I drive him a bit nuts sometimes since a lot of his jokes don’t work on me (half the time my Asperger’s prevents me from recognizing them as jokes instead of, say, questions). On the other hand he did figure out REAL quick not to tap me on the back from behind (it makes me jump) so he goes for a high five instead.…

Britain has a long and noble tradition of pants-down beatings, rape, and other delightful boarding school activities. It may be different now, but the fictional tradition Rowling drew upon (going all the way back to Tom Brown’s Schooldays, if not earlier) glossed over some pretty dire shit.

THAT IS THE EXACT BOOK I AM TALKING ABOUT.

Counterpoint: Tilda Swinton set up a school in the massive emptiness of Northern Scotland where children learn to build boats and plant trees.

Everyone should read Witch Week by Diana Wynne Jones. A much needed corrective, although it preceeded HP, and the first book I felt slighted on behalf of when HP became a juggernaut. Also it’s just a really great book.

Gots to agree here. Shooting people with rubber bullets and water cannons who are praying is not a “clash.”

It’s a common tactic throughout history to smear previous regimes, especially in scandalous and salacious manner. The Borgia family especially after the death of Rodrigo Borgia (Pope Alexander VI) is perhaps one of the more famous examples of this. In societies that were ordered by hereditary rule, throwing into…

Didn’t the Secret History also say that Justinian was literally a demon who ran around with his head operated from his body? I think it’s best to take that account of the reign of Justinian with a grain of salt.

Okay, but can reporting on this story PLEASE emphasize that the camp is located on unceded treaty land? Not only are they being ordered to leave, but they’re being ordered to leave land that actually belongs to them.

Ha! Good sleuthing. This exchange gives me both great hope (that you were able to recognize the error, and figure out why it was an error) and great sorrow (that their website is usually the first result on Google, that they claim to supply statistics to CNN, NYTimes, Forbes, the Oxford University Press, and they…

From Bloomberg:

You seem to confuse democracy with liberalism and progressive beliefs. Millennials are more progressive and liberal than older generations, yes. But they support democracy less than older generations do. This is what the article is talking about.

I’m sorry, but we have to differentiate Trump’s actual awful things from shitty narratives and things taken out of context.

re: Supreme Court

Yes.

This is the typical liberal pouting that is getting crushed by conservatives. It’s hard to infer any other reaction than, “woe is me. I’m taking my ball and going home.”

Man, we Liberals sure love to write letters and quit shit. Also fedoras and craft beer.

Pretty Baby was considered the height of art back then... Jailbait was a perfectly acceptable mainstream media obsession / marketing tool. Gross.

I dunno, man. Just about everyone understood that it was in priority of optimal response. No one thinks that it’s “stop, drop, roll...in whatever order you want.”

Schools being gun free zones aren’t to stop criminals or deter criminals. That would be absurd. Unfortunately, you’re an idiot who can’t figure out that no guns in schools is directed at the type of idiot who brings a gun into a school, bends a knee to hug his kid and accidentally shoots my kid in the chest killing…