I miss AJE/AJA. Was nice to get some world news that didn’t have to always be US-centric.

No kidding. His being there puts this boondoggle on the radar of a lot of people who otherwise would never have known about it.

I actually don’t have a animosity towards religious people like most people here do but it has to be admitted that a certain type among them have a crazy answer for everything.

Don’t forget his cabinet—quite a few 1%ers in there as well.

Political order of priority (for both parties):

Once it’s born, they just DGAF.

Well, when your religious tradition is baked into the bureaucratic foundation of a non-theocratic government, you’re either going to have to make some compromises or you’re going to have to cut any ties between your religious traditions and the law.

I think a big part of that is that we over-value the lives of the police. Yeah, I know that’s a shitty thing to say, but American society constantly drills it into the heads of cops that their lives are sacred which, combined with the actions of unions and the justice system to shield police from any consequences for…

My personal theory is that the active recruiting of military veterans into law enforcement is driving police shootings.

Wait, so they’re pro-anchor baby now?

If Koch Industries et. al. ever trigger that Constitutional Convention they’re trying to make happen so they can rewrite the Constitution, then yeah, civil war-ho!

The FEC deadlocked and took no action

Obligatory “That’s not entrapment” comment.

I’d disappear too. The false-flag conspiracy nuts are stalking the shit out of him.

Poor people already have to jump through huge hoops [...] to receive benefits

It’s how they keep score. Once money isn’t an issue, you need a new goal. In the case of the uber-rich, the goal is to beat everyone else and once you have, to stay on top.

So out-of-wedlock sex will be illegal as well?

Precooked, frozen and reheated is pretty normal. It’s just good business for low-cost, high-volume food places.

Not surprising, though. They couldn’t do enough jousting to fill an episode, and their attempts at reality-TV competition drama by forcing everyone to live together and getting them liquored up fell flat. Since the competition requires some actual (and uncommon) skills, the producers couldn’t just go out and cast for…