The BBC talking head said she was the first Black women ever to win a swimming gold medal; not just the first Black American.

But why would you use Snapchat if your intention was to save photos? Isn't the entire point of Snapchat that the photos disappear?

Trump planted the seeds for this absurd campaign season back in 2009-2010 when he started talking up the birther nonsense.

The Iliad don’t got shit on this post holy fuck

When decades of “government is the problem” rhetoric, combined with virulent anti-intellectualism, combined with worship of business enterprise above social good, combined with continual stoking of racist, sexist, xenophobic fear and hatred all finally coalesce into the puffed-up tangerine spectre of Donald Trump—the…

Trump’s insanity has started to make libertarians seem palatable. Their platform is incredibly dangerous. Zero gun control and a belief that the free market will save the environment on its own. In no way is Johnson a sane alternative.

“Except it wasn’t really a horse, but a mangy goat covered in rotten marmalade who thinks he’s a unicorn."

Finally a pundit that tells it exactly like it is. Of course, it took a woman to get there, because none of the parade of men (except Zakaria) has had the balls to say that. Even though she’s a Republican, she wins today’s prize for the most stunningly honest statement.

the GOP let the horse out of the barn a long time ago but only now is closing the doors. Except it wasn’t really a horse, but a mangy goat covered in rotten marmalade who thinks he’s a unicorn.

I think the Trump campaign should embrace self-deprecating meta-commentary and switch up their slogan to “A Shit Leader for a Shit Nation”

Yes, I agree. I understand the point the article is making, and it’s an important one, but it’s disingenuous to say that this means the sentence isn’t lenient or that the judge didn’t engage in “coddling,” since that’s comparing apples and oranges.

Thank you. That’s definitely the stat I think is most important here. I would have no idea where to start looking at today’s equivalent but that’s a start.

These stats are old, but no reason to think they are not still pretty close. (From Wikipedia). So the sentence is ABSOLUTELY "lenient" compared to a usual sentence for a *convicted* rapist.

Related: Years ago, a friend of mine here in France was married to a French high school teacher. They had a daughter. By the time their daughter was two, the wife left her husband because she suspected him of molesting their girl. She tried, during divorce proceedings, to get sole custody for this reason, or at least,…

Does it say what the average jail time is when looking specifically at people convicted? Since the vast majority of rapists aren’t even tried, of course any time in jail will be more than most of them. I’m interested in how his case fits in the context of other people found guilty.

OH MY GOD SAME!! I call it being “accidentally cute”

I wear dresses, leggings, and flats because they are easier to put on. A couple of months ago my coworker asked if I constantly wore dresses as a “religious thing” which I found odd because the dresses I wear aren’t very conservative. Her eyebrows reached a new level when I explained that I do it because it is…

Yeah I feel like she is loving this and that's why she did it. She is now a household name and in every tabloid. Why else would you brag about hurting another woman on social media??

I literally never heard of Rachel Roy until yesterday, so... I guess she accomplished what she set out to do?