Making up a worst case scenario without any evidence to support it isn’t the same as “obvious and predictable.”

Ah, the Precautionary Principle. Final refuge of pessimists everywhere.

I’m fine with him staying in through the final few primaries, but I agree, he needs to tone it down. I understand that he never considered the Democratic Party as anything more than a rental, but he shouldn’t be ripping up the floor boards as his lease expires.

Will this version of Valkerie be Brunhilde? Or will she be Asgardian?

“Also, unless you’re trying to say Misty Knight can only work as a blacksploitation character, which is kinda racist”

Right. They age Hank Pym 40 years, nobody says a word. Make a (comparatively minor) character black, and the internet is on fire.

Because the character, like Luke Cage, is a direct reference to the Blaxploitation genre popular at the time of her creation.

That’s not what I said at all. You have reading comp problems. Some characters, such as Nick Fury, can be black or white, and it doesn’t matter. But many of the black characters from the 60's and 70's were specifically created to be black. Luke Cage and Misty Knight, for example, explicitly have their roots in the…

The difference is that Misty Knight being black is a key part of the character. That’s not the case for say, Johnny Storm. It might be for Valkyrie because of the Nordic thing, but we’ve already established that Asgardians can be black.

Your thinking of Dani Moonstar. She became a Valkyrie, as in, she was a member of the Valkyrior. She is not the character known as Valkyrie.

I’d prefer Hiddleston, but I kind of want it to be Idris Elba so I can watch my super racist coworker freak out.

If independents want to vote in the primary, they can change their registration to the party for which they want to vote. It’s not like there’s a fee or anything.

Is this the same windfarm that Trump has been fighting for the last few years?

You’re not a lawyer, are you? No lawyer should ever be denigrated for taking a criminal defense case. Criminal defense lawyers protect our system as much as they protect their clients. If she volunteered for the case, then that’s even better, because it sounds like a difficult one.

Both are tax policy, so yeah the comparison is appropriate.

That bit is actually unclear. Most courts have ruled that providing an encryption key need not be a testimonial act (meaning the 5th doesn’t apply, so it’s just normal discovery), but the only circuit decision on the matter (the 11th, I think) cuts the other way. It will likely end up with the S.C. at some point, I’d…

Does your keyboard/phone not have capital letters?

Except the penalty isn't set by the insurance company. That's a fixed percentage.

You don’t have to have health insurance to exist. You just pay a higher tax if you don’t have it (and make above a certain threshold). Exactly like the mortgage tax deduction. I rent, so I pay much higher taxes than someone who buys. Does that mean I am being forced to buy a house? The difference for me is actually…

Yes. The law provides for a two month break in between coverage. I've actually used that gap myself.