Jason, please allow me to say here what I’ve been meaning to say on so many other articles:

Civil forfeiture was NEVER Constitutional in the first place.

I think if they were caught speeding, they’d have been charged with speeding.

I once worked at a start-up company with a bunch of new grads from MIT. Very bright guys, but also very immature. Their idea of creating a “fun” work atmosphere was to take the little packets of ketchup you get at the take-out, put them on the floor and stomp on them, spraying the contents everywhere. Our office…

Hi Peter!

It’s not a digression. It’s a disclosure of a potential journalistic conflict of interest, which is standard practice.

Reeeeally feels like an extremely cheerful, colorful FUCK YOU right there. :( it does need to go.

obligatory: (relevant at 0:39)

Behold the Bronze Fonz. It is apparently physically impossible to visit Milwaukee without having your picture taken with him.

We have a pier.

I’ve had people accuse me of “stalking” because I read a public profile. That they chose to fill out.

I’m from California, and now live in the Midwest. Not even in a major city.

Come on, girl. I’m from California. We’re “out of step with the rest of the nation,” as the Republicans endlessly remind us.

I think that on some level, people think prison is not as hard on some people because they think they are “used to it,” which is completely dehumanizing. Having a hard life does not make jail easier for you. Having an easier life does not make jail harder for you.

And steak!!!

I bet his wife can’t even decorate their house. Tragic.

Just twenty minutes of action, and his whole life is changed. Sad!

He’ll never be able to enjoy statutes and preliminary hearings ever again!!

It’s a shame, you know? This judge had such a bright judiciary career in front of him, it is just a shame that this one little verdict will mess up his entire future.