Forget money, I'd endure that pouty asshole just to play with the Lakers at the Staples center.

No, this still includes the far less than 1%, though many of them would still probably switch places - not the least of which being that delightful young NBA player you referenced, Jeremy Lin.

Fairly certain 99% of Harvard grads would switch places with Mr. Lin right now.

How can you possibly know this bullet came from the "taliban"?

Best part is when the fake ass stunt doubles are in the air and you can't tell which is supposed to be which.

This comment is perfect. Love this goddamn movie.

Yes, that entirely speculative hypothetical you just made up would, indeed, be a tragedy if it were not an entirely made up hypothetical.

And yet another reader who *entirely* missed the most crucial part of this story: that the defendants in question are not actually going to prison or being lashed.

Your confusion is both justified and, sadly, precisely the point.

Learn to read. Actually, never mind. It's not your fault since the author never made this clear so I'll table that cliche and explain:

Pointing out that your headline is sensationalist and factually inaccurate? Yes.

Don't worry since the beatings will likely never take place.

There's no evidence Iran has ever sought nuclear weapons. This is a myth.

Stop stating truth, everyone's gitty with their Iran bashing fever.

All of the sentences were suspended for three years...

"You're a scumbag parasitic asshole pervert sex criminal who should eat a fucking gun."

The first time in the history of the internet Betteride's law of headlines has been broken.

Good analysis, thanks for not conflating campaign finance conversation and Citizens United into the broader topic of "corporate personhood", a terrible habit of the low information set that continually annoys me with its not at all being a thing. The problem with "corporate personhood" as such is that it permits a…

But Citizens United had nothing to do with "corporate personhood". The 1st amendment makes no mention of personhood or citizenship, it merely says the state shall pass no law banning free speech. The two got mixed up but the problem with corporate personhood (as the author rightly points out) is that it allows…