Agreed.  It says “I’ve run out of credible defences at this point, so I’m blathering”

The implication was Smithline settled secretly, and therefore the 180 degree about face in public.

Look BEN (can I call you Ben?) Starting an MJ pun war is just DANGEROUS.

Absolutely.  But Hollywood & TV bigwigs being who they are, they are absolutely gonna be underhanded at times.

Both of those things can be true. The sketchier of the two is by far the 2nd one, because while a studio may SAY “the sex scenes are crucial to the story, and therefore we passed on an actor who wouldn’t do them” when in actual fact they are simply continuing to be prurient and maintaining the status quo because…

Not that I like much of Sheeran’s music, but I do appreciate his invocation of mathematics in his defence.

OK, so instead of premeditated murder, he’s guilty of manslaughter?  2nd degree manslaughter at the VERY least.

JRM barely has a title. His father was made a Baron in 1988 - the family has nothing historical or hereditary about them.

This. The GOP is only pursuing this now, because they figure they can bury him now, and replace him with someone equally horrible, but not publicly horrible before the next election

where was management, who could have easily ditched the entire table?

https://www.axios.com/2023/01/27/murder-rate-high-trump-republican-states

On the one hand ... don’t they have better things to do?

Yeah. The RNC is basically bad enough that I, a 62 year old man, can kill someone much younger than me if I can cinch it in with hooks.

So basically, she was Sinema with a less flashy wardrobe. Deep down a right-winger, but willing to lie enough to convince the Dems to elect her.

rural red state violent crime rates - especially gun violence - is far worse than anything major cities have to offer.  and far FAR worse than many of them.

“Rights for me, but not for thee”.

Uh, the pumpjack is already a thing, and it’s nothing like missionary...

Agreed.  Choker looks guilty of manslaughter on the surface of that video.  His intentions don’t matter one lick here.

Taking the “when yer famous they let you do anything” a little too much like an instruction manual and not a cautionary tale.

Technically excellent. The best kind of excellent.