To pretend so many magnificent creatures should compete for approval according to the standards of puny humans is indefensible. This isn’t cruel, it is an insane fantasy.

The principal salesman, a man of no morals whatsoever, of a brand of snake oil croaks & his product founders. This is to be expected.

Please be aware that deforestation that is driving orangs to extinction is being done not just for palm oil. It is also being done for plantations to grow the trees that are used to make the soft, thick, cushy toilet paper favored by Americans. Very few Americans will use TP made from recycled paper because it isn’t white enough & soft enough for American a******s. So remember, next time you use that soft, quilted, extra nice TP, you are helping push orangs into extinction because you think your a*****e is more important than orangs.

Davine, I am sorry I did not see your much more clever reference to all the looking forwards before commenting.

Lots of “looking forward” there. And why the use of “reshift”? This means that they’ve shifted at least once already. So what was the plan or messaging before this memo? Enquiring minds want to know.

I am sure that after he left prep school, Romney stopped being a privileged schmuck who felt entitled to assert his dominance over people he considers lesser beings.

Jesus, this whining about discrimination & disrepect from every Tom, Dick & Harry is tiresome. Jews have been on the North American continent since colonial times, Islamists only relatively recently. Maybe if the Muslim world hadn’t shown such hostility toward the West for so many centuries, Muslims would be more well received in the U.S.

Great article, like you’ve read my mind. I’ve loved football for over 50 years, since moving as a child from a basketball state to Texas, a football state, learning the basics of the game, & falling in love with it. I was angry about the NFL’s protracted obstinance in refusing to acknowledge that concussions have serious long-term consequences, & now that the league is rethinking its position, have come to realize that much of what I love in the game is the very violence that causes the neurological injuries. As time passes, I have become uncomfortable with my own enjoyment of the game & wonder how captivating it will be if the league makes all the changes necessary to keep all players safe from neurological damage. What will the skill level be in the pros if parents start keeping their little boys out of the game? You’ve asked many questions I’ve been asking myself for some time. I do not know what I’m willing to give up in a thrilling game that has brought me so much pleasure for over half a century.