Last night @JahangiriKatie and I hear a bunch of street racers @ 3:45 am. Her immediate reaction is to become Dominic Toretto and talk about she's about to show the "youths" how to live a quarter mile at a time.
When conservatives talk about how much they hate communism, you can usually replace the word "communism" with "equality" and get closer to what they really mean.
imagine being the kind of person who is more upset that a basketball game is cancelled than the police routinely committing extrajudicial executions in the streets
The purpose of philosophy is to examine the underlying assumptions of our society. People who say philosophy is useless apparently think this work is finished, and what you see now is the ideologically perfect society.
I don't know about you, but this seems a bit off to me.
Remember when twitter was a mix of topics and interests that didn't all make you feel like your brain was about to drip despair out the side of your head?
I'm having a hard time with reading the news these days and I think I need a break. Continue the outrage; I'm tired.
THREAD - Thoughts on the #StimulusPackage:
Some aides compared the lobbying frenzy around the stimulus bill to a gold rush. K street lobbyists played a major role in writing the bill, with some politicians even getting personal calls from CEOs of major companies.