“A law that can be directed against speech found offensive to some portion of the public can be turned against minority and dissenting views to the detriment of all."

Now that you mention it, you're right. Which is kind of odd in and of itself. I'm pretty sure no matter what else was going on, two literal gods flying around tossing tanks at each other would probably attract attention.

He looked absolutely ridiculous.

Because hiding them and pushing them off into the fringes to fester has been proven to work so well?

The number of people that looked at that, thought it was quality writing, either in style or substance, staggers me.

The Comey testimony isn't official?

Every intelligence agency we have agrees. That's not hard enough evidence for you?

Well, its also their duty to stay out of anything until its considered proven. Yes, no one in the public has any actual doubts about it. But at best, they'd have to put in a big explanation of how the crimes were alleged by never proven, etc. Calling him a rapist without any legal backing would probably give Cosby…

It'd have been stolen from Richard Pryor, at the very least.

It might be the antithesis, but its been pretty common throughout Olympic history to use the games a proxy for the strength and/or political power of the nations concerned. Since the 1936 Olympics, at the very least.

Right. Because working feverishly to influence an election and undermine our form of government is definitely the kind of thing "friends" do for each other.

I think they just had a marketing department that was insane. They used to buy multiple spots on Doctor Who.

If it caused them to build some actual working public transit, even if just from one venue to another, it might even be one of the few cities that benefits from hosting the Olympics.

Incorrect, from this Chicago's memory. Mayor Daley wanted the Olympics to be the last item in his legacy*, and basically dragged the entire city into the process. Very little of the general public wanted it to happen.

Speaking as a Chicagoan, no, we're most certainly not.

That's what I thought.

I hope you're talking about the book/movie and not the tv series.

You think that's bad, you should've heard my grandmother when I suggested that America should institute a Minimum Guaranteed Income.

Apple is the democracy of technologies: it's the worst possible option, except for everything else.

I LOVE Phantom. Like, went to see it at 6 years old and its been my favorite musical ever since, love it. But Love Never Dies is the physical embodiment of the worst characteristic of Phantom fans: they make the psycho murdering pederast into the hero.