But I think there's a darker strain that believes that people who are destitute deserve it -- this is America and everyone has the opportunity to succeed, so if you don't, that's on you.
THIS.
None of it means a damn thing.
Mal ,'Objects In Space'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
javachik - Sep 05, 2009 6:47:03 pm PDT #7136 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
erikaj - Sep 05, 2009 6:57:05 pm PDT #7137 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
Yeah, well, they're wrong, and have stupid hair. David Simon said so. He used about a million more words than that and a whole television show.
Kat - Sep 05, 2009 7:03:20 pm PDT #7138 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I'm thirding Jesse's point. I think the darker strain is way more prevalent.
K's arguing with a cousin on FB about the president's speech. I'm in bed and she was like, "Help me come up with a punchy comeback."
"oh, honey, losing sleep to fight crackpots on the internet is so 2000."
§ ita § - Sep 05, 2009 7:05:59 pm PDT #7139 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Kat, has she seen this?
Jesse - Sep 05, 2009 7:11:02 pm PDT #7140 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Sara! I'm watching Bobby Flay do a green chile cheeseburger Throwdown in NM.
Hil R. - Sep 05, 2009 7:12:44 pm PDT #7141 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
There's a new labeling system, designed by food manufacturers, to put a green check mark on foods that are "healthier choices." Among the foods that qualified for the check mark are Froot Loops and mayonnaise. [link]
Trudy Booth - Sep 05, 2009 7:12:45 pm PDT #7142 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I think the darker strain is way more prevalent.
Well, that's the NeoCons, isn't it? They're not actual traditional small-government conservatives.
Kat - Sep 05, 2009 7:13:07 pm PDT #7143 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I showed it to her and posted it to my own FB to commemorate this moment on her behalf.
how was dad's trip home, ita?
§ ita § - Sep 05, 2009 7:16:09 pm PDT #7144 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
how was dad's trip home, ita?
He's actually in Florida visiting his sister.
And I don't know. I should check, eh? God, I suck at people.
Steph L. - Sep 05, 2009 7:29:46 pm PDT #7145 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
There's a new labeling system, designed by food manufacturers, to put a green check mark on foods that are "healthier choices." Among the foods that qualified for the check mark are Froot Loops and mayonnaise.
This right here is why America is INSANE.
Okay, that and teabagger birther anti-healthcare-reform wingnuts.
But also the "healthy" Froot Loops.
Plus I hate the way "Froot" is spelled in "Froot Loops," although god knows it's more appropriate because there is NO WAY there can be any honest-to-god fruit in Froot Loops.
Froot Loupes would be cool. Probably break some teeth, though.
Have I mentioned I had a LOT of beer tonight and just got home? Good times.