Same root cause is maybe not the best phrasing, but one definitely exacerbates the other, and they are definitely intertwined inextricably.

Nobody? Dude was on the presidential ticket in 2016. Not exactly a nobody, friend.

I think we’re going a bit far now. He clearly said he didn’t do it, and you’re giving him shit for saying he grew up in a general area as opposed to the suburb next door. I’m pretty sure he said KC more because no one has ever heard of Overland Park, KS, whereas KC is pretty well known. Let’s just be happy that he…

America has always been such a binary society, though. It’s always been “the good guys” vs. “the bad guys.” The majority vs. the Other. Republican vs. Democrat. NRA, or confiscate-all-guns. Capitalism vs. Socialism. I agree with FireroseNekowolf what passes as “socialism” in the US are nothing but social democrat…

I doubt many readers will scan that sentence and based on that alone say, “my God! This Bradley Brownell belongs in the trash pile of endlessly terrible blogs on the internet! I will NOT read another word.”

In this sense, though, an historic should be fine, since a lot of people contract the two and say “an-istoric monument.” 

A historic is more common in both American and British English, but both usages are sufficiently common to be considered correct.

I agree! That one is very well done. And I’m actually a big fan of all the shark ones. lol

 My son’s pinewood derby is coming up on Monday, I think he needs to see it this weekend. LOL

Yes! Where do we sign on to direct this film?

I really like your idea. A lot of people collecting Hot Wheels look down on the fantasy cars as being less desirable, so we could throw in a whole allegory on classist society, where the licensed cars live in a nice display case on a shelf, while the fantasy cars live piled into an old bucket or bin. Every once in a…

All we usually see is that figure of 800,000 federal employees, but can we maybe try to include federal contractors in that sum as well? Because not only are we out of work as well, we don’t face that somewhat comforting prospect of receiving backpay at some point. And that is probably around 2 million people besides…

As he himself said, “the buck stops with everyone.”

In a way... would that be terrible? Defense has, as of their own admission, plenty of money and more than they need. So why not divert that to things that desperately need funding? I know that it’s such a scary slippery slope to use a national emergency declaration in order to get that done but the underlying point of…

I’m mostly excited for the Super Bowl because of Romo. That more than anything is what will make me watch it. I couldn’t stand him as a player but he is just about the best announcer I’ve ever seen.

So is this basically his preview of his “big announcement” at 3pm today? I wouldn’t put it past him.

Love the hat, kid! Go Pack Go!

Oh damn... Ajax going against Real. My poor club...

Bottom line, people are the root of all evil. For being social creatures, we also can’t help being dicks to each other. The need for social interaction constantly clashes with the remains of a survival instinct, leading to people being awful to other people.