Yes, every defendant, even Nasser have a right to a lawyer, but man is Shannon Smith tough to like. She’s actually proud of being a sex offender lawyer. An excerpt from her web site advertising her services:

Pretty sure the judge was comparing their strength to equipment developed by the military, not veterans.

I actually agree with that part (and only that part). Men talk way too fucking much, but when it comes to their behavior, their friends’ behavior, etc they’re silent.

My email count is at about 26,500 at the moment. 99% of it is junk. I pay my daughter $1 for every 200 emails she deletes. She thinks she’s doing assistant work. I know I should be unsubscribing but omg that takes forever.

My friends also freak out at my unread log when I send screenshots. Right now I’m at 116. It’s not that I don’t read my texts, it’s that I don’t feel the need to open the 3 texts in a row I get from my dentist to confirm my appointment, AT&T reminding me to pay my bill, and the other 100 texts that I already read in…

The same as whenever SNL has lost quality talent, bring in someone that will take their place. It may be a short dip in quality, but the show has found so many replacements for irreplaceable personalities it shouldn’t even be questioned anymore.

Oh, how I wish someone would make a gif of Duckworth and Mueller doing a tag team move on Trump.

Mueller served in Viet Nam, unlike Cadet Bone Spurs, so he’s seen some shit. He was a prosecutor and the FBI director for 12 years. In a fire he’d be the one calmly telling everyone to exit the building.

FYI Trump interfering would bring immediate, uncontrovertible obstruction of justice charges.

Stay strong. It took almost 2 years to bring down Nixon.

Oh, she did not have his shit. From https://deadspin.com/larry-nassar-in-letter-to-judge-listening-to-victims-s-1822203963

That makes me happy.

USA Gymnastics would be well served to bring her into the organization, not just as some PR stunt but as an athlete advocate or ombudsman. Her strength, her love of the sport and her obvious desire to rectify this awful situation would certainly be an asset.

The degree to which ESPN has dropped the ball on this story is shameful. And even then, it’s mostly shuffled off to Bob Ley’s Serious Time on the weekends.

I clerked for Judge Aquilina in law school. I can’t imagine her response to Nassar’s request for a pity party for having to listen to all his victims. I’m sure she kept her cool and remained professional, but behind closed doors I bet she let loose. I have no doubt she’ll throw the book at this asshole.

I’m pretty sure the judge is only empowered to (figuratively) tear Larry to pieces, but yeah. Hopefully his sentencing will be followed up with huge civil lawsuits -- and criminal charges, where appropriate -- against all of the enablers.

The thing I find so confounding about the complicity of USAG/MSU/USOC is... why? Once the allegations started to surface, why keep him? Did this shitstain appear to offer anything special? Did he seem to possess unique skills above and beyond the average sports medicine practitioner? Or was it really just the purely…

Poor doggo, but for a minute I thought you were talking about Chunk from Goonies.

And didn’t Harry propose while they were making a roast chicken together?

I thought Meghan is an amatuer cook? Perhaps is a whimsical gift that doubles as practical? These people can have anything so maybe they try for more reasonable gifts.