I hate to be the party pooper on this but…I am significantly less stoked about the Laura and friends subplot. I will be actually finale-of-Lost angry if the show follows through on the threat have Jesus raise Laura like Lazarus.

Who?

Unless you are religious you have to accept that all love is a genetic adaptation either by accident (natural selection) or selective breeding (artificial selection). It doesn't mean that the love that a mother feels for a child is any less "real" or is any way cheapened. Nor is the love that people and companion…

She is a Burnese/Golden mix. So big and goofy and aggressively loving.

I block everyone so I have no idea what we are even talking about.

I've definitely met racist dogs before.

Never met a self identified First Amendment Absolutist who argued as such. I suspect we can add it to the list of StrawBoogiemen.

On the basis of Maher's own statements.

No. It generally means no matter how outrageous or offensive your speech is, the government can't stop you. The First Amendment has nothing to do with criticism. Criticism is itself protected speech.

Wha?

Huh?

*lards up groins*

Maher is in no way a fan of freer markets. Full stop. Not a libertarian.

Can we kill the myth that Maher is a "libertarian." He is no such thing. He calls himself a "libertarian" so he can pretend to "give it to both sides." But he is a lefty through and through.

Yes and no.

That's a pretty thin reed to lean on. The Democrats controlled both houses and the governments's purse strings. Blaming the AIDS on Reagan just seems like trying too hard to politicize a heath crisis.

I'm just curious how the GOP allowed AIDS to wipe out a population? That's an interesting allegation.

Bottom line: if someone says something outrageous about a politician I like it's my turn to grab the pitchfork.

The cynic in me says that people are libertarian about the rights they value and authoritarian about the rights that other people value. If you don't play video games its pretty damn easy to say "we need more regulations on violent video games" because you don't have to give up a damn thing. And hey—-maybe it would…