he couldn’t remember the name of, which he is now nominated to lead. I mean, if I read this novel I’d have thrown it against the wall for its silly hamfistedness.

Please post more about your initiative when you are ready. I live near Cleveland, a city with a lead poisoning rate as bad as Flint’s due to soil contamination.

Your lettering is great. I am envious.

“So I guess the draft is not far away. Gonna need some low income patriots to go over there and liberate that oil...”

Alcohol poisoning is a terrible way to die tho.

Actually it might be very applicable at State, which is basically herding cats. But Perry’s up for Secretary of Energy, which is herding atoms. Tougher stretch.

Picking apart someone for not wearing a flag pin is cheap jingoistic nonsense.

I think it is fair to point out that Trump’s base lives much further from D.C. than Obama’s, who could pull in a full mall from people hopping on the train in that morning, and a smaller crowd would be expected as a result. However, it doesn’t look like he has even half the crowd.

And the Trumpistas will continue to call him the “No BS” president while he lies to their faces.

I have read way too much vampire lit. So, one clever solution is that any article of faith wielded by the faithful is a deterrent: cross for Christians, Star of David for Jews, a plate of spaghetti for the pastafarians. That can then be cross matched with the faith of the vampire, so a vamp who was a devout Christian…

Oh man. Internet cookies and cream is on its way. I plan to stream Parks and Rec and play video games.

I don’t pirate. If I don’t have legal and easy access to something (which means Netflix, Amazon Prime or rarely Apple TV) then I don’t watch it. I have two priorities: not getting sued, and ease of access. I’m not going to maintain a dozen different streaming services, and paying for addons, even discounted through…

Fair point, but I’d rather see a penalty box for pervs; the burden and shame needs to rest with them, not with their victims.

It will turn into “Any woman not sitting in the female-only section is fair game” though, because that’s how this pathology works. It wasn’t that long ago (just 100 years or so) that women walking alone were assumed to be prostitutes and, therefore, fair game.