I’m not sure how much he’s laughing trapped in a Ecuadorian embassy closet for a decade.

Good God! Why!

Well he is facing three counts against two different women in Sweden (remember, that’s the crime he’s hiding out in the Ecuadorian embassy to avoid being arrested for, not a currently non-existent U.S. espionage case for Wikileaks, but a Swedish arrest for multiple acts of rape).

Her value as a spokesperson comes from the public liking her and trusting her. Remaining a spokesperson for a publicly disliked company harms her long-term earning potential.

He explained it was auto-correct, but a car that’s bland enough he doesn’t know the correct name could be part of the knocking it self =P

While I don’t deny the “badge” does add some appeal to some people, I think you’re over-estimating the importance over the badge over the actual styling of the car.

How dare the legislature waste time on funding infrastructure while we have no water. No infrastructure funding until the water problem is fixed. Oh wait, we have fires? How dare the legislature waste time on water when there are fires going on. No water legislation until the fires are fixed. Oh wait, ISIS is in the…

I don’t personally think Columbia’s decision to suspend him was solely because he’s a man, but I recognize he has a plausible argument that gender affected the process and he’s entitled to bring a case in court examining that.

Yes he is being denied rights. That’s the whole basis of the lawsuit. Under Title IX, universities are not entitled to suspend/expel students in a discriminatory way. If gender played any factor in the decision to reprimand him, then that violates his rights.

Well you could probably brush up yourself. I’m not saying we should believe the accused rapist, or that we should assume the accuser is guilty of slander and filing false reports. I’m saying he should be entitled to fair process and an unbiased judge. Believe me, I know how these things work.

Oh and your belief that you can deny someone the right to fair process because of “statistics” and “assuming” the authorities had “damning evidence” is exactly the mindset that justifies police shootings like Michael Brown.

I’m not assuming anything, or giving a rapist the benefit of the doubt. I’m just stating that if someone is being accused of a crime, he should be allowed to bring witnesses and ask the accuser questions. Just like I assume you’d agree that the victim should be allowed to bring evidence, witnesses, and have the…

Yes. We are agreed on that. Do you agree that universities are not allowed to enforce that code of conduct in a sexist or racist way?

Oh and I’m sure getting into a fight is against Walmart’s policies too. The primary offense isn’t against Walmart, nor is it against Columbia. Unless you’re arguing the primary “victim” of a rape at a college is the college and not the woman.

It’s not a bubble, and yes character witnesses alone aren’t super helpful. But that’s not to say that witnesses wouldn’t show inconsistencies in the woman’s story and thereby show that her story is less credible than his. I.e. if she claims she got drunk at a party, and he says she did not - and there were witnesses…

The problem is the “system in place to handle a massive influx of elderly people” requires...a large influx of younger people to provide. I don’t think there’s less interest or people just don’t care to have children, it’s just that the “massive influx of elderly people” chose to set things up during their prime…

How about looking at the part that actually quotes from the opinion. I have highlighted in bold below for you. Yes, I understand that they did not reach the merits - but I was pointing out that contrary to your comment that “No, it’s not plausible. It’s rather implausible.” the focus of this ruling was specifically…

I was pointing out in your scenario, you had the white man shoplifting from Walmart (which represents Columbia), whereas here he isn’t accused of doing any crime against Columbia, it’s against a third-party (or the black man accusing him). I guess more accurate would be the black man accusing the white man of punching…

Yes.

Well, a panel of Federal appellate judges (and the Second District is not a conservative district either) has ruled that, legally, it is plausible and that his position is not that he “expects privilege” but that he was expecting equal treatment and did not get it.