So what is it you want? You asked about people reading at a Hillary or Sanders rally and got an answer: The fact of the matter is that most liberals wouldn’t object. If you’re looking to catch someone saying it’s OK to read at a Trump rally but not at a Bernie rally, it’s probably not going to happen. Go ahead and be…

Yes, and the reporters who worked on this series of stories deserve recognition not only for continuing to bring all of this to light, but for slogging through every grim detail. It couldn’t have been easy.

“A bug made of lies!”

You’re right, of course. It’s really not fair of me to ask someone else to speculate, either.

No way! It seems the same thing accounts for the student protests at Mizzou. It must be true, then.

Seriously, that is interesting: I suppose that would be a necessity; ESPN is big business and a company with a phalanx of well-paid outsized personalities who are quite literally in the public eye all day every day. Claims like this one are a mathematical certainty. I can’t stand Chris Berman (if I had my way, Neil…

Sure, I understand what you’re saying. I still think there had to be merit to her claim: ESPN has deep pockets, and if they settle a claim that truly had no merit they conceivably open themselves up to future meritless (is that a word?) claims brought just to collect on a potential settlement. Now, I’m not suggesting…

So, do you suppose settling was genuinely a financial business decision (seems hard to believe) or was it because her claim was so rock-solid they knew they had no chance of winning (based on year after year of watching Berman bellow on TV this seems very easy to believe)?

Jesus. What the fuck is this, the NFL?

Sure, if you’re the alcoholic and it’s your own drink. Why would you spike someone else’s drink?

Heh heh. I kinda laughed at that a little.

Yes. I also can’t begin to understand how this happened. There had to be more than one person involved in this. There is no conceivable way that Bloomingdale’s puts out any advertising materials without the review and approval of multiple people. Through the entire process, not a single adult human stopped this from…

I don’t know whether I’m normal or decent, but I’ll tell you this: Not one single time in my entire life have I ever even considered spiking another person’s drink for any reason whatsoever.

Religion is insanity. Everything else sprouts from this seed. The “Starbucks-Hates-Christmas-So-I-Carried-In-A-Gun-For-Jesus” thing is just one branch on an ancient and enormous tree.l

Yes, I remember that little pilot clear as day. I don’t remember having trouble with it falling out of the cockpit, but I probably did. I always wanted that Cylon Raider; that’s definitely one of the top three toys I always wanted but never got. I do remember that I had two Vipers, one of which had a much longer nose…

You’ve made a huge mistake.

For no good reason I could not stand Mary Louise Parker until I saw her in Weeds, which completely reversed my opinion. Now I think she’s great. Would that be “unBotwined?” “DeBotwined?” Probably not “disBotwined” though...

I’ll have to check that out.

But you’re already aware of the shit they pull, and while it might generate exposure, it generates virtually zero revenue.

it just goes to show, damned if you do, damned if you don’t.