You really should have split up runners. The casual “couple of miles, couple of times a week” crowd is a VERY different animal from the half- and regular marathon road runners, who are almost a completely different species* from ultramarathon runners.

*See: Badwater Ultramarathon (100 miles through Death Valley;…

All in good time. You want investigations like this airtight; you want to make sure your “i”s are dotted and your “t”s are crossed. You don’t want weasel like this wriggling his way out of the punishment he so richly deserves.

Every time I see that photo, I start looking to add to my collection of riding pants. No monkey butt for me, thank you very much. ;)

I saw this image for the first time over a year ago. I never thought about the rain thing until you brought it up. It took me a minute, but I figured out why this didn’t bother me.

What makes you think his “umbrella “ and “raincoat” are there just to protect him from the rain? I would image that in 2202, aerial…

Even before I rode, I was all about the gear. I didn’t even take my classes before buying and familiarizing myself with the following:

Full-face helmet (because windscreens do not stop every bug and rock, and they won’t help you against asphalt); armored and vented leather riding jacket (colder weather) armored textile…

...and the other shoe drops. Too often, when presented with obviously racist or misogynistic behavior, people are very quick to defend it. You say “Maybe including this was his way of showing that?” as if there was any context for believing that to be the case. He did not qualify his view in any way and, in fact,…

“And the South shall be butthurt AGAIN!”

“Who’s tougher: a rugby player or an Ameican football player?”

Whelp, I guess that answers THAT question... O_o

Of course, New Horizon doesn’t have to carry enough armor to be RPG, IED, or bulletproof, nor does it have to carry people.

Apples and oranges, son.

I feel the same about the KTMs....but you’re not looking at the front of the bike while you’re riding it so why does it matter? If you’re there to ride the rough stuff rather than to pose and look pretty at the local coffee house, paint color and front-end lines should be taking a serious back seat to performance and…

Really? This sort of thing has indeed been rehashed ad nauseum for generations. The best example would be the moral panic surrounding the Flappers of Jazz Age East Coast culture. Just look up was was written about the “petting parties” that were all the rage back then, and you’ll understand what The noble Renard was…

Agreed. Our park boards only have the power, leeway and the funding the population provides to them it. They have a long and storied history, all of it based on the political leadership and social demands that have guided it from the time Minneapolis first began to outstrip St. Anthony as the primary of the (original)…

I live in Minneapolis and have friends and relatives who are avid hunters and fishermen. Most of the pro-hunting people I know in this area are some of the staunchest conservationists you will find anywhere. They help write the hunting restrictions, abide by them to the letter, and typically eat what they kill. They…

WHat makes your word any more believable than that of the people involved, especially since you apparently created this account for the express purpose of posting your “take” on events. Anonymous “eyewitnesses” by definition suffer from a major credibility problem.

Why do you feel that they should be “called” anything? The use of racial slurs (if this really DID occur) express a racial superiority mindset and say much more about the user than they do about their target.

So, so many of the elder statesmen of the game were trash-talking @ssholes and loud-mouth self-promoters. Statements like this just go to show how little most so-called "true fans of the game" really know about the history of the sport. Back in the day, no one would have given Sherman a second thought. For example,…

Wowe, that a whole lot of lumping multiple groups into one Straw Man. Plenty of Republicans are not onboard with the 2nd amendment fight, the NRA consists of (and supports) plenty of Democratic politicians, and concern for 2nd amendment rights isn't restricted to the stereotype you evoke of the gun-toting,…

...said no musician EVER.

Those of us who have performed for a while have all run into instances where set, setting, and technology have converged to kill off or overshadow any talent, whether it was our own or that of a favorite performed. It's just the nature of the beast.

These "jokes" are great for those on the outside who related tragedies like this to their own feelings of helplessness, this is true. However, stop for a moment and consider the effect of these "jokes" on the people who have just suffered that tragedy themselves or have a direct connection to those who have. Rather…

Your point would work better if you could make it outside a vacuum. Refuse to see it or not, everything is connected. That character in a video game utilizes cultural symbols that embody meaning that goes beyond one single character. What you address as an issue (the one character in the singular context) is simply a…