Ali's jaw was broken in the first round of his first fight with Ken Norton in 1973, and he freely admitted after his victory in the 1975 "Thrilla in Manila" that he had actually been pummeled quite badly by Joe Frazier in that fight, which he called a near-death experience.

Further, he was still fighting in the late '70s when he was clearly past his prime, ultimately losing three of his final four bouts, which included a vicious beating by Larry Holmes in 1980, which finally prompted his retirement from the ring.

I don't see how anybody can say with a straight face that the punishment he endured wasn't a factor in his subsequent physical decline.

It has always been glaringly apparent that Trump could never survive even half hearted scrutiny. Trump was saved by the number 17--his competing ne'er-do-wells and mental giants, such as Chuck Todd.

is going to be appearing in a series of anti Trump commercials written and I guess directed by Ethan Coen and Mike Judge

That said, I think a lot of people are rightly angry at the probation officer's pre-sentencing report, which apparently misrepresented the views of the victim herself. She said in her interview that she didn't wish for her assailant to "rot in prison," which was apparently misreported as a request on her part for the judge to show her assailant leniency. And so she had to subsequently correct that miscue on the stand for the public record when she delivered her statement in court:

"Now to address the sentencing. When I read the probation officer's report, I was in disbelief, consumed by anger which eventually quieted down to profound sadness. My statements have been slimmed down to distortion and taken out of context. I fought hard during this trial and will not have the outcome minimized by a probation officer who attempted to evaluate my current state and my wishes in a fifteen minute conversation, the majority of which was spent answering questions I had about the legal system. The context is also important. Brock had yet to issue a statement, and I had not read his remarks.

"My life has been on hold for over a year, a year of anger, anguish and uncertainty, until a jury of my peers rendered a judgment that validated the injustices I had endured. Had Brock admitted guilt and remorse and offered to settle early on, I would have considered a lighter sentence, respecting his honesty, grateful to be able to move our lives forward. Instead he took the risk of going to trial, added insult to injury and forced me to relive the hurt as details about my personal life and sexual assault were brutally dissected before the public. He pushed me and my family through a year of inexplicable, unnecessary suffering, and should face the consequences of challenging his crime, of putting my pain into question, of making us wait so long for justice.

"I told the probation officer I do not want Brock to rot away in prison. I did not say he does not deserve to be behind bars. The probation officer's recommendation of a year or less in county jail is a soft time­out, a mockery of the seriousness of his assaults, an insult to me and all women. It gives the message that a stranger can be inside you without proper consent and he will receive less than what has been defined as the minimum sentence. Probation should be denied. I also told the probation officer that what I truly wanted was for Brock to get it, to understand and admit to his wrongdoing."

(Emphasis is mine. I would urge everyone to read the entirety of the victim's statement to the court, to which I've linked above. While it's quite graphic at points, it's nevertheless very powerful and moving beyond words.)

Further, many people are also terribly upset at both the defendant's apparent unwillingness to express suitable remorse for his actions and, as I noted above in #79, his father's trite trivialization of his son's rape of that young woman as "20 minutes of action":

"As it stands now, Brock's like has been deeply altered by the events of Jan 17 and 18. He will never be his happy go lucky self with that easy going personality and welcoming smile. His every waking minute is consumed by worry, anxiety, fear and depression. [...] This is a steep price to pay for 20 minutes of action out of his 20 plus years of life." (Again, emphasis is mine.)

That was a shockingly poor choice of words on his father's part, to say the very least, and one would surely be forgiven for thinking "like father, like son." That may not be a fair assessment but hey, who said life was fair?

how little we've learned over the years in terms of bias, rush to judgement and media influence.

PLEASE don't tell me that you think OJ was innocent.

Despite the disgusting nature of the defense, essentially ruining the life of the cop who found the most damning evidence, Clarke and Darden could have won it if they hadn't completely botched the closing argument.

The dude was guilty as the day is long, there was a mountain of evidence, and he walked.  Jury didn't even bother to deliberate because the prosecutors failed to make the proper closing argument that would have made it impossible for them to shirk their duty.

Uh, no. The sheer butchery on display in the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman very strongly suggests that this was a crime of passion -- and the perpetrators of such crimes of passion are hardly likely to have accomplices.

I believe the LAPD probably framed a guilty man

You are suggesting that a whole bunch of people with no motive to do so, engaged in a criminal conspiracy that they coordinated and executed without communicating with each other, and which had no possible reward except a jail term.

Walk me through this conspiracy, who did what, when and why, and how did they coordinate this conspiracy without communicating with each other?  How many people were involved, and what did each of them do?

Took my son and some of his buddies out to the kelp in Malibu on kayaks last weekend, and they caught a mess of fish.

Tagged my first tarpon about a month ago. The Mrs SUO and I went to St Maarten and I found big fish under the boats in every marina. Super spooky but super fun.

Had to try to stronghand them in, as there were anchor lines, pilings, etc., everywhere. Bent a bunch of 2/0 hooks out and broke my 50# leader a few times too.

Did get a couple pics with tarpon in hand, but, as you do, I kept them in the water. They are vulnerable, despite their Jurassic appearance, and honestly it was too much of a pita to try to lift those big tanks out of the water.

I have a fishfinder with gps on my kayak now. As the water warms hopefully the yellowtail will start showing up and I need to be able to find the highspots.

Tagged a bunch of trout up near Mammoth a while ago, need to get back up there.

Loved finally getting the payoff from all of those 'blind fighting' scenes. I got chills when she lopped that candle in half. Did not need to see more! I'm glad a girl has a name again.

I saw some of it a second time as I was getting the laundry folded and i was struck how much the actress Lady Crane looked like Kat Stark, and also her maternal care of Arya. Then the scenes of Arya running through town was  a lot like the scene of her running through Kings Landing in Season 1, remembering he 'dance master's lessons.  I wish the story telling had not been so choppy for her story int he last couple of seasons...but I understand it had to be with so many other stories.

and Jaime/Brienne scenes are always great.

All in all maybe my favorite ep this season. Poor Cersie - no trial by combat! I have to say I approve of that criminal justice reform.