I don’t see how “The cops responded to an amber alert” is any sort of defense here. Their response ended up with the subject of that alert, the person to be protected and served, dead. I don’t know how a chasee can initiate a chase, whether there is a chase seems entirely up to the chasers. I’m not sure why I’m…

You just identified what happened.  They initiated a car chase with an armed man, and engaged in a shootout with him when he fired back, all while knowing the very person they were meant to protect was there.  And now that person is dead because she got shot.  Whatever else may have happened, there were plenty of…

That is funny, because one of the ways that the UK is more restrictive of speech than the US is that the US has the concept that if you’re a public figure, you can’t win a defamation case unless there is “actual malice,” whereas in the UK there is no such concept. Public figures can win a defamation case without…

If you take a step back and ask “What, exactly, do we need the police for and want them to do,” this sort of situation would seem to be exactly it. Armed and dangerous guy with a hostage. And yet, the police’s actions (which don’t seem to me, to display a whole lot of dexterity and skill in crisis management, at least…

Do these assholes want free speech or not? The complaints of people like Osbourne and Morgan are primarily that when they say things publicly, other people disagree with those things, often not nicely. The only way to resolve those complaints is to require that people be deferential to the opinions of the powerful and…

Is that what happened?  That would have seemed a more relevant point than “Joe Pesci doesn’t convince me”!  Anyways, so you weren’t bothered by the fact the key cell phone evidence is not reliable at all, and does not support their theory?  It doesn’t bother you that the physical evidence almost certainly means the…

Google told me baby boomers were until 1964, so game set match

Generally speaking, it is a very easy thing not to cheat on someone.  Like, it takes so much effort to cheat!  Just the thought of it exhausts me.

I never heard of this guy, and I’m a millenial (albeit an older one). I think most any YouTube star is appealing to younger millenials/Gen Z or younger. Eddie Vedder is a baby boomer (according to my crack internet research), but everyone would consider him a voice of Gen X, not of Boomers.

The technical impact and pop culture impact are not mutually exclusive, completely separate things. I think the article does a good job of explaining that and justifying its thesis.  

Not telepathy. The Joe Pesci reference was so far removed from anything that could conceivably have been considered attempting to change your mind, that no one with 7th grade reading comprehension skills could have thought I was attempting to use that reference to convince you of anything, rather than pointing out…

Remember, if anyone criticizes you for dehumanizing trans people or immigrants, you are a victim of a vicious and relentless campaign of censorship. Threatening to imprison professors who express a viewpoint about a controversial topic is fine, though.

Yeah, I’m familiar with some of Clinton’s work, but still “Well, it’s always a good thing when a country elects its first female prime minister” about an actual fascist feels closer to parody. 

lol, wut? clinton has got to be kidding me with this utter bullshit!

Maybe so, maybe not, but one of the defining features of fascism has never been “giving up power willingly.”  

Meaningless political statements?

I don’t care much about what is going on here, but one of my pet peeves about journalists is how they lazily, reflexively and unnecessarily resort to using the word “alleged” (and its derivations) when there is any amount of uncertainty about whether something happened. This is about arguments and conflict on a movie…

I feel like all the speculation is missing the forest a bit. I do think the Celtics, eventually, need to make clear what the nature of Udoka’s misconduct was. However, even if all that happened was a purely, no doubt about it, consensual affair, between Udoka (I don’t know what the org chart of the Celtics looks like,…

Okay, great 

Is there a special provision in New York law governing recording in hospitals?