Simmons gave a minor critique of his employer, and maybe went slightly beyond the bounds of what can be reported with 100% certainty in line with "journalistic standards", and he gets suspended for 3 weeks.

Naw, dick.

Yes. I would allow them to take me into custody. I would certainly also try to explain it's a mistake and I would certainly be terrified, but what's the alternative? Resisting arrest? That just gives them a legitimate charge. You stand up to their authority by contacting the ACLU and suing them. That's not…

That's true. It's wrong to blame the victim by saying they should have cooperated and this wouldn't have happened. I would say it's always smarter to cooperate, but that doesn't guarantee a good result.

"Ignoring the fact that it's your basic constitutional and human right to ignore an unlawful order of the police..."

Gave her the Ol' Heinrich Maneuver?

I would pay money to erase GTA IV from my memory, how is that for a deal?

Wunjo, I've been following this stuff for years. The "no warming since 1998" meme started a couple years ago when it was "no warming in 15 years" because deniers mistakenly believed that 15 years was a long enough time period to account for noise. Then it was "no warming in 16 years." Now it's 17. See the trend? Time…