Wednesday: This is kind of like reruns. Maybe it's a "remastered" post?

First up, killing the Supreme Court.  Again.  But still with numbers and statistics, because that's the best way to do things.  Assume the Senate decides to stop being fuckheads.  Then, Merrick Garland gets a hearing and since he's basically fine, he gets a seat on the Supreme Court.  Since that bag of shit is dead.

So here's the cumulative "how many justices are alive" plot.  Honestly, according to this, if the Senate doesn't stop acting like children, Obama might have two more people to appoint before the end of his term.  It's good that the Republicans are running an idiot and a serial killer as their top options this year, since that sets up a good shift when they don't become president.

And the by name individual plot.  I've seen a lot of stuff talking about how Garland is "already old" so it "doesn't matter" if he gets confirmed or not.  Side note: fuck Shane Ryan for being a fucking idiot.  "Who's Shane Ryan?"  Exactly.  Also acceptable:  a fucking idiot.  The cumulative plot clearly shows that the next president is very important for determining the Supreme Court's future.

In any case, he's younger than the median justice, and is likely to be on the court for another ~15 years.  Or, you know, the next four presidential terms.  Also, it's interesting to note the benefit of appointing women to the court.  Roberts was born in 1955, and Sotomayor in 1954.  That's the unit the script uses for sorting the key.  But, looking at the graph, Sotomayor is likely to be on the court ~3 years longer.  I should also enable the grid display next time I do this.

Next topic: Damn it, Dave Willis, it's right there on page four.  The only options that are on the kids meal that are not available on the adult menu are the mac and cheese and the pizza.  Looking at the picture they selected for the pizza suggests that no one orders that.  "Why?"  Because look at that picture.  That is the picture the chose for the menu, and the pizza in it looks awful.  Besides, we already know that Joyce wants chicken tenders, because she told us.

• The other point that I could make about the link up there to the story that fucking idiot wrote was conveniently covered by Paul Krugman today.  Tl;dr: the Republican party is "an engine designed to harness white resentment on behalf of higher incomes for the donor class."
• Krugman also points out a fact that Shane Ryan, fucking idiot, didn't bother to read in his history.  SR, FI, claims "When was the last time that the same party had back-to-back presidents win two terms? The answer is James Madison and James Monroe, both “Democratic-Republicans,” in the early 1800s.  Does that change your view on the likelihood of Clinton winning two terms?"  "Huh, that doesn't sound right," you say.  That's because it may be technically true, if you ignore the fact that FDR was elected president FOUR TIMES, died, Truman took over A MONTH AND A HALF into FDR's fourth term, and then was elected to his own "technically only first term" in 1948.  Truman could have run again in 1952, as the 22nd amendment didn't apply to him, but didn't (largely a popularity thing, but read Harry's quote in the third paragraph here.  HUH.  I WONDER IF THAT WILL BE A BIG THING IN THE FUTURE?).
• Steven Universe is renewed for two more seasons, in a move that shouldn't really surprise anyone.
• Spiders.  (No actual spiders in the link).
• Kitty.  (This is technically a kitty, but probably stretching the definition).
• Cereal.
• Hrm.  A lot of those are dubbed.  I should probably just buy the DVDs for the ones I haven't actually seen yet, since otherwise I'm going to have to drive to far parts of the island on like a Tuesday to see things.
• I would like more Supergirl gifs from this episode.