No one can seriously argue that MLS is comparable to any of the best leagues in the world. No one does actually, except for MLS owners, employees or deluded fans.

I think that it might be a wise thing to avoid if you’re claiming that you can’t (historical present). Just like any case where someone is claiming significant, permanent injury, it’s a bad idea to be photographed engaged in activity of which you assert you’re incapable.

It sounds like you’re offended by the very real probability that Adele’s voice was manipulated. Since melodyne and multi-tracking and filters and, Jesus, many, many other recording methods are essentially industry standards, it would be more surprising if her voice wasn’t manipulated. That’s how pop recording…

Yeah, people have sort of forgotten what the definition of that word is...here in Seattle, they interviewed some dope who said that, “They (the police) better be prepared for Mayday, because the anarchist community is organized and ready.” Jesus.

Camels.

I’m sympathetic to your argument, but let’s be serious. The country has a worldwide reputation, and it persists because there’s enough corruption to allow for the activity to continue. At a certain point, the Thai government has to either acknowledge that prostitution of young men and women and girls and boys is…

If a business flourishes, it has to be with the tacit approval of the government and police. They're not too poor to effectively bribe.

But, you’re not right. If people of certain culture have displayed an implacable disregard for art and world heritage sites, so much so that their own government recognized that the typical behavior of their citizens when abroad was creating problems, that’s not bigoted. It’s recognizing that the behaviors of some…

Maybe by stopping the locals from engaging in the child sex trade? I mean, you can’t buy what isn’t on offer. I find pedophilia as abhorrent as anyone, but some cultures are more tolerant of the practice than others. You don’t become a destination for paedophiles and down-low trans-sex seekers unless you’re catering…

Yet another reason to say, “Fuck Florida”, and not be wrong.

Trauma does weird shit to people. It’s also not wrong to point out that the very vast majority of terrorism in the world is currently initiated by self-characterized devout Muslims.

“I regret we weren’t on a higher floor...”

Children are funny, because they are children. My niece does and says all kinds of funny shit. When she was 5, she was wedded to the idea that girls should only wear dresses. When she was ten, she wanted to wrestle on the boy’s team. At 12, she started reading the “Twilight” books and listening to insufferable music.…

Actually, “challenging” is usually interpreted as unnecessarily abrasive. Part of being in a relationship is managing each other’s expectations; none of us are clairvoyant. Aside of that, no relationship can survive without compromise.

I have always found that particular meme to be utter horseshit. If your worst is belittling comments or provoking pointless arguments or questioning the sincerity of another’s commitment, then your best better be really, really fucking good. If you’re self-aware enough to know that all too frequently your default…

There’s testing, but then there’s also just flat out destroying. In the early stages, no matter the attraction between two people, the tensile strength of a relationship hasn’t had time to develop. Artificially inducing crisis simply isn’t going to make a relationship stronger, but instead foster an unspoken suspicion…

The difficulty that sexual assaults present for victims and would-be prosecutors is one of evidence and proximate reporting. So, the victim is forced to re-live the assault repeatedly as it’s investigated and (hopefully) prosecuted. In the civilian world though, due process does not mean that a victim must work with…

It's like you can't believe she listened to her lawyers. The whole post was a bit of a waste of time, since no one seriously expected her to say anything incriminating about herself or her spouse.

Mets fans are already delusional.

Dude, until you live somewhere that features dopes on dirt bikes and ATV’s stomping up and down your street (and sidewalk) all hours of the day, shut up. I’ve seen little kids and old ladies almost taken out; I’ve also seen two separate fatal accidents resulting from a kid hitting a parked car and a kid screaming…