Cool, I may look into those, thanks. 

Boring but the most likely accurate answer.

Nice to see some likes on a reasonable, intelligent post.

what about pohutukawa? blows them all into the weeds.

I guess my reaction was more because universities have a history of handling some cases solely as internal discipline matters that should have clearly been referred to the criminal justice system.

Just wait a fucking minute. It’s being described as an unwanted kiss? And she is alleged to have spilled the coffee while riding her bike? And her parents are saying the football player didn’t file a complaint?

What the fuck are we even actually talking about here?

There is a whole lot more to this story. One of these…

According to Stanford (per the LA Times and other outlets), the alleged sexual assault was “an unwanted kiss.” That seems like pertinent info, particularly where the linked article never mentions “rape.”

I’ll start off by saying that I know nothing whatsoever of the particulars of this case other than what I read here.

+1 for the White Fir, more commonly seen around me as concolor fir. Great scent, sturdy branches and needles that hold just about anything, and, as advertised, they hold their needles forever. The photo doesn’t do these trees justice. The best thing about these trees though is they are somewhat slender. If you have a…

Meanwhile China has more coal-fired power generating capacity currently under development than the rest of the world combined.  They can say whatever they want about emissions control, and trust me they will, but at the end of the day growth and development will always trump public concerns about pollution.

But on the positive side, bringing China into the twentieth century also resulted in the biggest drop on worldwide poverty pretty much ever.

As a supply chain manager for over 10 years I have to add...nothing really...you’re both on the money I think.  The only thing forcing us back to the USA is freight costs.

Apparently it’s not that simple.

I don’t have a dog in this fight, except a Constitutional one, but if you are truly “simply stating” that people’s religious beliefs shouldn’t affect others, then stop belittling individuals whose beliefs may be different from yours.

The term “imaginary friend” could not be more contemptuous of someone who has a…

If they had said their life shouldn’t be impacted by someone’s imaginary friend, no one would be disagreeing.

Pretty sure the issue here is picking the very first amendment and putting all of it in quotes. It’s not a “right.” It’s a right.

And, no, I’m not a Christian, so please don’t. 

Being angry like that must be exhausting. 

You can’t have freedom of thought or freedom of conscience without freedom of religion. You cannot force anyone to believe or disbelieve anything. That should be a fundamental right that everyone in a a civilized society agrees on.

That’s a lot of words saying you’re perfectly fine with suppressing someone’s right to worship because you don’t believe in magic sky guy.

There w as nothing wring with CFA’s tweet and terminally online people are looking for something to be mad at.

two articles; on Gizmodo now too.