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I would think there'd be some narrow definition of "public figure" that would include the person trading somehow on their fame. You or I, as mopes posting on a political forum, couldn't be considered "public figures" for this purpose, could we?

Too bad we can't see the whole thing, but makes sense, just like the Vanity Fair article posted earlier.

товарищ keeps posting pictures that are years old and not even taking place in Chicago, as well as posting nonsensical links to general headlines. Also, police say that one shooting took place outside the Loop, which is away from where the gathering was, and don't even bother saying where the other shooting took place. That's so Stan.

No, of course I won't, because Dominion are not doing this on my behalf or at my behest, so I have no obligation to help make them whole. Even so, I am still rooting for them to not settle and to instead take Fox all the way through trial, regardless of what it costs them and despite my not having any direct stake in it. I actually think Dominion has already won a lot even so far. They have gotten the judge to make summary judgments on the facts of the case so they do not even have to argue that they are true anymore. They are, and that really limits what Fox can argue going forward. I'm just hoping they don't conclude that's enough winning so let's take the settlement. I want them to earn the billion-six through trial.

Are they going to ask me to help pay the Dominion settlement? I didn't know they could do that. If they asked me, I would have to say no. I know that we have evolved into assuming that nothing can ever change when this sort of momentous event comes up, but I am hoping against naive hope that somehow this will be different, in that it might spur tougher regulation or even legislation, stemming from a change in the interpretation of Sullivan. I understand that's a long, long shot, but then, so was winning the 2006 AL pennant.

That's pretty funny—although I would not doubt that some folks do seriously write it out as "pre madonna", even though I've never seen it ...

Media companies may claim that the only effect to weakening Sullivan will be to intimidate them from doing legitimate investigative journalism because of the risk of being sued, but it is much, much more likely that it would be used against companies who use their media vehicles perpetrate lies and threats against enemies of their choosing.

If it were only their dollars at stake, I wouldn't care, but there's so much more at stake than that, so I do care. I don't think a media company should be allowed to use brazen lies to rile up murderous rage in people as a business model, and I would like this court case to be the linchpin to stopping that if at all possible.

Unironically, I assume ...

It wasn't because I miss Robbie Grossman that I posted that.

There were no riots. Just a bunch of people milling about and cops standing around them. Even in the video which is supposed to be evidence of some sort, the worst I saw was a group of people half-running down the street, and one broken window of unknown provenance. I agree with Brandon Johnson that we should not demonize all people for the actions of just a few. If any right-winger doesn’t want to come to the city because the mayor elect speaks out against demonizing all youth, then stay home. Fine with me.

1-800-CALL-SAMpark.

Everything’s coming up A.J.!

Well then it’s totally cool that we gave him up for practically nothing.

I agree with Brandon Johnson that an entire group of people should not be demonized for the actions of a few.

Oh, Jesus, they’re allowing an extra day for settlement, don’t they? Goddamn it if true. The point of this should be to expose Fox to the public record and shame people into fixing the problem, not for Dominion to simply cash out. They’re already going to cash out. We need change.

One overall number to represent two separate questions? Forty-one percent what, exactly? Is that watch, trust, both, neither, some combination? Without knowing that, those are garbage numbers.

Since the rain appears to be moving out, it must be for reasons on top of the weather. Maybe each team is concerned that icing their starters for so long would increase injury risk to an unacceptable level, particularly if they were going to have them throw in the frigid damp nighttime conditions. Maybe they figure they're better off taking a chance on July 24 rather than running that risk.

I think they will, because there aren't many other options to make it up for the rest of the season. The Giants go to Miami for a night game tomorrow, while we have Cleveland at home. So that's mostly fine for us. The only two real options to make it up later in the season are to either: have both teams give away their July 13 All-Star break day off and have the Giants come play here, after which they go on to Pittsburgh for the 14th, while we fly all the way to Seattle for the 14th; or Giants stop over on July 24 on their way from Washington to go to SF for a homestand, while we give away our off day in the middle of our own homestand, which is convenient for us. However, that would make it nineteen (19) straight days we play during the stretch. Of the two rescheduling options, the latter seems more likely. On the other hand, the Giants are here right now, and the rain looks like it's going away for good around 6pm. So I think they wait it out. What's the "crowd" going to be like for that?

Plus, it was Blacks not in Chicago, so right wing media will care even less. Although Dadeville just elected its first Black mayor in 2020, so they can blame woke Democrat policies in the town for the shooting. However, the mayor has no stated party affiliation, and the right wingers can't be seen explicitly blaming the mayor's race for the shooting. Yet. Ooh, such a quandary ... whatever will they do?

This might explain why Republicans are working to deliver American’s children into Russian hands: (Preemptive parenthetical statement: I posted this tweet from “FreedomRocks” not because they are influential, because they’re not so who the hell are they and why should anyone listen to what they have to say—but merely because this tweet provides a link to the article.)

Apparently she’s been labeled an “influencer” too, so you can probably also add woke libtard “so-called ‘body-positive’” sense of entitlement to it, too, I guess?

“Self-defense”? What does he think he is, a cop?