The Republican Party can get even worse post-Trump.
Speaking of which, The Oatmeal is on point.
How reality show villains are made.
“In other words, don’t worry, even if Trump is a dangerous sociopath, Republican lawmakers and voters will keep him in line. But by McConnell’s own admission, it remains to be seen whether Trump can demonstrate the requisite gravity for the job or even read from a damn script.”
“But even as his companies did poorly, Mr. Trump did well. He put up little of his own money, shifted personal debts to the casinos and collected millions of dollars in salary, bonuses and other payments. The burden of his failures fell on investors and others who had bet on his business acumen.”
“Softball is probably the most visible women’s college team sport besides basketball, and it’s still growing.”
Running While Female: A Survivor’s Story.
What Scalzi says.
“No matter what, he picked a gay club. He carried out his attack during Pride month, on a weekend when cities across the country, from Washington, D.C. to Detroit to Los Angeles, are hosting celebrations and parades. This is an unprecedented shooting attack in scale and violence, but not in kind. It is an extraordinary example of an extremely common kind of violence in the United States: hate-motivated attacks on LGBT people.”
The Disney princess life, as told by women who portray them professionally.
“Hollywood, I am so bored watching the fear able-bodied people have about becoming disabled play out as a narrative device. It is possible to tell interesting and aesthetically pleasing stories about disabled people enjoying life, falling in love, ruining that love with ridiculous hijinks, and overcoming obstacles that aren’t directly caused by their disability. You know, the same obstacles faced by other humans. I tell these stories every damn day.”
“But I like to think that someday, maybe after they’ve finished college and are both working in Chicago while Ferris jet-sets around the world in his career as an international assassin (or perhaps, begins his gig as a fry cook on Venus), Jeanie and Cameron become friends on their own terms.”
The case against Sen. Elizabeth Warren as VP.
“No, my question, as Democrats gleefully tear into the Trump business record, is why rival Republicans never did the same. How did someone who looks so much like a cheap con man bulldoze right through the G.O.P. nomination process?”
“In fact, if you add up the number of firearm-related deaths in America since 1968, that figure is larger than all of the battlefield casualties in all of the wars in American history.”
I don’t have to cheat at Fitbit to get 10,000 steps a day. Three dog walks, a parking garage that’s over half a mile from my office, and a walkabout at lunchtime are more than enough to get me there honestly.
RIP, Michu Meszaros, the actor who played “Alf” in the 80s sitcom.
Before the massacre in Orlando, the largest mass murder of gay people in America was the Upstairs Lounge arson in New Orleans in 1973, which killed 32 people. To say the least, those victims were not mourned the way the Orlando victims are now: “His mother refused to collect his ashes because she was too embarrassed that she had a gay son. And that is just one example. There are three people who were never identified at all. Why? Somebody has to miss them.”
What’s In A Name?, Legal Nutbaggery Department.
Congrats to Ichiro Suzuki, who would almost certainly be the true Hit King if he’d started his career in MLB instead of NPB.
“I find it so ironic when the same Christian leaders who put in the most footwork in oppressing us in this space try to use this tragedy as a talking point for their Islamophobia.”
Always check with Roy when there’s a new wingnut meme going around. He’ll have the background info you’ll need on it.
RIP, Jo Cox, British Member of Parliament brutally murdered by a deranged gunman.