Ha’aretz says it — and you agree — so it must be true? That’s your logic? Not buying it. Also, don’t condescend to me, assume you know who I am, and call me your friend when you’re insulting me. It’s disingenuous and not nearly as clever as you think it is.

WORSE than apartheid? Really? How did you do that calculus? Have you decided what the value of a Palestinian life is compared to the life of a Black or Brown South African? And what’s the difference in value, according to you?

You are so, so, so right! They’re a small, but vicious group of bigots, stirring up hatred. Responding to them is a fool’s errand, as they are incapable of logical thought. I keep talking back, though. One of them just told me that “the case has to do with sexual predators exploiting transgenders,” whatever the fuck…

He’s a homeless,non-compliant, level three sex offender, which is to say he wasn’t reporting in as he was legally required to.

It sounds as if you’re saying she’s allowing him (the lawyer) to destroy his client’s case. I hope this beastly man spends the rest of his days behind bars and that his lawyer’s rep suffers permanently.

Ah! I see. Yes. I agree completely with that.

Really? You think that jaysantos, who in this thread tells me that I’ll be first against the wall when the revolution comes, is not an extremist?

Awwww. You’re so sweet. How’s life in your basement?

The last election makes people like you think that your extremism is justified and legitimate. Left or right, extremists shouldn’t be in power in a democracy. When they are, they take actions like our current president is doing, and which your comments make clear you’d do: purge opponents, refuse to compromise, &…

In the neighborhood just to the east of me, which is a heavily immigrant neighborhood, many restaurants closed in solidarity with their workers. Granted, some of these businesses were immigrant owned, but several were not. As a non-immigrant business owner, I’d soldier through if members of my staff didn’t show. I’d…

Thank you, thank you, thank you! And now I’ll have this stuck in my head. And each time my memory plays it, I’ll chuckle.

Just saw this comment. Despite the (unnecessary, pointless) sarcasm at the start and finish, you make strong points and illustrate an understanding of the structural dynamics at Amazon and in tech that I don’t. I own my own business and am very, very far from the Land of Tech, so although I have all the power on my…

What does that even mean?

Yeah, except the two women I know who work there are both in positions of power. And while anecdotes are not statistics, they are two examples that contradict your assertion.

Hell or High Water. What a movie. I thought that Chris Pine was just a pretty face til I saw it. Remarkable acting by all four principles. Add to that the cinematography, the score, and the writing, and I walked out slack-jawed in amazement.

Except for the fact that Hell or High Water is populated by straight men, 3 out of 4 of whom are white, the 4th of whom is half Native, half Mexican.

I feel the same. He keeps making me think of Marbles, Ellen Forney’s graphic novel about her discovery that she is bipolar and her path to finding a treatment that worked for her. Brilliant book. At the end of it, there’s a sort of an index to mental health afflictions of various brilliant artists and, jeepers, it…

Apparently alla y’all are babies, because robes are a godsend when your internal thermostat is wonky, as mine is in middle age and has been for several years now. Light gown and robe. Flashing — remove robe. Just a little warm — robe open. The rest of the time — robe tied. Oh, and constantly fight with the family…

PS I’d be mighty appreciative if someone, somewhere could get me out of the greys.

If you look at Realclearpolitics (the link I provided above and on which you’re commenting), you’ll see that they are aggregators of polls, as well as news, which is to say that they pull polls (and news) from numerous sources and perspectives — right and left — so one gets a far more nuanced and broad view than one…