It’s like poker, you need a certain number of players to have a game, and if one person wins so consistently that others stop being able to afford to bet, the game ends.

Right and the dissolution of the middle class and destruction of the safety net are ongoing processes. If trends continue, it is not only possible but probable that over the coming years and decades more and more Americans will find themselves in situations of extreme poverty.

The reality is that much of the Democratic leadership would rather have a president Trump than a president Sanders

They need to be able to pay their bills and have reasonable hope that they can make progress in life.

I can’t believe you aren’t reporting on the real Thor news today: that he admits that Wonder Woman could kick his ass.

Yeah, I mean you are right that those factors were cheaper than some shows. That said, I bet Sense8 would be getting another season if it was the type of thing that could be produced on a sound stage in Atlanta

Yeah I am not sure what OP is talking about, there’s a lot of narrative depth in the first season alone

Don’t know who you’ve been talking to, season one is definitely telling a story, it just takes a bit for all the pieces to fall in place

Sense8 was pretty expensive too though. Lots of shoots all around the world start to add up pretty quick. There’s a reason so many other shows are made somewhere nondescript like Vancouver and build sets for different locations

The first season does start out really slow. It gets incredibly good though, definitely is the kind of show that needs a little room to set stuff up before it can really breathe

I shouted this in the office... now my supervisor wants to meet with me

No need to apologize. I think many of us get our backs up over the justice system and regret any harshness in my response. This situation is crappy, depressingly common and it is terrible when our court system (and by extension us) takes years from the lives of innocent people like this.

ouch, my backlog...

ouch, my backlog...

Also apparently to avoid a trial in which he could be found innocent of armed robbery but still be send to prison cause the world is fucked up

No they aren’t wondering. Folks are assuming he’s actually guilty and was trying to worm out of it.

The author assumes you are basically familiar with the legal system. Pleading out to a lesser charge is an extremely common legal strategy. Not unusual at all. Look it up.

Or an article that assumes its readers understand how the judicial system works. Pleading guilty to a minor charge to avoid going to trial on a major one is a very very common legal strategy, particularly if the defendant doesn’t have much of a record. If the plea had accepted, the defendant would likely have paid a…

I don’t think Stan Lee is talking about a major role, just a cameo that is either fan service or (more likely) meant to establish a character for a more significant role in a phase 4 film. With that in mind, the major new character in Infinity Wars will almost certainly not be one of the following 10 guesses:

1. Adam…

Wait, why are we so sure Mueller is going to conduct a fair and honest investigation? Wasn’t he appointed by the same DOJ that is run by Jeff Sessions? Couldn’t this whole thing be DOJ putting the perception that they’ve put an independent and qualified investigator on the case while actually just putting another one…

I was thinking more about the Clark/Diana pair this morning because I was checking out some of those tie in comics for the video game that Fahey is raving about over at Kotaku last night. The idea that Wonder Woman is interested in Superman because he’s just so gosh darn good, better than any other men she’s ever met,…