Saw it in theaters in Iceland a week ago. I was seriously underwhelmed. It’s definitely not a horror movie and moves way to slowly to be considered a thriller. The twist at the end was easy to predict if you paid any attention at the beginning. The only nice thing about it was the shots of the Icelandic countryside,…

You need to read all the various articles about the “twisties” and then maybe you’ll understand that mental health and the ways that is manifests does not boil down to mere “feelings” or an unwillingness to “get your shit done.” Start here: https://www.nytimes.com/article/twisties-gymnastics.html

I think what pisses me off the most is that a ridiculous number of GOP senators voted against impeachment because there hadn’t been an official investiation, so hOw cOulD thEy kNOw wHaT haPpeNed? and now, when given the opportunity to find out what happened, they don’t want the people to know. fuck all of them. 

Kansas law only recognizes a limited type of insanity: cognitive incapacity, i.e., the person didn’t know what he was doing. They specifically removed another type of insanity (moral incapacity, i.e. the defendant didn’t know that what he was doing was wrong), and SCOTUS recently upheld the state’s limited version of…

One thing that hasn’t been ignored is that she’s incredibly short. She’s 4' 8". All gymnasts are, but looking at her standing next to Gabby Douglass (5' 2") or other champions, they all have several inches on Simone. That means she can spin and flip faster, and can bounce higher, giving her space to do more flips and…

No, they congratulate themselves every night for being “clever” enough to manipulate that many people. 

That and the obvious “4" sticker to turn 2020 into 2024. Way to out yourself as supporting the losing team.

you can be pardoned for crimes you haven’t been indicted or convicted for, so long as the criminal action occurred before the pardon was offered/granted (your second hypothetical). You can’t be pardoned for actions that you haven’t done yet - that’s immunity (your first hypothetical). It’s why the pardon power is…

The heroine of Anthony’s book, Kate, absolutely carries the plot, so as long as that actress is good, i’m sure the second season will be just as enjoyable. 

Because it *was* a reliably red state and no one ever thought dems could win Georgia before North Carolina. So it was the biggest blow to his ego.

Yeah, the real test will be whether Harry and Meghan’s kids will get Prince/Princess when Charles ascends. 

One of Charlotte’s middles names is Diana: Charlotte Elizabeth Diana. A very subtle, touching tribute.

The guillotine was outside the Arizona state capitol building, not the national Capitol building. But your point stands. (Just sharing the article in the interest of making sure we don’t have warped versions of the truth floating around). https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2021/01/06/dps-enhances-s…

Yeah, usually I roll my eyes at claims of treason because it’s so narrowly defined. There are two prongs of treason: the “providing aid and comfort” to the enemies, and the raising an army/levying war. The first one probably requires a declaration of war in order to have an official “enemy,” as I mentioned in my first…

treason is VERY limited in its constitutional definition. It requires either “raising an Army against the United States” or “providing Aide and Comfort to the Enemies of the United States.” “Enemies” is traditionally assumed to require the Senate to have officially declared war against the party that the traitor…

His ego and narcissism can’t handle the idea that he’s the first republican candidate to lose Georgia in decades. That’s why he’s focused on Georgia, and not the Blue Wall. numbers don’t matter to him, and they don’t register in his brain. He’s obsessed with the reputation of being a loser in a reliably red state.

I just texted my friends talking about how much I love these witch-y remixes of willow. Your grimoire theory has my official stamp of approval and I will be gutted if it doesn’t happen.

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man was the only assigned reading in high school I didn’t finish. I got through all five billion epilogues of War and Peace, but I read the first chapter of Portrait, hated it, and then found out that there was going to minimal discussion, a ten-point multiple choice quiz, and it…

They really missed an opportunity to do Bye Bye Birdie IRL...

Pardons are retroactive, and can apply to convicted crimes as well as wrong-doings that might eventually lead to a conviction (although those are much more controversial). There was actually an interesting case (Burdick v. United States) where a key witness claimed his Fifth Amendment rights and didn’t want to testify…