That's pretty much a textbook example of victim blaming. No, Trump is not to blame for terrorists deciding to kill people over some perceived slight. Questioning the wisdom of his action in from a cost-benefit perspective is fair, but no way is he to blame for what these jackwagon murdering...
You mean "mind your own business" by creating federal mandates that tell every local community what policy they need to follow, who needs to be allowed in which locker room or changing room? How is that "minding your own business"? When some dude wants to go into a changing room with my 12...
The only thing "dumb as fuck" is you for not understanding the argument being made. "this isn't anything new" isn't in any way excusing the behavior or condoning it. Just pointing out that this has been happening forever -- technology is just giving us more information.
The explanation for the video, that the officer was re-doing the "finding" with the body cam on because it was previously found while the camera was off (ie, for documentation) is technically possible, but I don't find it believable or logical. I also don't think a reprimand for planting...
Are you seriously naive enough to think this stuff is something new and that local police officers are all of a sudden taking their guidance from some federal official in DC?
Where are we heading to? You think this kind of crap hasn't always happened and continues to happen everywhere in the world? Misdeeds by the police are nothing new. I'd argue that with body cams (which, by the way IMO the cops should never be able to turn off without official logs and...
I agree completely, it's really a culture/tradition issue more than it is a religion issue. To an extent the culture is shaped by the religion of course.
In civilized cultures, "honor killings" or not accepted or tolerated. I don't think this is a case of an "honor killing" at all though...
This was and is not an issue pushed by republicans. This whole "people should use whatever bathroom or locker room or changing room they want!" issue comes from the left, pushing it down the throat of everyone around the country with federal mandates. What you're seeing now is certain states...
That doesn't make any sense. NATO was formed specifically to protect allies from threats like Russia. If everyone is a member of NATO, what's the point? The only way a mutual defense treaty like this works is if the potential threats actually believe that any attack against one member...
The accused murderer might be Christian, but his daughter attended a Jewish school -- hardly an indicator that he was some Christian fanatic. He also had a long criminal record for things including violence. .Sad story, but I doubt religion really has too much to do with it. At the end of the...
I don't know what the justification was and the specifics around taking those locations, so I don't know whether giving them back at this point is right or not. If we took them because of meddling, what has changed since then and what do we hope to achieve? I don't think the Russians are...
Why does the Ukraine need to become a full NATO member? At the end of the day, while I prefer that the Russians keep their mitts off the Ukraine, it's not an issue worth going to war over. I don't want to see the US further committed to militarily defend another country in the event of Russian...
Don't mistake trollish behavior with a measure of intelligence. I've known some smart and even brilliant trolls, just as I knows complete idiot trolls.
It is a myth, as every comprehensive study on the matter has confirmed. Once you account for experience, education, skill set, designations and so forth, there is no pay gap based on gender. If you stop to think logically about it for a second, it simply doesn't make any sense. If mega...
Seriously, with all the crap going on in this administration and our news outlets joining the pigs in the mud, THIS is the issue we need to talk about? Even the Polish president called this fake news. Common folks.
From what I've read, there really isn't any particular reason for the DOJ to block the merger. I doubt the administration will want to jump into that mess without any significant upside.
Yeah, just like CNN had an article about a month ago where they argued that doxxing was a form of assault. So basically they threatened to assault (by their own definition) the guy who made the clip retweeted by Trump.
That HanAssholeSolo guy is a piece of crap, but CNN dove right into the...
I'm surprised how many people think so little of the value of anonymity -- not just in this case, but in general. Without the ability to put forth speech anonymously, the country the way we know it likely would not even exist. Lest we forget, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison...
Based on what I've read it's really pretty cut and dried that HL knew, or should have known that the artifacts were stolen or looted. They chose to buy them anyway, which is why they have to give up the artifacts and pay a fine. They are clearly in the wrong here.
No need to re-litigate that case, it was already decided (in their favor), they were fully within their rights to not be forced to pay for contraceptives for others. If someone doesn't like that policy, then they don't need to work there. Apparently forcing others to accept your view of what...
Just as Obama couldn't do anything significant, I don't think there's really anything Trump can do. Do you threaten war over something we doubtlessly have done dozens of times ourselves?
Trump is denying it because it's being used as a political hammer to try and discredit his legitimacy as president. Of course he's not going to give it any credence or legitimacy. I don't know why this would be a surprise to anyone.
I didn't say we should do nothing to protect ourselves from...
You're delusional if you actually believe that. Having grown up in a country with strict gun laws that make all private gun ownership illegal, I know for certain that criminals had no problems obtaining guns. Only law abiding citizens care about laws.
That's pretty damned funny.
Apparently pictures of someone holding a bleeding severed head of the president and people attacking an 11 year old child is perfectly fine. Talk about blowing up the white house? No problem. GOP senators shot? They had it coming. But the president showing a...
The meddling occurred under president Obama. President Obama then was either unwilling or unable to do anything significant about it (I don't know what exactly he could have realistically done about it anyway, but that's another discussion). And now we're mad that Trump is doing exactly the...
Lots of media reports swirling around the past 24 hours about the possible retirement of Kennedy.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/24/politics/anthony-kennedy-retirement-rumors/index.html
Apparently some of his former clerks joined him this weekend and there's speculationit could be the last time...
It's interesting to see how the parties sort of mirror in each other in various ways over the years. For a long time, the Republicans were stuck focusing on social conservatism (anti abortion, Christian "values" and so forth). Religious conservatism was a cancer within the party. Now the...
Very true, which is why I said the casino manager who offered her a dinner is an idiot. The negative PR they get from this stuff is expensive. It was obvious she was going to sue, and as a casino getting very publicly sued for stiffing a customer can be devastating (whether or not it's...
As little as I think about Trump, if it came down to him and Warren, I'd vote Trump. I couldn't get myself to vote for him over Hillary (I voted for my wife instead), but I damn sure don't want president faux-a-hauntas either.
Fair in this context doesn't mean the house doesn't win in the long run. Of course it has to. Fair in this context means that as a customer you know you likely lose, but you throw in your money in the hope that if you win against the odds you get paid a lot of $$$.
Why should anyone pay for...
That's some pretty shitty inspection they have there. That's not a small leak that could have been missed, that's a damned waterfall of jet fuel. Good thing there wasn't a spark or anything, that would have been ugly.
The left really seems to have come unhinged, every week it's another "now THIS is the real thing, now he's going to jail!". Even otherwise rational people have gone down that rabbit hole, it's bizarre.
If assimilation is the only answer, then theres no answer. You can't assimilate people who don't want to assimilate, people who think you either join them in their delusions or die. You can't force people to assimilate in a free society.
Remember what i posted earlier about liberal...
Another day, another set of terrorist acts in the UK. Terrible :(.
As Dutch guy I don't like to admit it, but I think most of western europe is screwed. The size of unintegrated populations from former colonies and refugees from other countries has reached critical mass, and isis is the...
I know, these are strange times we live in. That professor is 100% correct and his letter was well written. Leave it to a bunch of racist entitled snowflakes to not only take offense to logic but to also physically threaten others who disagree with racism. This is really decades in the...
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