Yeah, I’m more concerned about the judge’s editorial statements.

Feels like this judge is far overreaching. The victims have an interest in who buys the assets, especially when it is assumed that the highest bidder is going to resume spreading lies about them. This isn’t a situation where the fiduciary duty to the victims trumps their preferences.

Agreed, those people are the best. But also, that’s a bit of a nightmare scenario, because now you have to decide if you’re going to risk saying something from five minutes ago, or decline the kindness and feel bad for rejecting the gesture.

Awkwardly attempt to join the conversation, only to be talked over mid-sentence by someone else, and so you wait for another lull. Attempt to start again, only to be interrupted again by someone else. Watch helplessly as the subject of the conversation drifts far from the point you were going to make. Minutes pass, and everyone is glad to be talking about something else. You let go of the moment, and resign yourself to remain quiet. Then someone says to you, “Oh, what were you going to say?”

Sure, probably. But that’s what happens when you elect leopards and have faces.

The point is to inspire fear and demand unwaivering loyalty. A little random violence against your own people helps tighten the inner circle around the leader, hoping for safety. Anyone outside the circle is surely doomed, and only the most loyal are surely protected. The leader is fickle and irascible, so be on your toes and never risk his ire.

They’re only going to raid employers that didn’t contribute to the campaign. It’s extortion.

Yes, that part was surprising and funny.

Co-lead with Dolores Umbridge.

Enforcing the law isn’t fascism. Insurrectionists aren’t permitted to hold office.

Edit to add, it’s not like President Vance would be any better.

Not exactly. The Blackfooted Ferret isn’t extinct, so we do have their DNA. We don’t have any DNA from dinosaurs or pterosaurs. Conceivably we could restore an animal like the carrier pigeon from preserved specimens, but the problem with cloning is that all the clones have the exact same DNA. Antonia can mate with extant ferrets to make a new generation of ferrets. Careful breeding plans and subsequent cloning could rebuild the ferret population in a controlled environment.

I don’t think $200k is enough. That’s a lot of sleepless nights just from the itching. It would need to be enough money to afford to run my air-conditioning year round, on top of the mental anguish.

Do I have to keep it on during sex?

What they’re saying is that trying to reverse climate change won’t be enough. It doesn’t mean it isn’t the right path, just that it won’t go far enough.

Two types of people reading this:

“Oh no! We should do everything we can to mitigate the damage.”

and

“Fuck it, might as well keep doing what I’m doing.”

And it’s the latter that got us here in the first place.

That only happens if he wins.

It was a terrorist attack.

I was going to do that, but I don’t want my phone number and email on a Musk list. Like, what is he going to do with it? Am I going to get a visit at my house? Are they going to check if I have Harris signs up and then try to sue me for breach of contract? Will the Jan 6th militia get my phone number to try to recruit me for the next terror attack? If I win the $1 million, are they going to expect political donations?

There was a different innocent man executed recently. You might be confusing the two.

Cool. No reason that work shouldn’t pay a living wage for everyone everywhere forever.

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No, because labor rates are an unbalanced equation. Without a regulated minimum, employers will take advantage of the excess of laborers. The inherent threat of the violence of poverty will always create more supply than demand, because there is always someone willing to work for less.

But if your employer already values your skills at a certain rate, there’s no reason to accept a pay cut for the same work. If you’re great at your job, you’ll likely still earn tips, but without the risk of going unpayed for your labor.