Those were interesting reads, thanks.

I’m a criminal defense attorney, and I don’t know whether that’s enlightening me or blinding me here, but I think Gessen is pretty badly wrong to conflate “public shaming and sometimes firing of creeps” with “sex offender registries” with “applying a preponderance of the evidence…

That’s a really neat effect. I don’t *hear* anything, but I definitely get a thudding, booming sensation every time it hits ground. It’s involuntary, too. I can’t will myself into not feeling that sensation.

I loved the time travel bits, and the fact that it was set in Paris and showed the beautiful parts of the city that weren’t the obvious tower.

But every scene with Rachel McAdams, whom I normally adore, made me grind my teeth and wish for death.

Surprising.

Interestingly, Hillary improved on Obama’s margin in Allegheny County itself. But as your observations indicated, she got crushed in the surrounding counties.

This is the Newswire, your looking for Great Job Internet, two doors down.  No, no, it doesn’t have to be great.

“the fact remains that Jurassic World is a pretty entertaining movie”

I’ll try, but I’m pretty sure they’re going to tell me “Sir, this is an elementary school. You have to live in Alabama to vote for that election.”

Vote. Fucking vote. You have to fucking vote.

Ugh, take your star you savage.

Fuck Roy Moore.

That’s what’s freaking me out. The artist is super talented. The writer is a wingnut.

One of the weirder parts is how well illustrated it is... they even got the fonts right. I mean, they’re not 100% professional but they look a lot better than your usual fan fic.

I previously agreed with you about there being a false comparison between Moore and Franken (I don’t think anyone is seriously saying they’re equal, but I’ve seen people calling them very similar). But then I read this article that changed my mind. Basically, there are two reasons to think of the conduct as…

Ah, the old “My ignorance of what I was doing in no way excuses my actions, or invalidates the experiences of the women whom I may have hurt” gambit!

You forgot to work something like “...the charges should trickle down...” in there somewhere.

“if/when it never leaks”

Number One reason

Yes.

Fun fact: Matthew Stechel and I saw that very commercial while watching Perfect Strangers at the Paley Center.