The IOC would feel really bad about this, but in their defense, the bribes were exceptionally large.

44 seconds or 55 seconds so you don’t have to move your finger.

Only Donald Trump would “evolve” on abortion based on the experience of a dude.

Clearly they need to also require a photo ID and not allow advanced ticket sales if they really want to eliminate fraud.

i know a discreditable way out of this hell. if the Apple techs can indeed crack the security on this phone they should do it for the FBI without admitting publicly that they did so. In return the FBI (1) declares that it’s outraged that Apple would value privacy at the cost of public safety, (b) proudly state that…

I liked Grantland and am looking forward to seeing what Simmons does with The Ringer. Say what you want about the guy’s own writing, but he hires good writers and lets them write good stuff without over-managing them. That’s something to celebrate.

Please oh wise one tell us how President ghostmourn would stop the big bad Chinese?

OK... let’s turn back the clock a few hours to when we didn’t know China was sending these units to the islands. What were we going to do about the Chinese militarization of these islands? Nothing, no reason to do anything, according to the US government, other than perform “Freedom of the Seas/Skies” actions.

Plot twist:

Yes! Yes! Yes!

My personal revenge fantasy involves them stalling, the democrats getting the white house and either Hillary or Bern nominating Obama for the position.

Here’s the thing, journalists could actually do their damn job and fact check republicans when they make claims that there is no precedent that a president in his last year in office gets to nominate a supreme court candidate, instead of asking the question like it’s a legitimate idea. I am sick and tired of…

You can tell America wins at democracy with how much time we spend on it without actually achieving any semblance of it.

“Your job doesn’t stop until you’re voted out, or until your term expires,” Obama said of the Senate,

Governing

Every other outlet was more than happy, for business reasons, to announce that the anti-Beyoncé rally was real, and happening, and preposterous. Any more preposterous than the hordes of reporters standing out in the rain right now waiting for phantom reactionaries?

If you’re my mother-in-law, I may just have to take back some of the things I often say about you. Some of them.

At one point I noticed the voice actor for Ryder sounded like he was hitting puberty hard, which is probably why they threw him into Adventure Bay. Also, pretty sure Zuma drives some sort of boat or hovercraft. And now I’m off to stick my head in the oven for knowing this shit.