I live in western Europe and I think that a lot of the more recent progressive advances have been made in strong reaction to the existing heinous garbage terrible hopeless bullshit circumstances. Universal health care came about in part after the incredible deprivation of the World War II years, strong labor unions…

If it was a small enough town, they were probably barstool buddies. Protect and serve (your own).

It’s total bullshit garbage, you’re right.

It’s that awesome technocrat thing-disdain democratic process, disdain public service, and do everything by corporate diktat. Act like everything you do is more efficient and effective when in fact it is more expensive and gross incompetence is the only trace you leave.

I live in Europe and the campaigns here are limited to like, a month beforehand. I’m already so tired of the current US presidential one that I could cut myself. Do everyone a favor and limit this shite, people.

Rub it in. We’re going to take him and make him the POTUS, daggummit. Was in Montreal over the summer en route to east bumblefuck, and we were going to tour the city for a day or two but it was pouring, so we sat inside our motel room and watched Quebecois t.v.-one show about pet pigs and a lot of Justin Trudeau…

Ah, but the victim is not a person, she is a pretty flower for the picking, don’t ya know. That would seem to be the lesson. Fuck these people. The penalty for harassment should be the same as it is for violence-you’re out, you’re done, the end. It’s traumatizing to be harassed, and it takes away your feeling of…

I live in the Spanish state (that’s what people call it instead of “Spain” because a lot of them want to secede). And you can buy these at the grocery store. Also: carnival: all about blackface. To be fair, both those things wouldn’t go over well in the states, so we do sometimes get things right, even if it’s maybe…

AHHHHHHAGGG I’m so sorry. I hope your work sitch is much better now. That’s TERRIBLE.

You are correct. Marriage makes no difference, at least to some people. I was in a STEM grad program in my 20s when another grad student who had returned to school in his 50s, who was long -married and had several adolescent children, decided he was ‘in love’ with me. Instead of telling me, so I could fart at him and…

Pour one out at TGIF for the Weavs

Ugh. Isn’t it clear after such a long time of consistently producing really original things that she’s very talented and has an artistic vision of her own? Also, uhm, that dress is twilight magic voodoo and I sort of want it.

You’re right- even if the end point isn’t re-entry into society, though, it sure does seem inconsiderate.

Criminy :(

Yeah, I know it’s to make money for the private prison complex. And yet/it doesn’t have to be.

Can somebody tell me when it became completely acceptable to lack all empathy, and not only that, but to publicly advertise your utter lack of compassion for other human beings? When did sociopathic behavior become so cool?

I have no political insight to inject here. Just stopped by to note that I looked at that pic and thought the word “Rictus”.

This is hilarious. And brave. It must’ve been a little...menacing at times.

Welp, maybe we should smarten up, then, you think?

I have this image of Donald Trump riding the white resentment pony to victory, only to turn around 180 degrees, take a bow, and become the biggest lefty president we ever had. Infrastructure projects for everyone! Universal income! Black reparations!