Mitch McConnell wasn’t, by himself, the one who forced the government shutdown yesterday, but he was the one who took to Twitter to pose a completely unnecessary and torturous false choice to Democrats: “Save” CHIP (the Children’s Health Insurance Program), which expired in September, which the Republicans (who, btw, own the White […]
Read MoreI’m honestly exhausted from trying to talk to people who take Grace’s account at face value, but still see nothing wrong with what Ansari is described as having done, for whatever reason– she didn’t leave fast enough, she didn’t say no loudly or frequently enough, she didn’t do this or […]
Read MoreSo many times I’ve seen what Jeremiah is describing in these tweets, and it makes my brain hurt. So I tried to illustrate the inanity.
Read MoreIt’s really disturbing me to see people talking seriously about electing Oprah as president. The Dunning Kruger effect is a cognitive bias that causes people of low ability to grossly overestimate their ability, because among their inferior abilities is the one that allows them to accurately assess the quality of […]
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