I'm gonna repeat what I just said in a different thread: restaurant kitchens get into the the 100s even with air conditioning, because they have those massive grills, heat lamps, and grease traps that are heated up all day long to well over 300 degrees. So having no air conditioning (or at least proper ventilation) in…

I disagree. When Time put a huge picture of Osama bin Laden on the cover, no one batted an eye. Why? Because he looks like what we expect terrorists to look like. The Rolling Stone story was about how a seemingly normal white kid becomes someone willing to plant a bomb and kill innocent people. That picture is a big…

I don't think it's a reach. I think it's hard for us to see criminals in normal settings. It makes putting them in jail more complicated. I firmly believe the main reason that the U.S. has become an unapologetic incarceral state over the last 30 years is because we refuse to think of criminal defendants as human…

I don't know this, but I suspect there is some correlation between intelligence and diagnoses of anxiety. You have to be aware of the world around you to know what to be anxious about.

I think it's Rhimes' writing. She doesn't give actors a lot room for good acting when their dialogue is so awful.

I love Kerry Washington but I just can't like scandal, it's so incredibly stupid and full of cheap predictable shit and characters that are 99.9% illogical. I'm just waiting for an evil twin to arrive.... I watch it sometimes when i'm out of options, but much like bones and greys anatomy and frequently "the killing"…

Wait, I'm supposed to be angry now that a Sherrif escorted them to an outback where they were allowed to purchase their own blooming onion? There are many reasons to feel outrage over the Zimmerman trial. This is not one of them.

Thank you all for the nice comments. I am very surprised to have received a positive response after all of the commotion out there on "teh interwebz." While I do see the point of the comments that essentially say that her sign is risque, if it started a debate that helped everyone see the type of protesting that was…

He continued to follow Trayvon. That is pretty clear, despite his later denials. Read a time-stamped transcript of his call to 911. Pay attention to what happens after the dispatcher tells him that following the "asshole" is not necessary. Why didn't he go back to his car and wait? Why did he tell the dispatcher…

First, thanks for telling me I'm looking at it wrong, and then going on to explain how your version is somehow more truthful.

I'm glad she said this. It makes plain something that has been implicit in the attacks of those who want to blame Trayvon Martin for his own death. If they aren't willing to commit to the "Trayvon was a 6'4", 250 lbs. drug-dealing gunrunner who lay in wait for Curious George and then leaped out of the bushes to…

It proves that Zimmerman's lawyer did his job. "George" is just one of them — a normal dude and things got out of hand. Trayvon Martin is a statistic.

I need to dissect this real quick:

From what I understand, the investigation into this would have to come from the Florida State's Attorney's office. What are the chances of that happening?

Oh really, Juror B37? What, pray tell, was Martin supposed to do when a strange (armed!) man started following him by vehicle and then on foot? If some guy is following me around and starting to intimidate me, you can bet I'll turn around with my fists up.

"I believe he played a huge role in his death. When George confronted him, he could have walked away and gone home. He didn't have to do whatever he did and come back and be in a fight."

Is there really anyone here advocating that we take away RS's right to free speech? That we throw the editors in jail? Not that I see.

"The truth is there's power in accepting the idea that Tsarnaev could be young, handsome andcapable of being part of something awful and destructive."

"Nobody had the clear upper hand." Just to clarify here: Zimmerman had a gun and Martin had Skittles. I'm not going into a whole thing about what transpired, but the gun ALONE is an unquestionable "upper hand" indicator.