deposing a party to a case is pretty standard

I read the linked article on Variety which is only marginally more informative but it seems like they’re not in the regular discovery part of the case. This appears to be an attempt to take her deposition during the limited discovery they get to fight her motion to dismiss it under the anti-SLAPP law so they can show…

That is the rub. I get to directly see how tax breaks cause more problems in a different state. At one point my state was throwing tax breaks at companies who literally took the money and ran with no accountability at all or the tax breaks caused even more working people to qualify for SNAP and WIC. If you’re not a…

I feel complicated about it too, but it’s not like, taking the SIDE of corporate tax breaks. For me, it’s about the fact that these people are using the tax code to retaliate politically so directly. And taking a tax break from a company that your economy depends on is a big deal - even if I don’t want Delta to have…

I love you.

Yes! I never thought someone could take a position that would put me on the side of corporate tax breaks, but here we are.

It’s a little more nuanced than just condescension. The origin story of the word sums it up pretty well. A female academic coined it after a man at a dinner party summarized her own book to her, having only read the review, and wouldn’t listen to either she or her friend when they insisted to him that he was talking…

Mansplaining is offering advice / information which may or may not be “corrective” based on the (most likely mistaken) presumption that you (a man) know better / more than the woman you are talking to does. The subject, whether it be women’s issues, how to fix a car or how the universe was born, isn’t really…

why don’t you tell us?

This is one of my biggest rage-inducers (although I have so many, nowadays). Pretty much every “pathology” of the black community is present in “mainstream” America and is just a part of American culture. Lest we forget, white folks elected 2 of the stupidest presidents ever, primarily on “want to have a beer with…

Kids who are smart are teased and bullied for “acting white”

I am not really following it either. The language used by a sex trafficker to offer the victim on the internet is not the same as a victim telling her story. You cna create language filters that differentiate between the two. What were alternative proposals? Because the status quo of letting Backpage and the like…

I have a holy-roller friend in Missouri who was all about Greitens when he was campaigning/after he got elected. I mean, he went on and on about how great it was to have a leader with strong, Christ-centered morals in the governor’s office. Greitens is how Jesus would govern. On and on and on.

You absolutely changed my mind! The idea of a Hollywood celebrity working their craft, “begging for attention”. It’s all so clear to me now.

They’re promoting “Hotel Transylvania 2”. Get a grip.

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Was there a single reasonable person that doubted for a moment that Jennifer Lawrence wasn’t in full control of her scenario in that picture? Seriously, if she’s cold, she’ll wear a fucking coat. She’s also farting up that dress as she pleases and telling everyone about it.

Nah, grown ass ladies can wear what they want, preteens still have to abide by the TAKE A GODDAMNED COAT WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU EVERYONE WILL THINK YOUR MOTHER IS NEGLECTING YOU rules ;)

People would rather believe the conspiracy than have to go through a couple of extra steps to get their guns or lose access to certain types of guns all together.

Highly doubt this was against her will. She seems to do whatever the fuck she wants. Like when she stole my $12 and two hours of my life watching the abysmal “Mother.”