Just so long as we all acknowledge that David Fincher is a grossly overrated hack.

Fair enough. And I want to reiterate that when I say "indigent defense" is in crisis, that's more directed at the level of policy choices about funding and organization. You can have the best attorneys in the world doing indigent defense, but if their caseloads are too high, and they get little or no money for…

Well, as a public defense attorney who works for a firm that submitted a bid to obtain a city contract, I'm literally the person you're describing

As you suggest, practice varies a lot from state to state. There's no requirement that indigent defense be financed at the state level at all, and where it isn't, a patchwork develops, with some localities creating effective systems and others shelling out a hundred bucks per file to lawyers who might have several…

"Indigent defense is abysmal? What are you basing that on?"

"What you're describing is a public defender."

You're too kind. The true source of all pleasantness is frequent whining from entitled white men. It's like a beautiful symphony, the constant background music of everyday life.

"Also, she isn't actively blaming all men for the actions of a few."

I don't know that I would classify Buress's joke as a "rape joke." It was a rapist joke—primarily it punctured Cosby's unearned aura of moral superiority by pointing out that he had committed some profoundly immoral acts. The act of rape was not played for laughs.

If he's getting paid, does he care about "overexposure"?

I'm from the present, where these women have no motive to lie and ample reason not to come forward.

"Aren't atleast some of these claims definitely untrue and just taking advantage of the media attention?"

Common usage suggests that it does, and dictionaries concur.

I hope she is able to take him to trial and give some of the many other accusers a chance to testify. There are some numbskulls who think that the absence of a conviction or civil judgment for sexual assault means that the person is immune from criticism for their crimes in public discourse. It would be nice to have a…

Why do you think he means that? The statements that have been receiving media coverage in recent weeks are bald allegations of criminal sexual assault, not innuendo.

Honestly, it was probably not related. Post-conviction relief takes a long, long time.

Well, that's not such a great example. Akin lost his race.

Whoopi Goldberg: http://www.thewrap.com/whoo…

It's a slapdash cover for their original name of the cat: Tard. Because they just love her so much, you see.

Aubrey Plaza was never funny. Not as April, not in anything else she's ever done.