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A.M. Links: U.S. Accuses Russia of Violating Nuclear Arms Treaty, Chances of Ebola Reaching U.S. Low, Democrats Cashing In After Suggesting Obama Could Be Impeached

Ed Krayewski | 7.29.2014 9:00 AM

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    The United States has accused Russia of violating the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty by testing a cruise missile.

  • The chances that an outbreak of Ebola in West Africa will reach the United States  are remote, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
  • Democrats are cashing in on speculation fueled by Democrats that House Republicans would try to impeach President Obama, raising $2.1 million last weekend in online donations alone.
  • The attorney general of North Carolina, Democrat Roy Cooper said the state would no longer defend its constitutional ban on recognizing same-sex marriage after a federal court ruled a similar constitutional provision in Virginia federally unconstitutional.
  • The dating site OKCupid announced that like Facebook it too has experimented with its users, arguing that experimenting with users is "how websites work."
  • A group called "Geeks for Consent" is calling for organizers of Comic Con to institute a zero tolerance policy for physical and verbal sexual harassment. 

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  1. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    The United States has accused Russia of violating the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty by testing a cruise missile.

    Damn. I knew I should have invested in nuclear futures.

    1. Rufus J. Firefly   11 years ago

      Hello.

      1. UnCivilServant   11 years ago

        Hail.

        1. Drax the Destroyer   11 years ago

          HYDRA

          1. hamilton   11 years ago

            Hy Drax!

            1. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

              Hydrox?

              1. Almanian!   11 years ago

                Oreos - duh

                1. Rufus J. Firefly   11 years ago

                  From 'Hello' comes Oreo.

                  I love you freaks.

                  1. UnCivilServant   11 years ago

                    I ran into limited edition 'Limeaide' Oreos at the store. They weren't half bad.

                    1. Drax the Destroyer   11 years ago

                      What unholy scorched earth future do you come from Servant?

                      Also, do they still have Cadbury creme eggs in the after times?

                    2. UnCivilServant   11 years ago

                      What unholy scorched earth future do you come from Servant?

                      Also, do they still have Cadbury creme eggs in the after times?

                      I come from New York (State).

                      and

                      Only around Easter.

                    3. hamilton   11 years ago

                      Only around Easter.

                      One of my FB friends posted a picture of Creme Eggs filled with "green goo" for sale as Halloween candy. Yesterday. Which is a crime against nature for two reasons.

                    4. Drax the Destroyer   11 years ago

                      That's what happens if you leave them on the shelf until October, Ham.

                    5. Steve G   11 years ago

                      Green eggs and Ham...ilton

                    6. GILMORE   11 years ago

                      (grumbles while wiping vomit off of desk)

                  2. Rich   11 years ago

                    You may find this amusing, then, Rufus.

                    1. Rufus J. Firefly   11 years ago

                      Fuh.

                      Amusing.

                      But.

                      Da fuh?

                    2. Rich   11 years ago

                      An "Oreo" is "Black on the outside; white on the inside." Michael Steele is a Black Republican.

                2. Kaptious Kristen   11 years ago

                  Hydrox were way better than Oreos.

  2. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    A group called "Geeks for Consent" is calling for organizers of Comic Con to institute a zero tolerance policy for physical and verbal sexual harassment.

    No chaotic evil. Got it.

    1. Swiss Servator, Alles Klar   11 years ago

      But Lawful Evil is OK?

      1. wareagle   11 years ago

        Lawful Evil is an interesting band name.

        1. sloopyinva (previously -inca)   11 years ago

          Isn't that the name of the NYPD Departmental band?

    2. UnCivilServant   11 years ago

      I'm Neutral Evil, is that still allowed?

      1. BakedPenguin   11 years ago

        If you were really neutral evil, you wouldn't care if it were allowed.

        (glares at UCS in suspicious fashion)

        1. UnCivilServant   11 years ago

          *Calmly shivs BP and keeps walking.*

          *suspicious whistling*

          1. BakedPenguin   11 years ago

            I... retract... my... reservation. (passes out, bleeding profusely.)

    3. hamilton   11 years ago

      That's going to piss off the Demogorgon worshippers.

      1. Swiss Servator, spare a franc?   11 years ago

        Ah, we can just sic the Chromatic Dragon on 'em.

        1. Mock-star   11 years ago

          +1 THAc0

    4. Zeb   11 years ago

      What is their definition for verbal sexual harassment?

      Unwanted physical contact is certainly bad, but shouldn't someone dressing up as some super-sexy version of a comic character expect a bit of attention?

      1. Fr?ulein Nikki   11 years ago

        OMG Zeb you are so part of the problem.

        1. Zeb   11 years ago

          I might even go so far as to say that getting that sort of attention is a large part of the motivation for dressing up like that.

          1. Drake   11 years ago

            The outrage is the payoff.

          2. Brett L   11 years ago

            Its the fat mouth-breathers with visible erections that are the problem. That's never part of the cosplay fantasy. Its always being noticed by Nathan Fillion or someone like that in their head, and some dude who doesn't regularly speak to anyone fumbling his way through painfully awkward attempts at conversation IRL.

            1. Zeb   11 years ago

              And that's the problem with verbal sexual harassment policies. It has too much to do with who is doing the harassing.
              Of course there are clearly inappropriate cases, like a boss constantly making comments or something like that where there is a power relationship. But when the difference between unwanted harassment and flattering attention is based on the "victim's" preference in men, that's a bit different.

              1. Calidissident   11 years ago

                I would say that repeat comments after it's been made clear that they're unwanted are out of bounds regardless of if there's a power difference. I largely agree with you if we are talking about an initial comment

                1. Brett L   11 years ago

                  Yes, well that does seem to be the major difference over the last 25 years. Sure, a guy shouting obscenities at a woman while grabbing his crotch is harassing her. At this point, the line has moved to any unwelcome comments by members of the opposite sex who are not attractive. "You look great in that Harley Quinn costume" is harassing by an unattractive man, but an invitation to flirt from a more attractive man.

                  1. gimmeasammich   11 years ago

                    "You look great in that Harley Quinn costume" is harassing by an unattractive man, but an invitation to flirt from a more attractive man.

                    This is how I know you are lying. I've been to Dragon Con in Atlanta and I can tell you from experience that there were plenty of opportunities to utter this phrase, but no situations where it would have been the honest truth. Unless you like fatties.

      2. JW   11 years ago

        Is there going to be the harassment equivalent of the rape whistle?

        Can we haz a harassment kazoo?

        1. pan fried wylie   11 years ago

          Slide-whistle.

          1. Bobarian   11 years ago

            Skin flute?

      3. Brett L   11 years ago

        Let's just establish a minimum attractiveness standard for types of attention and call it a day.

      4. AlmightyJB   11 years ago

        Aren't those all hookers?

  3. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    The dating site OKCupid announced that like Facebook it too has experimented with its users, arguing that experimenting with users is "how websites work."

    I certainly feel there were times when reason was fucking with us on purpose.

    1. Swiss Servator, Alles Klar   11 years ago

      The Squirrelz gather data on us....in furtherance of their dark designs.

      1. Protagoronus   11 years ago

        Are there any serious artists on here? I request a tshirt with squirrelz driving a tractor, eating deep dish "pizza," and towing a lion.

        1. Swiss Servator, spare a franc?   11 years ago

          Wearing a scale sized version of The Jacket.

        2. invisible furry hand   11 years ago

          This guy will create anything you want (SFW)

        3. AlmightyJB   11 years ago

          Needs moar fetus and rape. Also caps and brackets.

          1. AlmightyJB   11 years ago

            Plus foreskin

            1. Bobarian   11 years ago

              That's why it should be a hoodie...

              /Dickhead

        4. GILMORE   11 years ago

          "Protagoronus|7.29.14 @ 10:04AM|#

          Are there any serious artists on here?"

          There ARE No 'serious artists', my friend

    2. hamilton   11 years ago

      That would explain away certain commenters as either researchers under pseudonym or the victims/outcomes of these cruel experiments.

      1. Auric Demonocles   11 years ago

        It's just a massive Turing test experiment.

        1. UnCivilServant   11 years ago

          I always fail the turing test.

          1. Swiss Servator, Alles Klar   11 years ago

            RishMoJoJo jsut isn't gonna liek this!

          2. Auric Demonocles   11 years ago

            That's exactly what a poorly designed computer/AI would say.

            1. UnCivilServant   11 years ago

              [System Error - Algorthmic reply subsystem timeout]...

              +10 ms.

            2. kinnath   11 years ago

              not not what, but nit wit.

              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri7O3o1fsRc

        2. Scruffy Nerfherder   11 years ago

          I always figures it was an NSA honeypot

    3. Rich   11 years ago

      BWAHAHAHAA!!

      /squirrels

    4. Doctor Whom   11 years ago

      That is an outrage. NSA spying is just one of those things (except insofar as we can pin it on Bush, in which case it's an outrage, too).

  4. db   11 years ago

    Democrats are cashing in on speculation fueled by Democrats that House Republicans would try to impeach President Obama, raising $2.1 million last weekend in online donations alone.

    Because Democrats might vote to impeach if they didn't get enough contributions?

    1. UnCivilServant   11 years ago

      They buy votes all the time, constituents, legislators, dead people.

    2. Swiss Servator, Alles Klar   11 years ago

      I like that....kind of the televangelist who said God was going to come and take him if he didn't get $X by ____.

      1. db   11 years ago

        "They're right. I DO want your money. Because GOD wants your money."

    3. Brett L   11 years ago

      They've already fallen to turnout strategies because they have no chance at the 7% that vote on something other than party lines.

  5. Bee Tagger   11 years ago

    "Guess what, everybody: If you use the Internet, you're the subject of hundreds of experiments at any given time, on every site,"

    Where's "Geeks for Consent" when you truly need them?

    1. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

      Extra points for combining two links into one joke.

      1. robc   11 years ago

        Maybe that should be the new requirement for first posts.

        Take the time to combine two or dont start the thread?

        1. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

          There are no rules on the internet.

          1. Steve G   11 years ago

            There's at least 34 of them...

            1. Brett L   11 years ago

              Once you get past the sex and Nazis, its all pictures of cats.

              1. invisible furry hand   11 years ago

                Or Nazi cats

  6. hamilton   11 years ago

    Democrats are cashing in on speculation fueled by Democrats that House Republicans would try to impeach President Obama, raising $2.1 million last weekend in online donations alone.

    I get totally confused by this, and it is my own dissonance at fault. Why on earth would any sane person actually give money for this cause, by now?

    1. Auric Demonocles   11 years ago

      God you're racist.

    2. Citizen Nothing   11 years ago

      any sane person

      Ah. Here's yer trouble.

      1. DontShootMe   11 years ago

        Your car is fine sir, the only trouble I can find is with the nut that holds the steering wheel.

    3. wareagle   11 years ago

      dude, it's Dems soliciting Dems. Sanity not included.

    4. Bo Cara Esq.   11 years ago

      Lots of the Democrat base still like him, some rather enthusiastically. Blacks especially are not keen to see the first black President be the subject of impeachment.

      1. wareagle   11 years ago

        because blacks don't expect a black president to be held to the same standards? Well, I guess not; that's been a staple of Dem philosophy for two generations now.

        1. Bo Cara Esq.   11 years ago

          I imagine Catholics would have rallied around Kennedy if there was talk of him being impeached. It's a pretty human thing for groups that have been systematically shut out of important positions to feel quite involved when one of their members finally breaks through.

          1. Scruffy Nerfherder   11 years ago

            Everybody except libertarians, who revel in minor philosophical differences.

            1. Bo Cara Esq.   11 years ago

              Well, when people attack high profile libertarians we tend to circle the wagons a bit too.

              Of course then when its just us we splinter and criticize the fellow.

              1. robc   11 years ago

                You werent around, but the reason staff didnt circle the wagon around Ron Paul.

                1. Citizen Nothing   11 years ago

                  And here we go!!!!

              2. Bobarian   11 years ago

                "Well, when people attack high profile libertarians"

                Is this a theory on your part, cause I'm looking around for the "high profile libertarians"?

                At best, maybe mid profile.

          2. Homple   11 years ago

            Progressive thought in two words: "I imagine".

            1. VG Zaytsev   11 years ago

              Give me is a more accurate summary.

        2. Chinny Chin Chin   11 years ago

          You don't have to be a black Dem to be this tribal. Even at his most unpopular, Bush the Lesser was still getting ~30% favorable ratings.

          Go, Team, go!

    5. Rufus J. Firefly   11 years ago

      Hamilton, I got into it with my sister's boyfriend over his fucking apologist nonsense over Hamas and Obama. I don't know what got over me but I lashed out and rifled out some 'for your consideration' facts only to be met with laughs. That's what really pissed and set me off - in front of my family. To him, Obama and Trudeau are the best thing since sliced bread.

      He's pushing 50.

      1. Ted S.   11 years ago

        I'm surprised he likes Obama, considering that Obama is American. 😉

      2. JW   11 years ago

        He's pushing 50.

        Just smile, nod and change the subject. He's beyond help.

        Life's too short to waste on morons.

        1. BakedPenguin   11 years ago

          Or go far beyond that. Spout communist rhetoric and insult him for being too much of a pansy to really fight for the lower classes.

          1. Rufus J. Firefly   11 years ago

            I stared him down and said things like 'you're going to seriously sit there with a straight face and say that?"

            Even my apolitical wife had to offer her opinion about Trudeau being a gaffe-goof ball.

      3. VG Zaytsev   11 years ago

        Just call him an Joooo hating anti-semite.

        Bo's demonstrated that is the real motivation of Pali sympathy.

        1. Bo Cara Esq.   11 years ago

          Work it, Rev. Al!

          Tell us about Tawana some more!

  7. waffles   11 years ago

    House Republicans would try to impeach President Obama

    The D's wish this would happen. It won't. But damn they are craven and cynical.

    1. db   11 years ago

      Of course they do. It would be a perfect misdirection of attention. They look back at the impeachment of Clinton as the event that cemented his future good reputation and planted the "obstructionist Republicans" idea in the public consciousness.

      1. Drax the Destroyer   11 years ago

        Let alone, the old racist canard could be trotted out for the trillionth time that week.

    2. LynchPin1477   11 years ago

      It reminds me of the scaremongering about the draft in the early 2000s

      1. Almanian!   11 years ago

        Hey, I still remember when electing Reagan GUARANTEED we were all gonna die in a nuke fight with the Rooskies.

        GUAR. AN. TEED.

        1. Rich   11 years ago

          Hey, don't forget Daisy Girl!

          1. waffles   11 years ago

            That video was pure awesome. But I still would have voted for Goldwater.

        2. Ted S.   11 years ago

          What might save us, me and you
          Is that the Russians love their children too

          1. robc   11 years ago

            Does Putin have kids?

            1. invisible furry hand   11 years ago

              Two daughters. One had to flee the Netherlands after MH17

        3. jmomls   11 years ago

          Yup. I remember libs blathering about how Reagan was okay with the American family farm being run out of business because who needs food when you're gonna start a nuclear war? Hurr, durr.

  8. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    Democrats are cashing in on speculation fueled by Democrats that House Republicans would try to impeach President Obama...

    The specter of Palin continues to be a funding source for Democrats well past its shelf life.

    1. Almanian!   11 years ago

      Th obsession with Palin truly befuddles me. She is such a nothing at this point - but my Proggie friends (esp teh Feeemayles) just HATE her. Any mention of her name is like Bill Murray as Hunter Thompson saying, "NIXON!" to his dog in "Where The Buffalo Roam". Same reaction.

      1. invisible furry hand   11 years ago

        They're just getting their fix of two minute hate

      2. Ted S.   11 years ago

        They're threatened by any woman who doesn't think the proper (ie. proggie) way. Such women aren't "real" women.

        1. Bo Cara Esq.   11 years ago

          The women I know who dislike her who are not rabid partisans think she reflects bad on professional women.

          1. VG Zaytsev   11 years ago

            Was she ever claim to be a professional woman?

            She was an entrepreneur, then a stay at home mom that got into politics. You know the kind of normal person that everyone claims they want to replace professional pols.

            1. Bo Cara Esq.   11 years ago

              A governor is not a professional?

              Derp.

              1. Citizen Nothing   11 years ago

                Well, in her case...

              2. Azathoth!!   11 years ago

                No.

                A governor is a politician. A governor can come from any walk of life. It is an office, not a profession.

                Palin was not a 'professional' when she entered politics.

        2. BigT   11 years ago

          The first woman Prez MUST be a donkey. Hence outrage at attempts to steal their sanctimony.

      3. The Last American Hero   11 years ago

        It's even worse with Limbaugh. The guy's an ass, but he's an ass that's never held or ran for office, doesn't hold an official position in the GOP, and as far as I know isn't even a delegate in his home state. He's never even worked in an administration.

  9. Auric Demonocles   11 years ago

    The dating site OKCupid announced that like Facebook it too has experimented with its users, arguing that experimenting with users is "how websites work."

    I knew that bisexual nympho gamer redhead studying neuroscience couldn't be real.

    1. Ted S.   11 years ago

      I thought that bisexual nympho redhead was you.

      1. Auric Demonocles   11 years ago

        I'm pretty much as straight as it is possible to be. Also I have never taken a single class in neuroscience.

        I do hit the other three items, though some people might argue the redhead and gamer parts are borderline.

        1. Auric Demonocles   11 years ago

          Which vaguely reminds me:

          hamilton, I tried that geometry game you linked a while ago. Pretty fun. I wish it had more levels.

          1. hamilton   11 years ago

            I got stuck on constructing the mutual tangents of two circles. BTW someone ought to ping Tarran so we can finalize the Epic Boston-area-Hampersnad-meetup.

            1. Auric Demonocles   11 years ago

              That one took me a while. I came up with a ton of things that looked tangent to both, but weren't quite.

              No one responded to my last email describing the scheduling conflicts, did they?

              1. Auric Demonocles   11 years ago

                There was only 1 or 2 levels after that one, btw.

            2. Reverend Mayhem   11 years ago

              mutual tangents

              Great band name.

        2. Ted S.   11 years ago

          Actually, I was trying to joke that you were going to an online dating site claiming to be a bisexual nympho redhead when you really aren't.

          On the internet, nobody knows you're a dog and all that.

  10. db   11 years ago

    A group called "Geeks for Consent" is calling for organizers of Comic Con to institute a zero tolerance policy for physical and verbal sexual harassment

    Pack it up, folks, that party is over.

    1. Bobarian   11 years ago

      Isn't the possible opportunity to receive "physical and verbal sexual harassment" the major draw to attending ComicCon?

      /"Geeks for Getting Some"

    2. JW   11 years ago

      Pack it up, folks, that party is over.

      Fat girl cosplay is right behind that one.

      1. Azathoth!!   11 years ago

        Nah, it's cute girl cosplay that's behind this.

        The recent Potter/Twilight/TrueBlood/Anime fueled waves of quasi-goth chicks that have entered fandom are shocked and dismayed to discover that the reason there are so many cute sexy costumes to wear is because of the preponderance of maladjusted male geeks who really get off on that kinda thing--and will buy it as often as they can in comic, film, and action figure form.

        To suddenly have girls wandering through cons who aren't paid booth babes who look good is simply blowing their minds.

        And their clumsy comeons are making the girls sick--so it must be harassment, right?

  11. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    The chances that an outbreak of Ebola in West Africa will reach the United States are remote, according to the Centers for Disease Control.

    It's much more likely the CDC will unwittingly unleash it here itself.

    1. UnCivilServant   11 years ago

      Naw, they're more likely to unleash Hantavirus here.

      1. Swiss Servator, Alles Klar   11 years ago

        Smallpox or anthrax too.

    2. DontShootMe   11 years ago

      Nah, it'll be some damned terror they cooked up in a lab, 100x worse than Ebola.

      "I left it right here in the fridge, right next to Bill's Diet Coke!"

      1. SugarFree   11 years ago

        "Ebola Cola: The Infection That Refreshes"

        1. Rich   11 years ago

          "Everything goes with Ebola Cola!"

          1. SugarFree   11 years ago

            I got this for my birthday.

            1. invisible furry hand   11 years ago

              Nice. I want this for my birthday

            2. Swiss Servator, spare a franc?   11 years ago

              Very nice - I want one!

        2. invisible furry hand   11 years ago

          Does it clean toilet bowls like other colas?

        3. invisible furry hand   11 years ago

          Does it clean toilet bowls like other colas?

          1. SugarFree   11 years ago

            Yes, if you consider something drenched in blood to be clean.

            1. Scruffy Nerfherder   11 years ago

              For you

              1. SugarFree   11 years ago

                Blood sausage FTW!

                Although real cooks use fresh blood. The anti-coagulants in the blood bags really throw the flavor off.

              2. Rich   11 years ago

                One chef unlikely to embrace their recommendation is Nick Nairn, who vomited on his own television show after watching a Hebridean crofter stir up blood to make black pudding.

                I daresay even SF would draw the line at substituting *vomit* for egg whites.

                1. SugarFree   11 years ago

                  Maybe if it was artisanal vomit...

    3. Rich   11 years ago

      *** searches anxiously for hand sanitizer ***

    4. Drax the Destroyer   11 years ago

      Famous. Last. Words.

      Looks like "The Stand" is about to go down.

      1. Ted S.   11 years ago

        Or that horrible movie Outbreak.

        1. Drax the Destroyer   11 years ago

          I prefer a world where I get to move to Boulder (or Vegas) to fight for (or kill) humanity's soul. If I wanted to see Hoffman ham it up as the world descended into hell, I'd just watch my vhs copy of Hook while sitting in a busy intersection in Newark, NJ.

        2. JW   11 years ago

          Did they ever find that monkey?

      2. Jerryskids   11 years ago

        As soon as Obama assures us he's got a plan to keep Ebola from crossing the border it's time to run like hell.

        1. Rich   11 years ago

          Yep. And I suppose any ideas for speeding up the TSA lines are toast.

          1. DontShootMe   11 years ago

            Yeah, just try getting a slice of toast through security.

    5. Tonio   11 years ago

      I'm surprised they didn't try to raise the panic flag to get more money and control.

  12. Jordan   11 years ago

    1 in 3 U.S. adults have 'debt in collections'

    "Mission accomplished!"
    - central bank clowns

    1. Citizen Nothing   11 years ago

      Jubilee!

    2. Ted S.   11 years ago

      Keep people in debt to make them beholden to the government.

      1. Drax the Destroyer   11 years ago

        It also makes those beholden less likely to move, change jobs, start a business that could one day rival some large corporations, do anything creative, or simply, do hookers and blow. I don't know what these banking asswipes have a against the average man partaking in hookers and blow, but it's got to be nefarious to say the least.

        1. antisocial-ist   11 years ago

          If the little people hot hookers and blow, it would drive prices up for the current consumers.(bankers and politicians)

          1. invisible furry hand   11 years ago

            If they don't want little people to have hookers and blow they should just put them on a high shelf

            1. Almanian!   11 years ago

              heh

              +1 shelving unit

    3. KDN   11 years ago

      The debt in collections ranged from as little as $25 to a whopping $125,000. But the average amount owed was $5,200.

      I'm in collections over an $80 fine the NY state tax dept believes I owe them that they will never, ever see. My situation is the most common one (from the report: "The median amount is substantially lower at $651"): a small amount that the debtor either doesn't know about or is disputing.

      1. VG Zaytsev   11 years ago

        Debt collection is mostly a complete scam that should be legal curtailed.

        The truth is that all small debts in collection have inadequate evidence trails to win a judgement in small claims court. It's legalized extortion via threats to ruin your reputation.

        1. jmomls   11 years ago

          Yeah, no one should ever have to pay their debts. Contract law is such a scam.

        2. FYTW   11 years ago

          In reality the power that collections agencies actually have is quite limited, and they're subject to some pretty stiff penalties if they go outside the lines.

          The problem, basically, is that consumers don't actually know that a lot of the more outrageous practices of collections agencies are against the law.

    4. Brett L   11 years ago

      Eh. I'm about to be there because my dentist and dental insurance can't get on the same page. I'm not paying them $150 for a covered visit. I'll get a new dentist and let that shit sit in collections. If they didn't charge me the "right amount" for the visit, that isn't my problem. As far as I'm concerned, payment was in full at the time service was rendered.

      1. Pl?ya Manhattan.   11 years ago

        I have several of those "victories". I don't give a shit. My house is paid off and I don't need credit.

        My favorite was a bill for lab work done for my life insurance physical. I didn't agree to any of it, and they should not have billed me. I would periodically send the collections company checks for $.01. They stopped calling.

        1. Swiss Servator, spare a franc?   11 years ago

          "I would periodically send the collections company checks for $.01. They stopped calling."

          *stands to applaud*

        2. Brett L   11 years ago

          Ooh. Nice.

        3. Brett L   11 years ago

          My personal favorite was telling Sprint I would never give them another dollar. I actually paid the collections guys over the phone the minute they called me. That's how angry I was with Sprint. Fuck whether or not I keep the money, I'd rather give it to these bottom feeders than Sprint.

  13. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    ...after a federal court ruled a similar constitutional provision in Virginia federally unconstitutional.

    See, Democrats? Some times the United States Constitution is worth considering.

  14. Rich   11 years ago

    Are you man enough for the Set Your Chest Hair Alight CHALLENGE?

    1. Slammer   11 years ago

      Cleveland fire challenge gone wrong

      1. Rich   11 years ago

        "Unbearable, yea, basically," said the teen who suffered second-degree burns. "Literally after it got put out it was already blistering, it's just hard."

        "Well, time to light some farts!"

    2. hamilton   11 years ago

      He is not nearly hirsute enough for that to be interesting. I'd go up like flash paper.

    3. DontShootMe   11 years ago

      Ok, all these clowns fail the Turing test as well. And the Darwin test. Alright everybody, outta the gene pool!

  15. invisible furry hand   11 years ago

    Which is worse:

    A 551-pound man wanted his house arrest sentence to be reduced because he is too heavy to leave his home anyway

    or

    his sentence is for supplying more than 1 million oxycodone and other prescription pills to "pain management" clinics run by Christopher and Jeffrey George Wellington

    or

    the writer doesn't know the difference between "respectfully" and "respectively"

    http://tampa.cbslocal.com/2014.....eave-home/

    1. Swiss Servator, Alles Klar   11 years ago

      Yes.

    2. waffles   11 years ago

      I'll take C. Being paid to write poorly is a most egregious sin. I have to wonder what kind of business the fat man was doing if he couldn't leave his home. Did he have minions?

      1. Drax the Destroyer   11 years ago

        I suspect the writer probably learnt to rite at a public scoool. You know, the places that now teach such award-winning feel-goody courses like pop science/business hatred, propaganda 101, math is hard and you should hate it, and fuck exercising because you'll probably just get made fun for wearing the wrong colored shirt anyway. I'm actually surprised the guy knows how to spell his name...allegedly.

        1. Citizen Nothing   11 years ago

          My byline was once misspelled in my newspaper. True story.

          1. Drax the Destroyer   11 years ago

            It's cool Nothing. I botch up my writing constantly due to the potent cocktail of Quaaludes, BBQ Sauce, and Delicious Chelada burning through my system. Pobody's Nerfect.

            1. waffles   11 years ago

              I had a vivid dream a few months back where I had quit my job and taken out a bunch of debt to flee to Australia and open a bar called "Pobody's Nerfect". I told people I was Pobody and had a pretty good time.

              1. Drax the Destroyer   11 years ago

                Were you on 'Ludes waffly?

                1. waffles   11 years ago

                  Melatonin, St. John's Wort, and Valerian Root. I need to be well rested and have abstained from alcohol and cannabis. YMMV.

          2. JW   11 years ago

            "Darrin Stephens"?

            1. Citizen Nothing   11 years ago

              Dick York

              1. JW   11 years ago

                Just as long as it wasn't Fake Darrin.

            2. gimmeasammich   11 years ago

              +1 Uncle Arthur

          3. Brett L   11 years ago

            I hope the editor responsible still buys you drinks whenever you're in the same bar.

    3. Ted S.   11 years ago

      So he couldn't leave his home, but was able to provide a million pills to doctors?

      1. invisible furry hand   11 years ago

        My fat uncle's cousin's father made $87,493,567 working on the internet and bought a Lexus

        1. Almanian!   11 years ago

          HAHA! What a dumbass! All the cool bots are driving Audis!

    4. Bobarian   11 years ago

      This is the worst part:

      "Goodman has only left his home three times since his sentencing; which was for his visits to the hospital, religious ceremonies, and his wedding."

      What-in-holy-fuck?

      1. PD Scott   11 years ago

        Some wives wonder where their husbands are, his knows exactly where he is at all times.

      2. Brett L   11 years ago

        I figure a million pain pills at a discount is still about a million bucks.

  16. wareagle   11 years ago

    politically speaking, impeachment makes little sense. Seems Obama would have far greater value to the Repubs left in place, twisting and flailing.

    1. db   11 years ago

      Practically, removing only Obama from office would solve no pproblems for anyone except maybe the Democrats.

    2. Rich   11 years ago

      Therefore, the Stupid Party will proceed to lose the Senate.

  17. The Late P Brooks   11 years ago

    The chances that an outbreak of Ebola in West Africa will reach the United States are remote, according to the Centers for Disease Control.

    Pretty much a certainty, then.

  18. Mike M.   11 years ago

    So how's the weather for everyone out there on this fine late July "global warming" Tuesday?

    1. Swiss Servator, spare a franc?   11 years ago

      Enjoying mid 50s every morning on the way to work.

      1. Drake   11 years ago

        It is the nicest, driest, coolest, most comfortable July day I've seen since moving to NJ 20 years ago. Thank you global cooling.

        As I walked out this morning, I was wondering if there was somewhere not California like this all the time.

        1. JW   11 years ago

          Thank you global cooling.

          It's The Pause!!! THE PAUSE!!11!1!

        2. Clich? Bandit   11 years ago

          Where is Viking Moose? I bet he knows a place.

    2. waffles   11 years ago

      This "Tuesday" is pretty nice and chilly. The cooler hair sharpens my senses and makes me feel alert, peppy even. And I stooped doing amphetamines years ago.

      1. Bobarian   11 years ago

        "The cooler hair?"

        Is that the side you feather and put purple dye in?

        1. waffles   11 years ago

          I picked the wrong decade to stop doing amphetamines.

          1. Rich   11 years ago

            "She stoops to conquer."

    3. Elspeth Flashman   11 years ago

      Also mid 50s to high of 75 here. Not bad. I think I will wear boots this afternoon.

      1. Restoras   11 years ago

        Go on...

    4. CatoTheElder   11 years ago

      We've had a mild summer here in North Texas, too.

      That's why they call it "global climate change". The warming trend might not go on forever, but interdecadal change was inevitable.

      1. CatoTheElder   11 years ago

        interdecadal = decadal

      2. Ted S.   11 years ago

        "Mild" for North Texas meaning highs of 100 instead of 120. :-p

        1. CatoTheElder   11 years ago

          Actually, only one or two 100+ days so far ... very unusual.

    5. Trials and Trippelations   11 years ago

      60s in the morning. High 70s in the afternoon. I think I'll go for a short hike this afternoon.

    6. Karl Hungus   11 years ago

      Low 90s here in north Florida, with about 250 percent humidity, I think.

    7. Kaptious Kristen   11 years ago

      Fucking awesome. That is all.

    8. Brett L   11 years ago

      This is the second week its been appropriately hot in my part of the world. I guess the El Nino is dead.

  19. invisible furry hand   11 years ago

    "Do you promise to stick your tongue wherever she asks?"

    Juggalo wedding!

    1. Rich   11 years ago

      Whoop! Whoop!

      *** showers happy couple with Faygo ***

    2. waffles   11 years ago

      I really like this sentence.

      A lesbian couple holds hands as Dark Lotus raps about how they "they built the Pyramids while bumpin' this shit."

    3. Fr?ulein Nikki   11 years ago

      Juggalos for consent!

    4. Slammer   11 years ago

      "Fucking RECOGNITION, How does it work?"

    5. Protagoronus   11 years ago

      "Gang" wedding? Surprising no one droned them.

      1. Trials and Trippelations   11 years ago

        Their skin wasn't brown enough.

        1. Swiss Servator, spare a franc?   11 years ago

          How could you tell with all the black and white makeup on everyone?

  20. UnCivilServant   11 years ago

    Being the 30 day anniversary of the launch of Shadowboy, I'm now allowed to start promotional deals.

    Some time today, Shadowboy will start selling for $0.99 .

    /end shameless self-promotion.

    1. MegaloMonocle   11 years ago

      Done.

      It better not suck. 😉

  21. The Late P Brooks   11 years ago

    1 in 3 U.S. adults have 'debt in collections'

    EASY MONEY!

    What could possibly go wrong?

    1. Rich   11 years ago

      'debt in collections'

      OK, I'll bite. What is that?

      Assuming of course, 'collections' is not a typo for 'spades'.

      1. UnCivilServant   11 years ago

        It's been sold to debt collectors and they're getting harassed and/or threatened for repayment.

        1. Rich   11 years ago

          Thanks, UCS! (I did stumble onto TFA.)

      2. Zeb   11 years ago

        The original creditor has sold the debt to debt collectors.

  22. invisible furry hand   11 years ago

    Newest anti-vaxx trend causes babies' brains to bleed

    Parents are now denying newborns important Vitamin K injections to avoid unnecessary "toxins"

    1. Ted S.   11 years ago

      If the babies live to adulthood, they should sue the pants off their parents.

    2. Drax the Destroyer   11 years ago

      Not that I'm on the anti-vaxx crazy train, but what did people do before these Vitamin K injections were available? Were brain-bleeding babies chucked into the street with the starving elderly and mentally ill?

      1. UnCivilServant   11 years ago

        Well, I do recall that historical infant mortality rates were rather high. The causes were probably not from one singular item, but each thing that modern medicine can do to reduce that does help.

        1. db   11 years ago

          This is literally the first time I have ever.heard of injecting babies with Vitamin K OR "brain bleeding" in babies.

          1. Drax the Destroyer   11 years ago

            Yeah, that was my reaction.

          2. Spoonman.   11 years ago

            They do it immediately at birth. The baby doesn't give a damn (at least my daughter didn't) because she was just born and she's super quiet and alert.

          3. Matrix   11 years ago

            Well, I did know about Vitamin K shots, but the bleeding brain, nope... that's a first for me.

      2. Andrew S.   11 years ago

        It's not that it's horribly common, but that there's a simple, harmless way to avoid it happening at all, and these idiots read something on the internet and decide that they're going to skip it and risk their child's health.

    3. Scruffy Nerfherder   11 years ago

      If the medical establishment would recognize and talk about actual risks with vaccines more openly, people wouldn't be so prone to adopting idiotic practices based on internet rumors. As it is, there appears to be a stone wall of silence among most pediatricians concerning over-medication and other risk factors, including genetic susceptibilities to immune system problems brought on by certain vaccines.

      1. Andrew S.   11 years ago

        Stone wall of silence? Every time my daughter got vaccinations we got a paper showing just what the risks were, and the chances of them happening.

        1. Scruffy Nerfherder   11 years ago

          Primarily short term effects if they were anything like the ones we have been given. Oh, you might have a reaction or feel flu-like for a few days. Take some Tylenol or come back to the hospital. Nothing about long-term problems usually.

          My son had a massive systemic yeast infection for years brought on by the Hep B vaccine administered when he was an infant (cultured in yeast instead of eggs). It took multiple doctors before we found one who even considered testing for it. When we brought the info back to our regular pediatricians, it was met with mostly indifference. (And just try to get exempted from the Hep B vaccine in the maternity ward, they'll treat you like a nut.)

          Additionally, he carries a genetic disorder (present in 10% of Europeans) that prevents him from excreting metals properly. As such, he had aluminum poisoning from vaccine treatments (aluminum replaced thimerosal in children's vaccines). Again, there seem to be only a select few doctors who recognize this risk.

          1. fuck you tulpa   11 years ago

            Got it, you're one of "those".

            1. Scruffy Nerfherder   11 years ago

              And what is one of "those"?

              If you mean someone who spent thousands of dollars on lab work to determine exactly what was wrong with my child and then took appropriate action to remedy it, then yes, I am one of "those"

              If you mean someone who believes everything they read on the internet, then no I'm not.

              If you want to discuss the points I'm making, I'm completely open to it. I was pro-vaccine prior to this experience, and still have my children vaccinated for specific diseases where the risk is offset by the benefits. I will not, however, have them vaccinated for chickenpox or the flu. Nor will I allow them to receive the second dose of MMR vaccine, simply because it's a blanket treatment designed to catch the 5% of people who don't develop immunity form the first shot.

              If you're just going to throw ad hominems, then screw off.

      2. MegaloMonocle   11 years ago

        Insurance should exclude any treatment for a disease or condition that the parent's refused the vaccination or other EZ preventable treatment for. Assumption of the risk, baby.

        1. Scruffy Nerfherder   11 years ago

          Should insurance assume the risk for any disease brought on by treatment for something else?

          Are you providing legal advice to the insurance companies? Because last time I checked, what my insurance pays for and doesn't is between me and them and defined by our contract (ACA notwithstanding).

  23. Rich   11 years ago

    Suki and Brian Dunham show off OhMiBod's new product, blueMotion, at their Babeland launch party.

    Ha! And there are *some* who claim that Suki is *dead*!

  24. Elspeth Flashman   11 years ago

    Not to stun anyone, but . . .

    Missouri police who fatally stunned a mentally ill man with a Taser can't be sued over his death, a federal appeals court ruled.

    http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2014/.....urt-rules/

    1. PM   11 years ago

      "Three generations of imbeciles are enough"

    2. Ted S.   11 years ago

      STOP RESISTING!!!111!!!

      1. UnCivilServant   11 years ago

        It's a taser, I can't become perfectly conductive, so there will always be some resistance!

    3. CatoTheElder   11 years ago

      This tragedy could have been prevented if he had only followed the suggestions in this helpful handout by the DHS.

      Stop, Drop, and Cower

      1. Rich   11 years ago

        Nicely done.

      2. Karl Hungus   11 years ago

        That is a masterpiece. Did you create this?

    4. Matrix   11 years ago

      Goes to prove that you should only call the police if you are willing to have someone die.

  25. sarcasmic   11 years ago

    New York bar forced to remove 'no Irish drunks' sign after outrage from customers

    The Dock Bar & Grill in Montauk had a sign displayed in the window with a banned list which included 'Irish drunks' along with strollers and cell phones
    The owner George Watson replaced the sign with 'No Sensitive Drunks'

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new.....klash.html

    1. PM   11 years ago

      The owner George Watson replaced the sign with 'No Sensitive Drunks'

      Nicely done.

      1. Rich   11 years ago

        Let the lawsuits begin.

    2. KDN   11 years ago

      Next up: Montauk bans "Hippies Use Side Door ----" and "Beware Pickpockets and Loose Women" signs following outrage from local Green and Roma activists.

      1. PBR Streetgang   11 years ago

        I went to some chili place in Austin that had a sign reading "Hippies use backdoor only". I couldn't stop laughing, my wife just shook her head.

    3. Auric Demonocles   11 years ago

      The article seems unclear on how he was "forced".... Was it by public reaction, or by the government?

      Either way, he's kind of a prick, but that was a funny retort.

  26. sarcasmic   11 years ago

    Mother 'left her two young children unattended in car while she performed a sex act on her boyfriend in the parking lot'

    Princess Marks, 25, caught in a vehicle in Lake Charles, Louisiana
    Her children, aged 5 and 7, were found in SUV with windows left down
    Marks charged with child desertion and later released on a $5,000 bond
    Follows arrest of a couple who left their children in 104 degree car

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new.....g-lot.html

    1. invisible furry hand   11 years ago

      Well they couldn't wait until they got home - it was a medical emergency!

      1. antisocial-ist   11 years ago

        That man seems to have suffered a rather serious snake bite.

    2. Zeb   11 years ago

      "Child desertion"? Shouldn't that be for people who don't mean to return to them?

      1. sloopyinva (previously -inca)   11 years ago

        Mmmmm.....child desserts.

        -Homer

      2. robc   11 years ago

        Yeah, they were just child awol.

      3. Ted S.   11 years ago

        If child deserts are anything like food deserts, I bet there are a lot of people who would like those child deserts.

    3. SugarFree   11 years ago

      This must have been a fun line to write:

      "Officers say Marks admitted she had been unable to see the children, aged seven and five, or her SUV from her boyfriend's vehicle."

      1. Jerryskids   11 years ago

        I' guessing that she wasn't his "girlfriend" girlfriend but one of those rentals who will be your girlfriend for about 15 minutes for $20 the everyday low price of $19.88.

      2. Jerryskids   11 years ago

        I'm guessing that she wasn't his "girlfriend" girlfriend but one of those rentals who will be your girlfriend for about 15 minutes for $20 the everyday low price of $19.88.

    4. Fr?ulein Nikki   11 years ago

      Who even wants to fuck when it's that hot?

      1. Zeb   11 years ago

        Spike Lee?

      2. sarcasmic   11 years ago

        "Here's something you'll never hear a guy say: 'Stop sucking my dick or I'll call the police!'"
        -George Carlin

      3. Auric Demonocles   11 years ago

        That's why we have AC.

      4. Ted S.   11 years ago

        This is why Nicole is the worst: she won't give blowjobs if the temperature passes a certain point.

    5. db   11 years ago

      I can't wait for the first prosecution of parents who "abandoned" their children by locking them out of the master bedroom on a Saturday morning, resulting in a kid injuring himself.

      1. Drake   11 years ago

        It will be our version of China's "one-child" policy.

    6. alan_s   11 years ago

      Shit. That's where I'm from. There was actually another one in a neighboring town that left her kids in the car while she went shopping. Internal temperature was 130 degrees. I fucking went to school with the girl.

    7. See Double You   11 years ago

      Princess Marks

      But doesn't she have royal immunity?

  27. sarcasmic   11 years ago

    Smaug's revenge, a town on fire AND the evil Eye Of Sauron: First look at dramatic trailer for The Hobbit: Battle Of The Five Armies

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvs.....auron.html
    So far the first two barely resemble the book. It will be interesting to see how the third installment comes out.

    1. Ted S.   11 years ago

      I don't think the book was bathed in teal and orange, was it?

      1. UnCivilServant   11 years ago

        Someone did spill Tang on the library copy...

        1. Almanian!   11 years ago

          That wasn't Tang....

    2. Drax the Destroyer   11 years ago

      10 bucks Optimus Prime shows up with Captain Kirk, Captain Picard, Captain 'Murica, Batman, James Bond, Wolverine, and Han solo riding on the Millennium Falcon to save the day.

      1. Bo Cara Esq.   11 years ago

        "10 bucks Optimus Prime shows up "

        I read that as Optimus Prius the first time, which is rather funny in itself.

        1. Drax the Destroyer   11 years ago

          He shows up in 'Transformers 5: Johnny 5's Alive'.

        2. Bobarian   11 years ago

          "Optimus Prius"

          Worst. Autobot. Ever.

          1. KDN   11 years ago

            No way: he's silent, toxic, and Japanese - like a ninja!

    3. Zeb   11 years ago

      I just re-read the book after seeing the movies to compare, as it had been a long time since I read it. The first two get most of the plot OK, but with a lot of extra stuff added to pad it out to 3 3 hour movies. Looks like they are getting ready to make some pretty big plot changes for the last one, though.

      1. Bobarian   11 years ago

        I understood most of the padding came from other Tolkien works?

        1. sarcasmic   11 years ago

          Some of it. Like Sauron being driven from Dol Guldur. But most was just Peter Jackson.

        2. Zeb   11 years ago

          Some did come from the appendices of LOTR and a bit from the Silmarillion, some was just made up.

          I can see the point of some of it. They wanted to make it more of a prelude to LOTR than The Hobbit was originally, as it was written before the plot of the latter was fully conceived. But as in the LOTR movies, a lot of what was added or changed seems stupid or pointless.

          1. Los Doyers   11 years ago

            Like Tauriel. Wtf? Completely pointless. Legolas I can understand because of Thranduil and all, but Tauriel?

          2. Clich? Bandit   11 years ago

            Seriously, I have ranted impotently on the internet about this before but every time it comes up I feel obliged.

            On the LOTR DVDs the screenwriter bitch stated that Tolkien didn't understand drama. She is some fucking 20 something college educated moron. This is why Faramir was "tempted" by the ring in the movie and takes Frodo to Osgilliath...COMPLETE BUILLSHIT!

            I aint no art critic but A. Tolkien has sold more books that her and B. Boromir and Faramir represent the weakness and strength of mankind...this is not that deep people!!!!

            GWAAHAHAHH!H!HH!H!!!!111

            /taking deep breath.

            1. BakedPenguin   11 years ago

              It's almost as if dramatic and literary writing are different.

              After seeing the first Hobbit movie, I'll still probably watch the other two. But I'm sure as hell not going to pay for it anymore than I'm already paying for cable.

              1. sarcasmic   11 years ago

                I paid $1.29 at Red Box. It was worth $1.29. But not a penny more.

  28. sarcasmic   11 years ago

    Man, 34, is arrested for kidnapping Abigail Hernandez as 15-year- old's mother says she was NOT pregnant and didn't run away

    Abigail Hernandez, 15, mysteriously returned to her North Conway, New Hampshire home last week, after disappearing in October
    On Monday, 34-year-old Nathaniel Kibby was arrested for her kidnapping
    According to a press release, Kibby confined Abigail on last year 'with purpose to commit an offense against her'
    He is set to be arraigned in Conway District Court on Tuesday

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new.....gnant.html
    That guy scores an eleven on the creepiness scale.

    1. Rich   11 years ago

      That guy scores an eleven on the creepiness scale.

      "Gaze into my eyes, one at a time ...."

      1. Drax the Destroyer   11 years ago

        That man has stared into the Abyss and huffed glue with it.

      2. UnCivilServant   11 years ago

        I've seen creepier.

        1. Rich   11 years ago

          Pics, or ....

          1. UnCivilServant   11 years ago

            Do you really want me to risk snapping pictures of New York crazies?

            1. invisible furry hand   11 years ago

              I assumed it would just be a selfie

              1. Swiss Servator, spare a franc?   11 years ago

                ZING!

    2. Pope Jimbo   11 years ago

      Was he screaming something about there only being one?

      http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net.....Kurgan.jpg

  29. Bo Cara Esq.   11 years ago

    Pagan says he is victim of religious discrimination in Arkansas

    http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07......html?_r=0

    1. sloopyinva (previously -inca)   11 years ago

      The municipality has no business regulating what he does with his property in any fashion.

      Next.

    2. Brett L   11 years ago

      Sentry: Do you want the padre?
      Harry Morant: No, thank you. I'm a pagan.
      Sentry: And you?
      Peter Handcock: What's a pagan?
      Harry Morant: Well... it's somebody who doesn't believe there's a divine being dispensing justice to mankind.
      Peter Handcock: I'm a pagan, too.
      Harry Morant: There is an epitaph I'd like: Matthew 10:36. Well, Peter... this is what comes of 'empire building.'
      Major Thomas: Matthew 10:36?
      Minister: "And a man's foes shall be they of his own household."

  30. sloopyinva (previously -inca)   11 years ago

    http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07......html?_r=1

    Newark's PD has gone off the rails.

    Money quote FTA: Chief Campos said it was unclear if officers who took part in the unconstitutional behavior cited in the Justice Department report would face consequences.

    1. Drake   11 years ago

      Is there anyone in Newark after sundown other than black people?

      I used to work there and got the hell out as the sun was setting.

  31. Bo Cara Esq.   11 years ago

    Days after calling for legalization NYT defends its policy of drug testing employees

    http://www.slate.com/blogs/mon.....tests.html

    1. PM   11 years ago

      To be fair, in libertopia it would be an employer's prerogative to test its employees for drugs despite their being legal. So I don't think that's inherently a hypocritical stance in a vacuum, but then NYT isn't exactly advocating for libertopia.

    2. sloopyinva (previously -inca)   11 years ago

      What, shouldn't an employer be able to set terms on what drugs they allow their employees to use?

      Are you inferring that companies that do not drug test are default in favor of legalization of all drugs?

      1. Bo Cara Esq.   11 years ago

        Yes.
        No.

      2. Rich   11 years ago

        What, shouldn't an employer be able to set terms on what drugs they allow their employees to use?

        "No Visine. If you're gonna show up red-eyed, we want to know about it."

      3. Fr?ulein Nikki   11 years ago

        If you read the article, the NYT response is impossibly lame.

        1. sloopyinva (previously -inca)   11 years ago

          Meh, I still think it's their right, and if they fear a pot smoking employee might be a liability to their productivity if he were arrested (and choked out) by NYPD cops and had to miss work them that's their right.

          Also, anybody they employ that drives a company car, any forklifts, is around machinery like printing presses or is involved with employees that are should be tested to limit the company's liability should that employee be involved in an accident.

          1. Bobarian   11 years ago

            So, they're gonna fire Maureen Dowd?

            1. PM   11 years ago

              You can't discriminate on mental disability.

              1. Swiss Servator, spare a franc?   11 years ago

                +1 ADA complaint

          2. MegaloMonocle   11 years ago

            Also, anybody they employ that drives a company car, any forklifts, is around machinery like printing presses or is involved with employees that are should be tested

            If safety is the reason, then they need to test for impairment, not off-site/off-shift drug use.

            1. sloopyinva (previously -inca)   11 years ago

              It's,really,about,limiting their,liability in case of an accident. And pre-employment screening can usually be used to claim a "drug-free workplace", and any positive test after an accident will limit the employers liability when an injured,party,sues.

              I'm not,saying it's right. I'm just stating the common sense reason to have a drug-free workplace and to test for it under today's legal climate.

        2. Bo Cara Esq.   11 years ago

          It should have been title: NYT Keeps Drug Testing Policy, Minorities and Women Hardest Hit

          1. PM   11 years ago

            Beautiful.

    3. invisible furry hand   11 years ago

      It would be a more fun paper if they made drug use mandatory

      1. Bo Cara Esq.   11 years ago

        And they could use it when they have to make corrections. 'Sorry, but that correspondent was baked!'

        1. Rich   11 years ago

          LOL

      2. Andrew S.   11 years ago

        He's good, alright. But he's no Clem Johnson. And Johnson played in the days before steroid injections were mandatory.

    4. Fr?ulein Nikki   11 years ago

      I'm not comfortable with something so reasonable being published by Slate.

    5. Zeb   11 years ago

      Slate doesn't seem to be able to grasp the idea that being opposed to prohibition does not mean being in favor of drug use necessarily.

      1. robc   11 years ago

        That which is not forbidden is mandatory.

        1. Zeb   11 years ago

          That does flow depressingly deeply in a lot of leftist thought. As well as the idea that removing a prohibition is necessarily an endorsement of something. We shouldn't be asking why something should be legalized, but whether and why it should have been prohibited in the first place. People assume that the natural state of things is to have a law about everything.

          1. sloopyinva (previously -inca)   11 years ago

            People assume that the natural state of things is to have a law about everything.

            Like calling this Congress "the least productive in history". As if they're not being productive unless they're taking the right of some person to do some thing away.

          2. PM   11 years ago

            To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.

            - GK Chesterton (the real one, not the Notorious GKC)

            Unfortunately most people either don't make this distinction, or worse, understand the distinction and still want to prohibit for everyone else that which they do not believe them to be right in doing.

            1. MegaloMonocle   11 years ago

              Or:

              You aren't free unless you are free to be wrong.

        2. MegaloMonocle   11 years ago

          That which is not forbidden is mandatory.

          The inevitable implication of a society built on asking permission and following orders.

  32. sloopyinva (previously -inca)   11 years ago

    Former PA police chief gets six months unsupervised probation for obstructing investigation into sexual abuse.

    http://wnep.com/2014/07/25/for.....sentenced/

    His sentencing had been delayed almost a year until his attorneys had ensured that his pension would not be effected. Well thank,God for that! We wouldn't want a rape-enabler to not have a comfortable six-figure taxpayer-funded,pension.

    1. PM   11 years ago

      They had to make sure he got home safely for the rest of his life.

  33. sloopyinva (previously -inca)   11 years ago

    Oklahoma police,chief comes up with novel way to show girls what not to let boys do to them: He sticks his fingers into them.

    http://www.ktul.com/story/2610.....olestation

    He's on leave. No,word whether it is paid or not.

    1. Andrew S.   11 years ago

      You know, sloopy, when I anger myself into an inevitable heart attack, I'm sending you the bill.

      1. sloopyinva (previously -inca)   11 years ago

        I'm sorry, man. Is it any consolation that it makes me just as angry?

    2. Scruffy Nerfherder   11 years ago

      "It bothers me but I can't say either way you know yeah I'm a little upset about it but I'm sure the city will take care of it."

      What is wrong with people?

      1. Andrew S.   11 years ago

        We've been conditioned never to question our betters.

      2. Trials and Trippelations   11 years ago

        Damn you beat me to it

      3. MegaloMonocle   11 years ago

        Compare and contrast: an obedient serf v. a free man:

        It bothers me but I can't say either way you know yeah I'm a little upset about it exactly how but I'm sure the city will I'm going to take care of it ,one way or another.

    3. Warty   11 years ago

      I thought you were fucking with us, but no. This guy is a surefire first-ballot induction into the Gall Hall of Fame.

      According to a probable cause affidavit, the girls told investigators they were inappropriately touched by Gregory multiple time during a period of years.

      When he was interviewed by investigators, Gregory said he touched the girls to instruct them on what to not let boys do to them, according to the affidavit.

      1. Drax the Destroyer   11 years ago

        Can we just stop with the legalese bullshit. They weren't "inappropriately touched." THEY WERE FINGER RAPED. Judas Priest.

        1. Scruffy Nerfherder   11 years ago

          Those fingers unexpectedly fondled without any warning at all to the officer.

          1. MegaloMonocle   11 years ago

            Girls were fondled. The officer made it home safely. Pensions were protected. Vacations were paid. Jail terms were not served.

            AND NOTHING ELSE HAPPENED.

      2. Kaptious Kristen   11 years ago

        Gregory said he touched the girls to instruct them on what to not let boys do to them

        Literally every pedophile I have heard try to defend their behavior uses this line.

    4. Rich   11 years ago

      Officer Bill Curtsinger is holding down the Spavinaw police department while the chief is on leave.

      *** spews coffee ***

    5. Trials and Trippelations   11 years ago

      "Without the Mayes County Sheriff's department we would be in hot water for sure," Curtsinger said

      But now we can continue our Inappropriate Touches Community Initiative for a Safer Tomorrow For Our Children
      -Curtsinger

  34. sloopyinva (previously -inca)   11 years ago

    Because if you or I fired an "assault rifle" into an occupied police car and lied about the occupant trying to run us over, we'd only be facing two relatively minor charges and would be free on $2,600 bail.

    http://touch.orlandosentinel.c.....-80899373/

    Also note that the PD spokesmodel was perfectly willing to release details of the case against the guy they fired upon but refuses to release details of the case against her co-worker, refuses to release the names of his co-conspirators (and co-shooters) and won't talk until appeals are concluded...which means never.

    1. Almanian!   11 years ago

      You BASTARD! STOP IT!

      I mean the cop AND YOU, SLOOPY!

      My nuts are NOT made of granite.

      1. MegaloMonocle   11 years ago

        At this point, I think my nuts are made of mashed potatos.

        1. Swiss Servator, spare a franc?   11 years ago

          Mine are safe .... sloopy done kicked them all the way up into my abdomen.

  35. vserve629   11 years ago

    Sometimes dude you jsut have to roll with it.

    http://www.WentAnon.Tk

    1. Doghouse Reilly   11 years ago

      Goddamnit now there's more of them.

      1. Almanian!   11 years ago

        Wow - Jack Frapp is jsut not gonna like this one bit!

        http://www.lolwut.robotoverlords.de/derp

    2. Kaptious Kristen   11 years ago

      Its name doesn't even rhyme. I give it a 0/10.

      1. Clich? Bandit   11 years ago

        its name is vserve...probably short for virtual server 629. it is at least honest.

  36. Jerryskids   11 years ago

    What part of this is the craziest part of the story?

    South Carolina woman arrested for meth possession after a cop searches her purse (she consented to the search, natch), finds a bottle of urine and, knowing that meth heads often save their urine to extract excreted meth, performs a field test on the urine that indicates it's got meth in it.

    1. Drax the Destroyer   11 years ago

      They had sex, didn't they?

    2. PM   11 years ago

      What part of this is the craziest part of the story?

      No humans or pets were shot?

    3. Bobarian   11 years ago

      knowing that meth heads often save their urine to extract excreted meth

      Is this true? Any drug that makes me want to save my piss gets moved way down the list of 'things I need to try'.

      1. Brett L   11 years ago

        That... I'm calling bullshit. No way does it pass through without breaking down substantially.

      2. MegaloMonocle   11 years ago

        I think you can do this for mushrooms, too.

        1. Clich? Bandit   11 years ago

          only a particular form of muscaria (fly agaric) and the form not usually found in the new world but in Europe.

    4. sloopyinva (previously -inca)   11 years ago

      Wait, they have a field test for urine in SC? I seriously doubt that.

      1. Bobarian   11 years ago

        It was a field taste.

  37. Bo Cara Esq.   11 years ago

    Slate writer asks: should marijuana legalization be tied to reparations?

    "if we legalize marijuana, it won't just be for new revenues and savings. In part, it will be because we recognize the tremendous injury we've done to countless young men and women over decades of unfair enforcement of the law...

    We can't always heal injury, but we can acknowledge and compensate for it. Any plan for legalization should come with a plan for reparations for those communities most damaged by our misguided war on marijuana. That doesn't mean individual payments?the logistics are too difficult?as much as it does policies for affected communities, from job training and educational services to something like My Brother's Keeper, all funded by a surtax on marijuana sales and distribution."

    http://www.slate.com/articles/.....ingle.html

    1. Ed   11 years ago

      Those communities voted for political leaders who supported the drug war. Let those leaders pay the reparations.

      1. Drake   11 years ago

        The leaders did as their constituents obviously desired, otherwise they would have elected different people.

        Sounds like the voters owe themselves reparations.

    2. PM   11 years ago

      That doesn't mean individual payments?the logistics are too difficult

      Of course. The logistics of shoveling buckets of taxpayer cash into politically connected "community organizations", on the other hand, are incredibly easy.

      1. Drax the Destroyer   11 years ago

        Of course they are too difficult. How do they propose to handle this other than blatant racism swinging the other way. Is the incompetent bloated piece of shit government (local, state, and fed) going to investigate everyone's genealogy/family history to determine if they somehow benefited from slavery? What if someone is half-white/half-black? What if someone just got their citizenship? HOW DO THESE GRAFTING CYNICAL PSYCHOPATHS EXPECT TO GET AWAY WITH THIS?

    3. robc   11 years ago

      That doesn't mean individual payments?the logistics are too difficult

      Actually they arent.

      He's just afraid some white guys will get a check.

      1. Bo Cara Esq.   11 years ago

        I thought something similar, just cut a check for everyone with a conviction for a marijuana offense.

        What seems more feasible to me would be a pardon for everyone in that category.

        1. robc   11 years ago

          What seems more feasible to me would be a pardon for everyone in that category.

          Well, yeah. But that takes a lot of governors.

          The President cant pardon state level convictions.

          1. Bo Cara Esq.   11 years ago

            Good point.

      2. waffles   11 years ago

        Remember when Bush had the stimulus check where everyone in the country who had paid taxes was cut a check for 300-600 bucks? That was awesome. Democrat stimulus programs never are that pure and always seem to help someone who is well connected. I don't want another jobs bill. The next time you feel like spending on some big clusterfuck, just cut me a check instead.

        1. KDN   11 years ago

          But you might just save it, and that doesn't help the economy AT ALL!

        2. robc   11 years ago

          I had a "plan" for TARP money that was more direct payments but still helped the banks. Of course, I opposed my own plan, but if we were going to waste the money, waste if evenly to everyone.

          The idea was everyone got a "credit" for an even amount of money. Not just taxpayers, every US citizen over 18 on Jan 1.

          However, if they had a mortgage, it had to be applied to it, unless they were in foreclosure. Either to catch up if behind or to pay down principle.

          Secondly, it would be applied to government guaranteed student loans (that probably should have been step 1).

          Thirdly, applied to personal debt unless in bankruptcy.

          Finally, you get a check.

          Of course it was incredibly idiotic, but still tons better than TARP. And the banks get most of the money anyway. But it achieved a purpose.

          1. waffles   11 years ago

            If we're gonna be dumb let's at least do it in a way that has some impact. Reminds me of an African charity called "Give Money". Their mission is to just send cash to villages with no strings attached. The go super low overhead and maximize cash sent. The only money they spend here is to compare their relative success versus charities that send people over to build a fishery or start a herd of cows or some specific goal. It turns out that "Give Money" is more effective for the Africans. It however does not provide for feel-good NGO jobs for compassionate white folk.

            1. Protagoronus   11 years ago

              Cool. I will tell anyone donating to charity on my behalf to give it a look. http://www.givedirectly.org/faqs.php

          2. Invisible Finger   11 years ago

            Either to catch up if behind or to pay down principle.

            The banks don't actually want that. They want to book the penalties in accounts receivable.

            The problem with bank solvency is the law was making them stop lying about the quality of their assets. The bipartisan solution was to allow them to lie even more than before and make it seem like not lying by looking the other way when the Fed illegally purchases such "assets".

      3. MegaloMonocle   11 years ago

        Not rocket surgery:

        (1) Set up a fund for "reparations".
        (2) Gather info on everyone convicted of pot offenses within certain parameters (no actual violence, within last ten years, etc.)
        (3) Send them notice. Give them one year to apply.

    4. Rich   11 years ago

      should marijuana legalization be tied to reparations?

      How about starting with a surtax on *cotton*?

    5. Zeb   11 years ago

      Oh for fuck's sake. Or maybe you could just leave alone the people who have been wronged by prohibition and not pile new taxes on them.

    6. PRX   11 years ago

      sounds reasonable right up to part where the "non-profits" steal the money

    7. MJGreen   11 years ago

      So... the people buying the drug, who presumably were long against or always against prohibition, are the ones who should pay for the injustice of prohibition.

      OK.

  38. Mike M.   11 years ago

    US (meaning Obama) fuming over Israeli criticism of Kerry.

    Ha-ha. They're fuming because even the Israel left, who would usually be sympathetic to the Obama and Kerrys of the world and their efforts, is completely fed up and disgusted with this bunch.

    If it was only their arch-enemy Netanyahu who was angry, they would dismissively handwave the criticism away, but they can't, because it's the entire country.

    1. ant1sthenes   11 years ago

      You know, if he takes it personally enough to start to represent a real and existential threat to Israel, they might be tempted to improve the leadership situation in America. We should be so lucky.

    2. Chinny Chin Chin   11 years ago

      Why can't Kery just make a sarcastic joke and solve the whole crisis? It worked in Syria, after all...

  39. SugarFree   11 years ago

    "I'll take good care of the brain and the spinal cord, putting them in a solution."

    A 16-year-old student in Nagasaki was arrested by police after the dismembered body of her classmate was discovered in her apartment. The student allegedly confessed to police that she sawed off 15-year-old Aiwa Matsuo's head and hand after beating her with a hammer and strangling her with rope. Police are currently investigating a possible connection between Matsuo's murder and a series of incriminating posts on popular Japanese forum 2Channel.

    1. Almanian!   11 years ago

      Whoa. No boom boom for you, Baby San.

    2. waffles   11 years ago

      OP delivers.

    3. robc   11 years ago

      2Channel

      Only 1/2 as creepy as 4chan.

      1. Auric Demonocles   11 years ago

        1 girl, 1/2 cup.

        1. MegaloMonocle   11 years ago

          Or, depending on which girl, 1/2 girl, 1 cup.

    4. Ivan Pike   11 years ago

      after beating her with a hammer and strangling her with rope

      See, gun control works.

    5. invisible furry hand   11 years ago

      Slender Man is pleased

      1. Swiss Servator, spare a franc?   11 years ago

        *narrows gaze*

    6. paranoid android   11 years ago

      Maxwell Eidson-san, majoring in medicine...

  40. Almanian!   11 years ago

    "From 'Hello' to 'Oreos' - the strange, but horribly-real, thought patterns of Reasonoids. A very special After School Special?..."

  41. Sevo   11 years ago

    Lefty rag finally gets the memo!

    "Oakland nonprofits on edge over push for $12.25 minimum wage"
    [...]
    "But the nonprofit could be forced to cut the jobs it offers by 30 percent next year if Oakland voters approve a plan in November to raise the city's minimum wage from $9 to $12.25 an hour starting March 1, its executive director said."
    http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/.....652706.php

    Naturally, this is a special case and M/W increases won't cause harm anywhere else, right?

    1. PM   11 years ago

      But non-profits have no profits, and profits are evil, hence they have no evil, so they should be exempted. Except of course for the evil non-profits that have no profits, but advocate in favor of profits, which are evil, because advocating for evil doesn't deserve protection.

      1. SugarFree   11 years ago

        "But non-profits have no profits, and profits are evil," said the executive director of the non-profit, as she got in her Mercedes to drive home to her tastefully appointed $3,000 a month apartment.

        1. PRX   11 years ago

          the one in the story cutting jobs pulls $300k in non-profit a year.

          1. SugarFree   11 years ago

            She's just scraping by.

          2. UnCivilServant   11 years ago

            In New York, 'non-proift' is a codeword for 'fraud laundering device' whereby taxpayer funded programs directly line the bank accounts of the legislators.

            1. Sevo   11 years ago

              A scum-bag name of Chris Daly ran a racket out here: If you, Mr. or Ms. Developer wanted to build in his district, you had to 'remediate' the 'damage' you did to the neighborhood.
              By donating X sum to a 'neighborhood support group' whose employees (strangely enough) were Daly's campaign workers.
              A second scum-bag named Newsom wasn't around the office often enough (he was running for whatever next office he could find) to call Daly on the bullshit.
              We now have real evidence that term limits work; Daly is gone.
              Newsom is Lt. Governor, unfortunately.

  42. sloopyinva (previously -inca)   11 years ago

    I'd love to stop kicking you all in the nuts but I can't. Here's the coup-de-grace.

    A Chicago cop that helped,plant evidence in a woman's car, and then lied,about,it,on the stand which led to the city paying out $375,000, is about to,get his,job back. Ain't unions great?

    http://politics.suntimes.com/a.....2014-635pm

    FTA: "The last couple of years have been a nightmare for me and my family," Plewa, 35, told the Chicago Sun-Times this week. ""It's been real tough on us. I'm looking forward to going back to work."

    Yeah, but it was a peach on the lady you helped try to frame, right?

    1. PM   11 years ago

      It's good to be king.

    2. sarcasmic   11 years ago

      I'm sure he's getting back pay as well, right? I don't want to read it so I'll just ask.

    3. sloopyinva (previously -inca)   11 years ago

      FTA: Prosecutors took another look at the case, charging Mazur with four felonies, including delivering drugs. Prosecutors also charged Plewa, alleging he'd been part of the plan to frame Marcinczyk ? although they never charged him with trying to profit from the scheme. Mazur pleaded guilty to filing a false police report and agreed to testify against Plewa. Even so, in August 2010, Cook County Judge Michael Brown found Plewa not guilty of all charges, saying the officer was merely guilty of being a "dupe."

      "There was no evidence that you were involved in the planning of this hare-brained scheme," Brown said from the bench. "There was no benefit that you got."

      But Brown blasted Plewa for allegedly lying during Marcinczyk's trial that he'd never met Mazur before arresting his wife. Brown said it was clear from the evidence that Mazur had met the officer.

      "You did a very horrible thing, Officer Plewa," Brown said. "You lied in court. That's not the kind of thing that we can countenance."

      A judge arbitrarily finds him not guilty, says he lied in court but refuses to even so much as hold him in contempt.

      UN-fucking-believable.

      1. Bobarian   11 years ago

        I find them all in contempt.

      2. sarcasmic   11 years ago

        UN-fucking-believable.

        They're all on the same team.

      3. Ken Shultz   11 years ago

        You would think the FBI or a federal prosecutor would get involved and charge the officer with a civil rights violation, but that would require Obama to go after Chicago's political machine, generally, and Rahm Emmanuel, effectively.

        And Obama isn't evar gonna let that happen.

    4. Trials and Trippelations   11 years ago

      If his pension remains intact I am sure Plewa will cease pushing to get his job his back.

      1. Trials and Trippelations   11 years ago

        Shit. This comment was supposed to be in reply to the Chicago drug and gun planting cop

        1. Trials and Trippelations   11 years ago

          Oh. It is. Umm I guess I should grab a soda and wake up.

          1. PM   11 years ago

            Don't be too hard on yourself, threading is tough to follow more than a few posts down.

            1. Trials and Trippelations   11 years ago

              Thanks.

              I also think all of Sloopy's nut punches made me woozy.

  43. Ken Shultz   11 years ago

    "The United States has accused Russia of violating the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty by testing a cruise missile."

    I'm sure there's nothing to worry about, what, with John Kerry on the job.

    Some sternly worded comments in the press, and Putin will fall right back in line. Besides, the important issue is Russia's position on gay marriage. Well, that and...I don't think Putin realizes how his behavior is hurting President Obama's numbers at home.

    I wonder if Putin's read "The Audacity of Hope"? Maybe Obama should send him an autographed copy. That and a joint press conference, and I'm sure everything will be alright.

    P.S. You're all a bunch of racists.

    1. Libertarian   11 years ago

      Maybe Kerry will say, "all options are on the table." What? He already did? For Russia AND freakin Venezuela?!?!??! Never mind.

      http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/po.....n-ukraine/

      http://www.presstv.com/detail/.....venezuela/

      1. Idle Hands   11 years ago

        Kerry is playing Chess while us mortals are playing checkers. According to some he is the leading contender for a Dem nomination.

        1. Swiss Servator, spare a franc?   11 years ago

          I am not falling for that...that is the Onion, isn't it?!

          1. Idle Hands   11 years ago

            Worse, it is Matt Yglesias twitter page.

    2. Almanian!   11 years ago

      "John F. Kerry, reporting for duty...."

      *faces away from camera, salutes.....spins around, looks panicked*

      1. Ken Shultz   11 years ago

        Obama's State Department is so bad, they're actually making world leaders pine for the Bush Administration, I'm sure.

        So, how many press conferences away do you think we are from Hamas and Israel sitting down and really getting to know each other, John?

        Treating the Secretary of State position like a political prize to be auctioned off for crass political purposes to insiders--like an ambassadorship to Austria, or somewhere--has nothing to do with it, I'm sure.

        1. Kaptious Kristen   11 years ago

          There are positions in the State Dept that were previously held by GS employees or Foreign Service Officers that are now being held by appointees. These people are in charge of operational teams, not just some policy bullshit. I'm sure it's the same in other agencies. This Obama dude has a lot of cronies to pay off, it seems.

          1. Ken Shultz   11 years ago

            That's...really troubling.

            That's like Decline and Fall stuff.

    3. Mike M.   11 years ago

      True fact: the cruise missile was launched with Hillary's "reset button".

  44. Kaptious Kristen   11 years ago

    The chances that an outbreak of Ebola in West Africa will reach the United States are remote, according to the Centers for Disease Control.

    ORLY?

  45. Hawk Spitui   11 years ago

    The chances that an outbreak of Ebola in West Africa will reach the United States are remote, according to the Centers for Disease Control.

    Heh. File under "Famous Last Words".

  46. Kaptious Kristen   11 years ago

    New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton stated, "It's important that when an officer does approach you to correct your behavior, that you respect them. That's what democracy's all about."

    Heh.

    1. SusanM   11 years ago

      Come on, it was the German Democratic Republic, after all...

    2. Bobarian   11 years ago

      That's what democracy's nightsticks, tasers, and pistols are all about."

      Fixed that for ya, Chief!

  47. Ken Shultz   11 years ago

    Incidentally, does anyone else out there find navigating Hit & Run to be practically impossible with FireFox?

    I think it's that autoplay ad on the front page. Yeah, I've updated all my plugins, etc.

    1. Kaptious Kristen   11 years ago

      I find navigating most sites to be practically impossible with Firefox. And now Chrome is starting to get on my nerves, too. Maybe I'll go back to IE...

      1. Ken Shultz   11 years ago

        When I do Chrome on this site, I don't have any trouble. But if I don't shut down the main page really quick with FireFox, the whole thing freezes on me until flash finally crashes.

        I don't have the same problem on other sites.

        "Maybe I'll go back to IE..."

        You're not really that desperate, are you? Making POWs use IE should be against the Geneva Conventions.

    2. sarcasmic   11 years ago

      I use FireFox with Adblock Plus. No trouble at all.

      1. robc   11 years ago

        Adblock is the key to using firefox or chrome.

  48. The Late P Brooks   11 years ago

    "The last couple of years have been a nightmare for me and my family," Plewa, 35, told the Chicago Sun-Times this week. ""It's been real tough on us. I'm looking forward to going back to work."

    Beating the shit out of suspects is the best stress relief.

    1. invisible furry hand   11 years ago

      You say "suspect", I say "stress ball", let's call the whole thing off

  49. widget   11 years ago

    A group called "Geeks for Consent" is calling for organizers of Comic Con to institute a zero tolerance policy for physical and verbal sexual harassment.

    This has something to do with comic book culture that I was unaware of until a couple of days ago.

    http://mashable.com/2014/07/14.....omic-book/

    1. MegaloMonocle   11 years ago

      Sadly, the scifi/fantasy community draws heavily on the SJW demographic. Its ruining the community.

      1. Bobarian   11 years ago

        The SJW demographic is ruining everything.

  50. jmomls   11 years ago

    *The chances that an outbreak of Ebola in West Africa will reach the United States are remote, according to the Centers for Disease Control.*

    This is the same CDC that can't keep track of their own virii, so yeah, I will believe them. *Snort*

    Hell, they'll probably "accidentally" release Ebola all over Atlanta at some point in the near future. "Oopsies!"

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