Oh man, this was a favorite of young latchkey RevengeofPomPom. I still remember one episode where Chuck Woolery asked the contestant why his last relationship didn't work out. Contestant: "Cuz every time I looked away she started digging in her nose!" 10 year old RevengeofPomPom: slowly pulls finger from nostril,…

Did your family encourage your creativity when you were a kid?

I am such a sucker for goofy idiot characters, so Jason/Jianyu is already my jam, but Manny Jacinto seriously kills it with his performance. The glee with which he tears off his sleeves in the wedding scene — gold! His tender kiss to the Ariana Grande poster — perfect! Him ending his vows with a stadium-worthy shout…

Ha! That's a great comparison

I read a very thought-provoking comment on reddit recently that gave me some pause about a certain segment of climate change deniers. Basically, that small farmers go through a bunch of regulatory hoops from the EPA, regulations that are told to be justified by climate change, but then watch as big agribusinesses…

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Did you write bad poetry as a teen and can you recite some now?

agreed — I find the woodenness of Megan Fox's acting to be really distracting.

Seriously! What a fun show that was.

Ok, I see what you mean. But isn't your point exactly why the racial demographic shift happening in America will be good for the Dems? E.g., if 8% of Latinos decide they are tired of LBGT issues being forefront (or whatever — this is just an example), then the increasing number of nonwhite voters in total will offset…

I hear what you're saying, but it just does not appear that the data support that assessment: http://www.pewresearch.org/… Is there something I'm missing here? Because to me it looks like this shows that Hispanics have supported Dem over Repub Presidential candidates by a substantial margin since 1980, including by a…

I mostly agree with you, but I think he did try that in his first couple of years (remember all the green jobs stuff? then Solydra happened and Obama/Dems got scared off of the green jobs messaging (it seemed to me)). I agree that he should have been more tenacious about it. But I think ultimately the DNC needed to be…

i feel the same way and was similarly psyched when I came across this resource. It's great to be able to have some concrete steps to take.

Well, I disagree about how the tea leaves should be read in this regard … but I hope your perspective about the future of the Republicans serves you by being intense fuel for fighting the right's further slide into fascism and for reaching out to Hispanic voters of all generations.

You might be interested in reading this — lots of useful stuff in here: https://www.indivisibleguid…

Aside from just calling your Senator or Representative, one thing the Tea Partiers did to great effect is show up at town halls and other events the Congressperson hosts, ask pointed questions about whatever their issue is (for us, let's say it's something like "Why have you not supported efforts to investigate…

Actually, I think this election is a great example of how much voter turnout of specific demographic groups can matter for any particular election, but it doesn't negate what is happening in terms of big-picture shifts.

I think you're totally right. The Republicans are so pleased with their successful power grab this election that they are, I predict, going to completely ignore the fact that the demographic winds are blowing decidedly against them. If they had lost the Presidency, I have no doubt the GOP would have done some…

I wish we had some great Democratic leadership, because there's so much potential to use the right's inanity against them, tai-chi style. "Oh really — the GOP was just a bunch of scared little school girls for 8 years? Then in that case you'd better vote those lilly livered weaklings out of office." Something like…

i completely agree with you, but I don't think we need to wait to 2018 to hobble his proposals. Obama was elected in 08 with a Democratic majority in Congress and the Tea Party-ers nevertheless managed to get Repubs to effectively block all sorts of his policy proposals. There is no reason why we can't do the same,…