Each side gets a certain number of strikes, usually about six for this type of case. (This doesn’t count strikes for cause, such as when a potential juror admits they cannot be fair.) You can strike for any reason whatsoever EXCEPT race, gender, ethnicity or religion.

Dusty drove me crazy as a Cubs fan but even I think he did a good job in 2003. His positive attitude and rapport with the players can sometimes translate to success, despite his horrible grasp of strategy and his alarming tendency to ruin good pitchers.

I didn’t like the bit about the State Department “patronizingly” pointing out that it isn’t easy for a woman to travel alone in Iran. I guess they should just say, “Nah, it’s easy, don’t worry about it. Go right ahead and don’t bother with any precautions.”

Thought the exact same, and wondered what kind of job he thought he was going to get with a degree in education, aside from teaching. (Doctor? Nuclear physicist? Hollywood actor?) And his revenge was weak - it’s not like the kids wouldn’t have time to put away the booze and weed.

In that case, the driver might not even be legally intoxicated and is getting harassed by the cops because the server lied to them.

I’m sure they are, but what were they going to do to the guy to enforce the rule? Send him a stern email once in awhile?

There is so much wrong with every one of these opinions.

Kind of wish Zola hadn’t gone back to Detroit and stuck with them to keep chronicling these crazy events. Can’t help but wonder what happened between the time they were in Florida and got arrested in fucking Vegas.

My favorite is “who is this white boy & wats wrong wit y’all” “babe. neither of us are the same...”

This is the best thing I have EVER read, anywhere.

In fairness, it’s the staffs’ job to fight for their boss and not take any shit. Never heard of that Chris LaCivita but he could work for me any day.

I’d be more scared of the people on the tour than of any ghosts. Sounds like the people Madeleine met were cool, but if I were to go, I’d be worried.

There was a sequel to Cocaine Cowboys where this dude in South Central LA had watched the first movie, CONTACTED Graciela “The Godmother” in prison, and asked her to mentor him. She set him up with a nice operation, he had an affair with her, cheated on her, somehow managed to dodge an assassination attempt by her,…

Beth’s answer was much worse. The Terminator??? Jesus Christ.

Probably fictional (what intruder carries a sharpie around?) but still awesome.

Hey! Luca Brasi is my favorite character!

So she wrote a memoir and included this revelation, and now people are asking her about it. Not sure what the big deal is but why pass up an opportunity for snark, I guess.

Not saying the deaths don’t matter, not saying they weren’t tragic. Not saying we shouldn’t investigate, determine what mistakes we made and learn from them. Hillary said this herself. In fact, she did just that while she was Secretary of State. But it’s been investigated to death (certainly more than Iraq; maybe more…

I caught the opening and the first question or two and thought she was doing great. I had to leave (didn’t want to but had to) just after the senator asking the first question responded to her answer by suggesting that she was THE single biggest influence on our decision to get involved with Libya. After she carefully…

Great point but do you really expect those assholes to show class?