To be fair, that is the exact reasoning we used to get into Afghanistan and continue our involvement for 17 years. Read more

Counterpoint. It looks like he is building a snowfort, snow is heavy, it is easy to work up a sweat under all that winter gear, and that fucking sucks. Read more

You’re used to the midwest winters. I’m not sure where that is, but when you’re in the mountains, it’s sunny, there isn’t a lot of wind, and you’re working hard, it can get pretty warm. Sometimes you’ll see skiers wearing shorts or really light layers in the spring. Read more

Nah, man. I shoveled my driveway and sidewalk in shorts this weekend. Hard work keeps you really warm when you're super wapped out on blow. Read more

Not wearing the correct jacket is questionable, but not a deal breaker for me. If he wears flip flops all the time I'm out though.  Read more

I’m imagining that he names his kids after Amy Pickering, Henry Rollins and the Nation of Ulysses.
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That igloo may outlast his Presidential campaign. Read more

Yeah but if he REALLY came from Minnesota, he would be wearing shorts and a jacket. Read more

Clever, but don’t do that again. My heart literally sank through my lungs tummy and pelvis and fell out onto the floor after reading that headline. Really thought there was some lurking scandal. Should have known better. Beto is solid. Like rock solid. Read more

Beto is definitely one of the guys in college who still wore shorts in the winter.
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I don’t see anything wrong with that--looks like a lovely day! /Canadian Read more

Truly a great list. Read more

Gonna wait right here for the story that justified The Greyening.  I’m personally nominating it for a Man Booker International prize, because that was some great fucking fiction.
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So I guess this means you don’t intend to publish anything worth reading between now and New Year? good to know, thank you. Read more

I look forward to a fruitful 2019 where all comment sections bring entertaining and friendly conversations with my GMG family.  Read more

Keep up the good work. I look forward to another year’s worth of liberal trolls who won’t fuck off to their preferred echo chamber and poison the comment section. Read more

I’m confused too. Personally, I think that we should have debates as OFTEN as manageable. What’s with the 12/6 formula anyway? Throw them all out in front of a camera every night, and make them answer questions until they are worn down and start being completely honest.
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kind of confused what the problem is here? last election they didn’t hold enough debates and tried to schedule them at ridiculous hours. Now they’re putting a bunch of them out with a set schedule so that we can thin down the primary candidates sooner and it’s a problem?
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Well...what you say in your first paragraph is the same problem they were trying to address; that the process played out too late, that there weren’t enough debates, and that the cycle had too much of the air of a coronation than a challenge. Read more

If they are gonna have this many debates they better fucking ask some more nuanced questions. I feel like every debate the same shit was being said/asked. I would like to know what each candidate thinks about ending/seriously reforming cash bail or their thoughts on a more robust national rail road system to help… Read more