This argument might make sense if we didn’t live in the richest country in the world. As it is, it’s pretty shit. The US could provide free abortion and family planning services to low income people, for very little money. But we don’t. Instead we force poor women to have children, then throw some pennies at them for…

Let’s also point out that if someone needs to work two full time jobs to take care of their kids, it’s really hard to do the parenting they want to do. If someone doesn’t believe she can take care of a child (for any reason) she shouldn’t be forced into having it!

Easy. It’s called being a Polygon editor.

Hollins was acting strange and started yelling “I need my mom,”

It is still not clear to the family how Malachi got his hands on the dangerous weapon. Stephens said that he got the gun from a friend who got it from someone else. Investigators are looking into finding out who originally had the gun and passed it to the friend, the news station notes.

One important thing I think we should all practice doing is trying to steer away from “United Airlines did XYZ” and into “[named human] did XYZ.”

We’ve been sold the lie that “if you go along, you will get to join the ‘rich’ someday” for so long that people will defend that belief no matter what the consequences.

Armed officers of the state enforcing a corporate policy (which is not a law.) Awesome.

“[A]n immature and stupid response that literally could not have ended any other way.” What an impressively succinct encapsulation of exactly the type of reflexive bootlickery Burneko denounced in his piece. And the nice thing is, you can make literally the same exact argument in favor of literally any act of defiance…

Surely* you’ve already seen this, but the comments below Gizmodo’s coverage of this incident are similarly flabbergasting and demoralizing. To paraphrase many, “The corporation can do what it wants because its policies say it can” and “These are cops, so you have no legal protection. Comply or get your head smashed…

This is the same argument for people who argue in favor of management over labor. Theoretically, only a tiny, fraction of a percent of people should be making those arguments, yet, anecdotally, it is an alarmingly large percentage.

This whole “OBEY ANY AND EVERY ORDER YOU ARE GIVEN OR YOUR HUMAN RIGHTS ARE FORFEIT” deal aboard airliners is getting really old.

“I beg to differ.”

The military, mindlessly might I add, leans towards Republican because they’ve been brainwashed to think Republicans care about the Military despite consistently cutting veteran care and preferring to risk lives over technology. Also, most military funding is top 1% to just support the military industrial complex and…

I’m a veteran; I actually was in the Navy when the towers fell. I still clearly remember walking into the wardroom onboard my ship and asking what crazy movie everyone was watching, as I had just come off watch and found the entirety of the ship’s contingent of officers staring at the TV — Captain and XO included.

Well the good new is Trump has shown time and time again he knows when to pull back on the controversial rhetoric when he has no clue what he is talking about, and never doubles down and gets himself into no win situations. Even then, he’s never been one to to be afraid to admit he’s made a mistake and make amends.…

Hmm, are you under the impression that Jared Kushner is POTUS?

That’s on you, dogface. Next time get born into a privileged family, marry the daughter of a grifting megalomaniac billionaire, and get put in charge of a military operation!

Who better to skate to music from a movie that centers on a precocious, talented Safran Foer protagonist than a precocious, talented figure skater?