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None of which are elements of murder or self defense. It seems like you believe Martin would end up being charged and that this would be due to racism. So, do you believe a black man that is not from the neighborhood and is charged with a crime is likely a victim of racism? Yes, I do. Black men are...

I suppose that does need some clarification. Say the physical situation was reversed and Zimmerman was on top of Martin beating him and Martin managed to get Zimmerman's gun and use it against him. Well, it would be a black teenager named Trayvon who isn't from the neighborhood shooting someone who...

I think everyone involved is a dick. The owners were dicks for abandoning an animal, unsecured. It could as easily have been run over by a car or injured by another animal. Unless the animal somehow broke out, the risks the owners took were unacceptable and irresponsible to begin with. Not really. ...

Both you and Gil Hamilton were thrown off by Skimmer's usage of the pronoun "he". Skimmer was referring to Gregory XII who was the last one to resign before today. That story involves there being two popes at the same time (or one pope and one antipope , which mutually annihilate each oth...

He only resigned to put an end to the Church having two popes as well, as he occupied the seat that was clearly the illegitimate one. This could mark a serious change to the Papacy, though perhaps not simply because he may be seen as having been in the job too little time to be credible. Well, the ...

The AK-47 is on a lot of flags, both for various nations and organizations (for example, I think Hezbollah's flag has one on it). I'm surprised that this happened in Florence, AZ of all places. It's not exactly a liberal place, particularly since I think much of the town exists to support the prison...

Well the Pima air and space museum was originally not on the trip. We were told we would have one free afternoon in/around Tucson. I had a look on the website and said "it's a pity we aren't going to Pima Air and Space." Once I had explaiuned what that was (and the Boneyard) most of the g...

In my position as manager and owner, I am responsible for my employees well-being only insofar as they are employees, and that responsibility is subordinate to my responsibility to ensure the business is efficiently run. If I believe an employee is seriously harming the business with their presence...

Not to mention that the 2nd Amendment is more useful as a disincentive for tyranny. Moreover, you still need boots on the ground, kicking in doors, to form a police state. Doesn't tyranny and police states usually come with the overwhelming support of the majority of a population? It's extremely ha...

I had to look this up to make sure the articles I saw on this were true, but it looks like the PA General Assembly House actually proposed this bill HB94 , which amends PA election law in the following way: 1) When selecting electors for the election of the President of the United States, two electo...

It strikes me as dumb because no one thinks that the President or his family shouldn't have that security.In fact, someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe it's even legal for the President or Vice-President to decline protection even if they were so inclined, nor can their families, due...

Guys? He wasn't saying that algebra was liberal because it involves the distributive principle, he said that the worksheet had a political slant because that particular word problem was explicitly about wealth distribution. Uh, no, I looked at the worksheet in question (they have a link to it on th...

Algebra also has an associative rule! It doesn't allow free association! It's left wing liberal tyranny!

By blaming video games, they get away with making a statement that will draw little criticism from most and get "for the children!" points from a lot of people. The only ones who end up calling BS are those gamers among us who are aware enough of what's going on to be outraged. While the ...

The NRA and religious nutters are making stupid arguments about what caused this shooting, but a constitutionally protected right should not be forfeit just because some of its defenders are morons. If someone argues poorly, they deserve to lose the argument. If gun owners don't like what the NRA a...

I think the 80s and 90s called and they want their moral outrage back. When you have the NRA pointing the finger at violent media and conservatives tripping over each other to blame "Godlessness", if that is the argument that the pro-gun side is choosing to go with, they deserve to lose th...

Unions have a lot of power in PA which means the Pittsburgh PD and its officers are likely represented by a union lawyer. I believe the Fraternal Order of Police has a Pittsburgh lodge which means the officers have access to the resources of a nationwide union. Which as you may or may not know the ...

If we took FDR and plopped him into 2012, do you think he could do it again?

If only it was more effective. I've only ever seen two Obama supporters react in a reasonable manner when they find out what the Obama administration has been up to, the others just repeat the droning mantra that Romney would be worse. Even pointing out that under Obama 93% of all income growth wen...

I think Starglider is messing with you guys.

I think they took entirely the wrong lesson from what happened to Mitt Romney, but putting that aside, good luck. Illegal immigration is the GOPs bread and butter issue in border states. A lot of conservative politicians staked their claims on AZ SB1070, for example, and conservatives all over have ...

"We just weren't conservative ENOUGH ". Republicans... Predictable as the sunrise. Expect far more obstruction in congress the next two years. And it would not surprise me at all if the House Tealiban started working up an impeachment bill against Obama. I think everyone called this. It w...

Wouldn't the GOP sue God and try to have him brought up on voter suppression charges if that way the case?

Dalton wrote:Exactly. Though I don't get the tan suit, Joe.

He works part time as the Architect for the Matrix.

Oh, yeah, I'm sure you're going to fuck with China on Day One, Mitt.