Resourceful? Well, the one did almost stay warm for the night. Your friends aren’t the best source of kindling though.

Social services getting involved is a bad thing? Three children out unattended at 1 am. Two of them having been lit on fire by the third. And you’re worried about the possibility of additional supervision?

“Even if parents object.”

As a lawyer (do not practice any type of criminal law though), it’s always interesting to me how sentencing plays out. Being black usually results in worse outcomes. Being female usually results in better outcomes. Being 17 is often a mixed bag. Although men’s brains develop more slowly than women’s, men are less…

So if someone posts mostly “normal” comments, but then something you disagree with then that becomes “trolling”?

This is the first time I’ve ever liked Bieber. It’s not like these super fans are actually connected to or helpful to their teams and they can be downright toxic for the general population. I’m almost 30 now and I have a friend who skipped their cousin’s wedding for a regular season ACC football game! It’s ridiculous.…

Studies have showed a strong correlation. But most good research still doesn’t show statistical causation. Even an intro research methods class teaches the difference in the two. I wasn’t trying to be snippy in my first comment, but for your clarification, that is the part of your comment that is the most specious.

Yup. I’d call Trump a hypocrite, but I think he’s just a liar instead. Even hypocrisy would require him to have a set of morals to go against, but he’s so craven that he’s never even wrongly principled - just always self-serving in the immediate.

Democrats controlled NC politics for 112 years until 2010. The Republicans here supported an independent redistricting committee because the Democrats were gerrymandering so severely. In 2010, the Republicans won anyway in a landslide year. Immediately they dropped efforts for an independent redistricting effort.…

I’m pretty sure using swamp monsters is a reference to Trump’s common campaign promise to “drain the swamp.”

Bail is not intended as a punishment. It is used to ensure that the accused is likely to show up to deal with the charges against them. The flight risk presented by Tiger Woods, one of the most recognizable figures globally, is virtually nonexistent.

Wow. For a high schooler to understand and empathize with a kid going through the no shoes/getting picked on thing is so powerful. Especially since the young man was so popular and gifted himself that it would be easy to overlook the struggles of others. The world lost a good person in L.D. Cox.

Other than pointing out that Trump is a blathering idiot, you never refute (and even defend) his position that NATO members don’t meet their agreed upon 2% funding and that it limits NATOs capabilities. When other Western nations have to borrow bombs from us for a few weeks engagement it tells you everything you need…

Kudos to you for giving that a more serious response than it warranted. I am certainly guilty of my fair share of stupidity when I was young and still make plenty of mistakes that I can’t blame on youth any longer.

He was in a different jurisdiction. They were driving him to jail and trying to maintain a low profile about it. Should they stop at an unrelated jail on the way down? Then go through the security process of introducing him to the jail, feeding him, then taking him back out and continuing the drive?

I’m not religious, but that is objectively not true. If you’re going to attack people for a “low capacity for understanding” then at least be somewhat accurate. Religiosity and intelligence are separate things. Undoubtedly you’ve heard the phrase correlation doesn’t necessarily equal causation

I’m glad you aren’t my attorney.

America is the only country to benefit from the stability offered by the NATO alliance? Please. Don’t make Trump-level ignorant statements.

If this story is accurate (and Hastert is bad enough that it probably is), I hope the official who pressured the victim to keep quiet is exposed as well.

Are you really trying to say black Californian culture is being mean and rude to other people? There is a difference between good natured joking with your friends (as your father and his friends do) and shitting on everyone around you. Do you think the referee was in on the joke when he was being berated as a “peon”?