I canโt tell if thatโs an unfair analogy or not. Blobfish are perfectly charming deep-sea sculpins that only end up looking so pathetic and sad after theyโve died from explosive decompression, which is not exactly an attractive look on most animals.
But then maybe anything worthwhile there was in Ted Cruz also underwent explosive decompression ages ago, and this shambling monstrosity is whatโs left behind.
โBetween the cost of defending myself in 6 remaining merit-less but sensationalized harassment civil suits and the J-6 [January 6th] Witchhunt my legal expenses are formidable,โ he wrote in an email. He added that the โcancer therapies not covered by insurance for my wife are also not inexpensive.โ
You know, Roger, if you supported single-payer, your wifeโs cancer treatment costs wouldnโt be a concern.
Jennifer Crumbleyโs lackluster appeal to her son was a symptom of a larger pattern of alleged parental neglect disclosed by prosecutors this week in the coupleโs ongoing trial. In court documents filed Thursday, prosecutors alleged the Crumbleys ignored โtroublingโ red flags from their son, including instances of animal torture and disturbing, bloody sketches. Instead, they spent hours with their cherished horses andโin Jenniferโs caseโdoggedly pursued an extramarital affair.
โThe defendants had information long before Nov. 30 (six months prior to the shooting) that their sonโs only friend moved at the end of October, that the family dog died, that their son was sadder than usual, and that he was sending his mother disturbing texts about his state of mind,โ one filing said, according to the Detroit Free Press. โInstead of paying attention to their son and getting him help, they bought him a gun.โ
That is so fucking sad. On so many levels.
Makes me cry for the person he might have grown into, and the people all his victims might have grown into. If only the grown ups in his life had acted like such.
Absolutely, but Iโve never seen a news story about how a young Black defendant had lost 2 or 3 of their closest friends in the previous year, etc. etc.
Also, Iโm trying to parse the fact heโs known to engage in animal torture and oh-by-the-way, the family dog died. I see possible cause and effect here very differently than what the article is arguing.
All valid points. Especially the news coverage. All more reasons to weep, tbh.
A young white mass shooter gets more โunderstandingโ than a male Black victim of police brutality.
The article doesnโt go into details on the motherโs extramarital affair but now I wonder if this is something that was already known to her husband or if it came to light during the course of the investigation and the prosecution is using it to play them off each other. Gosh, what a shitshow of a family.
The president did not appear to recognize that the phrase is used by the right wing as a euphemism for โfโ Joe Biden,โ and responded: โLetโs go Brandon, I agree.โ