Jim Norris

"Roger Ebert has a thoughtful post on the problem of not-safe-for-work images. It's a real problem, and it's a curious example of self-imposed censorship built on an artificial fear. I don't care who you are, you've all seen pornography, you've all heard profanity, yet somehow, if even a tasteful nude or an obscenity neatly typed in a small font face appears in a web post, people freak out: I could have viewed that in my workplace! My eyes aren't allowed to see a breast or a penis between the hours of 9 to 5!" - Jim Norris

What a top notch essay. Wow. - Micah

"This is another reason to avoid "NSFW" images — not because they're unsafe for our eyes, an absurd concept already, but because we need to rebel against the homogenization of beauty." - Micah

"“They’re trying to use global warming against the people,” Ms. Deaton said. “It takes away our liberty.” “Being a strong Christian,” she added, “I cannot help but believe the Lord placed a lot of minerals in our country and it’s not there to destroy us.”" - Jim Norris

Whoa, wait, the Tea Partiers are global warming deniers? I would never have guessed! - Andrew C (✔)

Wha? - Ruchira S. Datta

"If only Mark Zuckerberg hadn't been frequently badly catechized, he'd be a cancer-ridden flight attendant for God." - Private Sanjeev

It's not the first time, but that cartoon from the Inflammatory Bowel Disease really doesn't make sense. Did Lincoln win the presidency using political donations from foreign citizens or something? Was he known for being especially opposed to the McCarthyism of the 1950s? Or was he just a huge fan of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, founded in 1912? I seem to remember Lincoln actually being rather opinionated when it came to foreign influence in American affairs, and not exactly in favor. Plus it's a bit odd for an investors' paper to be so enthusiastic about a president who voiced approval of the view "that labor is prior to, and independent of, capital; that, in fact, capital is the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed -- that labor can exist without capital, but that capital could never have existed without labor. Hence they hold that labor is the superior -- greatly the superior -- of capital." - Jim Norris

Actually, the fact that they receive foreign funds is a matter of public record - the debate is whether the funds are being used for political ads or not, & that's what we don't know. It's pretty clear that even if they put the foreign donations in a separate fund, that would free up other funds which could then be spend on ads, which is why Factcheck.org gave them a half-true. There's no proof that the money from the foreign companies was *earmarked* for campaign ads, but the CoC did certainly get foreign money & did certainly pay for the ads. - Mr. Gunn