If the script had been translated from Japanese by Google Translate.

I suspect that their approach will be to try setting up for a mistrial, now that their delaying tactics have failed. It will just depend on how obvious they are about it, and if the judge shuts down their attempt.

I would add “Focus on the task in hand”. This mostly applies to people who are busy chatting or using their phone. They don’t claim their register promptly, because they’re not paying attention. Then they divide their attention between their conversation and using the register. This includes the ones who are holding…

As we have repeatedly seen in recent years, the right-wing wants the power without the accountability. They want to be able to push through their theocracy unchallenged.

They love comparing their bullshit to civil rights campaigns. The number of times that they try to invoke the spirit of MLK is getting ridiculous.

And A New Hope was The Hidden Fortress.

It did lean a little heavily into it’s original trilogy references. They just needed a “Don’t get cocky” added in after Sabine shoots the first fighter.

Crumpets are nothing like muffins. Completely different products.

Fair enough

In the Ronan Farrow article about Musk it was claimed that his decision to buy Twitter was based on his ex (Talulah Riley) going on an anti-woke rant after the Babylon Bee account was restricted.

It was more a reference to Jennifer Garner being in it. Although about twenty years older.

The “regardless of viability” seems like it should also be important.

“body-swap comedy at Netflix starring Jennifer Garner, Ed Helms and Emma Myers.”

Could they base their union out of Canada, and call it the “Hoose of Moose”?

The Cockney accent can be a bit tough for non-Brits. Especially if they start throwing in Cockney rhyming slang. We tend to drop the H for a lot of words, and TH ends up as F.

Thanks for the clarification. I wasn’t aware of the shared ownership with BBC America. I’d wrongly assumed that it was a wholly owned subsidiary, akin to something like the BBC World Service. That or a partnership with PBS, who I know broadcasts some BBC content in the US.

Is Bankman-Fried a case of nominative determinism or just an aptronym?

What a surprise that the truth actually proves the opposite of what he claimed. Trying to ban abortion doesn’t stop women from seeking an abortion. It merely removes access to safe abortion services.

Yes. The projection is off the scale. Accusations typically start flying when they’re trying to distract you from something else.

Stuff about his client list not being released shows up fairly regularly in the conspiracy subs on Reddit. When they’re not busy insisting that every death since 2020 relates to the Covid vaccine. Anyone who disagrees with them instantly gets labelled a shill or bot.