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Re-(+re-re-for most of them)-reading the Wheel of Time leading up to the final book's release this January. Just finished Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey (aka Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck), a fun novel in the less-often-utilized setting of "mankind in space, but only our solar system settl...

But I'm not comfortable with throwing the idea out the window, even if I really want someone to be punished for a crime. Who wants to live in a society where if the authority (professional or government) can't nail you for something the first time, they get to try again and again until a charge sti...

edit: It's late, I'm tired, and other people have already said the same things better.

Somebody who shall remain nameless clicked the submit button twice. To do something useful with this space I'll reiterate the whole problem: "I don't want to see the taxes he paid when he knew he was running for President. I want to see the taxes he paid when he thought nobody was looking.&quo...

Criticisms, considerations, projections on how this will affect the election? I don't think it will effect anything except maybe Harry Reid's reelection campaign. Romney missed the boat on this one by weeks and Townhall is trying to make it look like a tactical masterstroke when it's closer to a me...

A response to the whole bullshit process by a guy on Reddit who knows a lot more about the organizational structures than I do. It's an extrajudicial process. It's essentially a private organization making its own rules, so the Federal court ruled that they didn't have jurisdiction. Kind of like if ...

What Judge Sparks actually said about the case: U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks acknowledged "the appearance of a conflict on the part of both organizations creates doubt the charges against Armstrong would receive fair consideration in either forum." But that doesn't mean federal courts sh...

I'm familiar with the Green Party platform, know Jill Stein is the party candidate, so I basically know what she's about. In an instant run-off voting system I'd vote for her second after Gary Johnson (because I think he also mostly represents things I agree with, but with more open contempt for the...

Themightytom wrote:Big Brother should keep secrets from the public about things that might scare them.

I'm sorry to be "fixed that for you guy" but that is seriously fucked up.

General Zod wrote:Sounded to me like you were trying to justify why they're doing this. If you don't bother saying if you support it or not it looks like you're supporting it.

Explaining is not the same as excusing, even though having insight into rationale makes the accused's position seem less unreasonable.

I think the London Olympic spectacles will be charmingly ironic. Have you seen the games' (leaked, unofficial) playlist? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/9341231/London-2012-Olympics-the-full-musical-playlist-for-the-Olympic-opening-ceremony.html Bass is quite popular. Boddington's is as we...

As for Ros, she's a lower-class "window" on to other characters. So we see her with Pycelle, Littlefinger, Varys, and Joffrey. Yea, Ros is sort of a punching bag. People in power can (and have) shit on her from the proverbial great height, revealing a lot about their characters that doesn...

Does everybody know that everybody knows, or do they start out only knowing that they know?

I've caught myself whistling "Rains of Castamere" a few times today. Also, did Sandor try to kill Bronn as part of Cersei's power play to get rid of Tyrion, because I can't see any other reason for him to be such a dick to someone who he had barely shared a few words with Good catch, I was...

Felt bad for Leah though, and the ending cutscene was awful. At least Adria is still out there, but I'm not really sure where the story can go from here. Diablo has been defeated so many times that to bring him back would be terribly contrived; bringing back any of the other evils would be too, sin...

IIRC Tyrion gave Ros the necklace waaaaaaay back in episode 1, when Theon walks in on them.

Where the hell is Reek/Ramsay? If i recall correctly, he was the main instigator fot the murder of the miller's boys. I think he's Theon's first mate, but that's only based on Reek's pre-reveal Bad Influence role in the books. I have no idea how the story would get him to the Iron Isles and into a ...

Chris Evans does a great job as Cap, wished we had more time to see him in the modern world but the setup with him was great when we pull back from the punching bag he just smashed to five more all lined up. From what I read at least 30 minutes was edited out, including scenes where Cap reunites wi...

When Stark was falling, it looked like Thor was going to fly up and save him, but it turned out the Hulk could be a team player (despite giving Thor a love tap after they both beat up the bad guys). I liked the subtle nods to realistic physics, especially that one: when Hulk caught Tony they were s...

Looking at some study abstracts (the relevant search is along the lines: blood donation VO2 count) max vO2 during strenuous exercise in the 24 hours after donation drops ranging from 10-20%, with variable levels of impact on heart rate observed. In terms of atmospheric pressure that corresponds well...

Shhhh, we need to let The Man continue believing this so all the pirates have an easy out.

Killjoy! Obviously the ultimate quest for french fries is to make them as tasty AND as bad for you as possible! ... although that might explain why nobody's found the Holy Grail of french fries. They all died before they found it. :? I like to imagine they found it AS they died. Like with the world...

Well ... the lack of any sort of control group is pretty damning. They don't seem to be comparing their results against anything, they got the data from their priming study (and log-transformed it, which is always a bit of a red flag, as it's a great way to "force" the data into conformin...

This article repeatedly refers to partial results. "The findings provide new empirical evidence to support the psychoanalytic theory that the fear, anxiety, and aversion that some seemingly heterosexual people hold toward gays and lesbians can grow out of their own repressed same-sex desires, ...

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120406234458.htm Is Some Homophobia Self-Phobia? ScienceDaily (Apr. 6, 2012) — Homophobia is more pronounced in individuals with an unacknowledged attraction to the same sex and who grew up with authoritarian parents who forbade such desires, a series of ...