Maybe it’s a windbreak.

At my local Walmart, the checker apologized that the chip reader was so slow. I told her not to worry, because I knew that the system had to do a lot more to authenticate my card for this transaction.

Our dog will sniff out cat poop in the back yard, and dig it up to eat. If that were a balanced diet for her, I’d stop buying dog food and just feed the cats.

Dogs saliva is actually cleaner than ours minus the feces of course.

I suppose it could be designed as an attachment to the popular “Magic Wand”

The South American Leaf Cutter Ant vibrates its jaws at ultrasonic speeds to cut smoothly through tough leaves. I think a similar kind of action can be used to make a smooth frosting knife. Using a blade or spatula that vibrates at high speeds, such a knife would induce a state similar to the liquefaction of soil that…

I believe racism was the decisive factor in the Minnesota killing, because it is at the heart of the prejudiced assumption that a black man is dangerous even when he is being compliant. It brought about the escalation to shooting by priming the officer to violence.

You do have a point, and I think you brought it up in as delicate a way as practical. It is certainly an issue to be recognized and addressed.

But . . . but look at that tower-thingy! Just think how exciting it would be to have a running sword battle up and down the spiral stairs!

Well, here you go!

. . . or pick up their trusty gun.

Holy crap! You owe your wife for saving you! Without a white person to vouch for you, you’d be spending the evening (or the night) in jail.

OK, here’s a picture of the house the Obamas will move to after they leave the White House:

They’re taking the idea from New York City’s police in the ‘70s

Harsh. Give him a break

Crap. I feel for you. That’s the most frustrating situation. All I can think of is to have child protective services take the kids from their violent home environment, and perhaps give their custody to you. It’s a heavy-handed act, and may precipitate his escalation to murder, though.

my daughter’s SO. He is an abusive asshole

Wow. I had no idea.

Nuclear weapons and carrier groups fulfill different military roles. If the only answer we had to a military problem was “vaporize it”, then you’re right. But military assets are deployed for many different reasons. They are sometimes used simply to show the world, or specific negotiating parties, that we have a…

Meanwhile, in India: