I hate it, and it isn’t right, but that’s how The System always starts its negotiations. Amp up the charges to 11, throw in a bunch of “stretch goal” charges, and panic the defendant into taking a deal. From the defendant’s side of things, why risk 20 years of your life in prison for something you mostly aren’t guilty of, when they’ll accept a plea that will allow them to look both tough and merciful (and clear their name of all wrong doing) and only cost the defendant 3 years of probation and time served?

Don’t they count airports with international flights as borders for the 100 mile rule, as well?

Do Epstein next! Oh, wait, riiiight.

Who had The Jungle, Part 2 on their 2025 Bingo card?

Musk: Delete, delete, DELETE, DELETE, DELETE!!!

Also Musk: Sorry, FBI, we deleted all that data because it no longer had any use. What? No, we weren’t attempting to destroy incriminating evidence!

Iirc, the design goes back a few hundred years or so, and they were intended as either lion claws or dragon claws, wrapped around an orb.

Incidentally, you’ll also find pineapples are commonly found carved in older furniture. Pineapples were considered a symbol of hospitality. Again, as I recall, because it’s been a while since I learned about this stuff.

So that’s how he’s going to make Mexico pay for a border wall!

Am I the only one to suddenly hear the Star Trek theme song in their head just as I finished the post description?

How much is 10 billion rubles in dollarydoos? Or any other Western-friendly currency?

BEARS!!! IYKYK

An old term for people of diminished mental capabilities.

He has a master’s degree in chemical engineering and was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to MIT, where he dropped out to act.

They want $7500 for an eyeball? No, no, no! I can get you one for $750. Free range, not caged. Good stuff. Mostly legal. Meet me in the dark alley tonight.

I mean, sure. Anyone who can grow an entire human body, bit by bit, can assemble a perfect wife. I mean, have a perfect wife.

The Island? I don’t recall it being a big hit, but I enjoyed it.

Vance – that’s the hillbilly guy, yeah?

Must have been some darn fine curry.

Agreed. More like Ghostbusters, less like Scandinavian literature.

If this shows to be quite accurate, one must have to wonder what it does to the natural gut biome. I’ll have to contemplate this further. I should go grab my morning Diet Coke to wake my brain up.

… Twenty. Minutes. Later…

Oh. Oh, no.

I don’t think so.

Politics can sort of be like playing a cross between chess and chicken. Strategic moves to see who blinks first. It’s a constitutional challenge that will need to be addressed by the federal government, taking their time and resources from their own unconstitutional efforts.

Or not. I’m just an Internet person who as far as anyone knows has zero expertise in these sorts of things.