Murrin,

Okay, what's the difference?

Wayfriend, Have the Hugo awards changed over time to disfavor the science in the sci-fi, and the fantasy in the fantasy? If that is the case why did the "hard" sci fi book The Three Body Problem win this year. And the hard scifi novel Ancillary Justice win last year? I grant you that Redsh...

Wayfriend, That's the terminology the puppies, Rabid and Sad, are using and why I used it to describe their purported beef. For example here's the leader of the Rabid Puppies in his own words: voxday.blogspot.com/2015/09/weaponized-codes.html?m=1 voxday.blogspot.com/2015/09/eminently-predictable.htm...

No.

Nerdanel,

Not to mention the fact that some of her more nasty behavior as "Winterfox" didn't come anywhere close to "punching up".

Wayfriend, That's certainly the Puppies contention. They complain that books and stories with lots of :pew, pew: or :clang, clang: were being ignored in favor of more highbrow and PC works. I disagree. I think the Hugos should be about more than merely "good" books. I think they should be ...

Uss, Scalzi won because he is popular with WSFS voters. There are problems one of the difficulties is that I, at 44, am a younger member of WSFS. "Fandom" is "greying". It is resistent to change that could help it reach out to younger spec fic readers. Not sure how to overcome th...

Murrin, Pretty much. I sat through two presentations explaining EPH and one gentleman who tried to explain it to me personally three times I still don't grasp it. It makes a manual review of Hugo balloting very difficult. I'm voting against it at next years Business Meeting but it has a lot of momen...

E. plurbus Hugo was adopted by the Business Meeting but will bot take affect until adopted by the 2016 WSFS Business Meeting. The proponents claim they will run tests to see how it will work over the next year. I understand the rational but still don't like the proposal. Too complicated and we have ...

If Clinton folds could Sanders get enough of a bounce to win the nomination?

Avatar,

But he could have sqweezed the trigger unintentionally, or in a panic. That's what I mean by "accidential".

Why did the officer have his weapon out in the first place? It almost looks like the pistol went off accidentially.

Zarathustra, SB, her autopsy showed "large amounts" of pot in her system. Asking someone why they're irritated (when there is no reason to be) isn't an escalation. Yeah, no one ever gets understandably irritated when they are pulled over. SB's oped makes the point that doing the "lega...

Cail, I agree it is foolish to be defiant with a law enforcement officer. Nevertheless, refusing to put out a cigarette in your own car should not be cause to be arrested. This Texas law is a complete load of shit. Zarathustra, The officer "violated protocal" in his interaction with Ms. Bl...

Zarathustra, What Avatar said. I had no real skepticism regarding her death being a suicide. My problem has always been the officer deliberately attempting to set her off without cause. For the love of pete who isn't irritated that they've been pulled over particularly for an incredibly minor infrac...

RR, Actually, I think that law could be declared unconstitutional on grounds of "vaugeness". The example I got in law school to illustrate a law that is unconsitutionally vauge would be a sign that says "no parking, sometimes". There is a warning of the potential to violate a law...

RR,

That was a great Oped. Thank you for posting it.

Again, this officer needs to be stripped of his badge.

Cail, I agree with RR. That's not a strawman. It is a question designed to probe the extent to which you believe a "reasonable" request should be considered a "lawful" order under this Texas Statute. It is unreasonable for the officer to ask you to pour out your can of Coke, tuck...

Hashi,

No one who's skin is as thin at this officer's appears to be has any business acting as a police officer.

Zarathustra, I'm faulting the officer for making the situation that was about to be finished worse by making sure this lady would "RESPECT HIS ATHORIATA!!!" He cause this. He couldn't handle the fact that she was irritated. Being irritated isn't illegal. Smoking in your car isn't illegal a...