I didn’t say Carter was the “worst president”. That’s a competition between Trump, Bush and Andrew Jackson (technically the only president to carry out the dictionary definition of a genocide).

Customer feedback has to be seen through a filter. They do not always understand what they want or need with respect to the product being created, and it’s easy to have a vocal minority sound like they are representative of a broader opinion.

Going back to FDR, the New Deal rebuilt the US economy for the working class. But he was still racists AF.

Bad policy must be examined and interrogated. But in this primary field, it is political suicide to come out guns blazing for Obama’s legacy. He continues to have a 93% approval rating among Democratic voters. That’s why things like the ACA have to be talked about as “compromised” rather than as failures even by…

UBI should be treated as one of several levers we need to pull to deal with automation and wealth concentration (including wealth taxes, vocation re-training, education investment, guaranteed housing and single payer healthcare). It is not a solution for education issues, healthcare, the housing crisis, and certainly…

So, I think you’re maybe reading some things into what I said that I didn’t actually say.

The Homelander is like if Captain Amazing from Mystery Men was an even bigger asshole. The Mystery Men themselves are closer to The Boys than The Seven. A lot of similar themes explored, one was just PG13 and the other is a hard R.

I don’t have strong opinions about him being fired or replaced. It’s a naked PR move on their part, and “morality clauses” are a thorny issue that could be argued over all day. But I do hope that he, and by proxy people like him, are able to go and get legit therapy and treatment for the mental illnesses, personality…

Mental illness or poor mental health (these are separate but related things) don’t excuse or justify maladaptive behavior. They simply explain it. If an alcoholic beats their spouse and kids in a drunken tirade, that person needs to be held to account. But we should still spare them at least some modicum of compassion…

It’s easy to talk about “mental health” when it’s someone like me who’s depression just causes them to shut down and hide away, or someone who’s anxiety can stress out or frustrate the people around them.

My spouse is NB, and I don’t love the neutral pronouns but I use them anyway because I love and respect the person.

What this world needs more of:

I could support a candidate who proposed a public option as a bridge to single payer. That frankly seems like the smart move. But Joe and other conservative Dems keep attacking single payer not on any practical grounds, but from the position that private insurance is for people that work and public healthcare is for…

That Ursula is Divine.

What scares me is that Trump knows he has tow options, go to jail or cling to power at *any* cost.

I was so burnt by the previous two movies, I ended up skipping Beyond until just last Fall. It was nice and refreshing to be reminded what a good Star Trek movie can look like.

If I’m intuiting correctly, he’s voicing disdain for Abe and the ne0-Imperialists that have been on the rise in Japan. All I can say is that extremely polite fascists are still fascists and he’s right to call them out.

The move to 3D was a poor choice for this franchise. Fire Emblem used to feature some of the best sprite animation around. I would leave the battle animations on through out the entire campaign because I never got tired of them.

You mean the only one of his 15 accusers to bring a civil case against him has backed down?

Clinton, Trump, Acosta, Dershowits, Spacey and anyone else in Epstein’s little blackmail book should all rot in prison.