This kind of crap has been going on for a long time. Bullying, harassment, and misplaced violence is as old as human memory. Some people are just mean and petty and cruel, often poorly parented. MySpace didn't make those idiot savages laugh their crime off in their holding cell while worrying petulantly that they might miss cheerleading the next day.

I'm going to make a possibly unfair generalization here, but when I hear "X is the Anti-Christ", I'm guessing a conservative said it, i.e., those folks who blather on about "personal responsibility." And yet those same types are the quickest to point to some "other" to place blame. It's always something else.

Dear Sheriff Judd, In many ways you sound like a sensible person and a good cop. Don't fall into the trap of blaming them god-durned intertube interlopers from what those eight young adults did. They did it. Them. Not YouTube. Not MySpace. They did. Don't let your fear give them an out. They're responsible all by themselves. And here's the thing, they would have done it anyway. That's clearly the kind of people they are. Don't let them off the hook by blaming a computer server somewhere. Blame them. They did it.

She's rude, talking over her guests over and over and over. Her thoughts are rarely fully formed. Her callers don't dare disagree with her (Rush Rhodes?) And she gets prime drive time?

Right after her in my market is the amazing, funny, thoughtful, appropriately biting Rachel Maddow. She should be in the Rhodes slot. She's much smarter, much more interesting, and much more respectful of her guests.

I wish I'd named my son Bumpus.

And, golly, he sounds so proud of himself. Who'd've thought?

But whatever. At least there's still King.

Omigawd, he had sex for money. That anyone cares says more about them than it does about Spitzer.

But then, Spitzer is such a hardcore law-and-order type in other areas, and given that he lives in a nation that FREAKS OUT about sex on a daily basis, it's no surprise if he goes down for this.

That is hilarious.

Is how humorless so many are.

"quoting anonymous blogger" RAWR! Anger!

"Obama is NOT" RAWR!!! Rage!

"Hillary is SO" RAWR!!! Spittle!

"I heart NADER!" RAWR!!!11!1 Heartattack!

That "anonymous" post hit you folks right between the eyes.

Oh, and cscs is not particularly "anonymous", which a moment at TPMCafe would reveal. The blogger in question has a long history there available for anyone who wants to see. Sure, maybe we don't know name, address, and phone number, but then who the hell is "A Billion Angry Bees"?

CSCS is truly wise.

CSMS is truly wise.

How does he continue to have a platform? The man is deeply creepy.

I met him at a D&D Con in Wisconsin almost 30 years ago. I admit he was kind of full of himself, and didn't make the best impression on this then teen. But he certainly inspired a lot of fun over the years, and at least a small part of my current career as a novelist can be attributed to the creative practice of dungeon-mastering lo these many years ago.

Good hunting wherever ye be, Master Gygax.

That stuff really costs $17-30?

Good lord!

For mild viruses, thinking you'll feel better if you do X is probably enough, even if X is meaningless. A hardcore flu will probably kick your ass either way.

And, as you say, it doesn't hurt. Plus, maybe it does help, a little. If you don't eat as well as you should and don't take a quality vitamin supplement, simply getting a sudden boost of a few key vitamins may help you feel a bit better, even if the virus itself isn't getting touched.

I dunno. I don't use these sorts of remedies, but the placebo effect is well-documented. It may not have worked, but for some people, it may have "worked." Still, fraudulent claims shouldn't be tolerated. They were fairly benign in this case, but they're not always so inconsequential.

And there's a bunch of handwringers freaking out that someone had the audacity to write a story they don't approve of.

Don't want to read it? Don't read it. No one forced you, and pitching a hissy fit about it is childish at best. If the narcissistic shoe fits...

The way someone put a gun to your head and made you read this story. You probably are being forced at gunpoint to read the actual book (available at your local Starbucks, which you can also ragestorm over).

Talk about narcissism...

It's just spin, folks. No need to get so overwrought.

The dinosaur, not the dog.

Saints or sociopaths are the only options? I suspect there are plenty of folks who can "tell it like it is" without being hypocritical, criminal bullies.

Except for inside the febrile imaginations of conservative fabulists, Reagan was 0-for-Everything. Except, of course, convincing way too many people who should have known better that he was their friendly grandpaw.

Mr. 19%, hello.

A good thing might be used by some people for bad things. So, um. What?

As for what you think you know about the homeless, maybe you should go to school before you cast aspersions that are often baseless.