He said that he was hoping to be attacked by a black person. He may very well have seen black men, but most people you meet don’t attack you. The whole story sounds like he had watched too much of the Death Wish movie. In reality, people who go out looking for trouble like that are more likely to piss their pants if…

The judge’s comments were horrible, but one might also remember that USA prison population is number one in the world using overly harsh sentences. Maybe it isn’t this sentence that is wrong, but all the ones with longer punishments?

Since this is a thread about stupid questions. OK, it’s bad to impersonate a stereotype of a black person, I can understand that given that it is generally considered bad to “punch down”. (Although reading on wikipedia it seems like the reverse ‘whiteface’ is also considered wrong nowadays, despite being the oppressed…

Seems rather important to know that lunatics like this are buying up US politicians. Makes issues like campaign financing laws seem a lot more urgent.

“Here is a dilemma: is this an instance of Northam attempting to mask his past, or to evolve (as Obama said in a different context) and move beyond it?”

Only way this story makes any sense is if Northon when asked about the photo, thought back, remembered that he had dressed as Michael Jackson at the time and assumed a photo of that had surfaced. Only later did he bother to check what the fuss was about and then he started denying that he was one of the people in the…

Another way of describing that is that anyone interested in a political career who has any kind of skeleton in their closet should choose to go to the republicans. Given the ratio of sinners to perfectly guiltless people I suspect that may not be good news for democrats.

Brosnan’s best Bond movie is “The tailor in Panama”. Sure, it isn’t technically a Bond movie, but he really plays an older, cynical Bond who realizes the the era of super villains is gone and he isn’t needed any more. Too bad they chickened out on the ending.

“He refused to put a black candidate on Democratic flyers!”

You don’t know how it feels like on the inside and how much it hurts. I hope she’ll be able to heal properly if she winds down her career and get some rest. Some athletes get to live with their injuries for the rest of their lives, and a cupboard full of medals may not be enough compensation.

Those slopes often don’t look so bad on TV, but if you ever visit one and stand on top...

There are plenty of much worse people alive. Cheney is dong fine as is Kissinger.

The world would be better off if Trump played more golf.

He’d have to go hiding among his billionaire friends who laugh all the way to the bank. I think he could live with that.

Imagine how much money he saves by not having to buy a graphics card.

In most of the world people think “Is this an improvement?”. In America people think “would I get sued if I do this and an accident happen?”. There is also a bit more of an expectation that people will have some common sense.

You can have stroller ramps in regular stairs. Here an example:

Didn’t anyone think about using forensic methods? If the toddler was kept warm by a bear there ought to be some hair from it stuck to his clothes.

And Jews, are they really white enough?

What do a guy like Stone care if he is technically found guilty as long as there are no consequences?