Given how deranged college prep seems to have become, cheating and bribery may just seem like part of the process for parents who have a lot of money but not much integrity. If the baseline expectation among parents in your community is that you and your kids should spend thousands of hours and thousands of dollars on…

This was the most Meghany Meghan yet. The topic had nothing to do with her family and she went right to how EVERYTHING is about her family - because her family has benefitted from legacy admissions for generations, and rather than just not mentioning it, she brazenly defended it.

Absolutely. Let’s not pretend that the university system isn’t a kind of meta-fraternity, that for years has given continued preference to those who previously had access, thanks largely to power and privilege. There is a huge machine within these schools that works these family connections for donations and other…

Remember, the real whole point of going to an Ivy/Tier 1 school is for bragging rights. Having that name brand school on your resume, background, and gain access to the elite and get to claim to be one yourself. You really never have to worry about finding a job ever again with an Ivy League. Just show up at the…

Yeah. I checked it out back when the AV Club first shouted her out, including the explainer post. She has a good eye and points out things that I wouldn’t have noticed but which do seem ridiculous and tacky once you see them. But that doesn’t make this particular set of tweets any less lame. It ruins her credibility to…

Not much will happen. She won’t get jail time, will pay her fine, and life will go on.

Remember that there are a lot more tools available to the House for oversight beyond impeachment. If anything, it might be worth watching two years of 45 spinning in place under the weight of investigations, lawsuits, special inquiries, special committees, and every other albatross and anchor they can throw at him.

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“eight cups of popped corn, or enough for four people”

What works better for me is putting the popcorn in an oversize bowl (which is easy since I pop it in a large metal bowl covered with foil). I then pour in some of the butter, toss with my hands or tongs. Adding more butter and sprinkling on salt as I toss.

The other key is you can’t just melt the butter. The water in…

I really like your stove technique. That’s how I did it for years. But then I got one of those silicone bowls for the microwave... That shit is awesome. For movie-theater flavor I add a glob of coconut oil, a smack of butter, and an acoutrement of salt and pepper. Shake that shit for a quick and toss in the microwave…

I’m an Obama fan and can still criticize his policies. That seems to be what she was doing, as is her every right to. I’m not sure why people seem to be coming for her for having an opinion.

No president is perfect, but there really is no comparing Trump and Obama.

Hold your nose? Why don’t you simply start a party you’re happy with? 

This is a ridiculous take. Impeachment would be an exercise in futility even if we had a majority in the Senate, but from the minority it’s even more so. We’d need 20 Republicans to defect and only a loon would think that’s an achievable goal. The House should absolutely investigate the crap out of Trump both because…

All of that plus — and this is just the opinion of one person who spends holidays with immediate family members who enthusiastically defend this administration — I don’t believe it is the right choice for saner politics in the future. Even if he was successfully impeached, a McConnel-led senate would never remove him…

I think local authorities would like some of that. You know, the people that doesn’t come with a shiny remit like “Defence” but do the actual work like keeping the elderly cared for, the road built and maintained, and the children educated.

Also, Pence needs to go first.  President Pence would have been a nightmare in 2017, hence a bit of a silver lining in Republicans refusing to remove Trump.

According to several journalists, the Whips are going round Westminster offering billions in bribes (sorry - additional spending) for pet projects if MPs vote for May’s deal.

So there’s a press conference going on right now, the night before the meaningful vote on the Withdrawal Agreement, attempting to claim that May has obtained actual changes to the agreement over the Irish Backstop (a mechanism that if there was no trade deal would keep NI, and therefore the UK in effect as a whole,…