The reality is that it’s a relationship that has as its basis dishonesty and deceit. I’m not judging but that's a clear eyed view from the sidelines.

That’s very interesting. I try not to make assumptions either way when it comes to paranormal phenomena. I have a scientific background and am generally a healthy degree of skeptic, but I don’t discount these sorts of things out of hand like many self-described “rational” folks do (usually hardcore atheists).

Hey all! There’s some ghost-adjacent situation in one room of my apartment. Over the years, I’ve heard odd noises and sometimes seen shadows in there, and so have my cats, and The Bartender does also. Nothing with an unfriendly vibe, more a neutral one. Last night The Bartender told me that twice this past week in…

I mean Splinter is the only blog I am aware of that punishes their commentariat as a group. And also seems to implicitly encourage trolls. (I still don’t know if Tomatoface is man or myth)

I think that feeling stupid is part of life. I think this is perfectly normal.

You know, I have begun to wonder Rudy Giulani was who I thought he was. He was a federal prosecutor so I just thought he was smart and strategic given his former job. The terrorist attack on New York raised his profile, giving him the appearance of being a leader during difficult times.

The low-level people who can’t afford $250k+ in legal bills might be most likely to crack; All criminal complicity aside, standing at the precipice of financial devastation simply for being in proximity to criminality is rather motivating.

As some one that went to law school and isn’t in the throes of dementia, I can say that this whole Rudy fact pattern would be something a criminal law, evidence, ethics and/or criminal procedure professor would dream up during a crazed fever dream for the exam but would discard as being too obvious and too absurd.

Not sure if it is being thrown under the bus or fleeing the bus when you see the bus Trump and Ghouliani are driving.

I was just about to post this one!

Ah! See, I tried to hit reply without reloading and the page crashed:

They are turning into each other, save face now or face consequences, traitors.

It begins.

Translation: How to move money around and leave no trace.

“The media is going after me for the things I’ve publicly admitted to doing...which I never admitted to doing.”

If we try to preserve a habitable planet necessary for the survival of our species, these gentlemen might be slightly less rich today. What kind of monster would want to see that happen?

While screaming about socialism until they burst a blood vessel.

What they care about is maintaining the old racist, misogynistic, rabid capitalist, environmentally destructive shitshow we live in because...anything else is too scary? I dunno.  

Welcome to the Democratic National Debate. Everyone who is for medicare for all please raise your hand.

Theater. Nothing else. You’re not going to learn anything about the candidates by watching them pivot questions from a moderator into what they want to talk about.