OMG, that story was so disturbing. Here it is, for anyone who is curious: https://www.propublica.org/article/false-rape-accusations-an-unbelievable-story

considerably different than in the Out Exit with no lube.

Good for them! I hadn’t heard of them before, but I just looked them up.

I though Americans were allowed to drink outside anyway?

“Where it was found and where it was created could be two totally different places.”

According to the article, the press release claimed falsely that the original object was created “at the turn of the 20th century,” [emphasis added] not just during the 20th century.

As the original artist is dead, it won’t have a personal effect on her, but it does send a message to other artists that their personal work doesn’t matter, if someone well-known like Jeff Koons wants to use it and then distort where he got it. It also has an effect on the art market: if the connection to Zhnikrup had…

The problem is that the publicity materials lied about the source, until they were called out. How anyone could think that figure with the yellow ponytail is from “the turn of the 20th century” is beyond me, but saying the work was an anonymous piece “found at a Russian factory” when they know it was by a specific…

“But where did he lie about where it came from?”

I never understood the extreme hate piled on Catwoman. I can’t say it’s a great movie, but it has enjoyable performances, and from what I remember it didn’t seem dumber to me at the time than a lot of other big-budget flicks.

“I’m discomfited by the use of black characters in this way in this book, because it’s still a white guy using black people to work out his own problems.” 

I’d really like to know how much time/money she spends daily on makeup/hair. She looks like she never steps out of the house without first being styled by a professional team whose goal is to make her look like a Kardashian’s idea of a businesswoman.

I didn’t realize there were “faith-based” adoption agencies. Is it a good idea, in general? It seems like they’d be liable to pull a lot of strings to make sure the kids get placed in homes that tick the religious boxes, but otherwise might not be the greatest fit.

Wow, what a horrible story. I didn’t think I could hate Bill Cosby or Mike Tyson any more strongly than I did before, but now I know better.

There are some aspects of the military that can actually bring out the good in people. I come from a military family, and there’s a protocol that can be very positive, things like visiting the families of slain soldiers, writing personal letters, and providing housing for military families. Sometimes the discipline…

Which, ironically, Trump is boycotting because he apparently can’t handle being ribbed.

Talking about a rightwing conspiracy in a particular instance is not the same as making a joke about how all Republicans are worthless. But I think the basic idea that the Clintons are being attacked by a vast rightwing conspiracy has been proven largely true. Even though it was correct that Bill was having his…

So, does anyone remember other presidents constantly insulting members of the opposing party, simply for being members of that party? I don’t recall Obama or B. Clinton making jokes about Republicans as a general group, nor the Bushes or even Reagan making blanket insults about Democrats. Am I misremembering? It…

I didn’t know either, and it took me a while to find out, but I finally came across a page that explained it:

It might be necessary to stop bots from taking over (just a not-very-educated guess).