Only Philly would need elected officials who would actually make statements with actual reason in their response to dumpster-pools. Every other city would just go, “Gross.” and wait for the trend to stop after the participants succumb to leopidopteritis of the anal cavity, but Philly knows that no disease stops the…

I called the mayor’s office for further clarification. They said:

So what they are saying is that if you can fill it up without using a hydrant... game on.

The Guardian had a great write-up of how immigration fear was the biggest driver of “Leave,” not immigration; in neighborhoods with large percentages of recent immigrants, the majority of British voters voted “Remain.”

A protest vote. You know, like voting third party because Bernie didn’t get the nomination...

“You’ve Just Voted to Leave the EU. You Won’t BELIEVE What Happens Next...”

Those same people who love to whine about the Electoral College (“but whyyyy can’t it just be one person, one vote”) lean heavily on its existence to allow them to vote with their precious consciences instead of their fucking brains.

Mama’s baby.

Not a chance for me; I’m okay with Clinton, she’s infinitely preferable to Trump, and I realize that neither Stein nor Johnson have a chance of winning (and I don’t know enough about Johnson to know if I find him preferable to Clinton). However, I do the the sense that some of Sanders’ supporters are refusing to vote…

when you excited to see Tarzan/afraid of refugees but you keep fighting in the backseat/vote for brexit and your mom turns the car around/currency hits a 30 year low:

Let’s hope this doesn’t happen in November with Bernie supporters (I’m one of them) voting for Jill Stein as a protest candidate.

Him x 17m right now.

Whew...here I thought us Americans held the monopoly on stupidity.

Fuck this fucking idiot. What did he think this was? A Twitter poll?

its like when you were little and fighting with your brothers in the car on the way to see Tarzan and your mom said she would turn the car around if you didnt stop and you didn’t believe her so you kept fighting and then she did and your life flashed before your eyes.

Point of interest from here:

a New York Jew with a copy of the Times tucked into her bag.

It’s a way for people to cop out of difficult conversations. Very common in Facebook: “stop politicizing a tragedy" etc.

In a blog post, he blamed the attack on ISIS. “Of course there has been a knee-jerk call for more gun control. (The New York Daily News’ headline the day after the shooting was “THANKS, NRA”). Some gay-rights activists are blaming the “Christian Right.” Planned Parenthood blames “toxic masculinity” (whatever that…

Nothing “works” to keep someone sober. You work to be sober. There are tools that help. You know what doesn’t “work”? Not trying.