tbh, if someone had asked me, “hey, would it be funny to you to watch a piece of goddamn nazi scum get punched in the face?” i’d have probably said, “no. not really. when i was younger i would have thought that was great, but at this point in my life i feel any kind of violence toward political enemies, no matter how…

hi it’s me i’m sir ian mcketchum can i be ungreyed now plz?

My thoughts exactly.

winning loyalty would take both time and effort. disenfranchising and disappearing them is much easier and quicker.

and that empowerment is ultimately passed on to the consumers!

it has been interesting to watch simon’s views on cops change from his giddy infatuation with them back when he was embedded with the bpd and writing “homicide: a year on the killing streets” to now. he’s one of the few “embedded” writers i’ve seen admit that, as a bookish and nerdy writer (who was also going through…

but it’s tiger town

they do? i thought they knew exactly why it happened and made sure to keep doing the things that encouraged the diaspora.

Illinois is currently run by a comically corrupt plutocratic libertarian who is considering violating federal law and making cuts to social service agencies that are legally protected from being de-funded because they work with at risk children. Outside of Chicago, Illinois is Trumpsylvania and Chicago is in the midst…

“when lee lost gettysburg....it was funny because fuck robert e. lee because he fought for slavery and fuck slavery.”

Hell of a kid. He told me a story once about his uncle Nezbit. Uncle Nezbit had no friends, just a dog, Rover, he took everywhere. Even to the movies. Dog loved Gone With the Wind, which amazed Nezbit since Rover hated the book. Kid has another uncle, Max, who was a barber...

and some of those other people, too

ikr

now we know what really happened to carl lipbaum.

So I have spent the past 8 years working at a residential facility for fucked up kids where we do some cognitive behavioral therapy on them and hope they don’t fuck up again when we turn them loose. I’ve enjoyed the job and gotten to do more good than harm, which a lot of people can’t say. Obviously, all of our kids…

Charlie Rules the World had so much promise, but then Dennis’ story line just kine of flew off the rails at the end. Like, jokes about his god complex are good, but then when they try to actually show how the world looks from inside Dennis’ POV it just gets tedious fast (see also Dennis’ part of The Gang Saves the…

first off, chicken&waffles is pretty fucking awesome and a good chicken and waffle joint is a magickal place (there are a few left in chicago, for instance).

god i was pissed at her when she didn’t step down and let obama name a replacement for her when that was an option. brilliant woman but fuuuuuck. even more livid at kennedy for same reason.

after a couple of years of trump’s economic policies, more and more 80 year olds will be in the workforce, though few of them will enjoy their work as much as or be as well compensated as this shit-weasel.