We can thank Marvel for encouraging this stupidity #5 | Posted by sentinel

To be fair, raccoons are really smart and friendly. They're just regarded as pests because they scavenge in our neighborhoods. Much like rats and ferrets, raccoons would make great pets if domesticated.

Too bad that foolish person got her raccoon killed. Why couldn't she trim her raccoons claws herself at home? It's not brain surgery.

India Official Drains Entire Dam to Retrieve Phone

I have so many jokes, but none that I can utter on this site. :(

This is good material for the next Hot Pockets ad campaign.

So why does the sport-industrial megaplex not seem to want to adapt to the way humans are, instead trying to dictate how humans should be? #32 | Posted by LampLighte

You've asked the question several times, and I thought I answered it. I guess I just don't understand what you're asking.

So why does the sport-industrial megaplex not seem to want to adapt to the way humans are, instead trying to dictate how humans should be? Anyone? #26 | Posted by LampLighter

Because some folks have a physical advantage from what they were that others do not. That's the entire reason females had their own sports leagues. By and large, they cannot physically compete with biological males.

For example, if a male NBA player joined the WNBA, he would not lose the extra foot of height and 50+ pounds of muscle mass he gained by virtue of being a biological male.

Your so called Christian bigotry towards Trans Women/girls is duly noted. Sadly it's NOT surprising. #2 | Posted by LauraMohr

So anyone who notes that trans athletes may have a competitive advantage against non-trans is a bigot. OK, I guess physics is bigoted.

Black conservatives can see through Democrat B.S.

Any of the GOP's ample B.S. they can see through? Or is that a bridge too far because there is no there there?

Texas Forced Woman to Give Birth to Dead Baby

The fine folks of Texas re-elected Abbot by ten points, so I guess they're OK with that sort of thing.

Russia should give up its cities without a fight. I have it on good authority from some of Poohty's biggest ----------- here that land is not worth fighting for.

I get the "tough guy" act but do we need snark between nuclear powers? #1 | Posted by Brennnn

Like Putin has anything but snark (or worse) to offer? #2 | Posted by snoofy

That seems to be the way things roll nowadays.

No Labels' Eyes a Third-Party Run in 2024.

But what about the Greens? Gertrude Stein/Noam Chompsky 2024!

South Park had quite the episode about trans athletes. Has everybody already seen it? #4 | Posted by Tor

Nope. Fell out of watching it a few years ago. I'll have to look it up.

Whenever I see these type of articles, I think about the South Park episode where Cartman competed in the Special Olympics.

Not really the same thing, but I always chuckle to myself. That is all.

None of you have taken the [...] teens to task. [...] #13 | Posted by boaz

If what she is saying is accurate, it seems that they committed criminal conduct. First by pushing her bike while she was on it and then by preventing her from leaving. Doubt anything will be done about that, though.

Great. I guess that excuses how she conducted herself then. #5 | Posted by Hagbard_Celine

I mean, if I were a six-month pregnant woman and four or five teens pushed a bicycle I was sitting on and then stopped me from leaving, I would probably have made a much bigger scene than that woman. Or maybe not, since I wouldn't want to risk them escalating and hurting my baby.

Well... #3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead

"The lawyer for a Manhattan hospital worker accused of taking a Citi Bike from a young black man who claimed that he paid for the two-wheeler provided receipts that he says show she was the one who purchased the ride at the center of the viral incident."

Yeah, well, --------. #1 | Posted by LegallyYourDead

Why? If she has documentation showing that she rented the bike then that tends to show that she was the victim here. I assume that the teen can produce his own receipts to show that this wasn't the case. Not to mention Citi Bike which has all of the receipts.

At the very least, I would think that the instigator(s), whether it was the woman or the teens, should have their accounts permanently banned by Citi Bike if they can't use the bikes in an appropriate manner.

"Would you have not been able to achieve these if you were not an athlete or a minority?" Mr McNeely asked Mr Jones on Wednesday.

Well, at the very least it's clear that the GOPher's English language skills would have kept him out of Harvard.

Is it reasonable to continue choking someone for X minutes after they've gone unconscious and ---- themselves? #30 | Posted by Danforth

Beats me, but I've seen enough of the social media outrage machine that I'm wary. I usually try to withhold judgment until all the facts are out. I've seen that machine transform criminal felons into angels and blame victims. I've seen it protect rapists because they were good at sports or looked good on movie screens.

Penny has over two million dollars to defend himself at trial. I'll be interested to see the facts as they out.

So a few random people who see a guy who is guilty of sexual assaulting a woman [...] if he makes them feel uncomfortable? Why not? After all, he doesn't seem as "harmless as a kitten"... #27 | Posted by tres_flechas

That is a good argument for a self-defense affirmative defense. Any woman subject to physical assault would be entitled to defend herself accordingly.

You seem to be equating the limited force permitted under the self-defense affirmative defense with vigilante death penalties, though. I don't really have time to discuss the distinctions, but you might want to look it up when you have a chance.

You also see Neely's behavior as merely "making others uncomfortable." You can interpret it that way if you want. You can also wait for him to beat you into a pulp and blind you. It's your face, after all. Personally, I wouldn't begrudge those who didn't want to receive Neely's harmless kitten swats.

I missed the part of the reporting where he was handing out copies of his criminal record to the 3 people who later murdered him and the others who watched it happen. Got a source on that? #22 | Posted by tres_flechas

Neely's criminal history, even if unknown to the defenders, goes to show whether the defenders were reasonable in their interpretation of the danger the fellow presented.

For instance, if defenders had used force against the pregnant woman, without more I would say that they overreacted. If she had a long history of randomly attacking and maiming people, though, I would say that the prosecution didn't prove the inapplicability of self-defense beyond a reasonable doubt.

"Beyond a reasonable doubt" is the standard for criminal cases. The rationale was that it was better to let a thousand guilty men free rather than convict one innocent person. You may not like how it plays out in this instance for various reasons, but I don't think that there is much public support for changing that standard.

He had nearly as many charges as the former president and current front runner of the republican party primary.Has that guy ever behaved erratically in public? [...] #23 | Posted by tres_flechas