You Dickensonites are so predictable.

What Jackson lovers are you thinking of? He’s pretty much universally reviled.

I wouldn’t do it quickly. Savor it. Let him sweat. Threaten to out him to his family; “change your mind” back and forth over a couple of weeks.

It was an extremely important flashpoint for the gay rights movement but unlike Selma, Montgomery, etc., and even the gay marriage rights movement today, it wasn’t very mediagenic. The police raided a mafia-run nightclub catering to people who were even in the gay community at the time definitely on the fringe; middle…

Yep, the King James Bible is one of the foundational works of English literature.

Not just puppies, but LABRADOR puppies? I mean, how evil can you be?

In the 60’s and 70’s every black superhero had to have “Black” in front of their name.

In the US, except in a very few limited exceptions, the decision to prosecute is solely in the hands of state prosecutors.

Because while Apple is a enormously rich and powerful company created by a cruel narcissist, their marketing department is so good that they’ve convinced numerous people to feel an emotional connection to a design aesthetic.

My suspicion is that if the trustees were able to come out with a huge pile of cash for the trust from the remaining endowment and the sale of assets to Disney or anyone else, they could repurpose Sweet Briar from a cash-strapped college into a very wealthy educational foundation. They could then give the board…

“And if any successfu, or semi-successful regime calling themselves Communist had been so in anything more than self-selected name or descriptor, you might have a point.”

If you’re being hired to, among other things, kiss people on the mouth on camera, it seems like a reasonable question.

Music companies have definitely abused this policy, but they are required to put forward a fair amount of information. They’re required in writing, signed by a person authorized to bring the claim, identifying the copyright work and where it is being distributed, and a statement that a complaining party has a good…

The way she phrased it made me think she meant she bought the CD/mp3 herself, which obviously doesn’t give her any legal right to post it.

There are actually very specific hoops that service providers must jump through under the DMCA to avoid liability themselves for copyright violations and I don’t blame Tumblr at all for this.

Maybe they mixed it with vodka.

I vote Truth on the $10, Tubman on the $20.

To be fair, they’re on vacation.

It did seem to go south much quicker than usual for anonymous internet arguments...

Huhh? Wow, your username is definitely right on the nose.