Oy vey the skepticism in this thread. Maybe have some faith that Obama is doing something that Trump actually cannot undo or will face a huge legal challenge as a result.

Not wrong facts, certainly. But then how do we, the majority, respond? Do we throw up our hands, say “we’re fucked” and hide under the bed? Or do we take it as an opportunity to mobilize, to scream back at every terrible decision that’s sure to come out of this kleptocratic administration, and to take back the House…

I was wondering the same thing...whether there is perception of pain after the head comes off. Since all pain is actually felt in (or really by) the brain the brain could have perceived pain from the decapitation.

THIS ^^^^^

“Do we really need to see the mannerisms of our new leader through the lens of comedy on TV?”

For what it’s worth, I have never seen it that way. I think it makes a grotesque out of Trump, rightly so. It’s pretty rough and anything but soft or flattering. There’s a reason he hates it so much, after all, no?

I read an account once of a French doctor witnessing an execution by guillotine in Algeria during the colonial days. The blade came down and the victim’s head rolled away and then as the doctor watched the eyes and lips moved for several seconds afterwards before finally stopping. The doctor then called out the…

Not entirely true. The french conducted several “studies” back when the guillotine was used almost daily. In these tests, they would ask a severed head questions (sometime guaranteeing a place in heaven if the dying head answered), and found that a severed head can live 30 seconds plus after it’s been lopped off. You…

However, his Muslim friend (who reported him to the FBI) drew a clear picture of how Mateen had become radicalized.

Well I would say that period in our society is relatively recent no? The racists have always been there, they lost a lot of establishment power during the Civil Rights Movements but regained a newer connection with the establishment (GOP) that we are seeing play out more and more at state levels (North Carolina…

Right, so as I recall correctly, and please if you have a source that proves me wrong send it my way, no one was able to provide any chat logs or evidence of their involvement. At the bare minimum you’d think they’d have found evidence of him having downloaded grindr (or scruff or whatever).

So to clarify, Mateen said he was closeted and carried out the Pulse shooting because of his own self loathing? Do you have a source on that?

Third it. I’m really enjoying the article and the thread.

There are dozens of stories from the ME every year about sunnis and shiites car bombing, bus bombing and suicide bombing each other by the hundreds. They routinely get ignored by this site and other news sources. Where is the outcry over those? Not on these comment boards.

Ugh, yes. My ancestors were banished from Salem for being Quakers - and even were decreed to be sold into slavery. There was no room for religious tolerance or freedom there.

“lock her up” was also a chant at some Bernie events.

I think it’s also important to bring up the rural vs. urban factor, such as it was at the time. A lot of research has been done into the fact that the majoirty of the accusers were from the more rural parts of Salem (often called Salem Farms when dividing it up) while a lot of the accused were from the town proper…

Second that. This is vintage Jezebel, good stuff.

YES. We see the exact same “logic” coming from the fact averse on both the right and the left (I’m looking at you, anti-vaxxers, trying to drag us back to the 17th century!) Goody Benjamin walked by my cow, the next day my cow died, ergo Goody Benjamin is a witch!

So glad Carroll mentions the debates about Tituba’s race. And yes, the collective memory so often touts the Puritans as champions of freedom of religion. Fuck no! Like the evangelicals today who decry “sharia law” while demanding that everyone study the bible in school and say “Merry Christmas” the Puritans didn’t…