LOL, parent just said "Hey J.D., love your stuff buddy. So much so that I'll pick up anything new as soon as it becomes available. Oh, but you had a plan that you set in motion for when that material would be available? Well fuck that, because I'm downloading that shit, because fuck you."

Why would I want to do business with a company with no clearly defined contacts?

The main issue that conservatives (at least in the US) have in their thought process (trust me, I am one) is that they believe "responsible," "capitalist," and "hard-working" actually leads one to become one of those few wealthy individuals.

Unfortunately this is usually not the case at all; the responsible, capitalist and hard-working ones only lead those wealthy few to become more wealthy.

This is a truth I think conservatives should realize and embrace, so that we can actually come up with real solutions to problems.

You had me until the farting into the wind part. The outrage is actually very carefully crafted into election results for the "good guys" who do nothing but continue the same policies, just not as publicly.

"...as Americans drive less" Isn't the fuel tax meant to cover roads and etc, whose maintenance is at least loosely tied to their actual use? Therefore, if Americans drive less, why is more tax money necessary? This is just a grab for general ledger, nothing else.

This "first-world problems" thing being used to dismiss issues is getting out of hand.

It would at least make sense if that were the case. But, it isn't. They have demanded he remove portions of social fixer that have nothing to do with ads or the blocking of them. In my opinion, when your site serves up HTML, as long as my browser does not subvert your webserver to gain unauthorized access, or use your APIs in a way that you did not intend it to, then what I do with that HTML you have served up is entirely my business.

Hah! Ahahaha! LOL.

Except that "under the age of 25" basically means the world hasn't kicked them in the balls yet, and biking around their urban area seems a pleasant way to pass the INFINITE amount of time they have left.

This is sensible; but the reason I don't buy on iTunes or physical media is because I really don't care if it becomes unavailable. I've watched it, no point to me in watching again. My only exception at all to this rule is Office Space. :)

I have read before that legislators often don't even write the laws; they are written by lobbyists who persuade legislators to sign off on it. I don't know the veracity of that claim, but more often than not, it seems feasible.

I clicked on that examiner link. I was greeted with 2 (that's T-W-O) banner ads at the top of the screen for a stupid Steve Buscemi show that I never got past the first episode of. These banners then expanded *themselves* to fill the entire screen, twice. I contracted them. I began reading the article. About one paragraph in, a video advertisement swooped in from the bottom and began playing itself. It had a little "X" at the top, so I clicked that X. As soon as I clicked the X, a popup advertisement appeared in the center of my screen. I then closed down that website entirely. It's almost like they didn't want me reading what they had typed at all.

Doesn't matter; your downloading the page likely caused multiple ad impressions to register, supporting the author and publisher.

Even the article that's linked immediately behind "19-year-old" has 7/23/92 as his birthdate. That's 21 years in my book.

I'm sorry, a voice of reason and inclusive live-and-let-live compromising of beliefs will not at all be welcome in the "burn all the Christians and be sure to bring marshmallows" group that this news post will scare up.