Trump definitely lives in a bubble (we might also live in a slightly-less-isolated bubble) as someone who binges on conservative news and buys into it all (and cannot tell the difference between a full page ad in the NY Times and something said in the NYT).

I lived in a city where the city council positions were part time, determining city policy was their side job while working for businesses seeking to get their way with the city hall. Campaign finance reform won’t help at that level because it takes only a few max donations to dominate someone who wants to serve the…

Sigh. So many of these “common sense solutions” are things that sound good but totally don’t work in practice. Yeah, “Congress sould make no more than the average American” sounds good, but it takes a lot of time to run for office and that pays nothing. When the pay for elected government positions are low, the only…

Yeah, I’m opposed to term limits partly because the people that want it are looking for a system that absolves them from having to follow what their elected officials are doing. It can be hard to get an incumbent out but term limits are the kind of rule that just creates a new ways for the people who are currently…

I think term limits are one of those things that sound good to people who want an easy answer. Its looking for a way to change the system in a way that makes one feel like everything has been fixed and needs no further work.

Just checked their website, it is possible to create an account without connecting to Facebook, which is a relief since I hate Facebook, too.

As a guy who has been in a relationship since before smartphones, which apps are good for finding friends? I remember reading on Jez comments that there were actually people who were really just looking for friends on OK Cupid but by the time I got to signing up, I didn’t see that option. I know a lot of the gay…

I don’t think the complaint about Euron’s travel speed is that we’re not shown how long it takes but that he seems to be able to travel much faster than everyone else. As I understand, Yara’s fleet left with the Unsullied... and in the time it took for the Unsullied to get to Casterly Rock, Euron managed to defeat…

That would make sense. The story has set up that Jaime can be pretty honorable and his worst deeds have come when he’s doing Cersei’s bidding. He loves her but if he comes to accept that her plotting led to the deaths of at least two of their children, that might really break that love. Maybe there’s a way for Arya to…

Part of the point in right wing millionaires spending all that money in media is to give liars like that a platform so that they can eventually be legitimized as one “side” in the debate.

Yeah, I know a lot of people just loved Parenthood but Nelson was a big reason I couldn’t get into it. (Also, the more I gave it a chance the more I ended up finding the Bravermans to be entitled jerks.)

I have a tiny bit of respect for Ann Coulter in that she was part of the legal team that worked hard to get to the point where Clinton was impeached for the Lewinsky affair. (It was bullshit but it was some pretty dedicated and intricate bullshit that got us there.)

The way conservative media has worked for a while (as far back as the “101st Fighting Keyboarders” at least) the only way to get anywhere is to have the most dramatic way of phrasing right wing talking points. If anyone tunes to conservative media for policy, they’re looking for a justification for what they already…

Not only I can not bear to look at him, I can’t stand his voice. For all the talk that Hillary’s voice is off-putting, his is just nails on the chalkboard for me — even before I add his repetitive and simple speaking.

I can totally see a Fox News host sincerely calling DJT “hot”. Part of patriarchy is expecting that women should be primarily judged on their looks but men should be seen as desirable for traits other than looks (usually on traits like money and ability to win dominance rituals over other men).

It’s an appealing idea but I don’t believe Milo is faking being gay. I’ve encountered enough gay white men who are bigoted assholes that can’t see past their own rights (it’s a match to the white feminists who dismiss the need to deal with racism or transphobia), Milo might be an extra shitty asshole but he’s an…

Frustratingly one problem with Underground is that there are only a few people who can get an exclusive on the series. HBO owns all its shows (since Oz, I think?) and HBO decides if they’ll appear anywhere outside of HBO. Unless Hulu can find the money to make it (and Underground’s international streaming sites), it’s…

The origins of Coke Zero are wrong, too. I knew some coca-cola bottlers a few years before it came out and its development was driven by new techniques in using artificial sweeteners. (They were really excited about how good it tasted.) When it came time to brand and market it they were definitely trying to avoid the…

Coming from a state where the population is largely API, it’s not just a stereotype black people have of white people.

I’m still bummed that we didn’t get an Enchantress in the witchy hat and that low-cut blouse that must have either been magical or be duct taped to her chest to avoid nip slips. (Also: couldn’t they have put of the Enchantress goes bad story until the second film so that the plot doesn’t go from “You’re mad to think…