I have followed Karina since the beginning of her podcast because we have a mutual friend who told me about her episodes on silent film. I love her take on early Hollywood. She has a unique voice and a great way of telling a story. I highly recommend her entire podcast.  Many hours of interesting cultural analysis!

Did y’all read the Oryx and Crake trilogy? Because there’s so much there that she just dead-on nailed and so much that she was completely up her own ass about that I’m STILL chewing on parts of Maddaddam. 

I hope he gets a damn good lawyer, because this is gotdamn ridiculous. 

No, no, by “state run” Two Scoops meant “run by one of my kids or someone who has already sworn loyalty and obedience to me, personally and in perpetuity”.

Of course they “stormed” the border. Because they aren’t being permitted to cross and present themselves legally. The US border was closed to prevent them from claiming asylum, which is why they were legally presenting at the border. They weren’t trying to run across to escape INS but they were attempting to be…

I would be well beyond shocked if her contract didn’t have a termination provision and a break fee. It would be so far outside the norm that it would require a significant explanation.

Even my college had a “if you embarass us you are gone” clause it is unbelievable to me that they didn’t have one in her contract. But I guess they really wanted the pretty (pretty racist) white lady 😳

I love that NBC has to pay so much to clean up their fuck up but at the same time I hate that she will be getting anything. Other than scorn and derision, that’s all she deserves.

No matter how spectacular any of us are in our jobs, there's not one of us, including Megyn Kelly, spectacular enough to be worth 69 million dollars in salary.

^^^^^^ This. All of this.

I honestly do not understand how this type of job earns that kind of money. The skill set is entry level. Or, to be accurate, her skill set is entry level. NHL doesn't make anywhere near that cash, and they actually have to know how to play. 

Obviously I don’t think she should get a penny because I don’t think she should have been hired, in the first place. But it was inevitable she’d get the full amount.

Who the hell actually has a Discover card?

Thank you for your kind comment. I know there are a lot of messed up places, but Reading has a long history of racism (even if they don’t want to acknowledge it). This is not a new thing there. For example, Charles Stuart (the guy who killed his wife for the life insurance money, but claimed a black man did it) is…

Bad idea, unless the school wants to be the subject of a couple weeks of concerted attacks by every conservative in the nation.

YES.  I’ll bet he’s a Libertarian: white men’s property rights über alles.

Before the page finished loading, I thought, wouldn’t it be funny if this was my hometown. Well, what do you know? Reading, MA was and still is incredibly racist. I was so miserable growing up there that many times, I considered killing myself. I still have the occasional nightmare about being a kid again and being…

Like Henry Cavill or Taylor Kitsch.

Viggo escorting a minority through treacherous territory again. 

The Warmth of Other Suns is so good.