Imagine how many very true things Trump has said over the last three years that Twitter fact-checkers would have deleted on sight for being "false".

If a brick goes through Craig Melvin's windshield, he may take on a new point of view.

Chuck Hagel, what a wuss. He and Romney can have a pajama party election eve, and cry into their cups of hot cocoa.

..there's "other evidence that does not support a criminal charge" If Floyd, before the camera started rolling, had leapt to his feet, spat in the eye of each cop, kicked each cop in the groin, and somehow taken one of the cops pistols from its holster with his mouth and shot each cop in the leg, there would still be plenty of evidence that Office Knee should be arrested for manslaughter.

Peter, and all, Mrs. is fine and sleeping peacefully, thanks! Jane, I'm glad you had fun at dinner.

Maybe it would be a good idea to arrest that killer cop.

They just announced last week that they were changing the Belmont date; I wasn't aware of that when I posted on the last thread (or, actually, until about 82 seconds ago). https://sports.nbcsports.com/2020/05/19/when-is-2020-belmont-stakes/

It will be a mile and an eighth this year.. So not even a real Belmont. Maybe the Derby will be five furlongs.

Thanks, MM. KK, sorry about your dad's loss.

I have to decide this the year of living backwards. Literally, with the ponies this year. The third leg of the Triple Crown, the Belmont, will be run on its originally scheduled date, June 4. The other two, the Preakness, and then the Kentucky Derby, will follow. That means that these three-year-olds will run a mile-and-a-half race, which is a very long distance that they've never run before, before cutting their respective teeth on the shorter, previously earlier races. It's nuts.

Carlos Osweda is a woman? I'm always so confused, but I agree with this: "TRUST THE TRUMP. You'll never go wrong."

...cause their views of a Corn Crake (or whatever)... to be disturbed.

The guy was a birder, she was a dog lover, and as I understand it those two groups have been pissy to each other at this part of the park for years. People love to let their dogs run free for a bit, other people hate when unrestrained dogs cause their views of a Corn Crake (or whatever). https://www.audubon.org/news/the-insiders-guide-birding-central-park-new-york-city

jimmyk, that's what I though, if anyone is the Karen it's the guy (though that's not possible, right, Karen's must be females?). Either way, such a silly thing on all fronts, there's a moment in the middle of that video where it seems just on the edge of both sides just saying "this is dumb" and moving on.

There's a serial killer case that I follow pretty closely, because I came from the area where most of the bodies were found and because I even have some theories about it. They've just made a Netflix movie about the thus unsolved Long Island Serial Killer (which, naturally, is an inaccurate movie based on an inaccurate book), the victims of whom were generally Craigslist prostitutes. One of the impediments to solving the case has been that the police refused to actively solicit the FBI's help, and the reason became clear when the police chief was arrested; James Burke was arrested for brutalizing some junkie in the station house while everyone watched - a junkie Burke was particularly pissed at because he'd stolen Burke's duffel back filled with sex toys and kiddie porn. Burke, who had a history of using and abusing prostitutes himself, is now suspected by some of actually being the serial killer. Probably not, but he was always a nutcase cop and everyone knew it. I hate when people who are authorized to use force abuse it, it makes my blood boil. https://www.newsday.com/long-island/crime/burke-beating-sentence-1.29630759

A-Bob, I'm standing by the dumbest thing you've heard in a long time (hey, don't forget I recommended UAL last week, so at least give me 1-and-1). Cops are the greatest, love 'em, and psych evals for street cops might have prevented what just happened in Minneapolis. I think it (the evals) will happen, too, even though so far the only person I know who has mentioned it is me.

Unlike most people and certainly all other presidents, Miss M, it doesn't phase Trump at all when he's called a racist, he'll just say he's the least racist person on the planet and drive on. His authenticity bowls right over the naysayers.

Jane, I've been reading about your troubles, I can't imagine and I'm so sorry. Try to stay upbeat, tomorrow will probably be better.

A-Bob, I think blacks are not unreasonable if they see that video and see racism, and blacks have seen way too many videos like that. Before everyone had a camera 24/7, there were horrible things that happened just the same - at the NYPD, for instance. I don't believe it even is racism, it's just bad cops. Cops have cuffs and nightsticks and guns - every street cop needs a psych eval every year. The teachable moment is that Trump can show the citizenry that bad cops won't be tolerated, that good cops aren't racist, and that blacks don't need to tear apart their own neighborhoods to get an actual response from government that will improve things for the first time ever. Trump can pull this off.

And I hope Trump leads on this Minneapolis thing (an actual teachable moment) and I think he's smart so I expect he will.

I've got a prediction. Personally, I think it's hilarious that Trump bats Scarborough around as a cat does with a mouse, but I don't see how he demands internet behavior from others in the current environment. Therefore, in a shocker, Trump will apologize about (probably not to, directly) Scarborough. Trump Apology, I wish I could get odds on it.

This suggests the draft order has not gone through the normal interagency review process. If the order includes phrases like "no one has ever seen anything like this" and "really terrible terrible people", that will be the tell.

I'm going to get her later today when I get the word, Miss M, I'm sure they'll have some system set up so that I don't even set foot inside the hospital.

Miss M, I always loved that Goldberg's intent was always something simple, like "turn on the light", and with the most overly elaborate (though ingenious) way to get it done.

What's that, Jane, covfefe rules? :-)