"And the more the Republicans try to insist that they are, the clearer the evidence of their insanity gets, because the rationales they cite are wrong. Demonstrably, provably wrong – tax breaks to millionaires don't promote job growth (if they did, would we have lost 8 million jobs since the tax breaks were enacted?) and they don't stimulate the economy (unemployment benefits do, actually, because the poor have to spend every dime they get and can't save anything, while the rich can just toss that money on the pile.) These people are trying to argue a policy that's incoherent by citing rationales that are incoherent. They refuse to acknowledge reality when reality conflicts with their belief system, and if that isn't a textbook definition of insanity, it’s close enough for everyday life. When did it happen?"
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"And the more the Republicans try to insist that they are, the clearer the evidence of their insanity gets, because the rationales they cite are wrong. Demonstrably, provably wrong – tax breaks to millionaires don't promote job growth (if they did, would we have lost 8 million jobs since the tax breaks were enacted?) and they don't stimulate the economy (unemployment benefits do, actually, because the poor have to spend every dime they get and can't save anything, while the rich can just toss that money on the pile.) These people are trying to argue a policy that's incoherent by citing rationales that are incoherent. They refuse to acknowledge reality when reality conflicts with their belief system, and if that isn't a textbook definition of insanity, it’s close enough for everyday life. When did it happen?"
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on the end of Serial season one
"But the real pull of the show wasn't the promise of solving the mystery, it was seeing just how thick and convoluted the mystery became. Listening…
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"I don't know what to do with good white people."
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Zen Pencils takes on "Ozymandis."
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