I must admit some confusion here. Are you opposed to the long-standing American policy of taking in refugees seeking political asylum from enemy nations? Do you wish that the United States had not rescued Czechs fleeing occupation by the Soviet Union? Are you opposed to saving North Koreans being oppressed by their…

American law applies to American citizens inside or out of the United States. Further, American law is applied to all persons interacting with American citizens or the government. This prevents other countries from suddenly nationalizing American businesses, or American businesspeople from deciding that they don’t…

I will repeat myself: the fourteenth amendment states that a state may not deprive a “person” of due process. The Supreme Court has repeatedly chosen to conclude because Congress did not write “citizen” that this means that American law covers all persons inside of the United States. This has long been one of the…

Not up to me, ad hominem attack. Try the Supreme Court.

Hey: I think you got a little bit of baby in with your bathwater, there. Especially if you’re an American. Our justice system (and many of our religious orders) tend to regard one as born innocent until proven guilty. But hey! If you hate the Constitution and Christianity, I hear that there are these Daesh psychotics…

Helping the less fortunate is a different kind of battle, but one no less worthy than those waged with sword and pen. In many ways it is a much more difficult fight to win. Even Jesus suggested turning the other cheek when slapped.

It is terrible that race/ethnicity is such a delicate issue, because you are right: it would be more fun to focus on how gosh-darned clever “Josie” was, especially for its time! The marketing selling that film completely failed to express its subversive or satirical nature. It was only well after it was out of the…

Fair enough: they could have found another equally talented woman of color to fill the role. I suspect that aside from Ms. Dawson’s talent, someone hoped that her “Afro-Cuban” ancestry would fulfill the desires of both Latinas and young black women to see themselves reflected on stage.

Rosario Dawson isn’t sufficiently African-American for you? I suspect that she would be very disappointed to hear you say that.

Man. I went looking for this coment immediately, because I knew I couldn’t possibly be the only person who felt that way. While “Josie” wasn’t a first-run commercial success (probably due to awful marketing for a movie that was too clever for its own good), it really picked up some amazing steam on DVD.

I too am a fan of the Arbiter, and Bungie’s decision to include him as a counterpoint with far more of a personality and character development than the Chief. That said, the narrative interruption between 2 and 3 (as well as the stories that eventually emerged from the studio) confirmed that Bungie ended the game…

I have family in the industry, and they tell me that this is not uncommon anytime a company is using a proprietary and new engine for level design. The broad brush strokes are great, but the tools for making small adjustments after things have been imported to the engine from other dev programs are sometimes a mess.

I recommend hopping on meetup and finding or creating a board game group. It really helps in all sorts of ways for your social life and meeting new people all while playing a bunch of different games.

I have heard that the cats or dogs usually come as cast-offs from animal shelter euthanasia, but that could just be a rumor.

Chinese traders would eventually have brought colonists for the Empire to both Australia and North America.

Most mammals are easy to skin. Once you hit the links between the basal layer and the integument, it just peels off.

They apparently “add value” to the team’s activities. As the article describes, there is a $500/ticket bonus where you get a meet-n-greet with the cheerleaders. If but one person chooses to purchase this additional adventure from the team, they have paid for about fifty-five hours of dance team salary at minimum wage.…

I have a friend who works over there in the library. His opinion? “Polite, but dumb.” That, and holy cow is there a huge cocaine problem on the campus.

Yes, reporting that a crime has occurred is far worse than the tool who committed the crime.

Nod, smile tiredly, look bored, and walk like you know where you are going.