Not Jim Harbaugh. He’s on the national board for a major legal aid organization, and spoke up defending Colin Kaepernick. See https://www.landof10.com/michigan/michigan-football-jim-harbaugh-legal-aid-toledo and https://www.si.com/nfl/2017/04/24/colin-kaepernick-time-100-jim-harbaugh

Because it only allows low frequencies (long wavelength) to pass through, which is the same thing that happens when sound waves hit water. Lower frequencies travel farther, and through/around more things. So the low pass filter makes a similar sound profile by allowing only lower-frequency sounds to “pass” through it…

It was actually Tim Geitner refusing to come up with a plan to break up Citibank during the first half of 2009. Seriously— the story is relayed in “Confidence Men” by Ron Suskind.

It’s in federal court, so notice pleading (as opposed to fact pleading) is the standard. This means the counterclaim doesn’t need nearly as much factual support as it would in a “fact pleading” jurisdiction. I think the cc might survive a MTD since the counterclaim puts PSU on notice of the claim against them. Not…

Well, let’s see. Michigan’s law school is ranked higher, as is its business school. As is its medical school. (By USNWR, which is what we are apparently using in this subthread). Especially because Berkeley doesn’t even have its own standalone med school. So which “insane” grad schools are you referring to?…

Is that the measure? Seems...odd.

It’s decent- looks like aluminum frame Specialized Roubaix w/carbon fork, which is about as nice as you’d want to ride as a commuter in Chicago, and you obviously better have a u-lock and cable. Also has a dork disc on the back, which, of course it does.

Please remember that this is a 15 year-old autistic boy we are talking about, not an adult with “normal” cognitive abilities.

This passage is objectively false: “...he makes 20 million dollars a year, gets 30+ weeks off, works about 22 weeks a year etc” First he doesn’t and never has made $20m a year. He received a $12m signing bonus a few years ago. Second, NFL contracts are more or less like at-will employment; the only guaranteed money is…

The “0 to $200,000" number likely means that the claim is the weakest of the bunch and that there had been doubt cast on the truthfulness of the accuser. Notice that you don’t see a zero for any other such amounts, even though some have lower ranges. That leads me to believe the insurer might have had some doubts…

Why should an insurance company indemnify an organization that violated the terms of the insurance policy and covered for and enabled a rapist for 20+ years? I mean, I can understand if you dislike insurance companies, but it’s a bit of stretch to use this as an example of why they’re bad.

Not necessarily. Certain people at a certain level of the organization (such as the President, VP, general counsel, etc) have to be made aware of the allegation in order to trigger the organization’s duty to report it to the insurer. Here, it appears Paterno and the football coaching staff were actively concealing…

Insurance is a contract. When you buy an insurance policy on your car, you don’t get paid out if a meteor hits your house. Similarly, insurance companies don’t pay for things they don’t cover. And insurance policies have things in them, such as notice provisions, which the insured must comply with in order for…

It is precisely a union’s rights issue: the 3 judge panel interpreted the union’s rights under the CBA as failing to encompass the right to have this alleged lack of procedural fairness overturned; the union believes its rights DO encompass the right to have this overturned, based on the facts and based on the…

Why don’t you respond to the content of Josh Salaam’s comment? I, for one, was interested in what your thoughts would be. So, here, I’ll ask it again: why do you believe that the concepts of (1) a “long, drawn-out legal battle” (which isn’t necessarily always the case) and (2) restorative…

They aren’t walking, as everyone has pointed out to you; they are being tried again. If they are acquitted in a second trial, then they are not “criminals,” definitionally, at least as it relates to this specific alleged crime. Not to pick low-hanging fruit, but... If you were an innocent defendant with your personal…

This^^^^^ You have the right to record the police as well. See Alvarez v. Connell et al, U.S. Supreme Court, No. 12-318 (denying cert. from 7th Circuit and, by inference, endorsing the 7th Circuit's ruling): http://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/journal… Here's the 7th Circuit's ruling: http://www.aclu-il.org/wp-content/u…

Your suggestion for Method 2 is outstanding. If Deadspin can get, say, 4 votes, one of them should absolutely be determined via Method 2.

No love for Don Mattingly? The guy's "Hitman" poster gives him a boost. He was smooth.

You sir, are an asshat if you are equating bonding with 1.) shattering a guy's eye socket when he is defenseless with a sock full of change; 2.) messing up Kyle Turley's knee in similar fashion; 3.) requiring injured players to....oh hell, I should've just stopped with you're an asshat. You'll never understand what…