Gosh, PearlieMay. You certainly devolved quickly to obscenities, a not unusual tactic of those losing the argument. Nevertheless, I'll continue.

By your logic, then, there are plenty of people who have scored more than 167 goals in soccer. I, myself, an average player who didn't even play in HS or college, but have played club and adult, have probably scored more than 30 times. I'm sure people who started in Pee Wee and played through HS or college have…

Agreed. We are not talking about a single sport called "soccer." We are talking about two sports, or at least two classes of the same sport: "soccer" and "women's soccer." Donovan is the leading U.S. scorer in "soccer." Wambach is the leading scorer in "women's soccer." The sports are different. Donovan isn't…

A couple of questions.

When seconds count, the police are only minutes away...

Stab-proof vests are even bulkier than bullet proof ones; knives are very, very bad news. If your circumstances are such that you are seriously considering needing a big vest 24/7, you might consider changing your circumstances.

I hope she meant it was unloaded (no round in the chamber) until she pumped it. Otherwise, you are absolutely correct. This whole "sound of a shotgun being racked" thing is a gun-store-commando myth. Tactically, it is ridiculous.

I'll bite. I think, if an attacker is smart, calm, and paying attention to me specifically, carrying my CCW will do me little good. In that case, I'll just have to obey the guy and hope he doesn't decide to leave no witness. However, if the criminal is dumb, excited, or distracted (some or all of which are…

Pilots and ATC have similar, but definitely not identical, priorities.

I'm afraid you misinterpreted the story I was trying to paint with the math. My point was, about 400 people per year are capable of being NFL players across the entire league. That's a tiny number. That's why they are paid so much. They are rare. Hundreds of people pay and are paid billions of dollars to make…

Oh, there's a big supply of those guys, probably 100,000 of them playing in college ball, alone, let alone high school. However, only the top 1,696 make the pros, and with an average pro career of about 6 years, only 300 to 400 make it, per year. So, if you're in the top .3% of big slamming-on-command guys, you get…

Because there are not thousands of players who could do the same job. The elite athletes make the huge numbers because they can do something almost no one else can. No so with cheerleaders. It's simple economics: big supply = low price, scarce resource = high price.

This explanation, to my mind, is a good description of the economics of the situation.

Boom goes the dynamite rape card! Well played.

Who said it was better? I hope my tone and pejorative terms "rude, pester, spite, dance" implied the opposite.

On a serious note, this is exactly why so much violence is associated with the illegal drug trade. Get ripped off? There is no recourse within the legal system. One's first, fastest, and easiest form of justice is beating or shooting him that done you wrong.

After reading your article and then all the replies, and being a straight man, I get the distinct impression that the men who are "hitting on" the lesbian women are not hitting on them, at all. Sure, technically, they are using words normally used to approach women in the hopes of meeting/dating/bedding them, but my…

FIFY: Vaccinations are not [100%] effective. Sometimes, vaccinated people still catch the disease. That's why there is a second degree of vaccination protection that is equally important, herd immunity. Once a group reaches around 85% vaccinated, even if one of the members is infected, the other 15% (and the people…

You forgot to mention that Bill Clinton commuted his sentence.

Both the interns and the cheerleaders are being "paid," just not with money. Interns get experience, a reputation, and a foot in the door; that is their pay. Cheerleaders get minor fame, comradery, increased social prestige, and an interesting Sunday; that is their pay. They know it. They accept the silly rules…