But she’s well aware of those policies and their consequences and pushed the bill through anyway.

That’s uh, not what he’s saying. Getting the CEO’s of these facilities in front of congress to answer fo the appalling conditions is the goal. Using the pretext of financial oversight is the vehicle.

So the petty/destructive part was Jane saying “hey this happened”? Personally I think communicating clearly that “hey you don’t get to be a gross asshole and just assume impunity” is a worthwhile cause. Guess I’m just virtue signaling that my bar for dude behavior is higher than “Don’t be a rapist, or if you are one,…

No “continuing to harass” in this case means harassing someone knowingly and purposefully, then refusing to leave that person alone once realize you’ve chosen a target who has no interest in or obligation to listen to your excuses for your behavior.

“...a bit of horny texting.”

Hey to each his own. I always to legalese to mean legal jargon that is difficult to understand. This one seems pretty simple.

“but was a light piece about the casual first impressions of Australia from an average American.”

I guess, inasmuch as it’s a term used by law enforcement to distinguish a person’s status in a criminal investigation/case.

That’s not a fact. It’s conjecture based on the assumptions

After the arrest warrant has been issued/carried out you become “the accused” or “defendant.”

What they should have said was neither. Framing the speech/the shutdown as being about who wants/doesn’t want “stronger border security” in the abstract only benefits Trump and the Dems help legitimize that framing by stating their position on it. It dilutes the rebuttal by taking the focus away from the reality that t…

Yeah you’re right, seems like no one’s talking about it.

40 days is just the time spent in the live-in facility. Affleck says he is still receiving “outpatient care” so he’s still in the rehab process.

An owner’s job usually consists of whatever he/she/they want it to consist of.

I don’t know, man. To relegate a starter with Ohtani’s stuff (hit 100+ 8 times in his last start along with a thoroughly disgusting splitter, leading so far to an 11.51 k/9) to the bullpen, torpedoing his value as a pitcher, in order to go all-in on his secondary skill based on 47 PA seems bonkers.

Good points, all (the obvious Jack Murphy vs. Coors question is why I included OPS+, which is park-adjusted). The Helton being “better” than Tony was just the eye-drawing bit-of-a-fuckaround. Honestly the “not in the same class” thing spurred my curiosity and I was surprised that the distance between their skill…

Oh totally! I was at the game (Angels fan for all of my 35 yeats) and by pitch 9 I muttered aloud “now this is waaaaay too many pitches to be throwing to Brandon Belt.“

Sweet, so it DOES check both boxes. I was concerned.

Hot take alert: Todd Helton was better than Tony Gwynn (or at the very least pretty damned close to the “same class”)

Yes, when that is all added to piss-poor pitching and defense, leading to a 10-11 record, you’ve got yourself a textbook case of Mediocre Team. Is that why you didn’t mention any of that? So you could be indignant?