MSNBC's Brian Williams says goodbye with grim warning about the future of America

An Empire that ate other countries as a matter of course finds it’s self being eaten from within. Wouldn’t be the first time. This time Nike can make a pair of shoes in your honour.

Good night and good luck.

if only there was a journalist around somewhere who could explain it to us

just recently at work, discussion on my team during a social meeting turned into talking about the UK royal family and who was in the line of succession. I’m American, and I commented, “Oh, I suppose Prince Andrew isn’t in the running, is he? He has a few issues.” Not wanting to say what they were because HR tells you not to say anything that could be offensive to anyone.

My boss, who is Northern Irish, said, “Oh you mean he’s a Pedo”

I think that being PC is generally a good thing, in the “don’t use the R / N / other F word” kind of way. However I also feel like I fell victim to the fear of calling a spade a spade.

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Not quite there yet, more like 1858-59 …
… which is why we can’t have anything nice, like a civil, ethical, democracy-

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