I mean, if you’re an EU trade minister, who looks like the more reliable trading partner right now?

Wait, Hitler was born on weed day? How much better would the world have been if he had gotten into weed instead of coke and amphetamines?

No doubt, it’s just the “D” word wouldn’t be official until, oh, about the 2028 presidential conventions.

It takes 3 years of recession to become a depression. It won’t be declared before the midterms, and I hope it doesn’t happen at all, but those chickens may come home to roost right as the next presidential election starts to get into full swing.

Dianna Cowern, a science educator on YouTube, has been out of commission for years with long COVID. She has just been starting to make some serious progress on recovery in the last six months or so. I hope this doesn’t set her back.

Counter example: OJ Simpson wasn’t convicted in criminal court, but he lost the civil case brought by the victims’ families. If I recall from Trump’s various cases, there’s actually a lower burden of proof on civil cases. For a criminal case, you need to be found guilty beyond the shadow of a doubt. In a civil case, it’s just a preponderance of the evidence. (More likely than not.)

Can executive pardons get you out of a civil case, though? I thought it only excused you from criminal prosecution.

It also makes upgrading cheaper, though your little brother playing as Player 2 will have to suffer through having an inferior controller. (As is tradition.)

If they did so, they’d also require Zamboni drivers to do their circuits in the opposite direction, counterclockwise instead of clockwise. They like to drive along the boards on the driver’s side so they can tuck up against the wall gently & see just how close they’re getting.

Why is this a federal case to begin with? Seems like it should be in state court.

“… and nothing of value was lost.”