CLIFF: I think it's beyond what you'd call dating.               
MIKEY: You going to get married?

CLIFF: (Shrugs) Maybe.               

MIKEY: You met her family? They gonna be cool about you being a white guy?

CLIFF: Priscilla says they think any woman over 30 who isn't married must be a lesbian. She figures they'll be so relieved I'm a man--               

MIKEY: Always heartwarming to see a prejudice defeated by a deeper prejudice.

- "Lone Star", 1996

- Climate change: The solution is simple.

- "... That's how right-wing crap works. It's not meant to advance or even partake of discourse; it's meant to end it. One can argue the worth of Hillary's policies or her voting record or her position on the war till the cows come home; but when she's reduced to being a bitch, that pretty much ends the discussion. ... And it's important to remember that the same holds true regarding right-wing attitudes about a black man like Obama winning the White House. ..." (via)

- "The Meeting"

- Nero fiddled while New Orleans drowned. And yeah, we knew that, but somehow it keeps being freshly awful.

- Holden obsesses with the Gaggle.

- Did you know that things are going to hell in Turkey? Well, if you did, you've been following the news better than I've been.

- McCain on FISA.

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