I am the Comics Curmudgeon, among several other things.
It's rarely ever said so outright but basically the thesis of the Stevens surrogates as of today is that Arab Americans cannot possibly have any legitimate grievances about someone who is openly and proudly supportive of a country that kills their families lol
if i had assaulted my wife, would she still be cooking me dinner? would she still be washing and ironing my clothes, laying them out in the exact way i described? would she be lying so perfectly still, silently mouthing prayers, for upwards of TEN MINUTES while i have sex with her?!
On my way to steal your betrothed maiden
Matt LeysStrong reaction gif potential with the Circassian folk dance
every woman has wondered whether her dad would take her side or some man's. many of them have learned the answer and often it's not the answer that you'd assume would be the bare minimum expectation for a father
Bill GrueskinShould the congressman who is credibly accused of beating and throwing scalding water at your own daughter run for re-election? “I don’t know,” says GOP Senator Bernie Moreno www.notus.org/ohio/bernie-...
“If this was true, I would be in jail” is not a real profession of innocence; it is a brag about how strenuously the state protects the male right of private sphere violence against women and children.
Rebecca SolnitThose who believe things like this are working hard at not understanding the finite options available to someone whose abuser has not been prosecuted, found guilty, etc. by the law. And how rarely those things happen to abusers, esp. high-status white male abusers.
if I were in charge of the CDC it wouldn't have gone down like that
post malone ergo propter malonethe most annoying thing about the What We Should Have Done With COVID discourse is that the actual viable option to accept more health risk in exchange for less disruption was not to rawdog the plague, it was to push the vaccine wide earlier with worse trial data
really fascinating how this sounds like a caveman wrote it
Dylanwell then I guess that's that
(Reassuringly) the president has the zoomies
Aaron RuparSen. John Kennedy on Trump's blatant reflecting pool lies: "The president says it was caused by vandals. I don't know if he really believes that or it's part of his political messaging or he's just thinking out loud ... he grows anxious when he has an unexpressed thought."
why am I, a consumer in the richest country in the history of the world, typing "shallot" into a touchscreen on my day off for the pleasure of purchasing said shallot? it's a national disgrace.
Things I and friends have done to calm an angry abusive man from further escalating and killing us or our children: -Smiled -Kept normal schedules in order not to trigger a fight -Appeased with kind acts (cooking, cleaning, favors) -Forced friendly tones and words
The BulwarkRep. Max Miller: "My former wife has claimed that during a custody exchange at my home that day, I assaulted her…If I had assaulted her, would she have offered to cook me dinner six days later?"
Calling it a pied a terre tax was brilliant because it immediately causes people who have like a $50k cabin in upstate to realize you're not talking about them since anyone who calls it a pied a terre inexplicably also owns a monocle and has one of those old Hollywood accents
The opposition to the pied a terre tax is so funny because it just reveals how out of touch they are like, sorry, but no, nobody is going to sympathize with people who have $5M+ second homes
Cooper LundOhhhhhh this explains Alex Berenson’s whole deal
Re-reading the list of unrecognised passports, I'm delighted to discover the "Intergovernmental Institution for the Use of Micro-Algae Spirulina Against Malnutrition", someone's plan to cure hunger with algae energy bars, is claiming to be a UN organisation and issuing diplomatic passports
Ste JormurPlease please please let this mean he's a proud owner of a camouflage passport
"Now, Kai Winn is a fascinating nuanced depiction of how the linkage of piety and political power perverts the sanctity of the religion it claims to protect. And I'm sure you'll be able to continue that theme in our climactic final season. Welcome to the writers' room, r/atheism."
becoming a parent has turned out to be a great excuse to learn the entire alphabet. sometimes he’ll ask me what a letter is and i’m like well shit, bubba. let’s find out together