I agree that they could describe the employee's action and were the basis of her complaint.

If I'm understanding this story right, one of the hundreds of people working at Disney that day had an inappropriate response to the lady's top. It sounds like she had a brief exchange with him, then went on with the rest of the day, stopping by Guest Relations to fill in a comment card, then later she filed a report…

You know for about ten years NBC tried putting her in everything and while she made an impression and was recognizable, none of it really took. It's similar to what they're doing with David Walton now.

My wife and kids are vegetarians. Their nuggets are TVP with no chicken.

While she's not making furniture or doing math, I think the opposite of this ad are some of those from Jim Beam featuring Mila Kunis.

I don't know if there's actually a media component. I remember back in the 70s and 80s, if there was one suicide attempt among young people, there were always others. Of course most were just ploys for attention, but there wasn't really a media component at least where I lived. There was a school of a few hundred…

She is good. I'd often find myself distracted by her Downy Unstoppable video ads at Walmart.

What people seem to miss from these kinds of stories is that the National Guardspeople and Navy personnel have to do these types of things for training, so by complaining about them getting a story and a feeling of accomplishment for helping someone in need, the commenters are saying that they'd rather they get their…

What the hell kind of nonsense was that video? Talk about looking down on the audience...

I can see where that might make sense in theory, but in most of the country it would be hard to keep their locations a secret, plus they usually do fundraising and other public activities, not to mention that there are websites where they can be looked-up nationwide.

Maybe this "joke" wasn't in particularly good taste, especially when viewed through the prism of an American blog targeted toward a female demographic, but Rémi Gaillard's videos have been a staple of the blogosphere for years and have been featured several times on Gawker blogs.

Just because a list exists, it doesn't necessarily mean that any one has ever bought it.

Most states don't have laws about collecting roadkill, but many allow it. Just from the link, it sounds like the Michigan proposal is similar to the law in New York.

I assume Aristotle used the Greek word and maybe the meaning was passed down.
(I don't know. I was just trying to reconcile the advocacy group's quote)

The clip from the advocacy group says that Aristotle thought people dumb because they could not speak. One would assume that if he met someone who had recently lost their hearing, who could make themselves understood, he wouldn't have thought them "dumb".

Though the FAQ for the advocacy group ties it back to hearing, the clip actually says that Aristotle proclaimed people "dumb" because they could not speak. Though it comes across that way from the NAD page, it isn't really contrary to what you, I and Pete Townsend thought.

I believe the Belgium paper thing couldn't be taken any other way, which is why I helped @nappyheadflo post it to Crosstalk on Saturday, commented and retweeted the Times link to their "apology" early this morning, but when every little turn of a phrase is called "racist", it devalues or reduces the charge. It could…

I never thought that I'd defend Donald Rumsfeld, but the answer coming from the bloggers taking him to task is that before someone says any common, non-offensive phrasing, they should take into consideration people's race. This sounds sort of racist to me.

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While only a couple of New York City schools specifically ban leggings, a large number of them, if not the majority prohibit short skirts or shorts, tube tops, bare midriffs, muscle shirts, baggy pants, exposed underwear, gang wear and tees with certain messages such as beer advertisements, all because they can…