Am I correct in assuming the “potential pattern” is merely polite legal fiction, identical in purpose to calling former officer Derek Chauvin an alleged murderer, before his conviction?

So very sad to hear that Mr Giuliani has had his law liecense to practise law suspended

Abuse of conservatorship/guardianship also happens in Australia. Link to a website

This story was too awful for me to read it all the way through, but the general gist is all too familiar. One thing that stood out - Golubski claims to have studied for 4 years to become a priest. He would have fit right in.

Anyone who paid him enough, I bet.

Correction - it affirms the original saying - not the current meaning.

And they tried to prevent that, by setting maximum wages.

While it’s important to keep a can of Raid in case you really need to use it, it’s the nuclear option of insect/arachnid killing. Fun fact - because insects breath through their skin through spiracules, (small pores on the body of an insect), you can kill them through suffocation by simply spraying with any surface…

She certainly owned the apology. Kudos to her for having the sense to wait to respond, rather than tweeting in haste and forgetting that if it’s on the internet, it’ll be around for years.

Ellie Kemper certainly owned the apology. Glad she took the time she needed to think things through.

I’ll be danged. It really does look like a Magic Wand/Hummingbird Vibrator/massager. Clearly Bezos is confident that there are no lonely, horny space whales anywhere near Earth.

Yes! I checked a Today article, and she drinks alcohol, uses non-hormonal birth control, and is getting therapy! Yay Jill Dillard! 

Amazon is infamous for not allowing their employees enough time for toilet breaks. There’s no way they’re going to allow anybody time in the depression closet.

Thanks! We’re certainly getting very good at lockdowns - no actual toilet paper shortages, though online shopping has a 2-pack limit. Since that includes 2 of the 12-roll packs, it’s not a problem. My favourite recycled brand isn’t available, but regular stuff is. And online ordering and grocery delivery is working…

Hello, fellow Aussie! From Melbourne, so still under lockdown, and following the Covid-19 tracking very closely, as you can imagine. We have mostly the Kappa variant, an India-origin Covid-19 variant, but also some of the most infectious India-origin Covid-19, Delta. In one case, somebody visited an unventilated area…

Agreed. My father turned that same face of rage and hate against me so many times. And he had no mental illness. Oh, and we are both white. No race involved. 

Just finished reading it. It is exactly as you described it. Fortunately, I had already exhausted my paroxysms of hysterical (laughter) at your succinct summary of Lovecraft’s unintentionally funny ending to “Medusa’s Coil”.