There is an entire movement in the U.S. that is advocating using the courts and criminal justice system as a revenue center for cash strapped municipalities. It's disgusting, using the threat of jail to extract fees from the poor.

Agree with everything you just articulated and the thing I dislike even more than that are all the stories of a woman's rape being the catalyst for the (male) hero to go forth and conquer villains.

Though, to ONLY buy games that have a female playable charachter [sic], will exclude you from many great games.

I was in high school in the 70s and clearly remember imagining the open minded utopia we would all be living in by the time I was in my 30s.

Gimme five bees for a quarter.

The problem lies with purchasing habits. Boys and men will watch/read/buy products with male protagonists. Only male protagonists. Girls and women will watch/read/buy products with both female and male protagonists. If women truly want to see this change, they will quit buying these products and only purchase products…

I do not see any chance of a GOP presidential victory in 2016. They have a lock on regional elections due to heavy handed computer assisted gerrymandering and voter suppression tactics, but win a national election with that bag of right wing, anti-woman, anti-Latino lunatics? No.

Now, see, I've never seen him in anything were he wasn't a good guy and still he creeps me out in that ad. I wonder if the creative team hired him because of the Justified role?

Perhaps we can convince Sophia Brooks to scan them and create a Tumblr for the images. Eh? Eh? ;)

Yeah, yeah. It was incredible. Probably some photos somewhere on the intertubes.

I usually think of him as one of the good guys in Band of Brothers. And then there's this thing. With the creepy wink at the end.

Shit, am I jealous!

Ha, well I'm glad I could share. Horrible Cadillac Guy is just so vile, I love watching it on Youtube (it was created and shown for the Super Bowl, I think) to marvel that a creative team thought it was a good idea. He's like some super villain from a Hollywood movie on Wall Street assholes or something.

I lived in LA when the original Banana Republic was in business, before they were sold. The owners literally bought and resold military stuff from governments around the world, sometimes repurposing stuff so Americans would buy it. Think silk parachutes, trunks, that sort of thing. Hence, Banana Republic.

The second (terrible) quote is like the teen version of the sociopath Cadillac Guy: http://www.ispot.tv/ad/7BkA/cadill…

Beauty pageants were so wonderfully spoofed in AD.

Wait, I'm confused. This fit form is a "normal body?" I would kill to have a "normal body" like this. On the other hand, I am far too lazy to do the kind of work she clearly does to have it. Also, I am middle aged. Which I think makes my flabby middle aged body "normal." Or, at least, average.

I'm fairly certain the police have this down to an art. And if I thought there were actual underage girls posting on legitimate dating websites, pursuing anonymous sex with total strangers and this sort of police operation kept them safe, I'd be on board. But where is the evidence of that?

My point, however, is that this was a fantasy. This was not a real person. Are there scores of actual 14-year-old girls who look like Britney Spears, talk like a porn star and pursue 18+ year-olds online for anonymous sex?

And if your friend had managed to meet up with one of the adult men she was flirting with in chatrooms, yes, I would want them to be prosecuted. Of course. I always disapprove of relationships where there is a power imbalance, regardless even of age. I didn't like the relationship between President Clinton and Monika…