*is* a holdover.

Yeah, that isn’t a holdover from just after the election that I honk they probably regret. It isn’t a bad take on a figure who is so powerful yet so mysterious, but it is pretty limiting.

I don’t know if Brannon is an alcoholic, but he sure as fuck has rosacea like me and millions of non-alcoholic people. Almost all rosacea will be worsened by alcohol consumption, but it is far from the only cause. Mine is triggered by being too hot, cold, mad, embarassed, sexually aroused, stressed or eating spicy or…

Trump has been a national political figure for about two years now. Has anyone actually successfully influenced him to their policy position in the way you’ve described? Ryan, McConnel, Musk, Teresa may, Rudy Giuliani, Christie, Cruz, this list goes on. All have tried to get on his good side and pander to him and he…

Oh it’s a Muslim ban. It’s just a really bad one that fails to effectively keep out the majority of muslims entering the states. So pointless, in additionally to morally wrong, and unconstitutional.

It points to a real weakness in UBer’s business. They have a service people love that very easy to replicate. Musk sells prodtcs that his customer adore. It is a totally differently relationship to your customers.

How long has Trump been talking about “extreme vetting”? I ask because I have no idea what he actually means. Have you ever heard a specific example of deficiencies in the screening process that are compromising our security, or what measures we need to take to fix them? to me, it is a question of how much harm to…

In our topsy turvy world, I can’t believe I am on the side of rooting for nepotism at the highest level of government. I guess now I know in the race between fascism and monarchy, I go for monarchy?

I think Ivamka is culpable for Trump’s victory and has shown herself to be a shameless opportunist when it comes to promoting her clothing brand in ways that violate the spirit and (I think) the letter of the law, but why isnt it in appropriate for her to go along to Dover? We have had presidents before who had…

I listen to Texas Talking, a podcast about TX state politics that is, unsurprisingly, depressing as fuck. Last episode I heard, they were speculating on what democrats have enough of a following to be competitive in a statewide race. Popovich came up as a suggestion, that his celebrity could overcome the extremely…

I agree, he is way too disciplined to say something like this near a hot mic. It would make me like him a little more to know he thought this blatantly illegal EO is bullshit.

So, I think Pence will be bad, really bad, but I mean willing to take it if it means returning to an administration that pays attention to the rule of law.

I dunno, I’ve followed his career since ~1999 (my family is from in Janesville) and I don’t thinking he really cares about the populist/nationalist goals Trump is promoting. I think Ryan is dying to get all his bullshit, stupid tax and spending reforms cut. I think he wants those so bad that he is going along with…

Yeah, I think this is counterproductive. I don’t really care if there were some irregularities in how Trump’s work visa was obtained. Her situation sounds pretty familiar to me, lots of people work within the US while being employed by an overseas employer. We are talking about an administration that will deny the sky…

I’m pro-choice and a scientist and I read the report of a human-pig chimera with unease. This type of technology is very powerful and raises challenging ethical questions like: how human a creature you can grow? what suffering does the animal endure? Where will we go once this technique is perfected? I’m mostly…

I Think is has been proved definitively that no one cares about hypocrisy. We all think people should care when we recognize it in others, but when one of our own is charged with having double standards, we always find a way to excuse them.

All I can do is give thanks and praise that I do not know what crushed bedbugs smell like.

Rosemary gets me when it is in large quantities, I think it doesn’t help that it is used in so many actual soaps. So unpleasant to eat.

I’m in Texas and the state legislature is calling Travis County (Austin and surrounds), El Paso, Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio sanctuary cities. Their definition is pretty broad, Houston and El Paso have basically said that they are not INS, and have no intention of using city resources to enforce stupid federal…

I decided a few weeks ago to start volunteering with a local refugee resettlement agency. It doesn’t change policy, but helping new arrivals land with jobs, getting them self sufficient, and incorporated into the community will certainly help at least a few individuals.