She had the intention of seducing him before he had even met her. Of course he should have stopped things before they got anywhere close to that, but she was the instigator.
She clearly was the predator in that case. Not that she deserved the abuse she suffered afterward, particularly having her private conversations first illicitly taped and then released publicly. Ken Starr is a complete scumbag.
Mine is 18 now, and, yes, it would have been unfortunate. Having thought about it, it's because the power differential between men and women would get added the the one between grown person and adolescent that older man--young girl seems so much worse.
It means that they want power, period, and have no qualms about what disgraceful means they use to achieve it. Their favorite description of liberals and Democrats as "traitors" is pure projection.
Of course, part of the joke was that Thurber was primarily a writer (and a brilliant one) and the real charm of his cartoons was their almost surreal level of amateurishness. The most famous example is his drawing of a seal standing on a rock that began to look like a headboard, so he went with it.
“Is Obama shagging hookers behind the media’s back?”
Though what that piece [1] actually asks is "Is he shagging hookers with the full knowledge of a complaisant liberal media that make front-page news of Republicans's smallest peccadilloes but would cover up Democrats' eating babies?"
But since gun enthusiasts disapprove of gun-free zones and want shall-issue CCW, and at this point it's only a suspicion that the shooter would have failed the background check, it's an argument against the full agenda.
You praised the Simon Johnson article because you consider him to be on your team, but apparently without reading it. Makes it hard to take you seriously.
The best repository of free e-books I know of is gutenberg.org. Here, for instance, are the books which inspired the phase "space awesome". Unfortunately, copyright laws being what they are, books from 1923 and later rarely enter the public domain.
He was caught coming back from a country known for sex tourism featuring underage girls with a suitcase full of Viagra. It's not a difficult conclusion to draw.
On “Because I’m Weirdly Inquisitive: Teenage Sex Edition”
She had the intention of seducing him before he had even met her. Of course he should have stopped things before they got anywhere close to that, but she was the instigator.
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She clearly was the predator in that case. Not that she deserved the abuse she suffered afterward, particularly having her private conversations first illicitly taped and then released publicly. Ken Starr is a complete scumbag.
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If there really are such cultures, and it's not purely a pedophile just-so story.
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Mine is 18 now, and, yes, it would have been unfortunate. Having thought about it, it's because the power differential between men and women would get added the the one between grown person and adolescent that older man--young girl seems so much worse.
On “In praise of distant and brief flickers at the end of long, dark tunnels”
It's the "Power by any means necessary" that makes me think of them as Bolsheviks.
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Damn, that image is missing the caption which is, of course,
"All right, have it your way -- you heard a seal bark."
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It means that they want power, period, and have no qualms about what disgraceful means they use to achieve it. Their favorite description of liberals and Democrats as "traitors" is pure projection.
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Of course, part of the joke was that Thurber was primarily a writer (and a brilliant one) and the real charm of his cartoons was their almost surreal level of amateurishness. The most famous example is his drawing of a seal standing on a rock that began to look like a headboard, so he went with it.
On “Like”
Beautiful. Suddenly, I wish I had one of those fancy retina displays.
On “Too late for the gun symposium…”
If you go by car insurance, women should be eligible for CCW five-to-ten years before men.
On “In praise of distant and brief flickers at the end of long, dark tunnels”
Which is not yet demonstrated. His commenters are, as pointed out elsewhere, way against him, and he hasn't yet said anything he can't walk back.
On “Too late for the gun symposium…”
and then accidentally discharge it attempting to pull it out.
Which is why we had to get married.
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The British one (can't think of his name) can be hilarious.
On “In praise of distant and brief flickers at the end of long, dark tunnels”
The Balloon Juice guy is uniquely awesome.
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“Is Obama shagging hookers behind the media’s back?”
Though what that piece [1] actually asks is "Is he shagging hookers with the full knowledge of a complaisant liberal media that make front-page news of Republicans's smallest peccadilloes but would cover up Democrats' eating babies?"
1. I don't need to say piece of what, do I?
On “Too late for the gun symposium…”
"Bill, would that be a wound in one buttock, or both of them?"
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"We know go to Rob Corddry, our Special Correspondent for shooting yourself in the butt..."
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But since gun enthusiasts disapprove of gun-free zones and want shall-issue CCW, and at this point it's only a suspicion that the shooter would have failed the background check, it's an argument against the full agenda.
On “Dear Mike Malloy:”
If I were riffing, it would go something like:
It makes him a pervert, right? It makes him a molester. He's screwing so many kids he ran out of his own Viagra and had to borrow somebody else's.
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Testing my theory that Viagra usage and golf mix really badly.
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I have, in fact, applied for a patent on it. So watch out.
On “Would Glass-Steagal Have Prevented the Mortgage Crisis?”
You praised the Simon Johnson article because you consider him to be on your team, but apparently without reading it. Makes it hard to take you seriously.
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Want to draw up a set of rules for one?
On “In Praise of the Big Box Bookstore”
The best repository of free e-books I know of is gutenberg.org. Here, for instance, are the books which inspired the phase "space awesome". Unfortunately, copyright laws being what they are, books from 1923 and later rarely enter the public domain.
On “Dear Mike Malloy:”
He was caught coming back from a country known for sex tourism featuring underage girls with a suitcase full of Viagra. It's not a difficult conclusion to draw.