Diamond and Silk—who were not born Diamond and Silk but were apparently given better birth names, Lynette Hardaway (“Diamond”), and Rochelle Richardson (“Silk”) before taking on the stripper monikers—became a thing in 2016 when they were willing to be black champions for Trump.

Hypothesizing about aliens either seems to involve a weird over-reliance on anthropocentrism, or an equally-weird aversion to anything that might, however remotely, touch upon anthropocentrism.

If I may respectfully disagree, I think both 2016 and 2020 show in their own way that our political elite just doesn’t think well, if at all, in probabilistic terms. In essence, 2016 is a case study of how our political media looked at the unappealing specter of a Donald Trump presidency, read statistical analyses…

Well, not tremendous to be honest.

Well, good news is that, without spoiling anything, Season 4 of The Good Place is “pretty good, with just a touch of wheel-spinning to throw it off of Seasons 1 and 2 apex”, but its ending is sublime. Of TV endings I’ve seen, it maybe doesn’t quite match the nostalgia I have for “All Good Things . . .” on Star Trek:…

Charisma and Dexterity are my dump stats, so the best I can offer you is this:

Well, first of all, I’m really sorry that Lucy lost out on all that. No sarcasm.

In Upton’s defense, her prompt was to give the best possible imitation of a dictionary in a washing machine. And I, for one, think she nailed it.

Yeah, in all seriousness, if the Religious Right were actually interested in all the things they tout, like “the sanctity of marriage”, what they would oppose would be no-fault divorce laws. And I know that because once upon a time, they actually did.

Having consulted her wikipedia page, I can say that at all of 43 years old, this would be the perfect time for her to be Jane Pauley’ed off the show for someone just as blond and unabashedly basic, but 15-20 years younger and less able to negotiate a contract. That is how capitalism, and more importantly the…

Yeah, if you really wanted to boil down the problem that these protestors are having, it really is no more complex than they are unaccustomed to, and therefore cannot handle, being told “no.”

Yeah, that’s me popping off. In truth, I’m just as much an absolutist on the Fourth and Fifth Amendment as the First. So while I may fantasize about the whole “lose the paperwork”, the legal scholar in me has to insist that due process be observed, and that these individuals not be subjected to any unnecessary or…

You’ll get no argument on that point from me, and to be extremely clear, I’m not saying that we will, in any way, be able to change their minds using government force. Even if I hadn’t read my Augustine on the subject, which I have, the simple fact is that these people’s entire mentality is built on the foundation…

Yeah, I’m reminded of the concept of “law school hot”, and wondering if there might some weird reality show parallel concept at work here. Admittedly, I’m a straight male, but I’m also confident enough in my sexuality, and more pertinently, a good enough eye, to point at another guy and say “wow, that is one darn good…

I’m not kidding.

I’ve often said that was, bar none, the best bit of physical acting I’ve ever seen in my life. All he does is take off the glasses and straighten himself:

Not only do I agree, I think you can make your point even more strongly, because the simple fact is that the economy won’t bounce back if there’s a pandemic going on, regardless of what people do, or what the President directs. The fundamental, Rule Zero critique of the President’s proposal isn’t even that it’s…

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