It’s not cultural insensitivity that makes me doubt/parse the Taliban’s statements— it’s reports of women being told they can’t leave their homes without a male chaperone and appropriate dress, women being told they won’t be allowed back to Universities, etc. Before we even get into the very well documented more…

Because that’s their job? I mean otherwise they might as well just ask her agent for a press release of various quotes or something? Sports journalism is a segment of entertainment journalism should music reporters just go “why is this song so good?”

So....Bill wasn’t Monica’s boss— unless you mean in some round about “the President is everyone’s boss” sort of way which is some Donald Trump shit.

Still on that (misspelled) Tara Reade train huh?

Didn’t he end up not actually saying that though? 

I mean the system (or in this case the Democratic Party and it’s allies like Teacher’s Unions) are against charter schools which from her employment history appear to be a big deal for Turner.....

So basically if Turner had won it’d have been a huge victory for progressives but her losing means nothing?

Also-- don’t even try and compare this to Cori Bush-- that was a legitimately impressive example of an actual local activist who lost, then spent two years building the infrastructure necessary to win in an…

When people bring up Libya, I really wish they’d flash back to what was about to happen right before the intervention (which was EU— specifically France and Italy led) — Gaddafi was about to flatten a city with rebels in it but which was occupied largely by civilians to the ground. I’m not saying it’s great now or…

I’m here, I mean I’ve been when dragged along with bros or a memorable first date (all the other bars were closed at the time and we wanted an after dinner drink) but....it’s definitely weird if you stop and think about it right, it’s like how dudes used to watch porn together at bachelor parties back in the 50s or…

But if he’d picked it up w/ salary no one would have noticed-- he’s dumping the lunches on to campaign accounts; which is strictly legal---under certain circumstances (campaign reimbursements can be abused-- see Lauren Boebert charging 30k in mileage reimbursements in 6 months during COVID, which just happened to be…

From what I’ve read she was effectively asking to be one of the organization’s  highest paid employees but she wasn’t one of their highest profile or workload folx. 

I don’t generally believe in jinxes but damn man, this is the one kind that always seems a bit fate tempting. Like describing a ship as unsinkable or something-- especially in the pro’s (college can give those massively stacked match-ups in a way pro sports usually doesn’t for titles). 

This^^^, even more than the 3pt thing, being scared to go to the line makes a player almost worthless offensively as a playmaker.

The 3pt thing might even be a bit overrated— no one is scared of Giannis knocking down 3s but he’s just good enough wide open that teams have to honor it and can’t cheat off of him. Teams…

Eh....I mean true but that still doesn’t mean you can void the agreement once made and completed. 

How was it to benefit Cosby-- I see how not being prosecuted on the testimony he gave helped him but without the agreement he never gives the testimony in the first place-- Castor’s a scumbag (post-Cosby behavior confirms) and you can say the deal was entirely unnecessary but.....once made it should be honored,…

The Cosby thing sucks in terms of outcome but from what I can tell seems like the right decision-- giving Law Enforcement (including prosecutors) a pass on misconduct because we don’t like the target is the attitude that’s led to so many of the issues with our current system.

“Mack was responsible for bringing women into an NXIVM subgroup, DOS, which branded women with Raniere’s initials”

and Mack’s initials- wtf 3 years?

I mean....there’s injuries every playoffs- take Lebron’s first title year-- the Bulls were the best team all year then Rose blows out his knee for the first time and the Heat win a title, Bron and his stans never mention injuries for that one. 

Just waiting for the Red Velvet/insert random C/D option Finals MVP. It’d be kind of interesting to see a Finals MVP as random as Super Bowl MVPs used to be—-Iggy is the only one in recent memory who wasn’t basically an all-NBA player at the time they won the award. 

I wouldn’t take it for granted but I’d be surprised if something for caregivers isn’t in the Reconciliation Infrastructure bill that follows the bipartisan one.