To further clarify:

Actually, E-2s are in very good shape if they bolter: their big, straight, low-wing-loaded wings and turboprop engines really dig into the thick air at sea level. So, when necessary, they climb away nicely. Now, if they do go in the water, their crews are SOL, lacking ejection seats and occupying a cramped tube that’s…

It’s not just gravity holding a heavy hook down; the hook is pneumatically driven down and pressurized there via a nitrogen charge (at least it was in the Tomcat), to prevent hook skips. They still happened, though.

It’s as simple as it looks: the wheels roll over the wires; the hook catches them.

Also, her go-to move is the arm bar, which works because she is considerably stronger than most other women. She is not stronger than Mayweather. One almost never sees the arm bar as the winning submission in evenly-matched MMA fights.

Seems akin to victim blaming, holding Geller responsible for the INSANE response of the jihadists to a cartoon contest of shooting up the joint.

I find the fact that the victim has been given a complete pass on starting the physical altercation interesting. Did she deserve to be given a concussion? No. Did her violent action warrant a physical response? Yes.

I flew for the Navy, and part of my training was “riding” the hyperbaric chamber.

After reading about a woman who got the shit beat out of her for “shushing” loud teen girl movie patrons, perhaps the bystanders were afraid of a much worse fate for intervening in an active rape. The brash, unapologetic, public behavior of those animals would seem to be predictive evidence of their probability to…

Agreed. They're all idiots, reacting to each others quirks and dumb ideas. That's what makes a light show about a post-apocalyptic, human-extinct world *funny* instead of *sad*.

Sure, as long as the diverse body types can wear armor and hump a 70 lb. ruck for ten+ miles.

I was in 4th grade when one of the 8th graders wore a black t-shirt with a white Playboy bunny logo on it. I had no idea what it was or what it meant, but thought it was cool looking. I immediately set to doodling it on my homework, which led to an odd conversation from my teacher, telling me not to draw it anymore,…

They are trained to shoot to stop, not to kill. While there may be little practical difference, they use their firearms to stop the threat. If the threat has not stopped, they are to continue firing until it does. So, if a person is pointing a tazer/gun at them and they have determined it to be a threat, they are…

Yeah, saying you're trying to deescalate the situation without actually being helpful (by just giving the customer choices she clearly doesn't understand) is a subtle form of a power play: You'll order it my way or I'll just stand here and quiz you until you do. Obviously, if the person is saying they want a…

I suppose, from the reactions to it, that cream cheese and eggs is not an intuitive combination.

But, the beauty of American football is that one can watch a game and still do any number of other things at the same time, eating, socializing, surfing, reading. The start and stop nature of football allows for a "ten seconds on, thirty seconds off" watch schedule. Not so, for soccer. With it, one must watch the…

I see your point, but, in what other team sport do the players get to choose the balls? Not baseball. Not soccer. Not hockey (I know, it's a puck, but same deal). Not basketball.

Or, just have the league provide the balls, have the refs inflate and seal them with tiny little plugs in the filler nipples, and make both teams use the balls at random. Both teams should use the exact same balls on offense.

Also, here's a study by the AAP that states accidental child shootings are down by about 1/3 between 1997 and 2009 (from 15.5% to 10.8% of all child GSW hospitalizations and deaths). It is the assaults that have gone up, fairly dramatically.

Define "kids." Is is pre-teens? Under 18? Or does it include young adults well into their twenties?