Agreed. I am still hanging in there, but it is evident that Sam B and john Oliver are the true spiritual successors.

Side question. How is it that none of her charges are for child abuse. It seems pretty well documented.

This is my uncle’s story exactly. He spent his life finding ways to make money off the books, and now he is retired with a massive IRS debt and a tiny trickle of SS money. My mom is only 2 years younger, gets a check triple his, and does not have to hide money from the feds.

Okay so some asshole kid decides to bully another kid by peeing on her and his bully buddies watched. Police are investigating but keeping things discreet because they are all kids.

Excellent point. We should make sure the regulations extend to other guns as well.!!

Cars are actually a great comparator. Cars and car ownership is regulated in tons of ways that have demonstrably saved lives. Also they have not slippery sloped into the government taking all our cars.

Oh good. I was about to mention Holt as well. This is where we are as a country people. The small time dicks are trending.

She is also probably an abuse victim.

Do we even know that Justice is opting to prosecute this woman? The only thing we know is that she is cooperating and anyone not connected with the case is throwing out whatever speculation or tidbit they have. It just looks like social media berated the woman and her friends and family are trying to defend her. No…

It is entirely possible that this woman has a disability that makes it difficult for her to understand complex implications, but I am more interested in the fact that the guy was abusive in other relationships. There is no telling how she might have been affected by him. I can see her as being too terrified to…

Probably but it could be as simple as the inmate being a misdemeanor offender sleeping off a drunk, who was legitimately worried about the security of his home town.

Why do they continually make the “good guy with a gun” argument. Good guys have no problems getting guns, and that does not help much. Besides even in that scenario someone gets shot. Is the idea of no one shooting anyone even a possibility for these guys?

Correct they could not. The Prosecution already had deals with two of the rapists and had video evidence that basically slam dunked him. This guy was so obviously guilty that there was nothing else to do

Well the TN laws in this case help a lot. The other guy in the same incident got 25 years. And Vandenburg can get up to 25 for each count. It also helps that this has been going on for three years, and the Defense has tried to play dirty a few times. The Middle Tennessee area is pretty much sick of this guy and want…

It was even dumber in this case, because they had video of him actively encouraging the rape of his girlfriend. Hard to argue that you are too drunk for intent when you are actively recruiting participants

Minor point. I’m a guy and was called whip smart by my mom like a million times as a kid. Of course that was my mom. I am not sure that expression is very gendered. I could be wrong. I do think that is generally directed at the young though. Thoughts internet?

Hmmm. Just a thought I am throwing out there. Could we use the money to form a team with a plucky hacker, a ninja, a reformed con artist and a driver to just go get her and take her someplace not evil?

Question for the attorneys out there. In the event that Washington has no rape by fraud like laws, Are there civil options for these women. I mean can they sue him for damages of some kind? Breach of contract at least. Its a lot less than what he actually did, but he did promise some kind of promotion that I presume…

So it appears the rapist was surrounded by people who do not know what rape is. No real surprise there. It is just so sad that this girl legitimately seems to only think that rape is only the stranger jumping from the bushes variety. She also buys into the whole “alcohol is to blame” idea. I hope that she never meets…

It at least warrants a call to the BPR