Why are you here then?

And yet, it’s better than the alternative.

The fuck kind of doofus thinks having a clear bias in favour of the left is something to be critical of or that pointing out that writers on this site have such a bias is in any way a meaningful contribution?

So. I have no dog in this game. I’m not from Cali and don’t care about Dianne Feinstein in the least.

And the Democrats ran their campaign...well, like Democrats.

This. She has never taken California politics seriously, and has done the bare minimum to retain her seat.

The victim, as far as I can tell, was simply asking for anonymity... not for the story to be kept secret.  If she didn’t want her story out, what would be the point of sending it to Feinstein?

I used to say the wrong one retired but, you know, Boxer got out gracefully before this shitshow and that allowed Harris to move up, too.

Boxer and Feinstein are the ending of The Dark Knight...

Don’t ever forget that Dianne Feinstein voted against a provision that would have allowed same-sex couples to share health benefits in the midst of the AIDS crisis; don’t forget Dianne Feinstein ordered the closing of San Francisco’s bath houses and actively worked against all of Harvey Milk’s progress toward LGBQT…

This is not okay:

They are so valuable, so vital.

Yeah, I’m a Canadian and followed it pretty closely. He was definitely known as an asshole prior to 2014. If you listen to stories from people around him he was a controlling piece of shit for a long, long time and was tolerated because CBC thought he was their “star.”

I read the article I am convinced Gomeshi is a sociopath. Seriously that guy isn’t normal. I followed his trial (I’m a Canadian from Toronto so it was kind of big news) and his legal team never once tried an “innocence” defense, it was totally a tear down of the accusers by his legal time. I mean normal people don’t…

Your first line literally gives two reasons why he deserved to be sacked as the editor...

God, I LOVE a good fact-check. I refused to read the original essay, and gritted my teeth and bore through Buruma’s interview with Slate (bless Nicole Cliffe for her fury about this and nearly-concurrent return to Twitter).

Eh, I think one of the biggest issues is that there are still uninvestigated allegations around Ghomeshi, evidence of physical abuse, and admitted sexual harassment.

“This seemed like a story that was worth hearing,”

The redemption of men must go on, at all costs. They are so valuable, so vital. In a couple of years, Ian Buruma would be given a platform by another powerful dude to claim he was taken down by an overly sensitive hit mob too. On and on it goes, the wheels of patriarchy in perpetual motion.

Good.