His speech is probably protected, and the probe is just gonna quietly end.

This is exactly the sort of behavior that what few glimpses we’ve had of Diesel’s real character have implied is there.

Ol’ Rudi is the poster child for why people should retire.

He associates himself accurately and clearly with it. He’s made his position plenty clear, the distinction between his personal opinion and values vs. his politics is quite clear to the average voter.

This is the truth Jezebel skirts around.

As noted elsewhere, his comments on the ceasefire are probably out of lockstep with most Americans but as a general matter support for Israel remains very high in America. Not even most of the members of the squad are standing in perfect lockstep with “online leftists” as Jezebel calls them.

I mean, is it possible to remain in the good graces of the online left even if you are actively trying to do so?  You’re not exactly talking about a balanced, principled rational group of people who have formed their community in a medium that encourages reasoned discussion and robust debate designed to produce an…

Even from the most cynical vantage point, if this is all about winning for Fetterman and not saving lives, his position doesn’t make sense.

Let me reframe it this way. I don’t accept the statement “I’m exhausted” as a generalized statement about feeling stressed out by life from anyone who has “Fuck You” money.

I think it’s all relative. I suspect, for 99% of us, Kojima’s definition of tired would be positively utopian.

Oh stop it. The thing I’m most tired of is people who have absolutely no excuse to be babbling about how tired they are to the world going on about it.

You’re so silly, of course far worse has been done in that chamber by actual senators.

Okay but what if the female staffers were from different sides of the aisle, and the whole thing started as a fight between them.

Okay, okay, I hear you but, let me try out the ol’ “this wouldn’t happen if it was two straight staffers who’s video had gotten posted on the internet” bit on you.

No one’s clutching anything except for you grasping at straws dudebra. Look, you have sex at a normal workplace, you get fired, it’s pretty normal, and it kinda doesn’t matter if you work at Halliburton or the ACLU.  Your presence will be a perpetual distraction to everyone from that day forward.  

It’s gross and dumb and what happens or doesn’t happen in that room because of the people that Americans choose to send to Washington doesn’t really change that?

It’s not a boneheaded response at all, you just believe that a narrative changes underlying realities.  Fact is even with all of those anecdotes you shared, Activision’s revenue, in 2023, long after Blizzard’s been “a shell of it’s former self” and CoD has had it’s ebbs and flows, they’re still making $7 billion in…

You’re talking about a company they purchased that makes 7 billion dollars in revenue a year. The settlements Activision is paying from the prior regime are not game changing numbers in the slightest in terms of the transaction.  Activision could continue to pay these settlements in perpetuity and Microsoft would…

Oh you sweet summer child. As a part of the M&A diligence Microsoft definitely had these types of settlements squarely in focus and adjusted their pricing for them. Ever since Bank of America got scorched by it’s Federal Reserve arm-twisted purchase of Countrywide litigation review is one of the hottest topics in M&A…

Amazon is fine for most things you actually need and you forget that shopping with care was also a thing of the past for most normal people. You have been so deeply steeped in the most convenient culture that has ever existed that life’s minor inconveniences become harder and harder for you to cope with.