Identity politics are exhausting and silly. And they are a distraction from real politics and economics. Is it any wonder that the economic inequality that has blossomed and the political apathy and disengagement of young people has flourished in a time when identity politics has replaced real politics on campus? …

I get it. You are equating the early days of the telephone where government inadequately regulated Ma Bell with "regulation." The government from the start of the 20th century tried to break up Ma Bell. Educate yourself:

No offense, but you're fucking clueless. The stagnation in the telephone industry had nothing to do with government regulation. It had to do with the lack of it. Until the Feds broke up Ma Bell, a classic monopoly, nothing changed as Ma Bell had no competition.

Goldman estimated it would cost $140 billion to provide fiber connections country wide.

Protective cases are for suckers.

Maybe I'm old, but I used to take women out on dinner dates and develop a little trust and intimacy before trying to put my penis in them.

Why do you think the two theories are mutually exclusive? Social roles and gender norms didn't develop in a vacuum. Our biology may not be outcome determinative, but it certainly influences how social institutions have developed.

Next you're gunna tell me Disney is releasing a movie where all the evil hyenas have ethnic voices.

I guess my only comment is to ask why records sound so much better than CDs? And to ask again why live music sounds so much better than any recording. I think there is an obvious difference between a high res SACD and a crappy mp3 file. While you can't hear individual tones sampled above a certain rate, the sound you…

What facts are facts? That it isn't 100% effective? That is MORE reason to get the damn shot. Holy shit man. Educate yourself.

It's not that you sound like a conspiracy kook, its that you sound ignorant and poorly educated. The fact that it isn't 100% effective is MORE reason to get the shot. Not less. From a personal standpoint as well as a herd immunity standpoint. People still get the flu after getting a flu shot. But it lessens the…

What would Andrea Dworkin say? Catherine MacKinnon?

Going from a 80% chance of not getting infected to near zero on exposure means quite a bit. It is also the reason why it is so important that everyone get vaccinated. The chance of infection goes up exponentially with every near 0% person in the herd.

Sure. It is a line drawing issue that relates to cost and other factors, like having enough donors in the first place. According to the CDC, men who have sex with men are just 2% of the population, but that 2% of the population accounts for 63% of all new HIV infections. It is a simple statistics and cost benefit…

Coward.

Jesus you people are stupid on this site. I mean, I can't believe someone pays you to blog when whatever basic education you received failed so badly on its face. You should ask whatever shitty liberal arts school you graduated from for a refund.

My understanding is that Black and Latina women do not have a statistically significant higher rate of infection than the population at large. So no. Even if they did, it is again just a cost-benefit call. If they had rates that were the same as men who have sex with men - and they don't - then there would be little…

Your reasoning is faulty. If a blood center has a limited amount of money to spend on testing blood - and they do - then, yes, they have a very good reason to continue this practice. If men who have sex with men have a significantly higher rejection rate for their blood donation, then rejecting them outright before…

per dollar spent, you fucking dipshit.

They do with respect to IV drug users. As to Black and Latina women, I don't think that is the case. The rates are higher in Black and Latino communities but that is due almost elusively to the behavior of the gay men within that community, who tend to be poorer, less educated, more stigmatized and less likely to…