America’s mass shootings only seem to occur like clockwork. The truth is that three of the deadliest mass shootings in American history have taken place in the past five months. Damon Linker at The Week wonder whether the GOP’s refusal to abandon the NRA will be the undoing of their criminal enterprise political party. Just remember, the majority of gun deaths in this country are suicides. If they didn’t have bullets where their brains should be, Republicans would take that to heart.
The Supreme Court made pretty obvious yesterday that it intends to rule against unions in a gift to the Republicans who rigged the court to get this result. Once Democrats regain control of the government, impeaching conservative justices must be Job 1.
Does America have any credibility in calling out other nations for corruption?Get serious. Juan Cole lays out the top 10 reasons the U.S. is arguably among the most corrupt nations on Earth.
For the fifth time in six years, the polar vortex over the North Pole has been disrupted, sending temperatures soaring to the freezing point and above. Meanwhile, it snowed in Rome for the first time in six years.
Peter Thiel, poster boy for what assholes Big Tech people are, might yet find he fucked up by bragging about what an asshole he was in taking down Gawker.
Elizabeth Warren, whose innocent family story is what passes for a scandal among Republicans, is trying to get right with Native American groups, so county on the sociopathic fuckwads at Politico to shit on her for it.
This story matters not at all, but I link to it just to show you something scary to wake you up: supposedly attractive actress Heather Locklear’s booking photo, sans makeup. What’s with the pose, though? California might be a liberal state, but its police are as fucked-up as any.
And for something that looks even worse: The portrait of Trump Sean Hannity unveiled on his show last night. Think before you click — don’t do it until you have eyewash handy.