I feel like one of the reasons I read and have read Jez over the years is precisely that this kind of thing tended not to happen with the serious, thoughtful pieces. I mean, there’s always been click bait, but it was of the salacious or bombastic variety—you knew what you were getting. The deeper, more longform pieces…

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This comment is neither helpful nor relevant to the article at hand and just comes across as mean-spirited. And like you said, it's a decade ago. The article was clearly a poor attempt at satire, but you're just trying to stir up trouble and contention by bringing it up here.

I liked your comment, even though you didn’t mention John McCain, Meghan McCain’s father, John McCain, enough.

if we had universal healthcare in the US more people would be able to quit their Starbucks’ jobs, and Starbucks and Amazon workers wouldn’t be terrorized into stopping efforts to unionize.

Everything we encounter on a daily basis is “government” (or “socialism”) - whether it’s repaired potholes, or safe-to-consume food/medications. Everything.

The implication of “my country” and “fighting for” are clear to me. Normally when you say something like “fight for my country” you are speaking of an external enemy, but in this case we know that by “my country” they mean “my white privilege” because that’s really all that is threatened by giving equal treatment to…

And they let the older one wear pants! They are very accepting.

LOL. I’m old enough to know these Cee Uou Next Tuesdays are all grayer than a fucking ground squirrel.

They need minority representation. 

As long as she has a WASP-sounding last name, she’s probably ok. She just needs a little bleach and she’ll be good to go.

Finally! Women brave enough to champion our Gawd-given rights to more unaffordable healthcare, continuing tax cuts for the wealthy and income inequality, disappearing reproductive right, voter disenfranchisement, etc. #MAGASquad!

I’m surprised they allowed the brunette in.  Seems pretty pretty reckless to allow a non-blonde into the scene here.

“‘Conservative squad’ to combat socialism”

Saudi women can drive now; pick up a newspaper.

I couldn’t run a mile if a fucking bear was chasing me.  But I think I could easily put away 4 Budweisers in 11 minutes.  So what if my kid runs the mile, I drink the 4 beers, and we combine the respective times?  Or did I just invent another sporting event?

And make them serve out their time in their own concentration camps.

This is a genocidal policy. Abolish ICE.

The best part is that he recently gave an interview in which he said he will never show any remorse because he didn’t do it. Parole boards don’t like to hear that kind of thing. He may end up doing more than the three years with that kind of attitude. I guess he thought his prior bad acts appeal argument was a winner.…

I’m not debating the premise of your hypothesis, in that a live tree is superior to fake ones in every way...