Yes. Negligence leading to death isn’t the moral equivalent of, say, shooting a person with the intent to kill them.

To be fair, a sculpture of Hitler is the artistic equivalent of click bait.

It’s only a matter of time before they go all out Hapsburg in an attempt to consolidate the various fiefs in Calabasas.

Call me old fashioned, but vaping is only acceptable for smokers or ex-smokers, and should only be done in the privacy of one’s home.

Yes, and that why some stores don’t accept American Express due to its relatively high fee. And cash also leaves no trace, making book cooking far simpler.

Russia doesn’t pose a threat to the world.

Well, many non-fanatical Sunni Iraqis prefer life under ISIS to US occupation or kidnappings by Shia militias... So I guess that is a positive, if you happen to be an Iraqi Sunni who once had a family member kidnapped and dumped in an alley.

Or, why was this a thing in the first place?

Not necessarily...

That depends on the circumstances...

What is the alternative? Nuclear war?

It can’t be anything but an attempt at greenwashing, perhaps to buy Obama some chips in the Paris negotiations by pointing to completely unenforceable “pledges” as a sign of the American efforts to combat climate change. Who knows?

No, and that goes for pretty much any religion...

He’s shallow, but not completely shallow like the Shah of Iran. That guy married some of the most beautiful women in the world. Look at his second wife, I defy anyone to pick out even the slightest flaw. You just stare in amazement...

Same. We had Facebook, but that was before everyone and their grandmother was on it...

And for every girl they supposedly “seduced”, how many went running back to their friends laughing at their ridiculous “alpha male” posturing?

“so much that they offered a salary bump for a dog-walker when I expressed concern about leaving Oscar at home all day”

Telling someone to try Pepto Bismol if they have the runs is different from pontificating about how they should work out or boring them with some fadish quick fix diet advice.

The organized “Church” has been around for roughly 1800 years, with the Roman branch being essentially independent for around 1300 years. It is a marvel of organization, but hierarchical and slow to change. You cannot realistically expect the Catholic Church to be at the forefront of every single new social change.…

As much as I disagree with her, military worship is far more damaging to real progress than the ramblings of a paid talking head.