| | | We now have people cheering against the common good. Courtesy, compassion, safety: these are fronts in the culture war now. | | If you have trouble reading this message, view it in a browser. | | | | |  | | |  | | | | They Clapped for Death at CPAC | | | | "When you grow up in a particularly conservative part of the country at a particularly conservative time in history, as I did," Dave Holmes writes, "an idea gets drummed into your impressionable little head: that the Republican Party is 'the party of personal responsibility.' Ronald Reagan, in a quote you'd see and hear an awful lot, said, 'It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.' It's preposterous, of course, the idea that accountability lives at a specific point on the left-right continuum, the notion that anyone anywhere has ever said, 'I don't believe that each individual is responsible for his actions.' But conservative people loved Ronald Reagan, and everyone loves quotes that flatter them, and so by simple repetition, it became an accepted truth. Republicans are responsible people, and everyone else, on some level, is just fucking around. On a completely unrelated note, this past weekend at the Conservative Political Action Conference, a crowd cheered for a deadly respiratory illness." Read More | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | | The Best Items to Grab from J.Crew's 'Summer Essentials' Sale | | | | Hell, if temperatures across the country right now are any indication, we'll be rocking our summer threads well into October at this point. And for those of us addicted to the procurement of apparel, that means summer shopping season is far from over, too. Thankfully, the good folks over at J.Crew are marking down a ton of polos, tees, shirts, pants, and accessories that'll help you ride out the rest of the season in style. Read More | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | | The 14 Best Beach Bags for Day Trips, Extra-Long Vacations, and Everything in Between | | | | When people talk about beach bags, they're really talking about tote bags. Quibble with this all you like, but the fact of the matter is, you just can't beat the tote when it comes to packing all your beach-day essentials in one carryall and keeping them conveniently at hand the whole time you're relaxing at the shore. You can opt for any kind of tote—classic canvas, waterproof, open-top, zip-closure, insulated, coated, you name it—just opt for a tote. It's the perfect beach bag. Buy one of these tote bags, declare it your dedicated beach bag, and enjoy all the summer has to offer. Read More | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | | The 42 Best Wine Gifts for Anyone Who Savors a Glass (or Two) Every Night | | | | If only you could buy someone who loves wine wine as a gift. Sorry, the world doesn't work like that, kid. If they're a genuine wine lover, so much so that it's a full-blown personality trait, then a bottle of something red in the above-$15, sub-$25 range that you snagged at the grocery store on the way over to their home won't exactly make a lasting impression. Even if the label is like, really cool. To do this gift right, you'll need to think beyond the alcohol to the alcohol-drinking accessories: the glasses, the openers, the holders, the food that pairs with the wine, and all that cool stuff. (And you need to steer clear of "wine mom" T-shirts. Even if it's for you mom.) We've got some stuff in mind. Here they are: the 42 best wine-related gifts. Read More | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | | Sidney Powell Is Going Down With the Ship | | | | Charles P. Pierce spent a lot of Monday midday sitting in on the hearing in a federal court in Michigan held to consider professional sanctions against the Kraken Krewe, the crack legal team assembled by the former president*'s campaign to overturn the election results in that state. Judge Linda Parker was already on her last nerve with the Krewe's nonsense when their lawyer, Donald Campbell, interrupted the closing remarks of David Fink, who was there representing the city of Detroit—and, by extension, anyone with a functional cerebral cortex. Fink just had pointed out that all of the insane lawsuits brought by the Trump forces played a part in the drama that ended up in the Capitol on January 6. Campbell interrupted Fink, and the court reporter had had enough. Read More | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | | Exclusive: Olga Kurylenko Opens Up About Her Secret Black Widow Role | | | | In Olga Kurylenko's spoilery Black Widow role, she might have delivered the film's most powerful message. Kurylenko, who you might know from a slew of independent films over the past few years, or Camille from 2008's Bond flick, Quantum of Solace, says her story in the film is one of abuse and manipulation—and ultimately, survival. Since, of course, no one's arc in the Marvel Cinematic Universe ever truly ends, we asked Kurylenko where her character could go in the future, more about the real-life messages of her Black Widow arc, and if she'd ever return as Camille to the world of James Bond. Read More | | | | | | | | | | | |
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