Agree. I’m wondering about such a low yield of arrests in a multi-state raid — does a 20% hit rate, is that a good average for this kind of thing? Seems lousy to me. The choice of targets doesn’t make sense

(it was widely rumored during his final year in office, then apparent to nearly everybody during his Iran-Contra testimony hearings in Feb 1990, a year after he left office. He wasn’t a saint yet.  Edmund Morris had access for “Dutch” and made it seem like Reagan was... often inattentive in his last 18 months. Long…

(it’s a paid troll, I think. Single-issue. Persistent. A faint whiff of sulphur.)

so good

Great that WaPo and Vice have started generating statistics.

King Arthur: [after Arthur’s cut off both of the Black Knight’s arms] Look, you stupid bastard, you’ve got no arms left!
Black Knight: Yes I have.
King Arthur: Look!
Black Knight: It’s just a flesh wound.

excellent post

“Anybody supporting actively or passively the regime must/deserves to die. “

(I’m interested too!)

It was common in the U.S. at one point for prisoners to be sent up river <i>without any fixed term of imprisonment</i>.

I dunno the church industry is pretty sanctimonious

help me out with #7 and #8, space lawyer. Honest question.

“....the cottage industry of online provocateurs that sprang up Russia around the time the 2016 presidential campaign got underway.”

"…shot a ton of random material, Terrence Malick-style, and given a home to anything that’s worth looking at for its own sake. This makes for a slightly frustrat—"

lol for a long time thank you

This must be an error of some kind. There was already a Cloverfield movie.

it seems like the one key skill would be how to cooperate and band together. Could these guys do that?

"a great book that didn't sell very well"? Grant's memoirs were a best seller of the time. "The Memoirs quickly became a best seller, and the Grant family, who received a very generous royalty, earned approximately $450,000 (greater than $10 million in 2009 dollars) from the book. "

Picasso was worth an estimated $50M when he died in 1973.

I know where it is.