I could not get into this episode, but I also have food poisoning, so I will borrow your optimism for next week. Two minor notes:

Personally, I blame Rachel Maddow for not covering this story, and I don’t know why you’re giving her cover.

I realize this isn’t your project, but since you seem to have some knowledge of the situtation, what is the liklihood of dam failure?

And even if you do know your rights, when facing an unknown time in detention for no reason other than CBP deciding to be dicks, I can’t say I blame him if he “consented” just to get it over with.

I think there’s a difference though in being raised in a generally racist society and being raised by an actual white supremacist. In the former, you’re still being exposed to different ideas (maybe not often, but they’re there) and you’re meeting people of other races so you can see with your own eyes that the…

But it takes time and exposure to other ideas for the kids to get there. I wouldn’t count on this guy’s kids having the latter.

Eh, kids I might give a pass to, esp. if they’re still young, because when you’re raised by a racist like this it’s hard to come out OK. The indoctrination starts early and is nonstop.

Seriously, I’m not even convinced it’s truly photoshopped. I think they just played with the white balance and colors a bit.

FYI: You’re terrible.

Well... “hiding.”

We know from his own work he’s antiSemitic and racist. This is not something up for debate. Is it really such a stretch to think he might have said antisemetic things at home as well? She might not have audiotape of him saying it but that doesn’t make the allegation completely baseless.

This is why I only buy the wooden ones.

You don’t know what that word means, apparently.

That’s a stunningly dumb response. As I stated in the actual comment, it was for a writer. Specifically, someone with specialized knowledge of a given industry that they would be reporting on. If you think that’s a job anyone can walk in off the street and do, you have no idea what you’re talking about.

Ah, I misread your comment. Yes, of course, while Bannon is there he can (and has!) do virtually unlimited bad things.

Bannon is gone if/when Trump is. I hate Pence, but I don’t think he has a hard-on for using nukes like 45 does.

a battle between him hating his life and having an ego too big to admit it

OMG, I had that happen so often at my old job. Some idiot would come in, have little to no relevant experience, no idea what our company did, not know the basics of the job s/he was interviewing for. The other interviewer and I would be like, “Ain’t no way.” And inevitably the HR manager would really push to bring…

This. Denying they exist is not the answer. I unfollowed mine on FB so that I don’t have to see their stupid shit (although when I peep at their pages they aren’t talking about politics at ALL anymore) but they can still see mine. And I know they are because when I post non-political stuff, they respond. So they…

I know. I don’t understand why this hadn’t gotten any traction. Even when I mentioned it to my friends and Mr. M they just sorta shrugged.