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Alita: Battle Angel Is A Movie About Our Post-Human Future—and Proof It's Already Here
The movie's story lacks a soul, but its special effects are remarkable.
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ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL consistently ruins its world-building with dull exposition. It might have been better as a silent movie with accompanying footnotes.
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ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL is a visually stunning movie about a post-human future that, alas, could use some upgrades.
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As a story designed to engage the heart and mind, ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL is less human than human.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal: A Bizarre Grab Bag of Terrible Policies Ideas — New at Reason
Q&A with Economist Veronique de Rugy.
The Co-Sponsor of the Green New Deal Thinks Mitch McConnell’s Plan to Hold a Vote on It Is 'Sabotage' and a 'Republican Trick'
Ed Markey believes the time to vote on urgently necessary climate change legislation is...later.
When the Revolution Comes, I’ll Be First Up Against the Bar
A few more drinks for AOC’s "Cocktails for the Revolution" menu.
New York Police Killed Her Son, Then Refused to Answer Her Questions. The Law They’re Hiding Behind Could Soon Be Repealed.
An obscure provision designed to protect personnel records makes it nearly impossible to hold the state’s cops accountable.
Are Republicans the Party of No Ideas on Health Care?
The G.O.P. needs to finally figure out, or at least start figuring out, exactly what it stands for on health care policy.
Top Pelosi Aide Tells Insurance Industry Medicare for All Would Be Costly, Politically Perilous, and Difficult To Implement
He's right.
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Medicare for All will probably win over the Democratic party—but as a slogan rather than the full-fledged single-payer system that Bernie Sanders and his supporters imagine
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A leaked presentation in which a top aide to Nancy Pelosi told insurance execs that single payer was too costly and politically perilous is a preview of the Democratic party's looming internal war over Medicare for All.
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The State of the Union Is Rockets, Socialism, Alliteration, and Nazis: Podcast
"The agenda I will lay out this evening is not a Republican Agenda or a Democrat Agenda. It is the agenda of the American People."
PUNCH | Bobby Heugel's Margarita Cocktail Recipe
“What we wanted to do with this [drink] was to create a very solid, everyday Margarita,” says Bobby Heugel, who began workshopping the cocktail with Al
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Bobby Heugel's version of the Tommy's margarita is also simple and ridiculously good, and - even better - it can be made with most any 100% agave tequila.
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Are You a Woman Traveling Alone? Marriott Might Be Watching You.
How hotel chains became the new frontier in the surveillance state.
What Was Missing From Trump's State of the Union? America's $1 Trillion Deficit
Or the $22 trillion (and counting) national debt. Or the entitlement programs that will continue adding to them.
Pelosi Moves to Cancel Trump’s State of the Union Speech. Good Riddance.
The shutdown may force the government to cancel the State of the Union.
Tom Macy's Last Word Cocktail Recipe
Taking second place in our recent tasting, Tom Macy's Last Word is a bigger drink than the original-each component amped up by a quarter-ounce. His gin of
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For those in search of a SOTU-appropriate drink, I recommend The Last Word, an herbal pre-Prohibition riff on the gin sour template:
reason.com/blog/2019/02/0…
I also highly recommend the Tom Macy variation, which splits the citrus between lemon and lime:
punchdrink.com/recipes/tom-ma…
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Here’s the Cocktail You Should Drink During Trump’s State of the Union Tonight
The Last Word is what every politician wants. It’s better in boozy form.
Peter Suderman
For years a did a SOTU drinking game.
For tonight's address, I'm changing it up a little and offering a cocktail recommendation instead: The Last Word.
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Peter Suderman
For those in search of a SOTU-appropriate drink, I recommend The Last Word, an herbal pre-Prohibition riff on the gin sour template:
reason.com/blog/2019/02/0…
I also highly recommend the Tom Macy variation, which splits the citrus between lemon and lime:
punchdrink.com/recipes/tom-ma…
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Trump’s State of the Union Will Probably Be About a Border Wall That 60% of Americans Say They Don’t Want
The president has devoted himself to a pointless, self-defeating project.
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The wall is both a massive loser in the court of public opinion and a pointless policy objective, and Trump is the only one who doesn't seem to know it.
He's devoted his presidency to the political equivalent of scoring an own goal.
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Most Americans don't want a border wall, and an even larger percentage oppose declaring a state of emergency to build it.
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The Government Can't—and Won't—Give Meaning to Your Life
A new book tries to use public policy to solve an existential problem.
Elizabeth Warren's Wealth Tax Is a Stunt Policy That Other Countries Have Tried and Discarded
Her big new tax plan is impractical, ineffective, and probably unconstitutional.
Atlanta Spent $23 Million Building a Pedestrian Bridge for the Super Bowl That Pedestrians Can't Use
And even if fan could use it, $23 million is an insane amount of money to spend for a pedestrian bridge.
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"You've heard of the 'bridge to nowhere.' Now meet Atlanta's bridge for no one."
@EricBoehm87 on the $23 million pedestrian bridge Atlanta built for the Super Bowl that pedestrians can't use.
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The Shutdown Was a Failure on Its Own Terms
It will leave us with a bigger, more powerful, and more fragile federal government.
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Trump's shutdown was a pointless, petty exercise in political symbolism, and a failure on its own terms.
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New Poll: Medicare for All Is Popular Until You Explain How It Works
Support drops when you tell people it would require higher taxes, longer lines, and switching insurance plans.