A Bathroom Full of Secrets – Offseason Sunday Open Thread

I am still shaken over a couple of things about the indictment against Trump for keeping, stealing, and hiding intelligence documents on U.S. nukes and other countries' military capabilities. Although “hiding” might be giving too much credit to Trump. Those confidential papers were kept in open boxes stacked around a

Creeps: How I Became “Radicalized” Against the Criminal Justice System (Part 7)

During my third year of law school, one of my courses was a criminal defense clinic, where I represented misdemeanor defendants in Bronx Criminal Court under a student practice order under the supervision of our professor and an incredible organization called the Bronx Defenders. I am sharing some stories about

Testilying: How I became “Radicalized” Against the Criminal Justice System (Part Six)

During my third year of law school, one of my courses was a criminal defense clinic, where I represented misdemeanor defendants in Bronx Criminal Court under a student practice order under the supervision of our professor and an incredible organization called the Bronx Defenders. I am sharing some stories about

Crimes of Poverty: How I became “Radicalized” Against the Criminal Justice System (Part Four)

During my third year of law school, one of my courses was a criminal defense clinic, where I represented misdemeanor defendants in Bronx Criminal Court under a student practice order under the supervision of our professor and an incredible organization called the Bronx Defenders. I am sharing some stories about

NYCHA, Search Warrants, and Leverage: How I became “Radicalized” Against the Criminal Justice System (Part Two)

My experiences navigating the abject cruelty of the criminal justice system while representing misdemeanor defendants in the Bronx. During my third year of law school, one of my courses was a criminal defense clinic, where I represented misdemeanor defendants in Bronx Criminal Court under a student practice order under the supervision

Your “So Let Me Clear My Throat” Thursday Open Thread

Good evening, fellow miscreants and dick joke enthusiasts. As you may have noticed, without Thursday Night Football and hobo season, we don't have a regular Thursday night poster (is that joke out of bounds now that he's paralyzed?). So sometimes you get tehHippo, sometimes you get DonT, sometimes you get

Your Welp? Now What? Thursday Evening Open Thread

  banner image via   Evening everyone and welcome to the opening act of WWIII. Will try my best to remain apolitical here but just like everyone else today it's not going to be easy. Nope. Just wasn't challenging enough to survive a, you know, GLOBAL FUCKING PANDEMIC! Now we're treated to an outright

“Didn’t You Guys Do This Just Two Years Ago?” – A [DFO] Canadian Election Primer

Part 4 - Hopefully not for four more fucking years, but unlikely. ------------------------------------------------ Well, the election was Monday night, but the weekend played right into the hands of the media and the ridiculous, which the media largely generated. Of course, the conspiracies came out on display. Most notably, the Conservative press alleged that

“Didn’t You Guys Do This Just Two Years Ago?” – A [DFO] Canadian Election Primer

Part 3 - Who Are These Fucking Guys? In the first two editions, we looked at How Canadian democracy works The backgrounds of the competing parties So now it's time to look at the party leaders, because it's that person who goes to all the parties & signs the treaties. A. What the

“Didn’t You Guys Do This Just Two Years Ago?” – A [DFO] Canadian Election Primer

Part 2 - Who Are the Main Parties: Well, well, well - look who's back two weeks in a row? No. No Now you're just hurting my feelings. Look dummies, it's me - Beerguyrob. Well, despite what you think, I'm going ahead with the second part of my primer. The debates start tonight, so if you

“Didn’t You Guys Do This Just Two Years Ago?” – A [DFO] Canadian Election Primer

Part 1 - A Canadian Political Primer: Hi everyone, I've crawled out from under my bed because some of you have seemed curious about what's going on up here in America's hat. Justin Trudeau has dissolved Parliament and called an election for September 20th. He was just two years into his up-to

Your “Gettin’ Those Letters On!” Thursday Evening Open Thread

NFL Noise: According to the NFL's Chief Medical Doctor, 68% of all players have had at least one dose of COVID vaccine. That outpaces the national rate of 67.1 percent and is well ahead of the national rate of 53 percent for men between 18-39. There are five teams on