So the net complaint is "Canadian law enforcement officers use insensitive pronouns"? I don't think this is going to spawn a wave of sit-ins.

So you have a lot of complaints and no solution. About par for the course here.

It's an argument for keeping erect penises, whoever they're attached to, out of women's locker rooms. Even the columnist at this (right-wing) Toronto publication isn't in favor of forcing pre-op trans women into the men's locker room (a solution that would cause its own problems) but that doesn't mean that cis women…

Here's a link to a story about the thorny issue you mentioned. http://www.torontosun.com/2014/01/28/pol…

Oh, look, evidence from two weeks ago. http://www.torontosun.com/2014/01/28/pol…

Maybe the women prisoners don't want to see a cock in the shower. There was a gym in Toronto that dealt with this kind of pre-op issue.

Hear hear.

A lot of people spend all day exercising — postal workers, bicycle couriers, construction workers. I got into pretty good shape doing the latter two jobs. Mind you, I increased my food intake at the same time, not decreased.

I was wondering about the risk issue. Is the skin cancer popping up because of chemicals in the product, or just because the black people are getting white-people-pigmented skin which is naturally more susceptible to skin cancer?

You forgot to mention that vegans are as earnest as a preacher and as funny as a toothache.

Ah. Yeah I've been to state court in New York and it's a good deal less formal.

Not to mention the Southern Californians.

Salt is killer on cars because it accelerates rusting, by like 1000x (figure is approximate).

Where do you practice where only one judge requires you to stand? In Manhattan federal court basically all the judges require lawyers to stand when speaking.

You can't eat at all in most courtrooms...

You can't eat in most courtrooms either, so this doesn't strike me as that odd.

Are you on the peer review board for the Journal of Loaded Racial Remarks With No Evidence? I'll provide my cites when you do.

The minimum wage is a poor tool to make sure that people are kept out of poverty. It gives companies incentives to cut the hours of wage earners.

The hots are hotter and the colds are uglier.

Totally hit or miss. Sometimes super hot, sometimes gross.