Yes, but he got caught in the residual Friday traffic.

Yes, it seems entirely plausible that a prince of England would have no other way to end a friendship than a personal visit which required a six hour plane ride across an ocean and a visit to a house where underage girls were certain to be. I mean, I’m sure the Duke of York doesn’t have any personal assistants that…

That’s the ONLY point; there is no “counter.”

The ‘Skins didn’t force him to come in early because they are dicks, it was just that they had such good news to share with him that they couldn’t stand it any longer and just had to tell him.

Or... just to fuck with them... say you have a scheduling conflict, but you’re available at 3am. 

But when they try to schedule the meeting and you say you have a scheduling conflict, is that insubordination? Maybe you even as a power play try schedule it earlier. Like 5 am just isn’t gonna work, but I can do 2am?

Sounds like a pretty good way to start the week.

I’m trying to figure out the logistics of this. Was he told last night to be at the facility at 5? Did someone call him at 4 and say Be here at 5? Or did they call him at 5 and say Get here ASAP? Either way, if I know the axe is about to drop I sleep in and make them wait.

tell you what, dabo swinney’s gonna have one hell of a time turning this franchise around

Snyder had to get it done before the sun came up and he was back in his coffin. 

Kind of unprofessional not to do it first thing in the morning, and instead wait until he was two hours into eating tape.

This makes so much sense. If you found out one of your friends was a vicious sex trafficker and rapist, of course your first thought would be, ‘damn, better let him down easy’. It’s so plausible and makes Prince Andrew look completely in touch with reality and the concept of consequences.

Andrew never heard of ghosting?

“the Queen lightly slapped him across the face”

Stay with me here... what if... what if MAAAAYBE his brother is as he professes to be - an actual Christian - and his act of grace is precisely what his religion would ask of him? I realize in this day and age it’s quite easy to assume all self-proclaimed Christians are charlatans and liars, but it’s possible he was…

I agree with you (as I often do!). I do not have a problem with this poor man’s brother needing to forgive her and offering her a hug so he could move on. The judge hugging her was just not appropriate in my mind though. I feel badly this young man is being criticized when he really did nothing wrong. He was just…

What if people are moved by one guy - representative of no one more than himself - who forgave someone seemingly unforgivable? Are people allowed to be moved by it? Can Chris Evans go, damn, that was some really powerful stuff? Or is it off-limits to comment on it, because it taps into a painful and divisive history,…

He doesn’t have to turn the other cheek. He chose to. Why are we taking away agency from his brother? He asked for a hug. He gave forgiveness freely. That’s his business.

Forgiveness isn’t for the community. Forgiveness is for the individual. If this helps his brother personally move on and feel a sense of closure and peace, it’s not our business to question it. Being able to move forward in your life without anger can be a really powerful and healing thing. Just let this man be and…

I love this. I read that they had hugged, saw the hug itself, read why they hugged, and knew immediately that there would be a Root article bemoaning the fact that someone in a tough, racially charged situation had taken the higher ground and chosen to embrace mercy. Took about a day longer than I thought it would to…