If you’re a fan of Lost and some other shows, you’ll be able to stream them for free soon.
“The New Majority Behind Sex Work Decriminalization”.
Finally got around to reading Diana Moskowitz’s story about the Netflix show Cheer and the uncomfortable truth about concussions in cheerleading. It’s worth your time, whether or not you watch that show.
“These folks are essentially asking the president to hate their enemies for them so that they can remain true to Jesus’s commandment to love their enemies.”
Really, almost any alternate primary system would be better than the one we have now.
RIP, Bob Boykin, who has served as the voice of Big Tex from the Texas State Fair since 2012.
All the EGOTs, including those who got them on technicalities.
Four words: Pablo Escobar’s cocaine hippos. You’re welcome.
“The semiannual national tradition of staying up a few hours past bedtime to know who will control our government is over. From close races to voting by mail to human error, it’s becoming clear that counting votes no longer fits neatly into prime-time television windows. Reporters and politicos should prepare to practice patience when handling and digesting the results.”
“I think he feels like the chains are off now. It’s like things have taken a turn. The gloves are off. And everything that used to be hush hush is now just… out in the open.”
“Pulling Liu’s name from the nomination to the Treasury position doesn’t just punish her for failing to give Trump’s associates the kid-glove treatment they deserved. Pulling her name also keeps her from giving public testimony, either on the kind of sentence Stone and Flynn deserved or on how she feels about the actions that have been taken toward her former office and former colleagues.”
RIP, Paula Kelly, dancer and Emmy-nominated actor for her role on Night Court.
“Was The Conners even the right show to choose for this type of live episode? The utter disinterest of most of these characters was so severe that it arguably defeated the entire purpose of the episode. Maybe black-ish would have been a better fit.”
“McClatchy Co., one of the nation’s largest newspaper publishers, filed for bankruptcy protection Thursday, another harbinger of America’s deepening local news crisis.”
“This is precisely what Vindman did. He did not go to the press, which might have been morally justified but not prescribed by military training. Vindman saw something he believed was illegal and reported it to White House lawyers. That is precisely what they’re trained to do. Later, he received a congressional subpoena to provided testimony and he complied with that subpoena, which is literally what you are supposed to do and indeed must do. We are far into the legal-moral wilderness in which we now seem to see subpoenas as suggestions or requests.”
RIP, Paul English, longtime drummer for Willie Nelson.
RIP, Joseph Shabalala, founder of Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
RIP, Clayton Williams, Texas oilman and onetime candidate for Governor, who lost to Ann Richards.
RIP, Katsuya Nomura, Japanese baseball legend.