I doubt they'd announce charges without the plea if it was guilty. Adams and his lawyers would have been in communication with the prosecutor to discuss plea deals. Had they come to an agreement the headline would instead read like "Adams to plead guilty to [insert crimes here]."

if there's a safety concern that should be handled by regulation

Regulation won't detail what a company does to that level. They might say something like "fasteners shouldn't come loose" but it wouldn't have a torque spec.

If whatever it is is that critical to the safe operation it should be publicly documented so that third parties...

That would run face first into proprietary info and corporate classified info.

I'd temper that by saying a manufacturer would need to provide a reasonable option. Some things could become dangerous or even deadly if repaired incorrectly. Or it could be dangerous or deadly to even attempt to repair it.

That says the Steele dossier was "fraudulent and discredited". Did I miss something? I thought a decent amount of it was framed as hearsay and not trying to make a factual claim.

This timeline is so fucking stupid I wasn't immediately discounting the "Mertrude" claim because.... well this timeline is fucking stupid.

"Trust me, I'm an expert."

Thank you. After the deluge I did hit up Wikipedia. The skin was coated in flammable material as I remembered. It did say the skin being a major factor was controversial and that the burn patterns didn't indicate that to be likely, which is fine. But just the blanket downvotes with no one addressing that is annoying. It stifles any conversation. Were I not a naturally curious person I wouldn't have looked into it further. I'm sure plenty of the downvotes came from people that probably didn't even know about the static discharge part and still don't know because they just downvoted and moved on in their ignorance.

Scott's Creek

So close. :)

No no no. He was totes "undecided" until this one issue. As soon as the next issue crops up, he'll again switch from undecided to trump. He will continue this trend as long as he thinks someone will be convinced. He's the common clay of the new west and he will be heard.

Could've made it cheaper using PVC.

I thought their god only sent natural disasters after the gays.

*and possibly a small numbered tattoo apparently