Holy Shit!

That fact - that wars maximize a political leader's power - is a key reason they often crave war and why wars, under the Constitution, were supposed to be extremely difficult for presidents to start. As John Jay wrote in Federalist 4, "absolute monarchs will often make war when their nations are to get nothing by it, but for the purposes and objects merely personal" (that's also why the absurd contortions invoked by President Obama to fight a war in Libya not only in the absence of Congressional approval, but in the face of formal Congressional disapproval, belongs high on the list of his worst and likely most enduring civil liberties assaults).

No fucking shit. (In case anyone cares, fucking Google keyboard won’t let me swipe that, instead comes out as “no ducking shut”, assholes. I mean seriously, I’ve been coding for 20+ years and Google wants to be my grandma! If that doesn’t make sense, fuck you it’s the Margarita!)

(via Princeton Study: U.S. No Longer An Actual Democracy)

Asking “[w]ho really rules?” researchers Martin Gilens and Benjamin I. Page argue that over the past few decades America’s political system has slowly transformed from a democracy into an oligarchy, where wealthy elites wield most power.

I'll just change this tunable

by Forge and SirKeldon

In the shadow of the senior developer

by Victor

I'm American and when I hear a Brit speak -- like Stephen Fry, ship! -- I wish just a little we lost the war.

I’m British and whenever I meet an American in person and they talk I fangirl a lil bit bc you only really hear their voices on the tv and idk it’s like woah, they’re real

Do you think that writing fanfiction is a waste of time?

Not in the slightest bit.

Empirical learners

by Nathan

Hahaha!!

The Push Up Muscle Shirt | The Flattering Man

OH. MY. VIRAL. GOD.

(via https://twitter.com/Shxperienced/status/760641861551874048)