I like that judge. Seems to be walking that line fairly well where neither party is given too much leeway. It is a trial about rape so no matter who is right and wrong it is awful, but this seems to be a little less awful than most of them.

Yeah. That’s true. But more importantly, it’s the defendant making the statements, not an out of court declarant. It’s not hearsay in the first place.

There is no hearsay issue. The texts are not hearsay and even if they were, many states have exceptions that would allow it in anyways. And it’s going to be supremely easy to establish rice sent them. It’s not like that’s the only text message he sent. “Someone stole my phone for like 5 minutes a day on 5-6 different…

It seems we can’t go a day without hearing about another college athlete sexual assault (not Diana’s fault, she’s doing God’s work here), so here’s a video of cute baby French bulldogs to try to even things out.

On what grounds?

“So should I delete your number...”

For the 800 billionth time, it’s not consensual because a child 13 years of age or younger cannot consent to sex.

Does Nate also get an entry into the Name of the Year Bracket?

As long as Diggs and Bradford stay healthy Minnesota

Exactly. How many times did he get into a little pissing match with Fox News, FOX FUCKING NEWS(!!), over some perceived slight during the primaries? Then, a few days later he would be back with them, continuing the merry circle jerk from hell.

I KNOW. This particular thing is driving me crazy. There is ammunition! There are hours of footage of him lying and then hours of footage of proof of those lies. You can get the ratings! You can take up the time! Do the fucking thing! The media wants to play this like a close race but they are just TURNING IT INTO A…

The complete and utter lack of follow up questions is something i’ve noticed about most journalists for a while, but it is extra frustrating with Trump, because the result is that he says things that are untrue, that are nasty, that are bigoted, that don’t even SOUND real, and no one ever calls him on it.

What frustrates me is that his lies are *so* easily disprovable, since he’s on video saying LITERALLY THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT HE CLAIMS HE SAID (like how he was totally against the Iraq war, even though he said in an interview before the invasion, that it was a good idea).

You know what’s frustrating?

“If a man needs anger management work, that would mean he’s going around beating everyone up. But, if his violence is selective to the person he’s partnered with, he doesn’t need anger management work. He manages his anger very well. He knows who to hit and who NOT to hit,” said Porter.

As usual, another fantastic piece Diana.

This part [bold added]:

i just tested positive for isthatol.

Any word on whether Sandusky will be furloughed to be a part of the festivities?

Part of the state law about the loser paying court costs is that all parties have to have been clearly informed of that fact. They went ahead with the suit anyway, knowing that risk. Lots of sympathy for their original ordeal, not so much for failing to try to scrape some money out of an innocent party after the fact.