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Although that Republican number is higher than the 69% we saw in the other poll.

Would somebody on the right please call horse**** on the idea that this had anything to do with freedom for Americans? Or have we really abdicated all critical thinking in the service of fealty to our Weird Leader?

San Juan on Saturday and Sunday, Houston on Monday. I am stoked!

You didn't even have to tell me. 😏

Another patriotic hero striving to Make America Great Again by doing his part to wipe out libtards and make Austin normal once more? "Indicators" seem to point to it.

I’m going to WBC games next Saturday, Sunday, and Monday!

So now we have reached the point where we openly murder the leaders of other UN member states because we feel like it, and because it makes for good diversionary politics at home. Jesus is weeping because we are taking his name in vain while doing so.

Some might argue the real goal is to get you thinking and talking about this, so you don't have the bandwidth to think or talk about that other thing he desperately wants you to not think or talk about.

Close but not quite—they did sell it to the only people that matter to them. That said: 69% among your base, when you're used to 90-something ... not good.

There may be no Democrats in 2029.

There is a long history of false flag attacks in Russia. Nazi Germany also engaged in those when doing so suited them. Just sayin'. Where the attacks happen would be a clue. If they happen in Minneapolis, Chicago, Portland, San Francisco, or any primarily black-run city like Detroit or Oakland or Milwaukee—or Washington DC while Trump and key Republicans are conveniently out of town—there will be questions.

Probably didn't want to have deal with death threats against her by her own constituents.

You think Trump is still behind Andrew Johnson and James Buchanan? That’s so adorable.

It might be just as likely Trump will drop a nuke on Iran as send the children of red hats to fight on the ground there

Congresswoman Stopped Clock

I’m with you on this, totally. I am a 100% “thank you” person and maybe a 30% “please” person, which is probably higher now than, say, a decade ago. My version of please has long been to turn up the request phrase significantly at the ends as you do a question. I get that clerks have thankless jobs—most people have thankless jobs—but that said, I will not thank the store for taking my money, and in the moment, the clerk is the store. If the store does say “have a good one”, I generally reply, “you too”.

I’ve moved rightward toward Marxism. 😉

A high percentage of people like the kind of newly-manufactured, clean/antiseptic Americana that is found in Texas, Arizona, Florida, and a few others places. The kind of folks who dream of retiring to The Villages. It’s all a matter of taste.

I know that's what it evolved from. Just being prickly for laughs. 😁 I do think both expressions just sound weird to the ear. I've always felt a little weird saying either of them and I can't quite put my finger on why. But not even 1993 Matthew McConaughey can make either sound cool.

One of the underrated awful parts is just how for granted we are taking this kind of inane mother****ery.

I cannot begin to tell you how happy this makes me. I feel vindicated (so far) for giving them my money earlier this month.

The one I hear, invariably, is "have a good one." So irritating. Have a good what, exactly? I think the practice of clerks saying please/thank you at the retail level have fallen out of favor because it implies servility, and no one wants to be made to feel servile. I would bet they also reason they don't even have to say "thank you" because, after all, you're giving money to the store, not them. They just work there to transfer it from your hand to the till. They do not see themselves as representatives of the store, even if you in all fairness regard them as such. One habit I have refused to fall into is to thank them when they give me a receipt, because that's when I hear "no problem", as though they did me some favor. I hear customers thanking clerks all the time. I can only hmph, smile, and shake my head when I see it. Back-asswards, as they used to day.

Never forget that Christian conservatism, Christian nationalism, the Christian right, whatever anyone wants to call it, is not a religious or moral or ethical movement. It is a political movement, with all the cold impersonal machinations that implies.

You might change your tune on this if you ever have your insurance company deny you coverage on a major disease because you bought cigarettes and alcohol on your credit card over the course of a number of years.

This is consistent with a concerted effort to get people used to worse and worse so they accept it as their lot in life. It's why food tastes worse and is more scarce, products are made cheaper and meant to throw away when they break even as prices rise on them, and customer service has become nearly extinct and practically impossible for average people to engage. Trust me when I assert to you that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will never deny himself a single thing even as he exhorts millions of his own acolytes to do the same. In fact, he'll almost certainly ratchet up the luxury as precious diminishing resources continue to get diverted from the great unwashed to the elites.