When did we get to the point that “The Economy” is the only thing that matters in life and that all decisions must revolve around it? It’s always been an important consideration, sure, but now it just seems all-consuming.

Eight ships have been requested this year: an aircraft carrier, two submarines, two destroyers, one littoral combat ship (LCS) and two auxiliaries.

My high school had a cop assigned to the school full time.

I have a moral objection to Donald Trump. Where do I opt out?

For $75 million, Mike Bloomberg could have restored eyesight for 1.5 million people with curable blindness or prevented 25,000 human deaths from malaria.

Why can’t we all just...ignore each other?

Someone who isn’t working is someone who isn’t generating profit for some CEO or shareholders somewhere. Better get those fuckers back on the line.

Just out of curiosity, how many billionaires are in the cabinet or senior leadership positions? How many multi-millionaires? I assume there are no poors, of course—poor, in this case, meaning non-multi-millionaires.

see who in Washington is making a profit off this deal

Gonna be another one of those days...

...you’re reading too much in to this.

My office just made all employees exempt, eliminating overtime pay. We get steady cost-of-living increases, but they don’t keep pace with the cost of living in the area. There are no merit raises or performance reviews.

I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a bigger collection of dipshits on broadcast television.

So, yes, it’s murder insurance. You pay them a monthly fee and they support you when you kill someone under a particular set of circumstances.

So this is murder insurance?

Global manifest destiny is accomplished with culture, not soldiers and nation-building. Meaningful change is cultural and cultural change is generational. Shit takes time.

Today’s children: “Can’t they just track her cellphone?”

I don’t like people; nor do I think I could pretend to like people.

when you spend millions of dollars to do thousands of dollars worth of damage, you’re not actually winning.