But without the benefit of a generally competent staff and VP to cover for him. 

Oh, man. Not a Menendez reference, not a toupee reference, but a Menendez mullet toupee reference all in one? Here, quick, take ALL THE STARS.

I like it when someone approaches a problem logically.

That’s definitely a possibility. The author mentions what sounds like him muttering “Get me out of here” as he gets offscreen, but go back just a smidge further. He says something that sounds like “I’m not doing this” as he first walks away. 

Just think how much blubber he contains. 

I mean, sure, I know it’s a massively complex treaty that’s been in place for decades supported by dozens of laws and thousands of regulations, and that’s been a major factor in the planning of hundreds of companies with thousands of employees which impact easily hundreds of thousands of jobs in downstream industries,…

Three competing casinos in the same city at the same time, like the Bellagio, Treasure Island, and the Mirage, all of which were owned by Steve Wynn as part of Mirage Resorts until they were sold to MGM Grand?

No, no, no, and no. First, it’s inaccurate to refer to “making laws for themselves” when referring to the courts. Courts do not make law, they interpret it, and in that situation, that institutional knowledge is definitely important. Second, I’m guessing you’re not terribly familiar with the average ages of SCOTUS…

Maybe it’s just me, but I think I could have found it easier to swallow if he’d just come out and said, “I mistook her courtesy as something more and acted inappropriately. I apologize for my mistake and my behavior.”

“...you can bring up any YouTube video and see he is quite a quick thinker and socially adept.”

It seemed like I was in the greys forever. Finally made it out, and ping! Here I am, back again. {sigh}

It would be the perfect way to end the week and an early Christmas present if Trump requested political asylum in Argentina.

How in the world has this not been a HUGE story in the national press?

I watched that inspiring phone call with the troops. I feel like I’ve suffered enough for one holiday.

“Was Mueller part of the memo?”

I don’t think so. This isn’t like mailing your electric bill to the generic PO Box listed on the bill - the interrogatories have to be returned to the attorney(s) who requested them.

Must she use taxpayer dollars? Of course not.

Seems like a fair assessment. And might I add that if she just happened to be bedridden and unable to whine about it, well, sometimes accidents happen. Machines malfunction, sometimes they get unplugged...not that I would wish that on anyone, because I’m not a monster. Just acknowledging that shit happens, ya know?

I currently have a sad because after literally years of being stuck in the greys, I finally made it out not too long ago - only to be unceremoniously returned to greydom during that last round of “shakeups” (or whatever the hell it was). 

First, something that apparently will need to be repeated ad infinitum - anecdotes are not data.