Also, as someone who is terrified of flying but also likes to travel and visits my family who live on the other side of the country multiple times of year...the idea that people who are afraid of flying would never willingly travel by plane is so absurd that it makes my brain melt.

At this point I think we can call this “Classic” Avenatti.  Threaten something damning.  Give them a chance to clear the air (or more likely hang themselves.)  Then swing the hammer.

This is discussed over on the Splinter thread, but just for anyone who didn’t see it:

Yeah, I pointed it out over on Splinter after their “Michael Avenatti Isn’t Helping” article the other day — that it certainly seems like he knew what was on the calendar and specifically timed Ms. Swetnick’s sworn statement and coming forward to coincide when the “leak” of the calendar — prominently featuring “Beach…

There’s. NEVER. just. one.

Her statement is hard to read, and, importantly, incredibly specific and damning. She mentions other witnesses willing to speak, she’s worked in the government for years and holds multiple security clearances, and she submitted a sworn affidavit.

I would have given anything to be able to bring my son along during his first 6 months (hereafter to be called the larval stage). I pumped as hard as I could, but ultimately lost volume. He needed periodic formula supplements after that, tho we continued to breastfeed while I drank every foul decoction my lactation…

IIRC, it was more like, “ate the innards of an old lady and wore her dead, hollowed out body like a person-suit.”

I agree, but it’s true. I was listening to this interview with polow da don and he was talking about the beginnings of his career. He was saying that, he had been producing for fun, but wasn’t as versed or polished. Then he met Jimmy Iovine, and jimmy was like come to LA. So when don got there. Iovine put him up in…

See, also, Hugo Schwyzer and Eric Schneiderman. Men who pushed their feminism hard and also loved to abuse women and use their power to prevent women from fighting back and reporting on their bullshit.

why would anyone ever want a sexual partner who “just goes along with it.” Why can’t men ever stop and think, “hey, the person I’m about to have sex with isn’t 1000% into this. That’s gonna make this weird and gross. I’m gonna back off now.”?

Why on *earth* would anyone want to have sex with another person who’s less…

His sentence should be equal to the total sum of the sentences of all the people he framed.

This is the perfect hunting ground for the “woke” mysogynist. Women have been fighting so hard, and for so long, to be listened and believed. When some rando comes along, and recites the proper feminist codewords, there will always be someone who falls for it, feeling grateful she’s heard and understood.

“Well we can’t be transparent about it, otherwise the workers might not be willing to put in 80 hour weeks until the moment they are fired!”

I’m going to kick myself for responding to you, but the main reason the costs of drugs have gone up has nothing to do with research acquisition, but everything to do with marketing.

I had a similar experience. I was hit by a round and got severance and unused vacation. Shortly thereafter, HR revised policy with “unlimited(!) vacation,” with the caveat that it could no long be accrued.

Three guesses as to the real reason for the change. First two don’t count. :p

some of us (me) were part of both layoffs, yay!

I read it as “these are the rules which suck and should be changed to improve society overall”

Nice seeing some attention given to Ediacaran fossils when everybody just assumes the Cambrian is when complex life took off. On the other hand, I’m kind of with Antcliffe on this one with regards to Dickinsonia’s phylogenetic position; it would be more newsworthy if the researchers suggested it was a plant or a giant…