THIS.

Accurate. Also, SNAP benefits are pitifully low. Like $5 per day per person. More also, poor people getting snap tend to live in areas with no cheap grocery store, so transit is also a cost factor. Can’t afford to make lots of trips to grocery store.

Yeah. Americans are way heavier into flag-waving than other countries. I’ve never gotten it—and it seems important viz understanding the American mentality / psychosis.

It would be interesting to compare how much money poor folks get from govt benefits v. how much money rich peeps get from the govt. in tax breaks, low taxes, tax loopholes—carried income tax!!!—and tax avoidance schemes. Not to mention govt. handouts to contractors—defense/weapon contractors, IT, security, prison,…

Wow, that is interesting. So they feel shamed when confronted with their misinformation / wrongheadedness—and double down. Makes sense.

I love this video so much! Just watched it again. I love Sen. Murkowski for pointing out that even among the pages, only the ladies showed up. “Something different in the chamber—and different in a good way, I might add,” she says. “And it’s absolutely fabulous.” As is her sweater-turtleneck ensemble.

Nice try, lameo. Doesn’t fly.

As a vag-haver, this makes me feel like crying—in solidarity and in pride with the ladies in the Senate—especially Sen. Murkowski from Alaska for calling it out. She should run for president. Major respect, even tho she’s Republican.

I use Twitter as a news feed aggregator. I barely look at my Twitter stream. Insted i use Nuzzel to curate top posts from followees. Works great. Avoid the drama and get the news I’m interested in.

Yeah. I won’t friend any of the people I wasn’t actually friends with in high school.

I eat my fries with mayo. Yum.

This is why I drink.

This is what I’ve come not to expect from Gawker. A really well written piece. Thanks for the memory, Silver Man. P.S. You did this for several years—really???

Yeah. We have some seriously shit, el cheapo technology at the “digital first, news and info” org, aka dying trade newspaper chain that employs me. Our local IT guy tells me the horror stories re clueless mgmt.

Wow. So meta! I am savoring this.

Dude. What I know from office living is always be nice to the IT guy. (And the receptionist and whoever orders supplies)

Kevin Bacon is my fifth cousin. For real. Sorry, but I rarely have this chance to drop this tidbit re my remote celeb connection in a discussion, aka comment thread with strangers.

Sounds like the pension deficit was why they were trying to save $5M on water. Not much money, relative to pension obligations—and relative to damage done to 10,000 water-drinkers.

Yep. PP provides gyno services, same way my private gyno does. She also refers me out for mammograms. Duh. If you have a vaj and aren’t brain dead, you’d know that.

You've got internet access and fingers. Get it together.