What you describe as “barriers” are such to you because we lack the technology to circumvent them. Back when we were still living in caves I’m sure we regarded rivers as huge barriers and oceans as outright lunacy to try and cross. You have to consider that if we use the Big Bang as a starting point, we’ve had around…

I noticed “grow the fuck up” and “cultivate a thicker skin” were conspicuously absent from your list.

Childish, indeed.

I didn’t vote for her or Trump but the last thing she really wanted was to be judged on her accomplishments and merit. She had precious little of either and what she had wasn’t positive or complimentary. She played fast and loose with the rules, helped to run an influence peddling foundation, can’t believe her…

Actually, to the contrary, the origin of my unease with this is precisely one of us understands the legal definition of libel...and since that person ain’t you, allow to help you:

Libel: “a published false statement that is damaging to a person’s reputation”. Period. End of story.

There is literally no way ABC could…

If I were to refer to you as that “rude, flatulent, insensate hominid” (all true characterizations of you at some point) and people who encountered you called you that and when discussing you with other people identified you as such and not your given name to the point they don’t even know your name...you think that…

Are you suggesting that poor ABC/Disney didn’t have the cash capacity to hire the same lawyers some South Dakota based meat processor did?

Do you even apply logic to your thought process? Could you try to?

And you seem to have no understanding of it either. The quoted portion of the plaintiff’s case was that ABC called an already named product “pink slime” and the plaintiff’s were entirely correct in asserting that ABC News’ DECISION to call their product that and not what the plaintiff called the ACTUALLY MARKETED AND…

Couple of things: it’s not economic theory but an accurate recount of the way it worked once. That it diverges from a competing model that you prefer doesn’t make it theory so you can conversationally dismiss it. Recognizing history and reality isn’t insane.

The world I’m talking about isn’t what you described. The…

And your opinion is based on what you know and personally experience. It would likely surprise you to know that it wasn’t always like this. That government wasn’t the biggest employer and that the taxes they confiscate weren’t nearly as much as they are today. People used to be able to make a living and send their…

While you identify those types of cases please also bend a thought to men who are abused and assaulted by women who do not press charges out of shame and embarrassment. It nearly takes an act of God to see a woman charged with domestic violence. I was in a terrible marriage that, near the end, saw my ex getting up…

There isn’t a wage gap as it’s being argued. Women who do the same job as men get paid the same...because that’s the law. Where the “gap” shows up is when you take the average of what a woman makes and compare it to the average of what a man makes. Women ON AVERAGE make less than men...but that average doesn’t take…

The headline: “Disarm All Domestic Abusers Now” followed by “[t]he charges were dismissed...so there was no conviction and no possibility that Hodgkinson would lose his guns or be prevented from buying or owning something like an M4-style assault rifle.

It’s not solely an issue of their cable subscription...it’s also their viewership numbers. ESPN doesn’t generate revenue solely from their cable subscriptions. There is such a thing as ad dollars and those are what’s at stake here.

For a group who likes to pride themselves on assuming they’re so much smarter than…

That’s your final answer? Sure you don’t want to call a friend? Maybe a less insane one? I particularly like the earmarks and compromise bills going to judicial review...which, being as there is nothing unconstitutional with a compromise bill OR earmarking, would be a laughably ludicrous waste of time.

Do you people…

I’m not sure you enjoy moving goalposts...but you sure are diligent about it. First it was his political party (not really his but for the sake of whatever argument you’re trying to craft, let’s assume he’s a politician as usual) and now it’s Congress and you ask what have they done since early November that makes me…

What, if anything, makes you think that cutting benefits IS an executive power? Jesus...civics really needs to be taught in this country again.

What makes you think that the president has the authority to do such a thing? He isn’t up there bragging about his phone and his pen like his predecessor did.

LOL! ...New Yorkers. They’re just so darn cute when they’re righteously angry.

You realize they already have an airplane for the president, right? And that a C-130 can’t land and taxi up to the front door of Trump Tower.

I mean, seriously, the reactions of people to this is starting to border on childish. It’s an Air Force plane (not Secret Service...you know...the guys who would be doing this…

It’s a C-130 flying circles. How is that “improving security” or how will that in any way contribute to a possible rescue scenario? They can’t land it in the street in front of Trump Tower (or wherever his Oompa Loompness will be residing), they have Air Force 1 for air travel (and a lot better kitted out for…