Why do so many homophobes have to call gay men cupcakes? The implication that you are a snack they only get to enjoy on special occasions or when their wife isn't looking feels like there may be something else going on with these people.

Every part of this post feels like a viral marketing campaign for a twister reboot. There are even two competing research teams and equipment that needs placed just right.

Sure they are. You just need to expose yourself to some inoffensive vaccine jokes and maybe some mildly offensive vaccine jokes and you will be ready for the good jokes when you encounter them.

I feel the need to make a sports analogy. Fans typically don't cheer when an opposing team loses a star player to an injury in the middle of a game. At the same time nobody expects the coach to play against the backup player in the same way they would against the previous player. It isn't a good thing but a path to a win as the game is being played does need to be considered even if it came at an unfortunate cost to one side.

Everybody knows it takes 3 guys in fancy hats and a bunch of goat herders to prove something beyond question. Those are the kind of facts that you start wars over.

I will throw down on this from LFK. There are progressive parts of Kansas, but Topeka isn't it. KC is a bit of a mixed bag, but Topeka is just a bunch of hicks that will steal your car to buy meth.

"Wow! That's a great question. Tough one, though I mean, what does one gauge his response on? Physical prowess? Keen detection skills? The ability to banter well with super villians?"

"With the decline of the conservative wing of the Democratic Party after 1960, the movement is most closely associated with the Republican Party (GOP)"

Literally the second sentence of the article... Thanks for playing.

And now you have shown why there is no longer any civil conversations in modern politics. You have repeatedly requested a citation for contentious claims. I provided a URL that backed up my statement and you instantly jump to insults and insinuations.

"Which was the party that pushed for and passed civil rights legislation over the objection of which other party? Which party was Robert Byrd from? Then there's that whole civil way thing that Lincoln used to free the slaves (simplification I know), which party was he from again, was that Democrat?"

You are making a common modern mistake. You are using the Progressive/Conservative categories and Democratic/Republican parties interchangeably. The time frame you are talking about the Democrats were the conservatives (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_modern_American_conservatism). You can and should be proud of the historical accomplishments of your political party but please be aware of which party would be implementing those changes to society today.

Gravity is just proof that an invisible god is hugging the entire Earth.

It isn't an easy read to start but once you can read and follow along with what is going on you will find that you are much better at absorbing any material you read.

Watch Chopped on the Food Network some time. Most professional chefs are male. If you can't cook you are already one strike behind an overweight ginger who wears crocs.

I am seeing this story getting traction all over the place using similar rhetoric. What the FDA proposed was removing artificial trans fats from the "generally recognized as safe" category. Which seems reasonable since it is not generally recognized as safe any longer. This isn't some kind of government over reach this is simply using new science to update the classification of a food additive which is really nothing new.

While I agree with you about excessive control in some IT departments I have to say your example is not the best. Casino security is well known to be extreme. Your boss should not be surprised in the least that there was this level of security. Honestly it would be surprising to me if there were not screen captures of the entire session that the user was logged in as administrator just to keep the Security Officer happy. Anyone who works in a casino that doesn't have to strip down to their underwear at the beginning and end of every shift is lucky.