I love a redemption arc as much as the next person, but indeed, this ain’t one.

You gotta love GOP infighting, but never mistake it for an actual change of heart. Those seem to be rarer than unicorns.

Because of how my brain works, I read the excerpt before seeing who it was by and I’m not surprised it was Chesterton. I don’t agree with much of his world-view because I don’t start with the same premises, but starting where he does, he is usually one of the most sensible people I’ve ever read.

He should be in The Hague right now.

If there ever was an elder who actually deserved it, we’re looking at him. But you’re right.

From the generation that brought you ads with men literally spanking their wives for not buying the “right” coffee …

It’s my favorite movie. The real hard mode was finding a gif that didn’t have a cat edited into it or something.

An actual cat does have a cameo for a moment in the film, but I grant that Eastwood petting a kitten is less funny than one being in the final showdown.

Good morning, lovely!

I guess when one has literally nothing else to be proud of, it makes sense.

imagine thousands upon thousands of confederates swinging from gallows

There were too damn many people, many of them Zs, purity testing Harris last year and deciding to stay home.

The two-party system and first-past-the-post are horrible, but you have to fix the system, not ignore it and then complain that it’s hurting you.

We love you too!

Oh no, absolutely, and that’s definitely unfortunate.

People keep needing to relearn the same lessons and trials would bring a lot to light.

Fortunately, many of them are already old …

see also: reality’s liberal bias

So we’re a few stages from “We did it and who cares if we did” now.

something something ball between the clown’s legs