What is the point of this exercise? I struggle to see how any single word would be meaningful given the complexity and breadth of the subject.

In this context?

TPUSA posted the paper online, no? That should prove they had it. But the "mentally ill" line was where I think they might get hammered.

For TPUSA. They made very specific allegations and obviously had a copy of the paper. I suppose if they relied ONLY on the girl's word it might be different, but still reckless to the truth of the matter. Again - not a defamation lawyer and not in front of Lexis right now. Spitballin'.

In evidentiary terms, I think this is going to be very easy to prove knowledge of falsity.

I don't practice torts, but in terms of what TPU is saying about the professor, it's a statement of purported fact, that was untrue, which is derogatory, and which caused damages. That's at least worth a conversation with a good lawyer.

Defamation is a thing. Seems like a pretty slam-dunk case right here.

A technique learned from their Russian mentors.

Indeed. He's probably genuine in his befuddlement. I wouldn't be surprised if he really believed all this "lawyer shit" was just "JAG-offs" "getting in the way." He might still get away with it, and never learn otherwise.

I imagine Hegseth is one of those guys who doesn't "believe" in international law. But I also imagine international law believes in Hegseth. True, he might not wind up in the Hague. Not every war criminal does.

Anyone mentioning the 27% crazification factor is an immediate follow.

The D party has chosen to make being a Democrat suck. They looked at their voters and said, "we don't want to hang out with you. Give us your money and go away." And now it's too late to go back. You aren't going to sign up for shit, and for good reason. 4/4

This was not always the way. I volunteered for Inslee back when he was a congressperson, and there were lots of events! It was a social activity. We did regular bingo and trivia events in pubs in Seattle with Dems from all precincts and campaigns. 3/4

In 2016, I donated to the Hillary campaign. She thanked me by having people call me 10x a day to ask for more money. At one point, I asked how I could just volunteer. The caller *did not know.* 2/4

If you haven't read The Aquariums of Pyongyang, it's also very good. I imagine if you get sent to a gulag, you'd be glad you read it: kind of, "oh, that's how you create a rat ranch!"

Fox News causes brain damage, exhibit 3,487.

Hammurabi spoke Amorite, not Akkadian.