The Shape of Water is del Toro - who as far as I’m aware is a sweetie - not Tarantino.

Don’t drag Waffle House into this. What did they ever do to you? Other than offer below average food at an affordable price and possibly introduce you to your hookup for T. All of that while proving that with a little bit of elbow grease every single object in a restaurant can be sticky. EVERY SINGLE OBJECT!

Pennsylvania’s ready to step up this weekend. Plus, we gave the country Rick Santorum.

Idaho will be the ref.

I don’t normally get to be proud to be an Arizonan, today let me have this.

Why we would be gawdamn gay socialeest commies!

I think it’s special trick, like how strippers can twirl their boob tassels.

If they start expelling state lawmakers for this kind of behavior, there will be a whole lot of empty seats in State Houses around the country.

They’re thinking that they need to genuflect before Trump in order to maintain favor with his stupid, fearful, racist base. As for the so-called “principled conservatives” that are bailing instead of running for re-election, I think they’re trying to keep their options open for a cushy job as a cable news pundit or…

I do sometimes wonder what we could do if the overall quality of human beings elected to office were just a modicum higher.

Too bad none of them are in public office at the moment. Oh, this thing here? The unanimous vote? They’re just ditching the ballast that’ll jeopardize their reelection chances. If they were actually moral or ethical they’d have censured and ejected him months ago.

So, sidebar: My unofficial googling shows that it’s illegal to have firearms in both Federal and State Government buildings in Arizona. Seems they should have done more than just confiscate his guns.

We’re looking to define Ansari’s behavior in concrete terms: rape, sexual harassment, groping, blackmail, etc. The problem is his behavior lies in limbo between a specific crime and accepted social behavior.

This sketch was wishy-washy bullshit. I hated it. “Oh it’s so hard to talk about!” No, it’s really easy, actually. What’s hard is that men tend to get called assholes and that, apparently, is far worse than the sexual assault that masquerades as dating for, well, most women at one point or another in their lives. I’m…

As I’ve explained multiple times to multiple people, all every bit as goddamned stupid as you, the right to presumed innocence only applies to criminal law. It does not apply to everyday conversation. If I want to believe that OJ Simpson is a creep and an asshole, I can do that even if he was found not guilty of…

Yes she does. She really really does.

But I think its really important to acknowledge that this is how we talk about it inside the courthouse.

Oh, you mean the article with all those comments that say that putting “allegedly” in front of something doesn’t provide any kind of legal protection from a slander or libel lawsuit, and that the only real defense is to state the source of an accusation and present your opinions on the believability of that source as…

Outside of a court setting, it very much is. “Guilty beyond a reasonable doubt” is an evidentiary standard that only applies to a criminal court trial. It is not a universal rule and does not apply to my feelings about a person.

You can’t be sued for saying you believe a victim over an accused rapist. In New York at least, statements are defamatory if they are (a) a false statement of fact, or (b) a false opinion presented as fact without citation or discussion of the alleged factual support. Pure opinions or hyperbolic/fiery rhetoric are…

The point is intimidation. It’s a staggering amount, as you noted. It’s an amount that can ruin a life. It’s a threat of obliteration.