No, that explanation fails on the face of it. If that were the case, then why the furious opposition whenever such infrastructure is proposed?

Sure, lady, explain that again when they want to put Ivanka in the Oval Office after her old man croaks.

In general, the “what’s your favorite [x]?” questions, where [x] is movie, album, game, or the like. Few people share anything about the title, or why it’s meaningful to them, and very little discussion ensues, because, what’s to talk about? It just tends to result in a list of media (most of which I’ve heard of) connected to screen names of people I don’t know. Not usually worth reading.

Aye, that is the one silver lining of this fascist take-over: Miller et al. have attached themselves to a demagogue who has a looming expiration date, so they are speed-running the creation of the fourth reich. Our best hope is that they’re doing it too quickly to really take root. (And that they can’t find another demagogue to step in when the orange one bites it.)

True, but like that famous saying goes, we do not negotiate with terrorists.

Rich people and islands, name a more iconic duo.

Are there still people out there moaning that “Americans won’t vote for a woman,” despite, y’know, Hillary Clinton winning the popular vote in 2016?

I’d like to point out feckless Democrats that while Citizens United is bad… money ain’t everything.

I started the day with the news that Dick Cheney is dead. Now I’m ending it with news that Zohran Mamdani is mayor. It’s been the best day in a long, long time.

I recognize one particular vehicle that lives near my house quite well, since it looks like Calculon as a werecar. It’s even orange. (I think it’s a Jeep?)

Interesting that it’s turning out so similarly, then.

No, they just believe that they are God’s chosen people. Totally different.

Ah geez, I meant that the Constitution is irreparably broken, and that the nation it created is gone, but yeah, you’re right. I hadn’t even thought about him trying to rename the nation that we have now, but it makes total sense.

Don’t they get it yet? The United States is over. That country doesn’t exist anymore.

Erm, cops fit that description.

Sailing, because it’s dozens of hobbies in one: It’s a competitive sport either with a team or solo, or it can be a relaxing diversion, or it can be a terrifying personal challenge. It can encompass skills such as sewing, woodworking, machining, plumbing, physics, mathematics, design, navigation, radio communication, astronomy, meteorology, geography, geology, environmental sciences, electronics/electrical engineering, history, linguistics, culinary skills, and more. You can basically always be thinking about it!

They all should have been on a plane to Gitmo before the sun set on inauguration day.

Nah, worse than that. The root of the conservative pathology is self-hatred. They fear that they are worthless, shit people. A person who believes that they are better than everybody else can sit smugly in the corner and be superior in peace. Conservatives need near-constant reassurance that other people are worse than themselves, hence the performative cruelty they crave.

C’mon, so lame. I mean, I agree with the comments saying that being obsessed with a war is dumb, but obviously the right answer would be the Thirty Years War. Far more factions, more casus belli, more fights. Plus, it bolstered German nationalism, which led pretty directly to the Great War, which led to World War II, so those are technically part of its history.

But maybe I’m biased, because my surname originated in the Huguenot diaspora?

Image search for “biblically accurate angel”. It’s nightmare fuel, like the hallucinations of early image generation neural networks. Or, more historically, migraine or seizure visualizations. The snake probably would be less frightening.