What a lot of people don’t realize is that in a country like Saudi Arabia where there are so many massive welfare programs that are completely dependent on oil revenue, their cost of production isn’t just the cost of rigs, pipelines, and associated labor. It’s also the cost of said social programs. IIRC, for the…

True story: I once watched Tiger Woods pay his Gold’s Gym membership cancellation fee with a bag full of pennies. 100% true.

You can always see freeeeeeeedom!

B-21 John Cena

Longtime Battlefield vet here (2,000 hours from BC2 to BF4).

Conquest isn’t ruined. Far from it. My opinion is that the only things that are broken is the presence of the counter (seriously, get rid of it) and the fact that I think armor needs to be balanced somehow.

I was chuckling watching the 800 because there were several moments where I could tell the cameraman was like “What am I supposed to do? Do I follow the leader or make sure the other seven stay in the shot?”

KD seems to be a big swimming fan! He was going nuts when Phelps and Co won the 4x100m.

She could try for the 10k open water. I say she does that in her late 20s/early 30s.

There was nothing “promised” of Ledecky winning the 200 free. It was always going to be close. Very impressive that she was able to pull it off at a shorter distance.

Oh sweet irony. “I’m the only one professional enough...” of course it happened then.

He’s not just a BOAT. He’s the GOAT.

I would argue Gwen Jorgensen’s 2014-2015 15 win streak in ITU was more dominant (maybe). Katie is dominating in a sport where others have been dominant before. Gwen won 15 in a row in a sport where nobody really ever thought about winning more than 2-3 in a row.

Ledecky is, undoubtedly, the greatest freestyler of our time. She’s just absolutely dominant. It’s a shame that they don’t have a 1500m for women (they really should) because Ledecky would dominate there as well... she might even lap some of her competition which is amazing because every Olympic swimmer is…

All joking aside, this part of the plane is super ugly. It looks like they copied a weathered first class cabin from an 80s era 757.

Will that modem work with Brighthouse?

Will that modem work with Brighthouse?

It's also one of the most technical parts of any race. It's not just about how big of a raw engine your team has. You have to work together and it takes a lot more skill than most people would guess.

Great pic!

Honestly, it would be a miracle if Dumoulin won. I’m not taking anything away from him... the guy is an absolute beast in his domain... but, IMO, the mountains will take a toll on him. The mountains are a watts/kg game whereas a flat TT is just an all out watts game.

*cue chorus*

“It’s great to be in the EMP-ire today! It’s great to be in the EMP-ire today-ay! something something...”

I’ve always been interested to see what a modern A-10 designed with modern composites in mind would look like in terms of performance. I would guess 25-30% increased range/loiter (maybe more), improved low speed handling, improved durability/survivability, and vastly improved targeting with modern purpose-built…