As I read the story, I think she had consensual sex (that involved being taped to pull-up bars while blindfolded, apparently) and afterwards he blackmailed her to be quiet and not reveal the affair.

Missouri is the new Florida.

HamNo will undoubtedly be the union member that quits the union because it’s “not aggressive enough” and then try and get everyone to burn down the office.

Isn’t this HamNo’s territory? Where has he been? Did he finally join a commune in Tibet or something? Why are you writing the “Let’s Be Communists!” stories now?

Researchers end the study with a straightforward suggestion: “do everything possible to improve the medical and social conditions of children that are responsible for these preventable deaths.”

Once Garrison Keillor was identified as a sexual predator, I just said “fuck it” and figured we’re all screwed.

Good point, but centerfold models voluntarily posed and were (I hope) paid to do so.

Anyone that ever worked at Valleywag will probably never work again.

You’re right that AV isn’t a Gizmodo site, but they’re affiliated somehow because at the top of my screen for Gizmodo sites it has a link here. That’s what initially brought me here.

So long as Rosamund Pike’s cleavage prominently appears, I’m happy to watch any Jack Reacher movie. Or, for that matter, any other film.

lol - that actually makes sense and I get what you’re saying. It has to be something as bizarre as that because Salon is not worthy of the contempt they have for it.

I never asked for any of your time and never wanted it and, if possible, I’d like to give it back.

Does a school district have assets? If a defendant is liable for punitive damages, can they discharge that in bankruptcy? If a defendant violates civil rights, can they discharge that judgment in bankruptcy?

What are you still here babbling about?

But the lower judge and the 7th Circuit ruled that the case had a “likelihood to succeed on the merits” and it’s hard to dispute that given the facts and from the lawyer’s perspective, the longer the case goes, the more money they make.

The fact you don’t like being described as the same as your counterparts on the right doesn’t make it incorrect.

Rest assured, they feel the same way about you!

If the court awards $1.5 million in attorneys’ fees, the attorneys get that money.

I agree that the more senior, experience attorneys probably charge more, even in Wisconsin. Let’s say they get $500 an hour. That still equates to 1,300 hours of work to justify this fee.

LOL - Here’s the ethical rule that specifically states the manner in which the client will be charged has to be communicated to the client.