Always, always, always call Trump’s bluff. Because if the thing he’s threatening benefits him, he’s going to do it regardless of whether you agree to his demands or not. When you give in to his bullying, at best you buy yourself a couple of weeks. Trump does not keep his word: that’s one of very few things about which …

They’re clearly going off that old comedy maxim, “the best comedy always punches down, preferably aiming for the weakest and most vulnerable, who are scrambling just to survive and provide for themselves and their families. Hitting them hard and publicly by offering them what they need most in the world and then…

Hey, sweet! That means there’s that much more wealth to trickle down to us! That’s how it works, right? We keep giving the wealthy all of our money instead of spending that money on things like roads and education and healthcare, but then eventually the money trickles back down to us from the wealthy so we can spend…

Not that I know of? But I should note here that almost all of my knowledge about flag code comes from the internet and my WWII-vet grandpa before he died about twenty years ago. He was a WWII vet who was conscientious about his flags, and I just kinda always took an interest in it from that... So I don’t pretend to be…

I think this is my all-time favorite.

To be honest, I’m not sure. The flag code explicitly says that no part of the flag shall be used for a costume or athletic uniform, and that the flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery... and there are quite a few other little parts of the code that certainly make wearing it as clothing seem…

Psssshh. You liberal cucks and your “flag codes” and other bullshit. Respecting the flag means things that conservatives do to the flag that makes them feel good. Whether that’s leaving a tattered, faded, years-old flag to fly unlit overnight in a deluge, using a flag as a beach towel, or humping the flag onstage in a…

Yeah, I really wonder how many of these people are truly that deluded and ignorant, and how many are just afflicted by some sort of Emperor’s New Clothes syndrome. As influential as Fox News is and as gladly ignorant as many Americans are, you know there are plenty of people who know how fucked up and ridiculous this…

Fuck Trump with a rusty pitchfork, but at the same time: I have precisely zero sympathy for anyone dumb enough to enter a good faith agreement with Donald fucking Trump with money involved. Holy shit, the man has a track record decades long of going back on signed contracts, and his tenure as president has been marked…

Yeah, with regard to pay parity: the cynic in me assumes that both this game and their reaction to it was planned and executed to gin up coverage. Because a fair part of how people can still defend the disparity between men’s and women’s salaries is by pointing to ratings, clicks for stories, etc.

Agree to disagree in this case. In almost any other level of soccer, yeah, I think letting off the gas is the right thing to do. But this is the highest level of international football. Dropping back and playing keep-away insults the other team, bores the hell out of the fans, and makes a mockery of what is supposed…

Yeah, this is about where I fall. Women’s soccer is still developing as a global sport. The difference in resources and just the amount of time different countries have been focusing on the women’s game varies so widely, it’s absolutely unavoidable that there will be games like this.

Oh, come on now. The American right (and, let’s be fair: a good chunk of the American left) has been defining socialism in popular culture for longer than we’ve been alive.

“The volume of transactions with insiders and affiliates of insiders is really astonishing.”

Trump supporters giving their money to a project doomed to failure by its very nature, that is further undermined by poor planning and failure to follow very simply procedural rules. Just... a bit too accurate of a metaphor, this.

Stopped clock right twice a day. I actually do think on some level, actual fake news is the worst thing facing our country right now. It’s preventing us from even taking cursory actions to deal with racism, climate change, and everything else. Because half the country listens to Fox, and doesn’t live in reality. I’m…

I remember during Dubya’s reign, learning how to deal with the rage that would bubble up from the GOP hypocrisy of that age. I didn’t think there was any way it could get worse or more blatant.

This was my reaction. Is this one of them ironicals? Have I gone looking for sarcasm in irony? Was this designed to just get a cynical smirk, while I looked for a giggle? Because I don’t get any of it.

The insurance question is an interesting part of it. I would have to think that arming civilians in a school would raise the premiums, period, and shooting the wrong kid would translate to “parents, we’re either raising your taxes drastically or next year your children will all be taught together in the gym because we…

I smile every time your screen name pops up in my notifications. It’s a goddamned reflex.