Careful when relying on conviction rate - there is an overwhelming amount of evidence showing that convictions are more likely if the defendant is poor, a POC, or speaks English as a second language.

Given that GOP policies, taken in aggregate, lead us toward total oligarchy, sure, a nationwide company town sounds about right.

The GOP is assuming that Puerto Rican refugees won’t register to vote in their new states and won’t organize at any meaningful level and that the Democrats will not take advantage of the situation by helping Puerto Rican refugees find jobs and housing.

have you tried Vijay Iyer? Pretty good piano jazz.

have you tried Vijay Iyer?

that’s a much better nickname than CP3.

“Prince George County”

I’m not a constitutional lawyer, but there is no enforcement mechanism. At best, he’d have to give back the money Wisconsin paid.

Divestiture is one thing - Bloomberg did not, nor was he expected to. Hell, Carter didn’t (though his blind trust resulted in him being one of a few presidents who left the office…

What’s with screenshotting a Word doc? Sad!

Is the third one Killface from Frisky Dingo?

Yeah, LaVar will likely keep good players from wanting to join the Lakers.

When both Paula and Harden share the floor, defenses have no real hope of keeping both of them contained while also keeping Eric Gordon or Anderson or Trevor Ariza or P.J. Tucker from bombing away with impunity.

whoa thanks. I never made that connection before.

Replace Sinatra with Hillary and Woody Allen with Gwyneth Paltrow, or is that last bit too far?

Yeah, looks like Barry switched up the 9 and the 8. To be fair, though, Billy Martin was obnoxious enough to get posthumously ejected.

Early returns show he went hard in on the latter.

I 100% agree based on similar background knowledge.

I’m still surprised the Cavs haven’t moved heaven and earth to get out of Cleveland.

“studio gangsters in Washington”

+ 1 indulgence.