Trump is easily swayed, but some of the gangsters behind him are not.

A lot of them have been going to Mar a Lago to kiss the ring. So it looks like they have thought it through.

More like a cancer.

Big assumption there.

Well, the two cities were destroyed for not having a single just man in either of them besides Lot. God sent the angels to have a look around, to give them the benefit of the doubt, after Lot begged God to do so, but the locals didn’t exactly rise to the occasion, instead sending a mob to Lot’s house who demanded Lot hand over the strangers so they could ass-rape them. Which made me wonder, do angels even have assholes? And Lot distinguished himself by offering the mob his daughters instead, but those angels must have been some really fine-looking twinks, because the mob was not at all into the daughters idea.

But yeah, the ancient Semitic tradition of providing hospitality was really deep in those cultures. You can still see it in their modern successors.

Just rename Las Vegas.

The “famous actor” must have been Mel Gibson.

Good way to get a hernia.

Transplant that sucker.

Don’t bother, they’re not arguing in good faith.

I had some marital conflict with my wife because she wanted to send a kid of ours to one of those hellholes. Two years later, the kid was fine, though still infrequently unruly. Six years later, he’s top of his class in college and doing great. Those businesses trade on parental despair and are run by religious fanatics and sociopaths (though I repeat myself). I’m glad you didn’t suffer even more harm.

Will the state legislature act? Yeah, probably to find a way to punish those kids.

Because everybody wants more sick and crippled kids.

Just because someone is poor doesn’t mean they’re not a scumbag.

Source: I grew up poor, knew a lot of them.

that is all the more reason to fight the corrupt system

Or to consider how else justice can be done.

You can cover it up later if you get tired of it.

Yeah, the accelerationist argument. Some Germans used that in the 1930s too. How did that work out?

it’s not because of some “inability” to tell a conventional story, it’s a deliberate choice

It didn’t always work, but there was an inner logic to his narratives that often carried them along. But some people want everything spelled out for them.

If the Israelis were serious about attacking Iran, they’d manipulate the US to do it. They only commit their own troops to low-risk activities like gunning down civilians.

Give this man a pardon.