Ah, the old Ford Pinto defense: Our automobiles do not explode when hit from behind, just the gas tank.

Freely admit that I know nothing about the administrative portion of Title IX cases, but is there some kind of “standing” issue here, when the guy doesn’t even go to Yale, nor has he attempted to apply / enroll?

Same. I was wondering, as I know nothing about how lobbying works (or was supposed to work), but would it be possible to hire Farenthold to lobby on behalf of something you really did not want to happen? Like Oppo-Lobbyist? Is that a thing? Because I could totally imagine Farenthold killing it as a…

91% is pretty good, maybe be best good.

Better Kinja burner name?:

Surely someone, somewhere, has already begun plans for a trading card game / collectible series with Trumplandia firings/departures. The Ty Cobb card should generate plenty of confusion for collectors.

Okay, BUT: no profanity.

In the name of Sassy the Horse, you are forgiven.

I was wondering about the possibility you mentioned, but I was also thinking maybe this 2d suit was mainly a way to keep the overall story on the front burner while the other case has been stayed for 90 days (the suit against Cohen, I believe). In 2018, in the USA, 90 days is around 125 years. Hell, in 90 days people…

“Some chick who had a bullet lodged in her ponytail” cracks me up every time. This scene stands out as random in a movie which is entirely random.

I agree. I still remember this whole “Madonna’s super-personal belonging” stuff when it was a completely fictionalized scene in proto-weird Austin’s movie, Slacker. But even in the movie as a totally made-up scene, it’s still more than a little uncomfortable.

Ha-haaa! This is a much better scenario; thank you!

Hey, lissen: the rest of the country just needs to get off its collective ass and inherit.

By this time next week he will have military fighter jets sky-write his messages to his handlers, and anyone who advises against this tactic will be accused of unpatriotically HATING our military.

It’s like someone used a committee to form a committee to come up with a panel to commission a study, the result of which is the formation of a committee, all written records of which are printed out in comic sans and papyrus.

Best spin I can put on it is attorney/paralegal/legal assistant Relief Act. Might as well turn Bleak House into a 37-part opera cycle.

Agree. I’m so sick of this shit. How many When a Stranger Calls / The Phone Call Is Coming from Inside the House memes are there on the entire fucking internet?

He’s been on his radio show complaining that “journalism is dead.” Sean Hannity complaining that journalism is dead.

Is “Ivanka . . . Quinoa” the new “Oprah . . . Uma . . . Uma . . . Oprah”?

In other very exclusive club news, Mark Zuckerberg got a congratulatory DM from former U.S. Rep. Gary Condit today.