This sentence cuts through much of my political world right now: “people like Klein—liberals with a big platform who see themselves as pragmatic—have accidentally become reactive centrists because they don’t have a clear idea how this moment fits into history & what it is exactly that they’re doing”

Jamelle, look for a silicone garlic peeler tube. Roll a clove for a few seconds and the peel is loosed

Especially if he said it while giving me a hard stare. Getting chills just imagining it.

There’s that zero-sum bullshit that conservatives love to bring up instead of proposing real solutions.

Say hello to my son whose name does not fit in a skeet: When the pawn hits the conflicts he thinks like a king
What he knows throws the blows when he goes to the fight
And he'll win the whole thing 'fore he enters the ring
There's no body to batter when your mind is your might…

Ooh fun! A Finnish friend gave me a box of Salmiakki once and it was weird eating licorice that was salty, but it was so interesting that I couldn’t stop eating them.