I didn’t really feel like getting into the minutiae in my post, which is why I put a link up in the first place. Yes, a two thirds vote is required, but as explained in the piece I linked to, it’s politically risky for an opposition party to refuse an election. It makes them look cowardly and weak, which would likely…

Yes, but it looks politically weak for an opposing party to decline, so for all intents and purposes, the PM essentially gets to call elections when they want to.

Libby Watson over on Fusion did a great write-up of the whole thing on Wednesday. Definitely worth a read.

Right? I mean, slavery is totally OK if it’s technically legal. Damn purists, demending that a presidential candidate not be a slaver.

We might as well put that on a plaque on the White House. It’s not like the number is going to change any time soon.

“Field-Spokesperson”? I think you mean “Among-the-Bushes-Spokesperson”.

I’m impressed. Somehow, despite having access to humanity’s entire accumulated knowledge, you’ve found a way to be impossibly moronic, while simultaneously managing to regulate your body’s autonomic functions. I’m always surprised when shitstains like you manage to breathe. Kudos, on somehow managing to be almost as…

Being an American under W. embarrassed me extensively. Being American right now is far beyond the most embarrassing point my most horrific nightmares could ever attain.

Exactly this. Historical record shows Republicans whining incessantly since the first moment FDR proposed treating poors like people. They haven’t stopped their relentless tirade of anti-Americanism since.

Hey, come on, now. Turtles can be guys.

He’d just deny his own tweet the next day, and his entire collective base wouldn’t have the intellectual wherewithal between the lot of them to determine the truth, despite the controvertible evidence.

Those last three words in your comment? I don’t think you really needed to add them.

That and “Verb” are my favorites.

There’s no way this movie is bad. Contemporary actress Pamela Anderson is going to win an Oscar for it.

I said the same damn thing the night of the election. It wasn’t - and still isn’t - surprising that the Republicans would rush to destroy everything in the exact way Bin Laden wanted them to, but it’s still disappointing.

I actually watch it in the US! It rebroadcasts a few months later on Pop, a quirky niche network with shows the bigger networks are less likely to take a chance on.

2016 sucked. 2017 was apparently jealous of the animosity 2016 faced, and has been stepping up its tragedy game.

Kids are irritating and destructive the best thing ever.

It’s always a shame when iomodo doesn’t give enough attention to indie films like this.