It looks like it’s only really a departure from the Castlevania lore that has developed over time. People forget that the original Castlevania was mostly about fighting knock-offs of old Universal monsters. You fight Frankenstein (the monster), Igor, the Mummy and ultimately Dracula himself, who is mostly modeled…

If that was in fact what happened, then the Speaker would have been happy to corroborate. It’s not filing a false report if you genuinely believed the report was not false. The Speaker could have literally put this whole thing to bed by saying “look how and when the email arrived in my inbox. I’m sorry for the…

RE: Out of Ideas

The thing to remember is that there’s long been an understanding in Presidential administrations that you need to be careful what you commit to paper, because the Presidential Records Act means those notes could eventually become public.

Consider this from an alternative perspective. This is how #MeToo is supposed to work. And this is all fine.

Her ACT score jumped from a decent 23 to a near-perfect 35 out of a possible 36 points

If I wanted to watch a society slowly collapse for no other reason than someone adopted a cat, I’d get married again.  

They show a Michael Jackson album cover at one point, and a plot point involves the guy doing the Moonwalk. You can’t just re-dub it and make it about Elton John teaching Bart to Moonwalk. This isn’t a typical Simpson’s cameo. The episode was about this character and his belief that he was Michael Jackson. Replacing…

The idea is fine. Bear in mind that Batman has been goaded into this against his better nature and is (well, used to be) against killing, generally. So a sudden affirmation of Superman’s humanness, while they are close up and looking each other in the eye... I don’t think it’s that odd that he takes pause.

I know that’s the joke, but doing things for people you love - simple things, like making a snack - is one of those irreplaceable indicia of affection that is absolutely essential to making a person actually feel loved. You may as well outsource hugs to one of the housekeepers.

I think there are a lot of very humanizing answers Melania could have given. She did not give one.

It’s just so tiring to have so many bad faith arguments when simply discussing things. You can’t even mention “oh I wish there were more queer people” without getting “games AREN’T about SEX” or “MAKE UR OWN OR STFU” or “WhY dO YoU NeED EVERYTHING TO Be GaY?!?!?!?”, and that’s gotta have an impact on the…

Here’s the thing: A “stab in the back” narrative is one of the best responses to any potentially damaging leak like this. If a DNC employee had stolen the emails, the DNC would have been ecstatic, because they could drag that SOB for months. They could make the entire story about his betrayal. They could crater his…

Easy answer: a guy like Trump hires people who think like him.

I think what you’re seeing here undercuts the argument that this could all disappear the instant you legalize prostitution. It might help. But it wouldn’t eliminate places like the Orchids of Asia.

I was actually pretty impressed with the Chicago PD’s response to the Smollett case. At least for all appearances, Smollett’s accusations were assumed to be sincere at first blush and Smollett was treated as a victim.

To be practical here, false paperwork is also just the easiest thing to verify or refute. If you file a sworn affidavit, you’re making a binding statement attesting that the things you say happened in the affidavit actually happened. Proving a lie is often as simple as proving that it didn’t happen. This isn’t an…

There is something that gets lost in this debate: Not every mile of border fence has the same cost/benefit. And if there’s even a grain of truth to what Douchenozzle is saying, it goes to that point.

I have witnessed more creepy shenanigans at upscale lounge bars than creepy dive bars. And that’s not necessarily a comment that one has more than the other. Rather, I think it’s just easier to see creeptastic behavior in the roomier, quieter environment. I’d still support the null hypothesis that the level of…

In a similar vein, other establishments around the country have introduced “angel shots,” drinks that people can order as a signal to bartenders that they’re in trouble.