soapboxcarwillie
SoapBoxcarWillie
soapboxcarwillie

“They used to make fun of my “American” accent, now they can all line up and kiss the ring.”—holds ring finger out and does a twirl

It’s always been surprising that we haven’t seen more convertible SUVs—they’re incredibly practical and highly desirable. And, unless you want to get a vintage Toyota FJ, Ford Bronco, International Scout, a pre-ban Land Rover Defender or a gray-market Mercedes G-wagen cabriolet (which BTW, are pretty awesome but also

At this point, the report has become newsworthy because it’s been passed around so much, because Sen. McCain passed it along to the FBI, and because it was originally produced as part of the opposition research conducted at first by Trump’s Republican primary opponents, and then by the Clinton campaign.

She’s still more-or-less qualified (and has more experience than most other nominees, considering she’s already worked at the DOT in an executive capacity), even if her policy choices will likely turn out to be shortsighted (and a complete giveaway to corporations). If we’re going to pick a hill to die on, it’s

So what’s the count for Trump White House nominees/staffers that have been accused of rape and/or domestic violence by their ex-wives? Andy Puzder, Steve Bannon, and Trump himself... anyone else? I understand that none of these resulted in a conviction—and I’m not arguing that they should have been convicted/gone to

Welcome to the next 4, and possibly 8, years. I really hope that all of those people who took him “seriously but not literally” are happy with all of the things he said he would do, and fully intends to do, that they thought he wouldn’t.

That’s the word on the street, but who knows.

“And now it’s not hard to find a great dress—the greatest dress, in fact—for this or any inauguration, piano recital, or funeral. That’s right, folks, the “Melania” inauguration dress from Ivanka Trump’s Made in America the Beautiful collection (dresses made in China), available at Nordstroms, Saks, and right here at

I’m definitely not a Trump supporter, but I still have issues with the preponderance of evidence standard for college sexual assault cases. College sexual assault is a serious problem, but also an incredibly tricky one to solve (unless people were to, magically, just stop doing it). It’s one of the only offenses

Why is it important to hear testimony from the victims’ families when deciding a convict’s sentence? It shouldn’t matter if the victim was a mother, a father, a brother, a son, a husband, a wife, a teacher, a little league coach, a really great guy, a creep or an asshole? If someone is convicted of murder, why should

No, the entire thing should be an artist-led fundraiser for all of these causes.

Or, the artists and attendees of the festival should do everything they can to make it the most LGBTQ supportive, anti-fracking, eco-friendly, evolution affirming festival ever—and definitely make sure there’s a direct connection between tickets sold and money donated by headlining artists to any of the above causes

I can only hope for some flashbacks to the days when Diplo was just a DJ trying to make it in the Philly (and B-more) dirty-electro scene, eating cheesesteaks and saying “jawns” a lot.

Cuomo embodies so much of what is wrong with the current Democratic party, both in NY State, and nationally—he is a politician, first and foremost. I think he would have had a much harder time getting elected if his family hadn’t been so influential in state politics (and if his father hadn’t been governor)—which

At least he’s able to call some bullshit when he sees it, but if the NFL came-a-calling would the response be the same (especially after St. Louis just lost the Rams)?

I mean, it’s not like they weren’t warned—both by the Hillary campaign and by Trump and Pence’s own words. But, I guess when the person running is a “Celebrity Businessman”, that’s what people focus on. And I know we can’t just go and hurt their widdle feelings by letting them know just how bad they got conned,

If you’re going to say, “I want people that made a fortune,” there’s a case to be made for Wilbur Ross, Gary Cohn and Steve Mnuchin—they’re at least intelligent, and have in fact made a fortune (I’m not going to get into the ethics of how they made their fortunes, because it’s not relevant to my point). But it all

The spectacle of President Trump going up against Ebola (some poor schmuck with Ebola) in a televised WWE cage match, just to show how strong and smart he is, will be matched only by the spectacle of him bleeding from his eyes, his “wherever, and every other unholy orifice of his.

The first rule of Black Lives Matter, is: do not talk about Black Lives Matter. Seriously—you’ll end up sounding dumb, racist or both (whether or not you’re actually either).

Don’t these people already have rooms full of Ted Nugent signed guitars? Literally—every right-wing event they go to, has one of those guitars in the silent auction.