It's not about the kids, it's about the adults. You're quite right that the kids* shouldn't be shamed for acting on their sexuality, but adults who act on that curiosity should not only be shamed, but punished.

Because it's costing him money.

I never said politics was dominated by "extremist sides." You think I'm implying something, I say you're inferring it. Having seen you around for quite some time, I don't think we're actually that far apart on most issues, but you're currently behaving like a prick. I sincerely hope you don't behave this way with…

42424242424242?? That's the kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!

Well done! Could you maybe do me a favour and wish for me to win the lottery next? I really loathe my job…

Okay, I think I'm done with this discussion. All I was saying is that good politics don't stop people from being shitty media observers, and you're reading stuff into it that was not intended, and, IMO, isn't there. I'm really not interested in trying to figure out where you're getting it from, so have a good one.

Wow, would it ever.

Who is about to take up a position in the White House:
https://twitter.com/nytimes…

Which is why I said it was a problem on both sides.

I'm sorry about your residents. That sounds alarming and exhausting. Good on you for doing the work you do - I sure couldn't.

There was a mental health expert who weighed in on this publicly in the last week or so (I think an op ed somewhere?) and his conclusion was that calling Trump mentally ill was an insult to mentally ill people - Trump's an asshole, plain and simple.

I'm just remembering how WOT's favourite lefty continually reminded us that the mysterious cabal who "really" run the government would keep Trump from doing anything too terrible. They're certainly doing a BANG UP JOB so far.

After all, he was the Walrus.

For real? I was wondering. For some reason this makes me gleeful.

There's that too. I was thinking of some blog posts that I've seen written by… well, I'm not sure if they would call themselves progressive or liberal or what term they'd use, but let's say leftists anyway. The blog posts were opinion pieces, naturally, but the positions taken were bolstered by statements that had no…

One of the four daily paid papers in Toronto is the Sun; it's the only one that's a tabloid rather than a broadsheet, and it is heavily right-leaning (I'm pretty sure one of their columnists is still mourning Rob Ford, not least because he's homeless now that Ford's butt isn't available to live in). What's interesting…

CNN did apparently admit some culpability, although not publicly (I think it was a leak saying Zucker said in retrospect they fucked up). For me, the most heartening thing to hear after the election was when Trump called them all to Trump Tower and screamed at them for how unfairly they'd been treating him. If that…

Another deficit is the inability to parse different types of stories. I honestly believe that every high school curriculum needs a full course on civics which should include a unit on media studies.

Anything that introduces people to Paul's Boutique is a good thing.

I would be that friend. I can only spend about an hour in there before the panic attack hits.