Papa John Loses Dough: Pizza Chain Founder Loses $70 Million In Hours, Blames NFL
People should boycott Papa John’s, not because of their asshole CEO’s asshole politics, but simply based on their stance on pizza itself. Maybe the fact that they couldn’t give away cardboard discs with tomato-flavoring is the reason why they’re losing money.
Charlie Baker is nation’s most popular governor. Again. - The Boston Globe
Alternate Headline: Nation that Put Donald Trump in White House Likes Do-Nothing Governor
Who knew that a guy who doesn’t do anything so as not to stoke controversy could be well-liked in a nation that seemingly hates politicians for being so controversial?! It’s also almost as if his party is so full of divisive nutjobs that he looks sane by comparison!
Extract from Plato’s Republic: On That Which is Correct Politically
“Finally, someone understands how the most oppressed people in Athens are the wealthy male Athenian landowners.”
The Rules of the Gun Debate
The topic for debate is not, “Why do so many Americans die from gunfire?” but “What one legal change would have prevented this most recent atrocity?”
Really, you could insert just about any issue and this is more or less how Americans think about the solution. This applies to policymakers as well as the general public. Another good one is “but who’s gonna paaaaaaaay for iiiiiit???”
Democrats in Split-Screen: The Base Wants It All. The Party Wants to Win.
Maybe—oh, I don’t know—but maybe if the Party wants to win, they should listen to their fucking base. It’s a crazy plan that just might garner some results! I know enough chickenshit Democratic “pragmatists” who would clutch their pearls at the thought of endorsing candidates who called for Medicare for all, free college tuition, and raising taxes to pay for those and other ambitious plans. The Left will continue to fight this incredibly stupid fight for years to come. And papers of record will still naval gaze over the whole affair and ponder why these “activist,” “militant,” “liberal” elements are dragging down those poor ol’ Democratic folks asking “wary voters” to give them another chance at riding the mediocrity train to Compromised Ideals Town.
Pro-tips:
1 When your opposition has tracked so far to the right that Donald Fucking Trump is the president, there aren’t many things you can say that will turn people off—at least not completely.
2. If you bring energy and enthusiasm to your platform, you will energize and enthuse your voters. But your messaging needs to be something better than what the Dems have been offering up for the last two decades. Give people a vision to believe in, and you’ll likely be surprised at how much you can get done.
A depressing 10-ish-year lookback on America’s shameful inaction on climate change. Notice how all of the politicians on the right who claimed anthropogenic climate change is real not only backpedaled, but doubled down on the denial. [ETA: They are the only political party IN THE WORLD whose official stance is to ignore the scientific consensus on climate.]
Could be they got a stern talking to from their donors, could be that they didn’t like the idea of a black Democratic president setting an agenda. Who will ever know? Both parties are definitely the same, doe.
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
As appropriate today as it ever was.
Think with Dispassion. 
