Jon Stewart did it last December.

I'm pretty sure Jon Stewart started this with his hilarious interruption of Colbert's monologue. He did a full on Trump impersonation, and he did it to draw attention to the 911 Health and Compensation Act, making it all the more worthy.

Nearly every state is an open carry state. Seriously, Texas was like 45th to become an open carry state.

I’ve already seen a call for this. The argument goes this way: Men say they are protecting women and girls by not allowing transwomen in our bathrooms. Then, if you argue that you do not mind sharing the bathroom with transwomen, they men respond that in that case, we should just have totally gender free bathrooms for…

I get your point, but one thing that this bathroom bruha has me outraged about is the LACK of response to backwards laws/bills that affect women. Why isn’t Bruce Springsteen boycotting concerts in Oklahoma for their crazy abortion doctor bill? Why isn’t Target pulling out of Mississppi, Missouri, etc and all the other…

Yes I have experienced that same level of silliness in Europe, when Americans have referred to black Europeans as African Americans. Likewise in Belize (where there are people who are white, black and Hispanic) when they refer to the Hispanic population as Mexican, which is hilarious. But in these cases, it is just…

Do you mind us asking how old you are? This probably does have something to do with context- neighborhood and class and all that. But in the 90s, it was absolutely necessary to use African American in every single professional, academic and polite society situation that I was ever in. I'm sure other people have some…

It's not really their fault though. It's hard to switch between terms. Also it depends on your age. When I entered professional life, you absolutely had to use the term African American at work, regardless of what people said outside of work. It's what was required for polite and professional conversation. So now at…

Is this still true in London though? Obviously there is still racism (that's not what I mean), but the overt hostility seems to have subsided a bit over the last couple of decades. I feel that London is a very tolerant place now and have experienced no overt racism like that. Of course, things are very different when…

There's no reason to be rude. This post is making a different point than your first appeared to be making. A simple clarification of the nuance you are expressing would've been better. This is exactly true.

Really? I think it might just be that the percentages of diverse groups has historically been lower. Now that it is rising, there are certainly major problems with race, including segregation and outright hostility. Though the UK does appear to be handling it better than the US or mainland Europe. I don't know if you…

I think everything in that room is there to distract from the painting. They keep refilling Obama's glass with more of that gin and then called the dog up to dance on the furniture in front of him, hoping he'll be too drunk and amused to notice it. They even called in Harry to entertain, but he just hit the booze and…

But gossip is so fun. Don't be all reasonable and spoil it.

Ah, I bet you’re right. That makes a lot more sense. Some decorator chose it- size, color, content (rich people and their social status), etc. Kate probably approved it, but this idea I have of her going to a gallery and specifically selecting this painting is probably BS. And they just didn’t really think about the…

Yeah, I agree. But if he noticed it, I doubt it would even register with him as odd or offensive. I mean, he’s been a black man his entire life, and he’s been all around the world and is well-educated. It’s not like he needs rich white people to protect him from the fact that rich white people had black servants, and…

It’s not progressive and it wasn’t then. The main dudes in the painting are flaunting wealth. I have no idea if there is any political/social commentary or theme going on in this painting at all- I know absolutely nothing about it. But the well-dressed page is as much a symbol of the white dudes’ wealth as are the…

I think the general sentiment of your point is exactly the reason behind the tone of the piece. Still, it is worth wondering why they selected that painting to hang in a room in which they’d be visiting with global leaders. If it had been hung there 300 years ago, OK, but apparently Kate hung it there. Nothing wrong…

The green bottles- surely Perrier? Or even gin?

Oh. Well this comment just showed me how little I know about Kate and how many assumptions I make about her when I’m feeling judgey in the morning over coffee.

Ha ha, I just wrote the exact same thing. "Size and colors"