Every VP in the history of ever was running for president. Biden has been running for president since the goddamn 80s and throughout the Obama presidency. Preparation and ambition are to be rewarded as long as they are accompanied by testicles.

Oh shit.

Yeah, basically a zero-value-added comment. Kind of a theme, based on his post history.

Them: I wear this necklace with the formula of the universe on it to remind me that I’m secretly more powerful than everyone else.

Wait staff especially.

which included an opening performance by Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon, aka DJ Sol 

Oh wow, I had missed the part about giving his 13 year old weed. HOW did he think this trial would “clear” his name in any way, it’s just brought up a dozen allegations nobody had heard of before now. 

“He may use poetic license, he may use metaphor, but he never ever says that he hit Miss Heard,”

I don’t think it says anything about their argument other than it being complicated in situation. The wording as written in law isn’t brilliant in this instance, with it going “the defence under this section does not fail if, having regard to the imputations which are shown to be substantially true, the imputations…

Oh, let us not forget this:

Even if they rule in favor of Depp on this particular case, all the other stuff that’s come out about him during the course of the trial paints both a disturbing enough and reckless enough picture of him that he’s never going to recover his professional reputation. Those texts alone ... Plus, more importantly for the…

This is what Donald J Trump thinks of Native women:

The purported link between “genius” and “madness” — i.e., artistic/creative talent and mental illness, just seems like gross bullshit.

Yep! I'm 38; I very distinctly remember the Britney Spears descent and it was NOT kind and NOT forgiving at all. 

middling presidential hopeful

Libel law is different in the UK, the defendant has to prove the statements were true and Depp doesn’t have to prove them false.

I don’t fucking understand this trial AT ALL.

For the issue at stake in this trial, re: the Sun’s headline calling Depp a “wife-beater”, I think there’s enough evidence to support that conclusion. I predict a ruling in favor of the newspapers.

I clearly recall the Bynes situation and you’re right, for too long there was no benefit of any doubt, just a lot of rubber-necking and yuk-yuks.