“Smart politicians usually try to punish and apply pressure with more discretion, but I think the lt. gov was more interested in NRA attention than actual effect.”

“People take the implicit endorsement thing to the extreme.”

Unfortunately, those things are not mutually exclusive.

The “all expenses covered” part isn’t entirely accurate, but it’s pretty safe to say that by the time you look at it all, the taxpayer picks up a pretty sizable tab every time the president travels.

It’s legal, and to some extent, it’s a requirement - the specialized communications equipment and other fittings have to travel with the president.

Guess it’s a good thing there can’t possibly be anyone with a legitimate need for pain medication that might find it a tad inconvenient to go to the hospital every 4 hours to take a dose.

I find myself occasionally pondering the fact that it might turn out oddly convenient that a nice little old Russian lady lives across the hall from me. At least I’ll have a convenient translator.

Because reasons and stuff.

Well, they don’t count, silly. Because reasons. And stuff. And things.

It might be an improvement if she upped the dose instead.

Being different does not make it bad. Sucking makes it bad.

The entire Kim family will suffer an unfortunate accident (poisoned by Americans would be a nice touch), but their nice Chinese cousins will step in. Just to keep things running smoothly “temporarily”.

Well, duh.

Random pedantic note: Technically, all arrest warrants are issued by a judge. Sessions could request one (except he’s recused himself from the investigation), but he can’t issue one.

I actually got yelled at on a message board the other day when I corrected someone who referred to Rippon as the first gay Olympic athlete, and then tried to go with first gay Olympic figure skater.

Please tell me that this also includes the phrase “karaoke bar”.

I suspect what you actually mean is that their budget depends on said tax dollars, since if you’re only talking about your own money, you’re not talking about an economy. You’re talking about a checking account.

No, to be fair, over the years I worked with a lot of cops that would be absolutely horrified at even the thought of what happened here. Some of them didn’t even quit in disgust within the first 5 years (seriously, in almost 20 years at the PD, easily half the new hires were gone within 5 years - some because it…

Should he have driven again? No. But driving again on your suspended license isn’t even remotely cause to shoot someone later. It’s not even a good reason to take someone to jail.

Hell, they could have written him a damn ticket and had it delivered certified mail.