was your "Powers that Be" mention a reference to Wolfram and Heart? If so, nice.

My dad used to tell me about his grenade throwing mishap when I was a kid. It was during his mandatory service when he'd just come out of university. Unfortunately these weren't smoke grenades, they were the real thing. He told me about how he always assumed it would be easy, just arm and throw. But when it was his…

Yup! I posted an edit somewhere here acknowledging the mistake. Thanks though.

Yeah, I backtracked cause you were right about that. I misunderstood the rumour. The rumour was that he belonged to the same department. Should I have posted an apology? I thought this was a discussion, not a debate. I'm not sticking up for her as much as I am advocating for careful and fair treatment of all people…

What's your question?

That she had zero alcohol content in her blood is kind of what I'm trying to say.

Why would it be naive to assume that? It's not like all cops know each other. It also says that Mr.Simon had never met the Simcoe investigator before. That sounds a lot more like conjecture on your part, and a generalization about how connected and close these police departments are. It seems pretty wild to assume…

It was a rumour that was addressed by the Simcoe Review:

EDIT: yo, so I was wrong about the timing. It was in fact the family who sued first, which led to a countersuit. Maybe she made the counter-suit based on advice from her lawyer and neither the lawyer nor the woman predicted the optics of it. In that case, I can see how she might have panicked from the scrutiny and…

No. There was no chance to react in time because she didn't see them. If it had been because she was "SPEEDING" (which she didn't try to hide btw), it would have been mentioned in the 26 page report that was responsible for finding out if there were grounds to prosecute...

Thanks! Yeah, that definitely helps me get a clearer picture.

Her husband being a cop is a rumour. And it isn't good to spread rumours. I think that her decision to countersue is worthy of discussion. The specific details, and the current he said she said going on isn't. There's a difference between someone making an error in judgment and being responsible for a crime. It's not…

As the officer said, a breathalyzer wasn't administered because it clearly wasn't necessary.

Where does it say that she is countersuing? Could you link? I've been looking all over for this.

No it's not her fault. She is not criminally responsible for the deaths. The police department conducted an investigation and determined that there was virtually no chance for her to react in time to avoid hitting them. There is formal leeway with speed limits here that allows up to 10% faster than the speed limit. So…

As far as I understand it the woman sued first and then the parents launched a countersuit. This is a more reliable outlet because it doesn't editorialize as heavily as the dreaded Sun, but I still can't figure out who sued whom first.http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/national/…

People do. They just don't end up on the news because they're not nucking futz.

that's where you put your laptop, lol

I think the dream is crush-induced.

I think that you should draw a line between characteristic and plausible. It would have been plausible for Jaimie to turn violent and reject his new reality by trying to childishly force Cersei to accept him as he was. But he didn't. He doesn't just play a brave guy on TV, it turns…

Jaimie goes out of his way to defend those people and never does it for reward or recognition. In fact, most of the time he's putting his life and his interests at risk to do it. I mean with Brienne it's arguably because he has a crush on her, but more importantly it's because she's part of his character…

I don't really understand what you're getting at.