some deference does not require complete deference. the existence of risk does not require an abdication of your brain function.

That awkward slow ass jumper was 43.5% from 3 this year.

“We resoundingly reject the invitation to cast aside decades of Supreme Court and circuit precedent to narrow the immunity prosecutors enjoy.”

Embiid is not a flawless player. he is a player that could be flawless. but he is not.

“As I compared it to what she had, I noticed there was a three-hour difference on every single day,” said Masaniai. “That’s when I noticed, what she had printed out and recorded was the times and Pacific time versus Eastern time. And she realized she made a mistake.”

“But now that Pompeo faces a tough confirmation process to become secretary of state himself, he has reached out to Clinton and Kerry, as well as every other living occupant of the office, to ask for guidance.”

A fascinating issue that comes up when lawsuits become widely reported. People will argue any manner of insane bullshit in a lawsuit if it helps them - but do they consider the optics of the legal claims being reported?

Pretense

Is it just me or is UFC gonna sue McGregor’s ass into oblivion?

“This sounds like a strong retort, but it’s not actually true. The Second Amendment guarantees the right to bear arms. That’s any type of arms—throwing stars, a light saber, a baseball bat with barbed wire. The Constitution does not give you the right to own a gun, any more than the right to free assembly…

he didn’t frame shit. he refused to talk about it in the media at all, and that’s one of the purported reasons for his firing.

to be perfectly clear the fans were in on multiple years of tanking. it is perfectly obvious why. it is also inevitably jerkoffs from LA that rail against it.

Progressive isn’t a term of nobility that one is “worthy” of.

I’m sure Fisher is a mean old meanie.

I have to say that Fisher’s position sounds completely reasonable. If some guys was talking shit about me to the media, then sent an apology letter, I wouldn’t give two shits about him either. I also wouldn’t respond.

I mean...this is the first time it’s happened. so it seems like the system probably is capable of handling it. but it didn’t this time. and we should figure out why.

Is there an example people can point to where a white artist has fully and authentically accounted for the roots of their music in black culture?

Foreign policy is weird. “Look there’s a total dumbass as US president, we can final get some diplomacy done” is not that crazy a thing to think, given the track record of sober, rational US presidents.

There’s no political appetite for doing what is required to solve that problem. The solutions would disgust both sides of the aisle. One side is right to be skeptical, the other side is utterly contemptible.

I wouldn’t say it was a circus shot, it was a pretty standard contested fadeaway from a Hall of Famer that has hit hundreds of those. I’m sure they were comfortable with the shot, it’s just that if TJ McConnell had been shooting that final shot for the Sixers they would have won.