She’s not dragging Faye, but rather pointing out how dispossable women are in Hollywood. Faye was huge in the late-60s/70s, was in films that made money, had massive critical acclaim, and an Oscar to boot. Then, she made two films that flopped, and her career was dead. She has tried resurrecting it - even going over…

I can appreciate this perspective, in the sense that any progress is better than none. But really, corporate America has well understood the progression of inequality for decades. Banks have economists working for them. They know this. It isn’t news. Academic economists have been making the connection between…

ummm...then why are you here on this article?

Oh, I don’t think it’s buyer’s remorse at all, I think it’s the next phase of Putin’s long game, which is destabilization of Western democracies and increased Russian global influence/control. He’s successfully interfered with the US elections, and watches as the moldy pumpkin dotard blows up foreign policy and…

Ah yes, Mitt Romney, defender of poor people. All 47% of them.

Is Ghana a shithole that we shouldn’t let people immigrate from?

He went to Washington to work on aid issues and was quickly hired by Nancy Birdsall, a widely respected authority on the effectiveness of international aid and the founder of the Center for Global Development.

You mean the surprisingly smart guy that helped save the auto industry because he had support and help in turning his ideas into policy? That guy?

See, this is how you use technology for good ;)

Sorry, it does much the same for me. As a lapsed catholic who was distancing themselves from the church with Benedict in charge (I really did not like that man) Francis was a breath of fresh air to my spirit. But there are still so many churches and pastors who are to the far right of right that it makes me stay away.

few topics get me to descend into an incoherent rage like the prosperity gospel, worshiping money by abusing the faith is...a sensitive topic for me.

To prove violation of number one I hereby present: “Prosperity Gospel” *drops mike*

1. I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before Me.

Is this an attempt at a gotcha question? It’s not a one-time thing. You just keep redistributing wealth downwards from anyone who has amassed more wealth than others over time.

Don’t forget that after the Central Park 5 were exonerated he STILL insisted they were guilty.

Managed to grab a slide from the last convention.

Generally white libertarians are socially liberal on some stuff, usually their vice of choice, but they are likely on the “racist to white supremacist” spectrum and they definitely hate poor people.

We need to stop this. This idolizing of celebrity and thinking that being rich and famous qualifies you for everything is why we have El Cheeto with is tiny hands on the button. Uhm, has anyone ever heard Oprah take a real stand on any issue? No? That’s because she won’t risk offending her followers who if we really…