I'm glad there was a happy ending for the restaurant. But if the dickhead had been armed with more than a pellet gun (and had been less of a coward), it could have been a bad day for the chef. I'm not embarrassed to say that if someone armed asks me for my money, I'm giving them my money.

Yes, my reaction to that was, "Run for your life!"

This ^^^.

Nope. You should not be able to disrupt a flight because your religious laws conflict with modern life. If you can't be seated next to a member of the opposite sex, there are airlines where you can reserve specific seats in advance, and you can purchase the seat next to yours as well. Religion is a choice, not an…

He was acting in defense of another.

Nephew was not charged with anything. +1 for the police this time around.

I agree.

This isn't a dig at you, just a statement of the obvious - lots of us look at how Obama is treated by Conservatives and the media NOW and feel great shame.

You got it. It's hard to stay in denial when people insist on pushing reality in your face. They had their little service for their "son" who was "hit by a truck while having an early morning walk." Lalalala we can't see you we can't hear you, real world.

Fine, withhold the cookie, but don't punish them.

No. It isn't. But in his case, it may be as close as we're going to get. At least he was thoroughly humiliated.

I have to disagree. I think they were calling out a fucking rapist who has been gloating and getting put on a goddamn pedestal because he is (usually) good at a stupid game. They handed said rapist his head in the game and then told him karma is a bitch. That's okay by me.

The idea that she gathered up her shit-fragments after they came out of her to measure them still gives me the willies. I know she says there was "no brown... no shit." Nope, it's still shit.

You said that exactly right. I'm not religious, but from all I know about the Bible, Jesus would not approve of this shit. Those parents didn't choose their faith, they chose their religious community. They were afraid their friends would disapprove and judge them if they accepted their daughter, and they were…

Well, not for the sake of religion, but my parents were unaccepting assholes who fucked up all three of their kids' heads. We all lived through it, but we're all scarred and emotionally crippled. On the other hand, they are both dead now, and frankly that's one reason I'm feeling stronger than I have in years.

Your religion is more important than your child? Then you can fuck right off.

I would prefer that we get to supervise THEIR use of force.

His skin is pretty good. He's a little itchy and chews his paws a bit, but nothing drastic. He doesn't even need medicine for it.

Yes!

Oh, hell, most make more noise than mine. There's an earsplitting noise known as the Frenchie Death yodel, but mine doesn't do it. Mine doesn't fart much either, because of his diet.