Nathan Rabin’s Happy Place

1 week ago | nathanrabin.com | Nathan Rabin

I went into The Life of Chuck and Bring Her Back blind. I knew nothing about them beyond The Life of Chuck being an atypical Stephen King adaptation, in that it tugs mercilessly at the heartstrings rather than aim straight for the jugular, and Bring Her Back being a follow-up to a wildly successful horror debut from the Philippou Brothers, the duo behind Talk To Her. For the last month or so, my sick father’s impending death has cast a long, dark shadow over every aspect of my life.

2 weeks ago | nathanrabin.com | Nathan Rabin

I’m pro-Palestinian. I think that what Israel is doing in the Gaza Strip is deplorable and genocidal, but I also think that accusing leftists of being pro-genocide if they express sadness that Kamala Harris lost on the day Trump was inaugurated is only going to push them away. The Democrats reportedly spent 20 million dollars on focus groups in an attempt to reach working-class men. What the left needs to do is be less self-righteous and judgmental and more flexible and forgiving.

2 weeks ago | nathanrabin.com | Nathan Rabin

For the next week, the cost of a yearly subscription will be $ 35 rather than $ 50. That’s a 300 percent savings! Or not. I was bad at math. I’ve also accidentally slashed the cost of monthly paid subscriptions to 3.50. At that price, it would be a sin and a shame NOT to sign up. If a bitter unwillingness to pay five dollars monthly is all that’s keeping you from becoming a paid subscriber, you’re in luck! Now you have NO reason not to hop onboard the Paid Subscriber train.

3 weeks ago | nathanrabin.com | Nathan Rabin

Trump appointed Hegseth to a position for which he is wildly unqualified, presumably because he had spoken favorably about him on television and has a strong jaw. The president loves to gush about people looking like they came out of “central casting.”That’s Hegseth. If a G.I. Joe came to life, got hooked on steroids, groped women, and got a bunch of ugly tattoos reflecting his white nationalist convictions, it would be Hegseth.

3 weeks ago | nathanrabin.com | Nathan Rabin

Trolling is the art of antagonizing others online by pretending to have extreme views you do not actually possess. Trump obviously does not believe that Biden died in 2020 and has been impersonated by a clone ever since. As the president, he’d know if cloning technology had advanced to that point. He’d probably claim credit for it as well. There’s an element of deniable plausibility at play as well.