White people can and have (in the distant past) head the NAACP. It would be discriminatory to base the position on her skin color.

“All that said, ironically the collective over reaction to his comment is more damaging to women currently or dreaming to work in the sciences than his actual comment ever could have been by a factor of many.”

Nope. Best practices for suicide reporting recommend not using “committed,” which sounds like a crime or, to religious communities, like a sin, and “kill yourself” is just insensitive, crude, and poorly phrased. “Died by suicide” is the phrasing recommended by mental health professionals and the American Foundation…

I really don’t see that as passive aggressive. “I’m sorry, I didn’t hear you.” Ok. You’re sorry - legit apology. That’s normal. Also, you didn’t hear the person. That’s a statement of fact and lets them know that it was unintentional. That’s cool and a normal thing to say and makes sense. “You don’t have to yell”…

I knit all mine out of naturally shedded pubic hair (you can’t use it if it was removed un-naturally because then you’ll have made yourself look like an infant in the process and it’ll mean your partner is a pedantic pedophile.)

If she stripped down to sexy lingerie I’d be with you, but I appreciate her showing how the sausage gets made. Even the slimmest celebs are spanxed to the gills under their beautiful outfits and nude spandex is not flattering!

In all seriousness, even though I wouldn’t want to be the first person to try it, if this ultimately works, it could only be a good thing. Given the California drought, it’s laudable that a state is trying to find a way to more creatively recycle a waste product. Good for you, Oregon.

You're giving a gift in exchange for them throwing a party you get to attend and get free food and booze and dancing and fun. And also because you want to give them something to celebrate their milestone. If you're so put upon then just don't go.

You know what? Okay. Give this guy a shot. Would he have been my pick? Nah. But if anyone had told me at the time that Jon Stewart was the best guy to replace Craig Kilborn, I would have thought they were crazy.

Good luck, Noah. You're gonna need it.

That is absolutely not how food stamps work. If that were the case, I would not be able to buy any food whatsoever since all food is taxed where I live.

The tax puts a direct burden on consumers and not suppliers. You are right that this could possibly have an effect (depending on the elasticity of demand and the availability of alternatives) on supply, but there is no guarantee that it will and it is definitely not a tax targeting "the system."

"These people can't get to grocery stores that have extensive healthy offerings, and can't afford to buy the ones that are there, and are therefore getting sick! What's our solution, boys?"

It doesn't actually address it though, it just makes it more expensive. And lines the coffers of the govt which will put a couple cents of that dollar towards its stated goal...

It's popular because it's inexpensive (and easy and tasty). It's being taxed because it's unhealthy.

It's great that this money is going to community wellness projects, but taxing an item that is popular with people on food stamps specifically because it is inexpensive (as per the quoted portion of the article) sort of seems like it fails to address the inherent issues of 1. possibly not knowing enough about…

You can say "hey, I'm fat and that's probably not going to change, so if that's not your thing then I'm probably not the right person for you", right on your profile.

This was not a cool story.

If someone's outnumbered by three angry people who are being physically keeping them somewhere, that absolutely is a threatening situation.

Uh-huh, no-one's ever been seriously injured in a physical altercation that took place in a restaurant because you say one word and the police magically appear between you and an assailant. That's obvious to anyone with half a brain alright, just not so much those of us who have whole brains.

Yes, who wouldn't want to significantly escalate a situation in which three other people have them physically trapped? Get a clue.