Here's an idea: instead of passing new laws, why don't y'all sit down and become familiar with the laws already on the books?
I R A Darth Aggie
at November 8, 2017 7:50 AM
Oh, but there isn't any criminal intent so it must be OK?
If truth-in-advertising laws were properly enforced, any company that labeled a battery-powered car as "zero emissions" would be guilty of breaking the law. A new report, in fact, shows that electric cars can be worse than conventional cars when it comes to greenhouse gas emissions.
No kidding. Bitch Mcconell and Romney Ryan got their requisite losses so they can keep on doing...nothin'
Stinky the Clown
at November 8, 2017 9:53 AM
"A new report, in fact, shows that electric cars can be worse than conventional cars when it comes to greenhouse gas emissions."
"Can be". Depends on design, NOT power transmission. If nothing else, see the graph in here and notice that the ratio of usage to waste is worst in the transportation sector.
The internal combustion engine is nearly the only thing we have that wastes energy when it actually isn't doing anything.
Of course, the real solution to most energy consumption is just... stop. You don't really need to drive to clerical and administrative jobs, deliver mail... we still haven't modernized because of the prior practice fallacy.
From mpetries link Additionally it is alleged Sheen kissed an underage woman, who was 17 at the time, on the set of 'Lucas' and propositioned her for sex as well
Now all other things aside, horrible if true, let this one fact sit before you.
It is now evidence of sexual deviancy for a third party to claim a 19 year old kissed a 17 year old.
And while statutory rape is still rape, the refusal to mention it was statutory seems lessen the outrage we should feel
Btw, she DOES mention Nation publisher Hamilton Fish - in the first paragraph. Much in the same way that she talked freely about an accused left-wing(?) professor at Yale.
Quote:
"...I wonder whether this moment can last. The men who’ve been toppled lately have all been accused by multiple women—82 and counting in the case of Weinstein; a possible 300-plus for Toback. But what about men with only one victim—or only one willing to come forward? Are we more likely to believe her than we were before? Or are we still following our own version of sharia, where a woman’s testimony is worth only half a man’s? I worry, too, that the whole thing will explode in women’s faces: All it would take is one false charge, one innocent compliment or awkward remark blown up into an international incident...
"...It’s just hard to believe that a country that elected Trump is going to take a permanent no-tolerance attitude toward the mini-Trumps all around us. Matt Taibbi, who boasted about molesting teenagers and constantly harassing staffers in 'The eXile,' the memoir he co-authored with Mark Ames about his years as a would-be gonzo journalist in Moscow, has gone on to an illustrious career at Rolling Stone, and now claims that he and Ames made the whole thing up as 'satire.' Silly people, what made you think that a book labeled as nonfiction by its publisher was true?..."
Imagine how her administration would have used the FBI, DOJ and IRS.
mpetrie98
at November 8, 2017 2:52 PM
> It’s just hard to believe that a country that
> elected Trump is going to take a permanent no-
> tolerance attitude toward the mini-Trumps all
> around us
Seriously?! You're comparing locker room talk about women to actual rape?
Snoopy, that was Pollitt, if you'd bothered to notice the quotation marks.
And I trust you're joking anyway. There's no reason to believe Trump didn't do all the awful things he implied - or said - he did. Sexual assault is a felony, just as rape is, even if you don't get indicted for it. Does that shock you? (Taibbi was never indicted either, to my knowledge.)
lenona
at November 8, 2017 5:39 PM
"These 31 Ridiculously Awkward Stories Of Sex Ed Going Wrong Will Totally Make Your Day"
(Personally, though, I consider myself lucky to be a Gen Xer who had neither religion at home or sex ed in school - EITHER one would have been a violation of my emotional privacy and I was thus free to read "Changing Bodies, Changing Lives" when completely alone. Btw, my mother never talked to me about alcohol - she probably didn't realize how important that could be - but anyone in our extended family WOULD learn, just by watching, that having enough wine with dinner to get VISIBLY drunk was considered just plain gauche, and drinking only to get drunk was simply Not Done if you wanted to be considered a real adult.)
lenona
at November 8, 2017 6:07 PM
Lenona, if Trump, who I voted for, ever gets indicted for a sex crime, he probably deserves it, just like Weinstein. In the meantime:
Re alcohol: And, in a way, I would consider that an example of teaching that there's bad snobbery and then there's good snobbery - and that was the latter.
lenona
at November 8, 2017 6:19 PM
Mpetrie: Anyone can see the real problem in the first paragraph of that article.
Namely: You don't get engaged at 20. (Or was it 19?) Even if the cheating hadn't happened, breaking up and having to tell everyone involved would be very painful. Most such early marriages/engagements simply cannot last.
Fraid you are wrong there Lenona. I know it makes common sense. But the data doesn't support it as well as you might think. As a general look the marriage age with the lowest risk of divorce is ~28. But there really isn't much difference across the entire age range. Instead the biggest risk factor for a divorce is a previous divorce. And that risk climbs quickly with multiple divorces. If someone has had more than 2 divorces there is a near zero chance they won't have another divorce if they get married again.
Ben
at November 9, 2017 5:16 AM
> There's no reason to believe
> Trump didn't do all the awful
> things he implied - or
> said - he did.
Oh, I can think of a few. In no particular order:
"There's no reason to believe Trump" did do those awful things, either.
●
No woman has ever affirmed that he did any such thing. After his fifty years as a New York City socialite and thirty as national media figure, no woman has come forward with an accusation, despite his ascendance to the indisputable pinnacle of American fame... Any victims would have know that, because of his candidacy, press & media would investigat any accusations thoroughly, even if law enforcement would not, yet none came forward. And I doubt there's been a week since 1980 when he hasn't been in a room with at least 300 strangers, as well as all associated moments in cloak rooms and green rooms and backdoor limo access points... But nonetheless, there are no incidents reported.
●
He's a transparent blowhard. No one of the surface of our spinning little globe is better known for saying things that aren't true in an effort to make others more impressed with him.
●
He is, quite obviously, that desperate to be thought of as a commanding, masculine presence... Especially by other men. There have been plenty of idiot women to marry him and carry his idiot babies, but the guy is most needful of respect from his fellows. He's friendless, always has been, and everyone knows this.
Crid
at November 9, 2017 6:17 AM
No woman has ever affirmed that he did any such thing.
____________________________________
Huh? Last I heard, there are 16 women accusing him - while of course Huckabee is saying they're ALL liars. (I assume she HAS to say that, to keep her job.)
lenona
at November 10, 2017 10:08 AM
Ben, you have to be over a certain age to have had multiple divorces. Or even one, since you can't get married without permission before 18.
Children from previous marriages often break up the next marriage as well.
At any rate, almost everyone agrees that marrying before 21 will not HELP you stay married. (Cultures where that's normal usually make divorce verboten.)
LAPD confirms they are investigating Hollywood pedophile ring after Corey Feldman files formal report:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5060219/LAPD-confirms-investigating-Corey-Feldman-case.html
Snoopy at November 8, 2017 5:23 AM
Midterm elections are going to be vicious:
https://www.buzzfeed.com/adriancarrasquillo/latino-victory-fund-well-double-down-on-controversial-ad
Snoopy at November 8, 2017 5:29 AM
This is no way to talk to a Senator!
https://twitter.com/MasturbatinPete/status/928039793849782273
Here's an idea: instead of passing new laws, why don't y'all sit down and become familiar with the laws already on the books?
I R A Darth Aggie at November 8, 2017 7:50 AM
Oh, but there isn't any criminal intent so it must be OK?
https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/electric-cars-co2-emissions-global-warming/
I R A Darth Aggie at November 8, 2017 8:45 AM
Is this too late to post on Twitter and Facebook?
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/11/07/national-day-victims-communism
Sixclaws at November 8, 2017 9:32 AM
Midterm elections are going to be vicious:
No kidding. Bitch Mcconell and Romney Ryan got their requisite losses so they can keep on doing...nothin'
Stinky the Clown at November 8, 2017 9:53 AM
"A new report, in fact, shows that electric cars can be worse than conventional cars when it comes to greenhouse gas emissions."
"Can be". Depends on design, NOT power transmission. If nothing else, see the graph in here and notice that the ratio of usage to waste is worst in the transportation sector.
The internal combustion engine is nearly the only thing we have that wastes energy when it actually isn't doing anything.
Of course, the real solution to most energy consumption is just... stop. You don't really need to drive to clerical and administrative jobs, deliver mail... we still haven't modernized because of the prior practice fallacy.
Radwaste at November 8, 2017 9:56 AM
Sick.
Charlie Sheen 'raped 13-year-old Corey Haim on the set of the movie Lucas', a friend of the late child-actor claims
mpetrie98 at November 8, 2017 11:39 AM
MSLSD goes bonkers over Virginia election results:
Maddow, O’Donnell Lose It Over VA Results: ‘Tonight’s History Is Being Written by Movie Writers’
mpetrie98 at November 8, 2017 12:28 PM
Article by Katrina Trinko:
Why I Pray, Even After the Texas Shooting
mpetrie98 at November 8, 2017 12:44 PM
From mpetries link
Additionally it is alleged Sheen kissed an underage woman, who was 17 at the time, on the set of 'Lucas' and propositioned her for sex as well
Now all other things aside, horrible if true, let this one fact sit before you.
It is now evidence of sexual deviancy for a third party to claim a 19 year old kissed a 17 year old.
And while statutory rape is still rape, the refusal to mention it was statutory seems lessen the outrage we should feel
lujlp at November 8, 2017 1:48 PM
Even if Trump shuts down immigration, it's likely too late:
https://twitter.com/westland_will/status/928115781618900992
Snoopy at November 8, 2017 2:28 PM
I want a chainsaw bayonet!
https://twitchy.com/sarahd-313035/2017/11/08/what-in-the-actual-fck-there-is-no-topping-usa-todays-look-at-devin-kelleys-rifle/
I R A Darth Aggie at November 8, 2017 2:46 PM
Pollitt on the Weinstein aftermath:
https://www.thenation.com/article/are-sexual-predators-in-the-workplace-finally-facing-justice/
Btw, she DOES mention Nation publisher Hamilton Fish - in the first paragraph. Much in the same way that she talked freely about an accused left-wing(?) professor at Yale.
Quote:
"...I wonder whether this moment can last. The men who’ve been toppled lately have all been accused by multiple women—82 and counting in the case of Weinstein; a possible 300-plus for Toback. But what about men with only one victim—or only one willing to come forward? Are we more likely to believe her than we were before? Or are we still following our own version of sharia, where a woman’s testimony is worth only half a man’s? I worry, too, that the whole thing will explode in women’s faces: All it would take is one false charge, one innocent compliment or awkward remark blown up into an international incident...
"...It’s just hard to believe that a country that elected Trump is going to take a permanent no-tolerance attitude toward the mini-Trumps all around us. Matt Taibbi, who boasted about molesting teenagers and constantly harassing staffers in 'The eXile,' the memoir he co-authored with Mark Ames about his years as a would-be gonzo journalist in Moscow, has gone on to an illustrious career at Rolling Stone, and now claims that he and Ames made the whole thing up as 'satire.' Silly people, what made you think that a book labeled as nonfiction by its publisher was true?..."
lenona at November 8, 2017 2:48 PM
Yes, we definitely dodged a bullet:
EXCLUSIVE: Hillary's backers 'would stop at nothing' says Joe Biden. Ex-VP reveals he feared deeply personal campaign as his family mourned dead son and were roiled by sex scandal - but says he'd have WON if he'd run
Imagine how her administration would have used the FBI, DOJ and IRS.
mpetrie98 at November 8, 2017 2:52 PM
> It’s just hard to believe that a country that
> elected Trump is going to take a permanent no-
> tolerance attitude toward the mini-Trumps all
> around us
Seriously?! You're comparing locker room talk about women to actual rape?
Snoopy at November 8, 2017 4:03 PM
Truth!
mpetrie98 at November 8, 2017 4:11 PM
Snoopy, that was Pollitt, if you'd bothered to notice the quotation marks.
And I trust you're joking anyway. There's no reason to believe Trump didn't do all the awful things he implied - or said - he did. Sexual assault is a felony, just as rape is, even if you don't get indicted for it. Does that shock you? (Taibbi was never indicted either, to my knowledge.)
lenona at November 8, 2017 5:39 PM
"These 31 Ridiculously Awkward Stories Of Sex Ed Going Wrong Will Totally Make Your Day"
https://thoughtcatalog.com/lisa-woods/2016/08/31-teachers-and-students-share-the-times-sex-education-class-was-unintentionally-hilarious/
Enjoy.
(Personally, though, I consider myself lucky to be a Gen Xer who had neither religion at home or sex ed in school - EITHER one would have been a violation of my emotional privacy and I was thus free to read "Changing Bodies, Changing Lives" when completely alone. Btw, my mother never talked to me about alcohol - she probably didn't realize how important that could be - but anyone in our extended family WOULD learn, just by watching, that having enough wine with dinner to get VISIBLY drunk was considered just plain gauche, and drinking only to get drunk was simply Not Done if you wanted to be considered a real adult.)
lenona at November 8, 2017 6:07 PM
Lenona, if Trump, who I voted for, ever gets indicted for a sex crime, he probably deserves it, just like Weinstein. In the meantime:
Ah, modern love, sex and (almost) marriage.
mpetrie98 at November 8, 2017 6:14 PM
Re alcohol: And, in a way, I would consider that an example of teaching that there's bad snobbery and then there's good snobbery - and that was the latter.
lenona at November 8, 2017 6:19 PM
Mpetrie: Anyone can see the real problem in the first paragraph of that article.
Namely: You don't get engaged at 20. (Or was it 19?) Even if the cheating hadn't happened, breaking up and having to tell everyone involved would be very painful. Most such early marriages/engagements simply cannot last.
lenona at November 8, 2017 6:24 PM
Modern education . . .
Put a Boogie in your Butt
mpetrie98 at November 8, 2017 6:57 PM
"Namely: You don't get engaged at 20."
Fraid you are wrong there Lenona. I know it makes common sense. But the data doesn't support it as well as you might think. As a general look the marriage age with the lowest risk of divorce is ~28. But there really isn't much difference across the entire age range. Instead the biggest risk factor for a divorce is a previous divorce. And that risk climbs quickly with multiple divorces. If someone has had more than 2 divorces there is a near zero chance they won't have another divorce if they get married again.
Ben at November 9, 2017 5:16 AM
> There's no reason to believe
> Trump didn't do all the awful
> things he implied - or
> said - he did.
Oh, I can think of a few. In no particular order:
No woman has ever affirmed that he did any such thing. After his fifty years as a New York City socialite and thirty as national media figure, no woman has come forward with an accusation, despite his ascendance to the indisputable pinnacle of American fame... Any victims would have know that, because of his candidacy, press & media would investigat any accusations thoroughly, even if law enforcement would not, yet none came forward. And I doubt there's been a week since 1980 when he hasn't been in a room with at least 300 strangers, as well as all associated moments in cloak rooms and green rooms and backdoor limo access points... But nonetheless, there are no incidents reported. He's a transparent blowhard. No one of the surface of our spinning little globe is better known for saying things that aren't true in an effort to make others more impressed with him. He is, quite obviously, that desperate to be thought of as a commanding, masculine presence... Especially by other men. There have been plenty of idiot women to marry him and carry his idiot babies, but the guy is most needful of respect from his fellows. He's friendless, always has been, and everyone knows this."There's no reason to believe Trump" did do those awful things, either.
Crid at November 9, 2017 6:17 AM
No woman has ever affirmed that he did any such thing.
____________________________________
Huh? Last I heard, there are 16 women accusing him - while of course Huckabee is saying they're ALL liars. (I assume she HAS to say that, to keep her job.)
lenona at November 10, 2017 10:08 AM
Ben, you have to be over a certain age to have had multiple divorces. Or even one, since you can't get married without permission before 18.
Children from previous marriages often break up the next marriage as well.
At any rate, almost everyone agrees that marrying before 21 will not HELP you stay married. (Cultures where that's normal usually make divorce verboten.)
lenona at November 10, 2017 10:12 AM
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