Thank you!

Great comment! People have focused on real estate, but that’s not the only relevant set of laws. Burials, archaeology, hydrology, fisheries... the permitting should have considered a whole bunch of risks. If the product were something other than crude oil (say, a shopping plaza or a high-speed train), then it would…

Except a)nobody’s actually been conscripted in 40 years, so it’s pretty much a a moot point and b)men get raped in the military a whole fucking lot.

“She doesn’t know why I’m bringing up sexual assault and rape; this is why. We go into real wars with real anti-American, anti-women, enemies, thank you, who use rape and torture and who will use rape and torture of women to try to win the war.”

I have had that experience, too. When I’m shouting, it means I’ve lost my mind completely. When my ex-husband is shouting, it means it’s Thursday. So I never could get around the way he communicates. I’ve been with my second husband for nine years now, and we understand each other much better. Neither of us shouts…

You’re not clever.

Yes, they can account for it. And they should.

Jason, this is a fantastic analysis of Tesla’s autopilot shortcomings, but I’d argue that it’s missing the point. I’ve been beating this drum at every opportunity (basically every time I see a Jalopnik post wherein you guys drive around in a Model S doing everything but driving). The public’s perception of Telsa’s…

I prefer Bernie, and I’ve had male friends tell me that I should support Hillary because she’s a woman and “it’s time” and “she’s earned it.” I’ll vote for her over Trump of course, but I deeply resent the idea that her gender should somehow matter to me more than my actual political ideals, or that we should elect…

Do you find Trump platform better then Hillary? Its about being united and not going against your own people.

...and someday you can look back and know that you did your part to stop an orange cloud of fascism from taking over your country, even if it wasn’t you who stood the most to lose.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/footbal…

These stats are old, but no reason to think they are not still pretty close. (From Wikipedia). So the sentence is ABSOLUTELY "lenient" compared to a usual sentence for a *convicted* rapist.

he was also a Stanford athlete... part of the brotherhood. He absolutely had a conflict of interest.

Wait - if the judge is a Stanford alumnus, why was he allowed to try the case? Shouldn't he have removed himself from it because of his connection to the school?

Thank you. Two things can be true— we can acknowledge that this is more than most rapists get, while maintaining that it is insufficient. Additionally, I would argue that he WAS coddled, and the judge WAS lenient, because he’s a rich white kid, drenched in privilege. Let’s be real, black and brown rapists would never…

Dear Bernie Supporters Who Behaved Like Children:

OMG, can this just be over? I’m so exhausted by this and we haven’t even moved into the actual election part of it. My fellow Bernie supporters have taken away any interest or enthusiasm I once had. I don’t care who the Dem nominee is anymore, I really don’t. It could be a moldy sack of grapefruits and I will still…

I have been reluctant to blame Sanders as his supporters get more and more batshit in the face of inevitable loss. No more. The statement he put out on this is pure bullshit. You supporters got VIOLENT — they threw chairs, they issued death threats, they acted like spoiled Trump-supporting creeps, and the statement…

“I can’t really say for sure if there was an intention on that,” he replied. “I don’t really want to say too much.”