I'll have to side with Tribble, here. We don't have enough evidence to really lay any sort of claim. The first job of a skeptic is to analyze the claims made and the evidence. I would say that the mother acted irrationally and escalated the situation. Based on the skater's actions, I do...

Good point. I'm not quite sold on the latter point, but I can't argue with the rest. The fact the article seems to be firmly in the skater's camp is somewhat disturbing. If charges were brought against the mother for assault, she could claim insanity or self-defense. That seems like a p...

Wait, it was a regular park? I was sympathetic when I thought it was a skate park, since it seemed he was taking reasonable precautions and all, but if it was a regular park fuck 'im. Yeah, the mom overreacted, but "Oh gee, I was focusing on my trick!" doesn't cut it when you'...

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130819/10231324232/nypd-chief-ray-kelly-claims-ending-stop-frisk-will-hurt-minorities-result-surge-criminal-activity.shtml ^in which a little bitch admits that promoting a facially unconstitutional stop and frisk policy to the exclusion of any legal method of crim...

The Dishonored Dead - flips many zombie tropes. Set in a world where, one day, half the world, people and animals, woke up dead. Main character is dead and hunts zombies - the dead which are living. The writing is okay, maybe a bit over-reliant on world-building. http://www.amazon.com/The-Dishonore...

I no longer live in a police state, as we're past the days when a dictatorship ate up billions of dollars in funds. Unless there are definite recurring signs of oppression such as outright military and police abuses, draconian laws and restricted rights to free speech and other liberties, for n...

Agreed. And I notice this is all about internet traffic, no mention of the sweeping collection of domestic phone records which presumably might also include all sorts of internet activity in this modern age of smart phones. That's because domestic phone records are already protected from warran...

Wikipedia says Pacific Rim doubled its budget. So I guess if Del Toro decides he wants to make another one, they'll let him.

Special Operations Division of the DEA is trying to cover up reports of investigating Americans without probable cause. Power presented, power abused. That's one of those things that kinda looks facially constitutional. "Parallel construction" has been recognized for awhile in crimina...

On a bit more local topic, The Water Sign has entered its "sequel-buyer capture" phase of marketing, and is available for free through iTunes.

http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=7c563325cd8e94ca2971d66ce&id=77f46a2fc4

Ænimal#657568 wrote:Can't wait 'til the Olympics has Professional Speed Eating and Masturbation. i'd take gold in both.

You must come a lot.
/gag

Time to move That's... impossible. Seriously, if they were raiding every person that googled a few key words that appeared prominently on a major news network? They could conduct a thousand raids a day seven days a week and still not get them all in a year. Even alternet.org seems skeptical of ...

Stryker#657183 wrote:When "Castle in the Sky" Meets U.S. Jobs Data, Spooky Things Can Happen to Markets

When correlation becomes causation...

There is one episode where Sheldon and two other characters covet a replica of The One Ring. For most of the episode, Sheldon is wearing a shirt with the Green Lantern symbol on it, symbolizing his willpower. When he predictably succumbs to the influence of the replica One Ring, he has a dream seque...

Dragunov#655357 wrote:My main gripe with the film was the lack of characterization of the Russians and Chinese.

Are you kidding? When faced down with Gipsy Danger's plasma canon, the Russian chick was all "pfff, whatever" and strolled out of the path of its blast.

The Wolverine. I was surprised with what they did at the end. At first I questioned the method, but I supposed if the villain was being honest, it was the most humane way to do things.

I've always dreamed of something like what Kaibacorp made in Yugioh. You go to sleep, you get sucked into a world that feels real and shit. That would be the absolute best thing ever. It would even overtake sliced bread. But as Sword Art Online has taught us, the idea is deadly, and then makes ...

Brain-wave:
Ultron builds Jocasta, bases her sentience on Pepper Potts' brainwaves instead of those of Janet Van Dyne.

Still downright queer for things to be bipartisan and this close on something that wasn't in the public awareness for more than a couple days (the Amash Amendment, not NSA surveillance generally). The red herring Nugent Amendment passed with more than 400 votes. Yay! Language identical t...

Well, the Amash amendment, which would have defunded the NSA surveillance program, failed to pass the House today. Here is a list of those representatives that think the surveillance program is a good thing (and voted Nay): https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130724/17110423931/217-represent...