that’s insulting to Marie Antoinette. 

He got his money from the settlement resolving the lawsuit over the accident that caused him to be a paraplegic. 

But see, the 215,000 (and counting) are disproportionately minorities, and they definitely aren’t 100% The Troops, so they don’t matter. Only The Troops and their cousin, the Thin Blue Line, count when it comes to outrage over someone’s death.

They probably believe that the Civil War was a righteous undertaking by the South, which was just trying to protect

Convenient how God’s desires often line up perfectly with men’s desires

I really hope it looks like this: https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/schedule-of-speakers-for-the-2020-republican-national-convention

I wasn’t a huge fan of the Shakespeare ReTold version of Much Ado, although I did like how they concluded the Hero/Claudio story. Much more modern. That said, its interpretation of Taming of the Shrew is the best I’ve ever seen. Even better (i’ll say it) than 10 Things I Hate about You, and I love that movie!

As someone whose choir just officially voted to put off all rehearsals and concerts until 2021 at the earliest, this makes me furious. 

Roberts has always been obsessed with his reputation and the reputation of the Roberts Court, and of positioning the Court to be able to credibly claim that it is separate from the Executive and Legislative branches. He very much wants everything the court does to be above the messiness of politics, above claims that…

My college choir was planning an alum tour in June/July. I made my last payment on a $3,750 invoice to the travel company at the beginning of February. We are supposed to go to Venice and Croatia... Still no official word that the trip is cancelled, but at this point I can’t image it will go forward. 

I wrote a term paper for a First Amendment seminar in law school about how hard it is to prosecute these kinds of offenses, and the term of art is “nonconsensual pornography,” which I think articulates the lack of consent that you’re associating with rape. It also leaves room to acknolwdge that the lack of consent can…

Between this, the ERA ratification, and the Virginia House voting to get ride of “Lee-Jackson Day” (the state holiday celebrating the Confederate generals on the Friday before Martin Luther King Jr. Day) and making Election Day a state holiday instead, I am actually... proud of my state? Such a weird, welcome feeling!

This man is a murderer and books deserve better.

This is funny until you realize that the reason DuelMan is doing this is because he knows he’s losing the case and won’t get any money from his ex, but at least he can force her to throw money away on legal fees by making her lawyer respond to such an absurd motion. I hope the judge not only denies the motion, but…

You’re thinking of a non-prosecution agreement (NPA) or a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA), which are both possible options. But why would we ever want to put this creep in contact with women who have already been victimized and abused. Their safety should not be sacrificed to “teach” some asshole who already…

Yupppp. As long as he intended to slap her ass, he satisfies the mens rea requirement. which is why he then changed his statement to “i moved my hands and made contact with her; i dont know where i touched her” to try to get out of it. 

Theory: He was pimping the children to rich Johns, who then pretended he was their hedge fund manager to explain why they were giving over so much of their money to him.

XI is “eleven” in Roman Numerals. The Eleventh Amendment is the one that protects states from being sued all the time, so it protects... states’ rights. I’m gonna guess that’s what she’s going for.

More children —> more strains on the household’s (and more particularly, the woman’s) time and money —> less time and resources to challenge the status quo that keeps white men in power. They want to ensure that all people of color are trapped in the vicious circle of poverty. One of the best ways to break that…

My guess is it’s the Kim Kardashian look - slim waist, thick hips and thighs to give the exaggerated hourglass look. Curves in all the “right” places, but absolutely zero curves in the “wrong” places.