“Barack Obama is too conservative to get elected in many countries” is not a great start. Has this person seen the rise of the European right? And there are perfectly successful liberal (in the European sense) parties that Obama would be on the left flank of. The idea that Europe is some kind of socialist paradise…

The idea that there is a left-right spectrum in politics that remains coherent over time is itself not particularly well-supported by political science research. The research that tries to determine the position of the parties relative to each other over time, on the other hand, suggests that the Democrats have moved…

How does one determine the “actual center” versus “America’s center”? That’s a very pretty chart but it doesn’t match with any analysis of American politics over time that I’m aware of. Eisenhower to Obama’s left? Eisenhower around the same as Sanders?

You do realize that Perez is one of the most liberal members of Obama’s cabinet and has fought hard for civil rights and basically revamped the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division? For example, he fought against the insane Texas voter ID law and housing discrimination? I know Greenwald and company like to trot out the handful…

Here’s that “bunch of old white men”:

I actually got into an argument with a friend about this last week. I feel like if he has a lot of feelings about what Democrats are doing...he should join the party and make sure they happen.

Nina Turner, a Sanders surrogate, told the Post’s Dave Weigel that “the future of the Democratic Party will walk away” if Ellison loses.

By...picking a DNC chair that’s near-identical to another DNC candidate? JFC this division is getting rediculous. “My guy says he’ll raise min wage by $10, and the other guy will only raise it by $9.50! CORRUPT RIGGED BERN IT TO THE GROUND!” Jeezy creezy.

Its starting to look like a lot of the Olympic sports are having this sort of problem, swimming in particular. There is a culture of obsessive dedication with these that leaves kids particularly vulnerable. The pressure put on them by parents and themselves to succeed and just like in this case they are told their…

“The story here is that no one was watching to protect these girls,” adding, “And they put medals and money first.”

The UK football world is just starting to address the fact that many young boys were abused by their coaches, from community leagues right on up to elite squads. Canadian hockey has also had many years of dealing with this. I’ve also spoken to several ex-figure skaters (male and female) who were either exposed…

Fuck Susan Sarandon. When she was saying Trump would be better than Clinton (because at the time that was the choice) she advocated that with Trump there might be a revolution. Fuck your spoiled, privileged, white lady life. Bitch doesn’t know the first thing about revolution. People fucking die in revolutions. …

Tl;dr: we don’t care who she fucks, as long as she FUCKS OFF.

But that was with just Flynn and they could say “he’s gone now so we’re ok.” Now we’re talking multiple high level campaign members and I don’t think the leaks are over. How much longer can they keep defending him while this scandal gets bigger and bigger?

But enough about the Super Bowl.

I throw freestyle motocross into the same bucket as the snowmobile freestyle. I’m a life long fan of actions sports and xgames but these sports for me have become something I no longer get any enjoyment out of watching. To me the danger level is just too high. The heights these guys go combined with the size of the…

Yeah I thought he threw her fucked up family in her face a little too often for my comfort. I remember one episode when he was like “well you don’t know how a family is really supposed to work” or something along those lines. Just really shitty belittling stuff.

While I don’t oppose paying players, I’m curious as to why you think that this will prevent them from committing sexual assault?

Thank you. Queer Eye very quickly became dated but it was very helpful for gay visibility at the time. Basically, we weren’t so bad to have around because we can give style advice to straight people, instead of been creeps or sad, lonely/nosy neighbors.

I think it helped eradicate some particularly pernicious stereotypes, like the one that all homosexuals are child molesters, or that all homosexuals are “anti-family.” As I discussed above, there were quite a few episodes with families, and at least one where the Fab Five babysat while the Straight Guy and his wife…