1. Is she trying to seduce America?

I think all the paint just fell off my living room walls

That was ba-yeah-yeah-yad.

Even Mike Pence had to sit down in the middle of that singing of the anthem.

She had a pressure wound on her ankle that got infected. Her bandage was black and therefore more noticeable than if she had found a bandage that matched her skin. Dave Lease basically said she chose the dark bandage to draw attention to her injury and withdrew halfway through her program to save face since she was…

Eh, I find the movie itself pretty blah. The music is the most memorable thing about it, and even that’s not all that remarkable. I think you can skip it.

An event with a judge involved who does anything other than enforce rules is not a sport but an exhibition.

It’s a common theme in any sport in which a significant portion of the outcome is determined by subjective criteria.

I’m not going to pretend to know anything about figure skating, so can someone explain to me why it seems like bad judging in the sport is a running joke?

Amen. As a member of the LGBTIQ community, the amount of excused groping, blatant sexual assault, pedophilia and way not ok behaviour that I see occur on a regular basis is staggering. Let’s not pretend man on boy rape culture isn’t a factor here. I’ve recently just about come to blows with certain acquaintances for…

Belief without evidence is prejudice.

Also, let’s be honest: it was 1981. If people right now still have a problem understanding that going on a date does not imply consent, what are the odds that a dude did in 1981?

I can tell a thousand people that I’m the God Emperor of Earth, and keep making that claim for 20 years, but it’s just as ludicrous a claim whether I’m making it for the first time or for the millionth.

I tend to agree. I think many guests are playing a character that is an exaggerated version of themselves. Wouldn’t consider anything said on the program to be a “confession”.

I agree with you but also wonder if Takei meant that he believes sexual assault is defined by abuser seeking the thrill of exerting dominance over another. The implication is that if your motivation is purely sexual then it’s ok. If that’s correct I actually sort of understand where he is coming from and why he may…

The thing is, in most everything else in our society, the burden of proof lies with the person making the claim.

I’ve always been very conflicted about Howard Stern. While I appreciated that a lot of his schtick was a put on I was usually pretty uncomfortable with it (and attributed that discomfort to a slightly prudish element of my personality) But his interviews have really been a treasure trove of confessions of really bad…

Athletics =/= sports.

I agree that their bias wouldn’t be criminal. That’s not what I said.

Their bias would not be what is criminal, it would be the recklessness that is criminal, but it’s difficult to establish a cops actions as reckless.