Sad. How can anyone read the news from around the world and then make fun of American freedom. What you dont appreciate , you wont keep.

More virtual practice at being an irresponsible jerk. Way too many on io9 already are over qualified in the sociopathic fantasies department .

Yes, what if the Repubs cannot stop Obama from his plan to spend the next 24 months acting as a virtual dictator? Go Republicans!

Nothing like a Liberal site to be both ageist and racist in its opening statement . That is why people reject the sad fake Liberals of today who are racist, ageist, sexist and dedicated to having a govt that controls their lives. Sad.. and totally not what a real liberal stands for.

Oh, yeah, that person with 20 kilos of cocaine has it for personal use. No crime here!

Umbra, there was a big discussion of the poor science on Tyson's Cosmos that took place on io9 as the episodes aired and I note two examples above: Tyson did a major show segment wrongly saying it was a fact that dogs evolved from wolves. The correct science is wolves and dogs share an ancestor but dogs did not evolve…

Umbra, there was a big discussion of the poor science on Tyson's Cosmos that took place on io9 as the episodes aired…

So as a Liberal person, it does not bother you the show was full of WRONG science? I take it that you agree with the show's attitude that "correct" politics are all that matter.

So as a Liberal person, it does not bother you the show was full of WRONG science? I take it that you agree with the…

You notice io9 sells Tyson's show and is allied in Politics with him. Morgan Freeman's Through the Wormhole was hugely better.

You notice io9 sells Tyson's show and is allied in Politics with him. Morgan Freeman's Through the Wormhole was…

Tyson's cosmos was mainly propaganda with poor science twisted to support his agenda. It started with his just wrong show that gave wrong science on dogs and wolves and went down from there to his presenting string theory and the multiverse as settled science. He mixed in lots of politics ..some just non sequitur . If…

Tyson's cosmos was mainly propaganda with poor science twisted to support his agenda. It started with his just wrong…

Humor is a very normal way to deal with bad things. You better develop your humor if you are going to do ob gyn for a career. ..or any doctor career in the disastrous Obamacare era.

Paying taxes to the UN and having perpetual energy shotages has nothing to do with making a cleaner planet— it has everything to do with making scammers rich.

Ok, we disagree on everything but I appreciate your points. Have you noticed how many angry cursing posts have been on io9 lately? Its good we can disagree on complex issues without being out of control.

Goodell has givenRice the largest punishment possible by the NFL as the employer. There is no higher punishment Goodell can give than to indefinitely suspend Rice and essentially put Rice out of work without pay. It's totally unfair to say Goodell does not care about women. Now, it is very correct to ask the court…

Smoking marijuana is a direct danger in the workplace. Marijuana use gets you fired if you work at most workplaces where physical coordination is important. Spousal abuse is not a direct workplace issue but an issue of the conduct policy which is legally a far less clear area. And very importantly, the court treated…

Goodell is commissioner ..not owner.. of an organization of thousands of people. He is trying to set a standard of conduct in areas where the legal system itself has no consistent standards and the culture at large is conflicted. Who would expect anyone to have perfect answers to such a problem? But instead of there…

I am defending Goodell because he did not commit a crime..he punished a criminal the courts failed to punish. Using the pretext that Goodell did not do enough is just bizarre. Why are people fixating on Goodell instead of the criminal Rice and the crime of spousal abuse? We see all this about Goodell instead of Rice…

The NFL actually punished Rice from the beginning including fine of several hundred thousand dollars. There was no minimizing by the NFL. Again, the confusion of how egregious the crime actually was was 100% caused by the court putting Rice in a little used diversion program that is not intended for violent…

So you and others dont like Goodell because he set a hard moral, ethical stance but want him fired because he was at first too lenient before increasing the penalties? How is that consistent?

The criminal justice system called the crime a misdeameanor and allowed Rice to enter a program for monitoring and treatment. Exactly what does Storm and the other media heads want the NFL to do? The cerime was committed 1000 miles from the workplace, the crime was not a felony according to the local court and the…

Hate and an eye for an eye is never an answer. Being respectful is an answer. We will only get along and move on culturally when people stop seeing revenge for past wrongs as a solution. Hate is not a solution..even self hate.