Except in practicality, where the Libertarian Party is really just, “Republicans who want to smoke weed.”

Except libertarians never take that next step. What does “lower taxes” and “smaller government” actually mean? It means less military spending, which is fine. That’s one of the few parts I can get on board with.

I’m curious to know what you the think the effects of lower taxes and smaller government will have on things like education, infrastructure, welfare, monopolistic competition, and our geopolitical presence. I just don’t see how a country as large as the United States can function with libertarian policies. It’s one of…

“should”...”very bad”...”too expensive”....I mean, those are textbook examples of personal beliefs.

So how do you find a bipartisan compromise between legalizing and banning gay marriage? It’s a literal zero sum game!

EVERYONE wants lower taxes and smaller government. It’s a matter of what you think your tax dollars should be spent on. The “centrists” tend to believe that the poor are dragging the economy down, that government is “too big.” Yet, when you look at how federal dollars are actually allocated, a different picture…

There is nothing wrong with wanting, say, pro-choice rights for women, marriage equality, AND lower taxes and smaller government.

This is bullshit. You’re talking about political beliefs as though they should be treated like religion. Fuck that, that’s why we’re in such a goddam mess right now, people investing their personal beliefs to such a degree that facts and evidence become irrelevant to them (and no, you’re not some special exception).

She needs a psychiatrist and counseling. All day every day.

You’re right, and I’m sure all the reasonable Trump supporters will recognize that the left is not a monolith and are also fully aware of Kathy Griffin’s relevance to political discourse in relation to Gloria Steinem’s. It’s a good thing this won’t be used to trivialize any other protest or criticism of the Trump…

She is generating an issue for Trump and his cultists to get theatrically faux-offended over as loudly as they need to be in order to drown out any further discussion about Russia. More importantly she KNOWS she’s doing that and her thirsty fameballing ass is rolling right ahead anyway for the attention.

It doesn’t…

Actually, everyone knows who she is.

Because Lisa Bloom is all about publicity, like Griffin. She doesn’t care how silly she looks as long as CNN is showing her press conferences live.

She’s so full of shit. Like Trump, Griffin lives for publicity, good or bad. She did this knowing exactly what the reaction would be and she knew her career wouldn’t suffer because the Red Staters weren’t part of her fan base to begin with (she may have also thought that this would make her a hero to the left.) She…

The “One Love Manchester” show, set for June 4, will feature artists like Pharrell, Katy Perry, Coldplay, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, Niall Horan, and more.

Yes I’m perfectly aware there are Black women as well and that they aren’t fully mutually exclusive. My point is that someone saying ‘we need more of x’ and then another saying ‘also more of y too’ has in my experience always many times led to arguments over whether x or y should take precedence. Same issue would…

This is definitely not just a “rich” problem. My little town and many of its poor residents are being eaten alive by prescription drug abuse (granted, some of its rich residents as well.) My dad, who is poor, is hospitalized right now potentially dying of liver disease. He battled heroin addiction when I was a…

she found the “representation of female characters on film” to be “disturbing.” Chastain offered as a partial anecdote including more female-directed films in next year’s Cannes selection.

Every lawyer I’ve ever met says to refuse the breathalyzer. Just like invoking your right to not speak, or ask for a lawyer. Doing those things doesn’t make you guilty. Although, that mug shot makes me think, there is def more to this story.

By denying that there are aspects of the current practice of Islam that need to be reformed- particularly the way that many Muslims take a literalist interpretation of the Koran- you’re making it much more difficult for those Muslims who are trying to bring about this contemporary reformation.