& she wasn't even the first! (& didn't pretend to be!) That's an idea that goes back to the 70s!

Multiple things can be true:
people are making unconsidered ableist assessments of why/how he's changed;
he & people who know him say he's become more conservative;
he has become demonstrably more conservative;
& he was always more conservative than many supporters wanted to believe.

The National Board of Ophthalmology thing came a bit later, after the ABO rejected his campaign to force everyone to certify every 10 years. (Which he pursued because that's what they were gonna make him do, because he hadn't grandfathered under the old system that allowed lifetime certification.)

That came later. He was initially board-certified as an ophthalmologist (not a dentist) by the usual oversight body, the ABO, & was a partner in a practice, so he would have had knowledge of how the business side worked.

Wait, shouldn't Doctor Paul know damn well that's bullshit?

Too bad you fucked that up, huh?

Why TF did she ask if all she was gonna do was belittle you for your answr?!

We have a right wing that’s obsessed with trying to be Achilles, but you can only be born Achilles. You must try to be Hector.

So no one has explained to these guys that the really crucial driving event in the narrative is when Achilles loses his lover Patroclus in battle? Driving Achilles to the wrath mentioned in the first lines?

Stepkid never knows what to get me & started getting me socks & now I have a drawer full. I used to always wear plain black crew socks; now I wear all kinds of funky socks.

Here's a suggestion: Stop making us need to fight you.

(Should have said 'I later saw Langston Hughes describe in' because no I am not THAT old. He absolutely described it before I felt it.)

I've identified as an atheist since I was about 11 & after my initial reactionary phase gradually decided it was something that I was, not something I'd decided to be. I looked into myself & found the same void that Langston Hughes later described in "Salvation."

...that said I saw a teaser & yes I will most likely watch this, as soon as I've gotten around to watching Prey.

I haven't been into the Predator mythos but my headcanon for them was always that they would have some kind of obnoxious bro-culture, based on how many spinal columns they had in their billiard room.
So, yeah, they'd make lots of jokes. Lots of stupid, obnoxious jokes.

Really a visceral reaction to Christine Pelosi running for random elected office ought to be embarrassing. I have no feelings about her, but this presumption that she's going to walk into an elected role in Sacramento & leverage it to some kind of national dynastic role is just fucking WEIRD.

I'm not gonna have this debate. You just want to score points by saying something that is true but which would make no difference without the other factors with which I lead - none of which are abetted by his support from Wall Street. Muting.

Too late.