I hate to say it, but Dan fucking Katz’ reply to that tweet is the most apposite response possible.  Is Rovell from the same alien race as Ted Cruz? They’ve managed to grow a “fleshsuit” (in Cruz’ case a couple of sizes too large) and wander around interacting with humans but the mask slips every so often.

Ireland started charging a govt levy on plastic bags about 16 years ago. It went pretty seamlessly and plastic bag single use plummeted. What the fuck is wrong with people in the UK, AU's and NZ? 

I suggest some of the folks making confused sounds in the comments check out Kev O'Neill's work for 2000AD. It will all make sense, of a sort, I promise.

Well done

When Nixon (1st term) couldn’t get Haynesworth on the SC because of his racist past they nominated someone worse, Carswell, who was an actual white supremacist. Moderate GOP and Dems blocked him, too and they ended up with Blackmun who wrote the Roe vs Wade decision. Different times, of course. Now, if Kavanaugh gets…

Bless those “Task-Forces” while peoples lives are being destoyed. Can’t wait to hear their findings in five years or so.

Prachi, excellent article highlighting a scandal that has been happening for years and doesn’t make the front pages of even nominally-Left newspapers like the Grauniad. But you might want to add that the “Hostile Environment” was created by May in 2012 when she was Home Secretary, several years before she became PM.…

“guns rights community”... I think you misspelled “frothing maniacs” there.

I saw Prison Planet open for Propagandhi in 1995

Of course, if referees gave yellow cards for diving like they’re supposed to, Ronaldo would never have played more than twenty minutes per game. Fuck him.

Star for you, you wonderful swine

Counter-point: Malort is delicious and I really wish I wasn’t 3500 miles from the nearest Binny’s. A Chicago pal told me that an Ex-Chicagaan runs a bar in New Orleans and will let you drink free for the night if you bring him a bottle. Maybe a myth, but I like it.

Oddly, one of the biggest skull busters I ever had was after organic wine. Not that that's going to stop me from buying a trolley-full of this!

Funny thing for me is that I’m extremely allergic to fresh strawberries.. so the needle would be the least of my worries.

Yes, but don't forget Puck the Fackers.

Dang, these Chiefs should be a ton of fun to watch this season

Greatest Deadspin Headline Ever. Well done, that man.

I have a lot of fondness for some of the Nats Stout Baseball Men like Harper and Scherzer. But having a gaping, suppurating anal cyst like Daniel Murphy on the team makes me

Apropos of nothing, but I really miss Jon Bois' 'Breaking Madden'. 

Depends on the website and context: newspaper articles, trustworthy organisations (say, UN), govt websites etc are all fine. That said I’ve had to remind students again and again to verify everything they read online and stop fucking citing Wikipedia!