The Italian and Irish immigrant communities in America had such a beautifully synergistic relationship in the first half of the 20th century, with the Italians' congenital low morals and rampant lawlessness creating stable employment opportunities for Irish cops
Gee I sure hope there isn't a third party involved in this conflict that loves assassinating presidents and really really really really really really REEEEEAAALLY wants to nuke Iran
The Mitch McConnell situation is starting to sound like when a con artist pretends an elderly relative is still alive so they can keep cashing their Social Security checks, only it’s the entire GOP doing it so they can keep cutting Social Security.
The Supreme Court gave this psychotic, corrupt clown car full authority to sell everything special about America at a fire sale price.
They need to be escorted out of there and frog-marched around Dupont Circle while we shower them with tomatoes. I’m tired of their destruction.
Good reminder: "We cannot have a society in which, if two people wish to communicate, the only way that can happen is if it's financed by a third person who wishes to manipulate them" - Jaron Lanier
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He's building a massive WH bunker, firing election officials, demanding voter rolls, and wants to create a permanent way to block access to the WH. If I was a conspiratorial sort, I'd be connecting some dots that don't end well for democracy.
I think if authors are too poor to survive piracy and readers are too poor not to pirate then we need to have a really serious conversation about where all that money is and why it isn't circulating properly.
1. Systematically encourage the dismantling of film criticism as a specialized field & viable profession by privileging the voices of hobbyists & fans (i.e. LB user pull-quotes)
2. Buy the dominant platform for the circulation of hobbyist discourse (LB)
3. No more bad press