This just seems bizarre. I can definitely think of situations in which I’ve felt like it would be nice for appellate courts to review factual determinations made by a jury—particularly when it’s obvious from the surrounding circumstances that the jury were being fucking assholes (pick your random case where a black…

I could see the pandemic birth a social media influencer or two centered entirely around helping with home hair care for WOC during these lean times. The demand certainly seems to be there.

Seems a little too situational to be workable, if only because what you look like, and where you are, probably have a A LOT to do with whether something you say will cause people to react violently to you.

Did they get arrested? Were the people running the golf course fined or otherwise reprimanded for keeping open a non-essential business?

::Looks up ages of SCOTUS Justices::

Obviously this is very disappointing, but I’d be lying if I said I do not find it interesting that Australian appellate courts can review and overturn cases on the basis of factual findings rather than just rulings on law. In the U.S., the bases for appeals are typically limited to situations in which the Judge can be…

My wife is a resident at a local hospital, and despite pretty rigorous decontamination procedures we go through to keep it out of the house, the fact is that if she gets it, I’m gonnna get it—and she could definitely get it. We’re both in our 30's and in good health, so better odds than many of making it through (but…

This is a nightmare of inexplicable proportions. First and foremost, I hope she is able to heal and recover (though I know that is unimaginably difficult), and is able to truly internalize (i.e., to know and feel) that no man worth her time would have any difficulty loving her because of this. Second, I hope they find…

Picked up Dragon Quest XI when it looked like shit was gonna get serious. Sooooo much game!!! 

I feel like there’s a huge overlap between behavior that warrants firing someone for cause, and the negative stereotypes that white supremacy has managed to associate with black people. I legitimately can’t think of a reason you would fire someone for cause that wouldn’t track with a prevalent racist stereotype.

I find very little effective difference between these brands and Alex Jones hocking toothpaste as a cure for corona (and SARS... for some reason.)

Here’s what gets me:

But major demographic change inevitably causes those same manipulations to inadvertently affect more and more poor and middle class whites in more and more negative ways too.

Link to NeoTokyo? I never saw this, and I’m enjoying it. Maybe I’d enjoy NeoTokyo as well?

Then my question isn’t to you so much as it is to a Marxist/communist, who would presumably have to have some morally acceptable way for the government to earn money to pay for the goods and services governments provide.

The ultimate manipulation to maintain power despite dwindling numbers was put in place centuries ago: the electoral college—just think, the population of the Dakotas could be decimated, but still get some bare minimum number of electoral votes, and two whole Senators. Moreover, the fact that the Supreme Court is…

How about Doc Antle, the guy using tiger cubs to bait teenagers into joining a sex cult in Myrtle Beach?

Well any form of taxation would be “rent seeking” by that definition, whether income tax or sales tax . . . . Not even a toll road would escape this definition.

I’m not one of her constituents, so I think she is well within her rights to tell me, and everyone who isn’t a constituent, to go fuck ourselves and shove our opinions back up our asses.

Are you saying it’s not news or that you don’t believe Biden did it? In other words, what am I doing in that quote that you would not do?