"If we cannot have moral feelings against homosexuality, can we have it against murder? Can we have it against other things?"

Because it's a specialized store, which means less foot traffic. People go to a Wal-Mart all the time - for food, tools, appliances, clothes, and toys, amongst other things. They can get toys there as an impulse purchase, or as part of a larger Wal-Mart trip. People won't visit a Toys'R'Us once a week or more just…

You know, as much as I don't usually go in for the whole "Kotaku has an anti-Nintendo bias", checking users online at 11:30am EST, when virtually all of North America is either headed to work/school or is already there, seems an awful lot like deliberate spin, or really poor methodology. Perhaps we could get a check…

Fair enough - "I see your reading comprehension is at a very low level... Go back to first grade and learn how to read before you have a discussion with the grown-ups." is more being a jerk than yelling.

Because we, as a species, have recognized that there's scientific value in biological diversity, even if a particular species is not equipped to survive in the current environment. A particular species may secrete a useful chemical, or give insight into biological processes. Regeneration, silk spinning, digestion of…

I googled it. The consensus is that minor issues in methodology were spun by creationists as being a huge fraud. Scientists promptly went back to the study, retested the hypothesis by examining moth predation rates in industrial and natural settings, and reached the same results, vindicating the original conclusion…

This isn't a news site, first of all. It's not strict objective journalism, it's observation AND commentary.

"Chalk off FetLife, a members-only social network run by and for fetish enthusiasts, as yet another purportedly non-judgmental, welcoming online community that hosts a shocking number of slut-shaming misogynist assholes."

No, they don't owe their players squat. But if they want to make money, they'll listen to the people they want to become customers again. It's supply and demand at the most basic level - in order to generate demand, you have to have a supply of something people WANT.

As has been beaten to death by many comments, the problem was not lack of 'ice cream and rainbows', it was the utter lack of impact your efforts had on an ending marketed as being the result OF all those efforts.

Truth is more than whether a statement is factually correct. "I have a plan to create X million jobs" may be factually correct - the candidate may have a plan to create X million jobs. But if that plan is based on demonstrably false assumptions, or counts jobs that someone else created, or ignores that there'll be a…

It's a chicken and the egg scenario - the media isn't going to waste time covering the people who have no shot of winning, and the other candidates have little shot of winning without media coverage.

Partly because the two major parties have considerable funds to devote to stifling competition, partly because the third parties haven't mobilized their advantages to make ANY headway. The number of candidates elected to even -state- offices by third parties in the last 40 years can be counted on two hands. With…

"Could she be a threat to the two war parties?"

"But I also don't expect my ridiculously-expensive new hardware to feel stale after only half a year. How could I not feel like a chump?"

Terrorism is a specific act, requiring planned execution by a group of people with the intent to inflict terror. While Obama may have said "act of terror", that's generic enough to cover both actual terrorism, and a mob of protesters with guns, which, while terrifying, is not the same. And, as much as I dislike to…

Short answer? There's going to be one or two holdouts (Scalia for sure, maybe Thomas), but I think this is one where the majority of the court is going to come down in favor of overturning DOMA. There's simply too many examples of discrimination and insufficient rational basis for upholding the law.

I've said it before, I'll say it again - universities that engage in internal "judicial" trials of criminal acts, or discourage students in any way from reporting crimes, should be prosecuted for aiding in the commission of a felony. I'd go so far as to say that university personnel should be included in mandatory…

It's like they don't bother focus group testing before release.