Whoa, calm down, partner. I was responding to your comment that guidelines are very clearly not mandatory. Yes, you are technically correct for pointing that out; however, file a few motions for downward departure from the guidelines and get back to me about how all that works out. It's an infuriating area because…

The mandatory minimums are technically not mandatory, but in practice, federal judges are hesitant to deviate from the guidelines.

My take is that there’s already an existing narrative that the victims are liars, deserved it, or both. Instead of adding any sort of valuable insight into who Holtzclaw is, the piece adds to that narrative without any evidence beyond witness statements. Also, problematically, it adds to this idea that if someone is…

This needs to be out of the grays immediately. Thanks for the laugh.

Tennessee fan here. As painful the reporting on the program has been, I appreciate your and Diana's efforts in bringing all this to the forefront. The allegations have been widespread knowledge for a long time but have been generally dismissed by the fan base. It's important to me to have a successful program but not…

Bada bing!

You say you understand what people have been saying, but based on your last sentence, it doesn't seem like you've been listening at all. Unless you're making some larger point, a black person or person of mixed race portraying a black person is obviously distinguishable from a white man portraying a black man, for all…

But it’s not just about disagreement over the appropriateness of Fiennes playing MJ. It’s your own reasoning. What are you not understanding about that? You have people who have very patiently tried to explain the issue to you when it’s not even their responsibility to do so. In face of all that, you remain willfully…

Clearly not.

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Actually, this article is not what you think it is.

Same. I'm kicking myself for missing a photo op with him a few weeks ago.

Hey friends, friendly warning to steer clear of the comment section of this article if you don't want to see a spoiler from some idiot who thinks he's being funny.

There's one over on io9 if you don't mind some dumb opinions.

Shoot, there was a batman version of love letter on sale months ago, and I didn't grab it, and now I'm kicking myself.

Shoot, there was a batman version of love letter on sale months ago, and I didn't grab it, and now I'm kicking…

I was very pleasantly surprised by how fun Pandemic is with two people.

I was very pleasantly surprised by how fun Pandemic is with two people.

That's not exactly the right discounts though. The clarisonic mask is $27 usually so the discount is $17. Same for all the others.

That's not exactly the right discounts though. The clarisonic mask is $27 usually so the discount is $17. Same for…