It seems like every time I visit the City of Angels, it rains. Watching Angelinos drive in the rain is like watching Southerners drive in the snow. They're both highly amusing, as long as you aren't in the middle of it.

Oh, this should be fun! Nice work, if you can get it.

Massachusetts state pension, debt liability ‘at crisis level’

More than 1,400 retired state workers paid $100,000 or more; 11 $200,000 and up and two $300,000-plus

https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/01/16/massachusetts-state-pension-debt-liability-at-crisis-level/

Personally, I think it’s okay to talk to reporters any way you want. I’d call them whores, but that’s an insult to the professionalism of prostitutes.

https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/355045/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/01/15/james-madison-donald-trump-did-same-thing-trump-got-impeached/

Unless those injuries were thru-and-thru wounds, how do they not know the source of those rounds? and what of the rounds (if any) caught by body armor?

The third phase of Ogg's investigation will focus on the raid itself, which began when an officer crashed through the front door without warning and immediately used a shotgun to kill a dog. According to the HPD, Tuttle responded to this assault by firing at the officers with a revolver, and the officers fired back. Tuttle and Nicholas were killed, and four officers, including Goines, were wounded by gunfire, although the source of those rounds remains unclear.

https://reason.com/2020/01/15/grand-jury-backs-murder-charges-against-houston-cop-who-lied-to-justify-a-deadly-drug-raid/

By watching the video (which is a popcorn-worthy cringey trainwreck) it’s obvious her media coaches have been working hard. She’s got her talking points down, attempts a soothing voice, and smiles a lot. A lot. But she can’t quite hold it together.

Based on accounts of eyewitnesses in the station who were there with other interviewees that night, the atmosphere was extremely tense from the moment Gonzalez and her handlers entered the station. KUSI has been giving voice to a number of freelancers from various industries who have been harmed by AB5. Princess Lorena wasn’t too happy about that, resulting in a petulant outburst near the beginning of the 20-minute-long interview.

https://www.redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2020/01/16/764041/

Let's do Tommy Lehren first.

The sequel to Catch Me If You Can is ready:

https://mobile.twitter.com/HKaaman/status/1216456860171145220

Laughing in front of the camera seems to be as old as the invention of it:

https://mobile.twitter.com/41Strange/status/1217865005963431940

Never marry a feminist?

These folks are in a fight with human nature, and that never ends well. Men and women don’t need to think and behave the same in order to be equal in value; they need only work together toward the same goal using their respective strengths, temperaments, and desires. Forcing men and women into the same box in order to score political points, when they naturally want to go in different directions, will almost always pull them apart.

It may take ten or more years to happen. But rest assured, it will happen.

https://www.suzannevenker.com/alpha-women/never-marry-a-feminist/

Selfies in paint.

https://twitter.com/41Strange/status/1218068456186118144

If this is true, it is just another reason why Trump is merely the prettiest horse in the glue factory going into Nov. 2020

‘You’re a bunch of dopes and babies’: Inside Trump’s stunning tirade against generals

I'd like to take a quick poll on Most Horrifying Disney Princess Based On A Real Person.

Holocaust Princess or Princess 2016, your choice.

I'm more touched by how none of the princesses can be identified from their drawn form. Like RBG. When you take 70 years off she is completely unrecognizable. Seems more like someone wanted to draw generic Disney princesses and then tried to shoehorn in some famous people after the fact.