That’s an interesting point. But isn’t the schism more Sunni/Shia than lighter versus darker skin? Or does one go with the other? Excuse me; I am woefully ignorant as to the intricacies of the Gulf region!

The lawsuit was originally filed on behalf of 22 former cocktail servers at the Borgata Casino, a position officially known as “Borgata Babes” (the sound you just heard was me throwing up in my mouth a little).

This is a red herring. To try to save as much oil as we can does not negate that much oil will still be used. But we can make huge steps in conservation.

Beauifully stated.

May as well boycott all countries, then. Including the United States.

Bahrain is not Saudi Arabia. Let’s not conflate all Gulf States, please.

There is much we can do regardless. Limit urban sprawl for one. Make cities and suburbs more walkable/bicycle-friendly, and so on. In Europe, most of my friends have no cars: no matter where you live there is generally a train, metro, ferry or bus that goes there. Would Americans take a bus? That is another question.…

I don’t believe that a moral calculus of “just as bad” anywhere is relevant. Given our crime statistics, are we “worse” than other places or people? No. Because equations in this dimension are impossible to prove.

YOU TELL THEM, MOMS! Since you’ve never had the se- oh, wait.....

Rihanna is so beautiful that I could not focus on anything else.

And a true Muslim would agree with you; a very cited verse of the Qu’ran states:

Or we invest in public transit.

Good point. Thank you for the clarification.

I think you can be both. Against fracking and against dependence on foreign oil.

I am not arguing with this. Simply that we tend to be quiet and hide under a rock when the conversation turns to capital punishment of any stripe given our own sordid history. There are people who have murdered others on death row in the United States, yes; there are also people who are demonstrably innocent there as…

She’s beautiful. My thoughts and prayers go out to her.

I did see that, and it makes a whole lot of sense.

as one does, yes.

omg

Oooooh...... good sleuthing......