The story of how a holiday originally instituted to celebrate an embattled immigrant community seen as culturally and at times racially distinct from Anglo Protestants, has become associated with the same political coalition that hates immigrants today, is the story of whiteness in America.

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

gene kelly is antifa

"A future president, even dumber than you, will allow Qatar, the country that harbored Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the architect of the plane attacks in NY, PA, and DC today, and whose royal family will help him escape capture by the US, to build a military base on US soil to train Qataris to fly jets."

I came to this valuable decision much too late in life.

Just in case the dramatically low Leni Riefenstahl-style angle was too subtle, they used a word from her most famous movie

Canadian authorities have been warning Canadians for the past few months to have papers on them when in the US.

I think if we understand her to be a true right-wing populist, Tea Party plus a sprinkling of racism and weirdo conspiracy theories, she makes perfect sense.

It’s great to be paid for protesting and everything but let me tell you the whole antifa reimbursement process is just terrible

Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.

Bike Share is a real Toronto success story, and Toronto Parking have been a good steward since it was saved from bankruptcy. All that's missing is a plan to double the current number of trips and catch and pass Montreal in the next 5 years. In the @thestar.com :

www.thestar.com/news/gta/how...

The learned helplessness of the populace of the world’s most powerful country is really something to behold.

oh things must be bad bad

the inflatable costume thing is an extremely smart tactic

California Governor Gavin Newsom "vetoed a bill on Saturday that would have provided more transparency around the water usage of data centers, which regularly require millions of gallons of fresh water to cool their computers."

Okay but have you ever seen him eat

I always thought this was one of the best posts on this website.

Cue my ‘joke’ that classics is 55% gays and 55% Nazis.

All the environmental devastation and animal suffering is genuinely not worth it. It’s just laziness.

I’ve been veg for 30 years, but every few years I take a bite of meat as I wonder if there’s something truly grand & aesthetically pleasing I’m missing. Dear reader, I am here to tell you there‘s absolutely nothing I am missing. Not the tinny taste, not the fibrous texture, not the weird aftertaste.

You are a living joke if you are more concerned about “the thought-police” than the secret police

"Another example of the antichrist in great works of art," continued Thiel, "is the masked terrorist who, no matter how many times he is foiled, continues his schemes."

Thiel paused for effect then spoke slowly, his words carrying the weight of the world:

"Swiper, no swiping. And yet he swipes."

As I’ve said before, I think Oct 18 may be a day of great historical significance

What's the over-under on these people starting to beg for federal dollars when they can't find a private builder for this pipeline to nowhere even as they scream "sOcIAliSm!" and "Fuck Carney!" and undermine federalism at every turn?