I’m definitely taking my shoes off on an international flight. As long as my feet don’t smell and I’m wearing socks. But there is no way I’m wearing shoes for an entire 13-hour flight.

Right. It’s not just civil disagreement, they have to hate the very existence of those with whom they disagree. You read in the history books about genocide, violence and other unspeakable acts, even amongst neighbors or fellow citizens. It seems so bizarre and demented. And yet here we are watching in real time folks…

I’m guessing he double majored in bigotry and entitlement with a minor in MRA studies, followed by a masters in conspiratorial thinking. He’s A.B.D in a Ph.D in batshit crazy.

Hey now, we pay mercenaries to fight our wars for us, too.

Sure...we can always pay the poor to fight our wars, as we have since the Volunteer Army began.

Ugh. Just say no Kerry! I know it has been said but an evening of POC handing awards to white actors does not fix Hollywood’s diversity problem. It’s going to be hilariously bad. I don’t want any of the actors I admire near that mess. :(

It already looks like that.

If this trend continues they’re in danger of making it look like people of color are just “the help.”

For sure, I was mostly being tongue-in-cheek. (And besides that, Brazil is already working on this—it’s not like the U.S. is the only country capable of doing medical research. We do have a lot of money we could throw at it, though, if we wanted to.)

You can thank the Olympics for making this a priority.

I’ve already seen the articles floating around that this is being caused by vaccines and not the Zika virus.

She understood enough to accuse the brown people.

How about using his mugshot like every other major news outlet?

There’s a compelling argument to be made that the only way we’ll win back congress is if Democratic voters are excited to get out and vote, and even if Clinton is more “electable,” Sanders is the one who has a chance of really activating the base. People win elections when people are energized and excited to vote for…

You know it's slim pickings when people look back wistfully at the Mitt Romney days.

I notice the NYT’s didn’t point out that she was well behind Dick Cheney in calling for legalizing same sex marriage.