The fact that they’re asking to hear the definition of reasonable doubt kind of suggests to me that somebody is being obstinate beyond the confines of what is reasonable. Like they’re saying to him (probably him, anyway) that there’s a difference between lacking 100 percent certainty and having a reasonable doubt.…

Honestly, I think it means there are one or two asshole holdouts who are making up nonsense scenarios in which consent could be obtained from a woman who was drugged (“well, before he drugged her she likely would have had sex with him because she was in his room!”). IME on a jury there is always some asshole who…

So, when Scalia died, all my friends were like, WHOO HOO! PARTY TIME IN AMERICA! I quietly said nothing, and although I agreed with the sentiment that the SCOTUS and country are better off without him anywhere near a position of power, I recognized that he was still a human person deserving of basic human dignity (we…

Ugh these whipper snappers who think selfies are a “trend”

The person in the photo might be the only thing separating it from countless others. Take the Eiffel Tower image above ... if she’s out of the photo, it’s just ANOTHER picture of the Eiffel Tower. I guess the weather and maybe the angle are sort of unique ... ? Really, it’s the person in the photo that sets it apart.

Look at that Jesus-y bitch wearing her cross as if she is not acting in direct contravention of Jesus’s teachings.

Reposting from another article:

I posted this is in the initial AHCA post, but there were 600+ comments so I’m sure it got lost. I just wanted to share my experience today in DC because it was so utterly sickening:

Anyone else like that Angela is wearing pants and what look like practical shoes?

This time I’m make a mental effort to forget the perpetrator’s name and remember the victim’s.

Hamilton,

Finally, a Trump story that his supporters can’t “But Clinton...” because they would lose their damn minds if Chelsea did this.

Never forget: Ivanka is the bag man for the Trump crime family.

I am an atheist but I hope that there is a hell in situations like this, and I hope those fucking guards burn in it forever.

I was saying that about the GOP years before Trump was elected. A party that ruins its own country in order to gain power, influence and wealth is the very definition of traitor.

Or to put it another way,

Yep. This is primarily a story about neglect.

From yesterday’s article: