The local equivalent is DOCS (Department Of Child Services). They have been criminally defunded year after year by awful neo-con political grandstanders and are stretched well beyond reasonable limits.

Lego is the best toy for any kid, ever. It was specifically gender neutral because there was just too much awesome to be consumed by only half the population. It couldn't be contained. The fact that over the years it has become gendered can only mean that it has become less awesome. This is unfortunate.

This is so rad. I wish I were half this rad.

I would watch the shit out of a NJ-based Muslim girl as a super hero.

This is a marketing issue more than anything. there's a lot of Marvel stuff on screen and I bet the marketing people are starting to worry that the whole superhero franchise thing is getting crowded. They are already juggling Thor, Capt America, Iron Man, Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, and whatever is already in…

Worst pick up line I've ever heard:

My partner and I had the world's most awkward first date. We only ever had a second because she was looking for someone to play co-op with in Borderlands 2 and I seemed harmless.

Yes. 40 people. Not at all the international talking point that it was at the time. Not at all a sore point that is brought up by Japanese people to this very day. That didn't happen. It was 40 people in an internet clique.

I've been looking for an excuse to use this pic for ages. Damn you.

They had a big display about a month or two ago at Supanova, which is the biggest con in Australia. It was mostly Mass Effect 3 themed swimwear. There was a little bit of this stuff, though.

From the other stuff in the media, it looks like his accusations involve the accused parties being in Hawaii when they have literally hundreds of witnesses to say they were in entirely different countries at the time.

Yup.

I was trying to think of a way to put this idea succinctly. This is pretty much what I was thinking. They simply can't be compared. It's ridiculous from the ground up.

He's comparing severity. There's no reliable way to measure that, so the whole thing is just a bizarre rant.

I guess his point is that more violent is worse than less violent? Which is... I dunno. How do you even quantify that? It's already a violent act.

As much as it pains me to do it, I have to say in his defence that he was sexually abused as a child. So, not zero chance. That doesn't excuse all of his ass-millinery, though.

Dawkins is like Freud: an old, slightly unhinged dude who helped society a lot by turning a lot of people toward interesting ideas for study and the advancement of humanity.

You can tell by the doo-rag. Gang kids are wearing it on the other end these days.

This is one of those times where I hope I'm wrong and someone else is right.

White baby.