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The question was posed, "Why do people continue supporting Trump no matter what he does?" A lady named Bev answered it this way: “You all don't get it. I live in Trump country, in the Ozarks in southern Missouri, one of the last places where the KKK still has a relatively strong established presence. They don't give a shit what he does. He's just something to rally around and hate liberals, that's it, period. He absolutely realizes that and plays it up. They love it. He knows they love it. The fact that people act like it's anything other than that proves to them that liberals are idiots, all the more reason for high fives all around. If you keep getting caught up in "why do they not realize this problem" and "how can they still back Trump after this scandal," then you do not understand what the underlying motivating factor of his support is. It's fuck liberals, that's pretty much it. Have you noticed he can do pretty much anything imaginable, and they'll explain some way that rationalizes it that makes zero logical sense? Because they're not even keeping track of any coherent narrative, it's irrelevant. Fuck liberals is the only relevant thing. Trust me; I know firsthand what I'm talking about. That's why they just laugh at it all because you all don't even realize they truly don't give a fuck about whatever the conversation is about. It's just a side mission story that doesn't matter anyway. That's all just trivial details - the economy, health care, whatever. Fuck liberals. Look at the issue with not wearing the masks. I can tell you what that's about. It's about exposing fear. They're playing chicken with nature, and whoever flinches just moved down their internal pecking order, one step closer to being a liberal. You've got to understand the one core value that they hold above all others is hatred for what they consider weakness because that's what they believe strength is, hatred of weakness. And I mean passionate, sadistic hatred. And I'm not exaggerating. Believe me. Sadistic, passionate hatred, and that's what proves they're strong, their passionate hatred for weakness. Sometimes they will lump vulnerability in with weakness. They do that because people tend to start humbling themselves when they're in some compromising or overwhelming circumstance, and to them, that's an obvious sign of weakness. Kindness = weakness. Honesty = weakness. Compromise = weakness. They consider their very existence to be superior in every way to anyone who doesn't hate weakness as much as they do. They consider liberals to be weak people that are inferior, almost a different species, and the fact that liberals are so weak is why they have to unite in large numbers, which they find disgusting, but it's that disgust that is a true expression of their natural superiority. Go ahead and try to have a logical, rational conversation with them. Just keep in mind what I said here and be forewarned.

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New restaurants! New hotel! New lofts! Yay!

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I confess. I didn’t watch the Grammys. I learned long ago that the awards part and the acceptance speeches both bore me and make me anxious, especially when the music rushes them so a commercial can air.

YouTube and social media are Godsends for me because I can browse the performances later. And hoo-boy, weren’t there some good ones in the 2015 Grammys? Tip of the hat to whoever decided on the Crossroads mashups.

Can’t help but observe that with as much amazing new talent as there is, the Baby Boomers still crushed it. Madonna, AC/DC, Tony Bennett, Stevie Wonder, Mary K Blige, and the darling of the evening, Annie Lennox. She put a spell on everyone!

But more than that, she PERFORMED! She has always used her amazing eyes, face, and body to own an audience, even in those ridiculous Moulin Rouge videos made for “Bare”. Someone captioned a pic of her Sunday night performance with “Take Notes, Class”.

Best tweet from Adam Mordecai of The Advocate: "I'm really glad @AnnieLennox isn't a cult leader because I'd do whatever her hypnotic ground shaking voice commands. #GRAMMYs #bowdown". Thank goodness for YouTube. But Annie Lennox should be on Khan Academy. 

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Harper Lee's 5 Nonfiction Pieces

Posting again now that I've read them. The first 2 1961 pieces are magic; "Love--In Other Words" is so perfect and progressive, and "Christmas to Me" literally made me gasp. "When Children Discover America" is a love letter to the nation's capitol as "Romance and High Adventure" is a love letter to the nation's history. Lastly, the letter to Oprah is exactly what one would expect from Harper Lee regarding Kindles smile emoticon. They're all incredible. Not perfect, but wonderful.

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13th & 14th grade -- it is time.

https://twitter.com/whitehouse/status/558027601973747712

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Sign @GeorgiaUnites' petition: Don't legalize discrimination in the name of religious freedom! Stop #RFRA now: http://bit.ly/1BS398s

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Can. Not. Wait.

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When a woman behaves like a man...

...why doesn't she behave like a nice man? Dame Edith Evans @