Trump has like 4 lawyers now (at least one who is probably going to be able to operate at the level that this case will need). The one who lawyered up is Michael Cohen, not this guy.

Trump now has at least 4 lawyers, including seemingly very competent D.C. veteran white-collar crime lawyer John Dowd. Oh well, Trump’s lack of legal team was funny payback while it lasted. I hope he lost some sleep over it.

It seems like a long, difficult process to get a correct diagnosis of mental disease; I’ve known lots of people who have had multiple incorrect diagnoses. I wonder if being a pretty, suburban teenager influenced the initial diagnosis. Perhaps her symptoms at the time of diagnosis revolved around trying to please the…

starred for making me weep

Nah, too many different words, too many!

America wasn’t ready to have a (gasp) woman president after just having a (black) president, oh no.

“Divan” is some bullshit. I say, “sofa”, but believe you me, it is not any effort to be fancy. Aren’t “sofa” and “couch” equivalent? I didn’t think one fancier than the other.

I think she’s very pretty considering her genetic stock.

My parents sucked the will to live out of me, so I would never have protested like that. If a child submits meekly all the time, then something is wrong.

I have wondered why, if McConnell and Ryan want to establish an autocracy, they would want Trump at the top.

In spite of, nay, because of his not writing it, it is an accurate description of him.

Well, he was interviewed by the ghostwriter, who got a good idea of his philosophy and m.o. Then wrote it all down fancy-words.

What’s wrong with these people is, everything the Donald touches turns into liquid shit.

Ah, yes. I could see the Russians approaching Kushner, who has not been a public dumbass of the highest order for 3 decades.

It’s a great racket if you can get it. And Putin sure got it.

Perhaps he has been a conduit for money laundering by oligarchs whose friend Putin has convinced Trump that he will get a polonium breakfast if he so much as breathes a bad word about Russia.

That’s a very good point. And suicide has been widely decriminalized, so that could be a factor too. Huh. So much of our society hinges not on what is prohibited by law, but the good behavior of most of us. I wonder if a new law would make sense here.

I argue it’s similar to how if they originally agreed to kill a third party with him pulling the trigger but he backs out and despite her trying to get him to do it, he doesn’t. Then there’s no crime.

How does the analogy break down? What is the difference between them conspiring to murder a third person vs. conspiring to murder him?

Let’s say two teens were plotting to murder a third. The boyfriend gets cold feet, but the girlfriend convinces him to go through with it. Even if the girl did not physically kill the victim, she is culpable. Is this situation analogous? Is she even more culpable because of Roy’s mental state?