Winner. She began to call him a “fucking retard” and corrected herself to “fucking stupid person”.

Since long before 2010. Trading legalization for “border security” boondoggles has been at the heart of comprehensive immigration for as long as it has been discussed. And I am generally fine with that (Fuck the Debt), except that these jumped up nutjobs at the border actually kill people.

Has forcing a government shutdown ever actually lead to this type of policy concession? I can’t think of any examples. Assuming that forcing a shutdown over DACA would necessarily end with DACA being saved seems unwarranted.

The 2011 debt-ceiling fiasco did lead to concessions (e.g the Budget Control Act), but that’s a…

JUST BILL, BABY!

Yeah, I think the key with William/MIB is that the other parks were built after he bought into the company. There is no mystery to them; he helped build them. Thus his narrow focus on what Arnold did in Westworld before William ever got there.

That’s... not Haley in the clip, right? That’s the rebellious daughter, Joanie.

But maybe not strongly blue anymore? Clinton won Minnesota by 1.5%.

I think that’s an actual feature of the rights deal for the movie. And other Halloween/horror movies. The studios don’t want them streaming free at a time of peak interest, they apparently can “monetize” them better elsewhere.

Andy Reid called this play constantly in the McNabb era, to the point it became a running joke. The problem is that Reid’s play-calling tends to get predictable as the season wears on and the better defenses start sitting on plays like this in specific situations.

Reid could vary it enough that teams can’t sit on it,…

The Rams will own the stadium. Or at least Stan Kroenke’s holding company will. The Chargers will just be tenants, like the Clippers at Staples Center. Even with an NFL-mandated favorable lease that’s generally not considered to be as a profitable or stable a situation.

I thought separating them from other seemingly less sympathetic immigrants was exactly the intended effect.

What was unintended was having any of this drag on so long that many DREAMers are now in their 30's.

What does Congress have to do with this?

Yeah, there were a few pre-9/11 works that seemed disturbingly prescient. Fugazi’s The Argument came out in October of 2001, and it is still hard to believe that it was unrelated to 9/11. Granted, they had been working similar themes for years at that point.

It’s certainly possible that Trump will win in 2020. Parties very rarely lose the White House after a single term, so it may even be likely. But an unpopular president winning a genuine “landslide” powered by unpopular policies like the wall is extraordinarily unlikely. There hasn’t been a landslide in the last 33…

I find the show’s depiction of Donna’s business career a bit confusing. While she certainly seems like the sort of person who could be successful at this, we’ve never actually seen any of her business decisions pan out. As least not since Mutiny back in season two.

How did she make partner at this VC firm without ever…

The first may be applicable, but there is no way the northerners would rely on the second two.

None of the people making this decision (the victorious side in the Battle of the Bastards) accepts the legitimacy of Bolton rule over the North. They also don’t accept the dominion of the King’s Landing regime which gave…

That would explain the constant shrooming!

Well, no one really had a clear claim to succession at the time. Bran had a valid claim, but he wasn’t around and isn’t interested regardless. While other northern houses like the Mormonts apparently do allow succession by female family members, it’s not clear the Starks historically have done the same. Also, Sansa’s…

It was obvious in the finale that Sansa had talked to Bran. That’s why he was sitting there ready to explain how Littlefinger betrayed Ned and also about the dagger.

Much less clear is why neither sister thought to ask him earlier, or why he didn’t volunteer anything. I appreciate he’s supposed to be beyond ordinary…

Seems like once Jon discovers his parentage he should and quite possibly will step down as King in the North. He was chosen for that role at least in part on the basis of being the last of Ned Stark’s sons known to be alive, and I doubt his sense of honor would allow him to keep it.

Jon’s abdication would presumably…