my patience has increased but I will say, it is ok to have trouble reading, it is not ok to scream at people for things you imagined they said because you can't read what they actually said

It's funny that for all of its cultural cachet, the most relevant bit for our present moment is the "not a wartime consigliere" scene and the Democrats refuse to see it.

peter thiel flirting with awareness that he is the spoiled beneficiary of the post-WW2 order, which he has helped destroy, and which he would not enjoy living without

I do think this is a point of radicalization because a lot of angry, angry normal people were ready to dig in and suffer a lot in order to make fascists suffer a little, and their resolution was sold out and made into a mockery

we should get a leader who knows how to do that. Chuck Schumer needs a nap

If I could cross the US in 10-12 hours with no security drama, instead of six hours on a plane, dumped straight into a city center, I'd do it so happily.

without that action, there'd have been years of inertia from the talent-friendly culture of the ZIRP years

it was a wild acceleration