I think you have an extremely idealized and inaccurate view of art history prior to the medieval/renaissance patronage system. You are also simultaneously hostile to both the elitist, technical art criticism prevalent up to the early 20th century, as well as the far more democratized, conceptual approach taken today.…

All formalized criticism is subjective; that is literally the point of criticism. Lazy clichés such as “art is dead” only reveal that you have no idea what you’re talking about.

Sadly we’ve never needed help making ourselves look stupid.

Lol yeah all of us with art degrees are sooo rich. Get a bunch of MFAs in a room and it’s basically Davos.

Do you mean eminent domain or civil forfeiture? Eminent domain protections at least get you fair market value for your property, and AFAIK there’s a fair amount of oversight to ensure the process isn’t abused. Forfeiture is the one where they can just take your shit if they want to.

Coke is typically cut, but the meth I’ve seen is always in the form of crystalline shards, and I don’t think it can be cut too much and still form large, translucent crystals. Meth is also comparatively cheap and much easier to produce, so there’s not as much rationale to cut it with anything else.

Without health insurance, how will he treat his bone-itis?

I think that could be dangerous, but why not make the camera automatically switch on when the gun is unholstered?

The person saying the meeting was fruitless is Don Jr- who also said it was about adoptions and that he only met with Veselnitskaya. He lied about every other aspect, why should anyone believe him about this one?

I thought they relinquished a bunch of patents, in part to establish universal standards for EV power and charging... was their port design not part of that?

I still think it’s important to demonstrate that such an outrageous insult was also a lie.

Because Autism presents itself around the same time as the first round of immunizations. By comparison, many young adults receive a meningitis vaccine before college. Symptoms of severe psychosis typically manifest shortly thereafter, in early adulthood. Could that mean the meningitis vaccine causes psychotic breaks?…

We had an analog of this in driver’s ed when I was in high school, and I think it was a good idea. Non-cops and especially kids might not realize what a sudden, nervous fumble for docs in the glove box looks a lot like a nervous fumble for a weapon from an officer’s perspective, or that cops would rather follow you…

I was really excited until I realized they’re talking about the dance.

What should we tell the tribes that practice female circumcision?

Yes, my mother also had our dentist file down my eye teeth because they looked “demonic.” So that’s two totally unnecessary, permanent body modifications; in the case of my teeth, one done against my specific request. If this is the attitude you maintain towards your own children, don’t be surprised when they keep you…

I’ve met people way into their Scottish heritage who complain about street clothes with a specific clan tartan <eyeroll.gif> IF THEY TAKE PLAID WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO MY FLANNELS

My hope is that if they only had six confirmed but expected to find dozens more, they’d hold off until they had a better estimate. When I saw the video and heard how they encouraged residents to stay inside (?!?!) I was expecting the death toll to be catastrophic.

Exactly. More smart, qualified women in the workforce = fewer opportunities for aristocratic mediocrities like Kushner.

Fake rape allegations against celebrities are actually really, really common, because crazy people fixate on them.