It’s a stretch though. I mean, could also be a melted ladle, a baited fish hook, a vein in a man’s head (okay it actually is this one), a map to the place where Nic Cage can find the declaration of Independence...

Weird. We should be happy with all of the winning we keep hearing about.

It is almost as if about 40% of the country is suffering from delusions, and the rest deep dark depression. Maybe less than 1% is happy.

Reporter: Rob Porter has been accused of physical and verbal abuse over the years.
Trump: #MeToo.

First of all, the screenplay was adapted while only the first book existed and the other two were not yet written (Source, about halfway down).

Yeah... and.... ugh, I hate saying this, but if the only sentence in the entire book about Natalie Portman’s character’s race was the one listed above about “high cheekbones that spoke to the strong Asian heritage on one side of her family,” ... then I lean towards believing that the Director could have missed that…

Portman was born in Asia (and holds dual citizenship).

Okay, the director did not have the book, they had a draft. The character wasn’t established as asian yet. The book came out before production wrapped.

Her race isn’t established until the second book though, and by all accounts the director was working exclusively from the first book.

Big sporting events in which you don’t have a vested rooting interest offer a binary choice between the underdog and the favorite.

two chiefs of staff who were aware that one of the president’s top aides was accused of beating his spouses and nevertheless failed to act.

Oh man. In an alternative universe where things still matter, there’s going to be hell to pay!

Americans are weird about where they came from. My parents aren’t from this country, and I travel a lot. I’ve met many Americans who claim to be Irish, German, French, Swiss, etc., but never any “undesirable” countries. Then I’ll ask something about where because I visited X town or I’ll say something in that native…

Trump is president.

it was the Thatcher years. And you think this is the darkest timeline?

Can confirm: kids are assholes. I didn’t engage in behavior like this, but I went to school with plenty that would or did.

I was assuming he meant “Anglo” as a nod to the English origins of the office (and its Old English etymology) but .. why the fuck even would he do that? It’s not like he was speaking to The US & UK Sheriffs’ Association. Go bake some cookies, you creepy little racist fuck.