No, it's really not "small beans." Image matters, particularly in the Middle East. And a president clearly articulating a message which will be seen as (because it is) anti-ISLAM, is a huge deal, just maybe not to you.

Delete your Uber account if you have one, and tweet them why. As the news is going around, the best one so far is this: "I don't need a ride to Vichy territory you quisling scum."

The buried that off in Opinion? Uh… huh. I guess waiting to see what the story is, is laudable. Can't find it on the Old Grey Lady's front page either.

Me too! I guess it's a question of validation vs. endorsement. I definitely think the flick *validates* Seb's vision, once he's come down off of his high horse. (Chicken on a Stick? Fuck that hipster bullshit), without necessarily *endorsing* it as the way jazz is meant to be. At least, that's the distinction in…

Give this to them, they know how to pander to their customer base.

2nd Amendment doesn't apply to the Blacks, didn't you know that?

That hundred feet will have a tote bag rack on it.

Yeah, different interpretation, sort of. I don't think the audience was "supposed to cheer" for Seb when he joined up with Legend's group, but I do think that the audience was supposed to find the choice worthy of respect. After all, up to that point, he'd done a fat load of nothing in the movie. That's when he…

I totally disagree. Legend's speech IS portrayed sympathetically, as he speaks to the soul of what jazz is supposed to be about: The future, not clinging to the past. The movie didn't have him turn right around and act hypocritically either; we're given no indication that his motivations are anything but what he…

Or the ECSC, followed by the EU.

Fuck it. The Red staters would hate you and everything you stand for even if it was a case of Natty Light in the back of a pickup. So have some cider, enjoy the hell out of it, and drink one to your comrades at the AV Club.

I think you and I might agree on some things, but that last sentence of yours leaves me COLD.

I wasn't making that assertion, really. Hell, I'd love to make ANY assertion about Detroit charter schools other than that they've made education the Wild West out there, but unfortunately DuVos and her ilk find oversight and accountability anathema.

Counterpoint: Literally everything she did in Detroit during the Snyder Administration. Actions > Words.

Sorry, but as a Michigander, I just can't find the humor here. The single greatest source of our wealth as a nation in the long run is an educated populous and workforce.

I think it could, if we tried hard enough.

They needed time to sharpen the knives.

Says a man with your Shield?

"What are we doing in Canada?"

One of my favorite scenes (montages) from the entire show so far is this one of her from S2.