Also, cocaine.

Mueller put together a team that will run without him. Hell, he’s designed an outfit where state AGs can pick up the evidence and start running.

Nothing humble about it. Gratingly narcissistic, actually. “Hm, I guess I am the only good guy among my kind, and this is the right time and place to share this awareness.”

Rosebud

When the NYT hired Douthat and Brad DeLong shared the Chunky Reese Witherspoon story from Douthat’s book, I assumed that Ross is (a not self-aware) asexual who takes comfort in religious structures that provide him a way to hit his sexual marks (monogamy! make babies!) without feeling or understanding sexual…

You’ve misunderstood Douthat’s bottom line. This is what he wants:

She specified “street hailing,” so I guess she’s focused on there being a record of you being picked up by a specific driver. Which isn’t exactly safer for you as passenger as much as a slightly easier evidence trail for the cops should something bad happen. Uber is also “safer” in the sense of a “safe bet” that you…

I’m not certain why you’re being hostile,

The DA’s position: shooting fish in a barrel, choosing which of his subordinates to assign the case in order to burnish their reps in a low-risk environment, and assuring the parents his office would be ruthless.

Given that fact, I disagree with the DA’s cost/benefit analysis for putting her on trial. What was the point of traumatizing a jury panel with this case? It’s been a great vehicle for people like BOOURNSS to exercise their “I have no sympathy!” muscles, when, as you note, “do we feel sorry for Ortega?” isn’t a…

She was going to spend her remaining days locked up either way.

I assume the only reason the Republican politicians have turned on him is because he’s preventing them from advancing some evil plan behind the scenes. They sure as hell don’t care about the privacy or dignity of the woman he threatened. Protecting the sanctity of a non-profit’s mailing list? Please. He’s not an…

The family was totally lying about the dog! (imo)

That article says 1 in 5 paper-filers make a mistake filling out the form. Doing that doesn’t get you audited, you just get a letter from the IRS explaining how to fix your mistake and then you file an amended return.

You need to think that through. Black women represent a vastly disproportionate number of the deaths. If elections had the same demographic distribution/weight as maternal deaths, the Democrats would not lose Missouri. I relied on Truman Medical Center (the safety net hospital referenced above) for care for years.…

Rebecca is new here. Displaying a certain asshole streak is key to fitting in. Besides, I’m fairly certain the scene went down innocuously. Freshmen year relationship (i.e. not serious) and the guy dumps her right before finals (i.e. not afraid to take care of himself first/look insensitive). It seems highly unlikely…

I confess that I’m impressed you managed to come up with an example where the loss is an act of God. I mean, I laughed because your example was out of left field and ridiculous on its face. But still, I applaud your creativity and wonder about this world you live in where inability to buy flood insurance is a primary…

What does this “personal risk” look like?

Golf is also a profession for its best practitioners. Tens of millions of people still enjoy it as a hobby, despite being objectively bad at it.

Every asshole thinks they’re a secret screenwriter.