Following up on my own comment: I mean, I get you, I do. But it's a difficult line to toe. Bear in mind, please, that the vast majority of calls like this are in response to domestic violence situations, and that, while situations like this one get a lot of attention in the niche media environment for our chosen…

Where does it say that was what happened? It doesn't, anywhere. You're assuming that from the victim's response. He's rightfully very angry, and his response appropriately focused on the worst thing that happened and the thing that was most obviously dangerous to his family. You're filling in blanks without knowing…

I understand and agree, but in a time-sensitive situation, how are they supposed to know? What is a reasonable standard and method and verification?

What's the appropriate response, in your opinion?

Nobody's saying that this isn't awful. It's obviously awful, and it could have been so much worse. But "hostage situation" is not one of those things where I would be comfortable with law enforcement saying, "Eh, probably fake?" and letting it go. That fact goes into the calculus of doing this shit, which is why it's…

Because if they ignored it and it turned out to be a real hostage situation, the results could be horrendous.

Wait a minute, you're not Miserable Shitehawk!

Tom Ley: This story is bullshit. He is clearly a good and cool bear.

The only player in the NFL named after the punchline to a 1998 Jay Leno monologue joke.

It totally makes my weekend to learn that "touchdown" in Spanish is just "touchdown" with emphasis placed on weird vowels. Literally makes my weekend.

Ugh. That sucks. I feel bad for him. Leggo is actually a really decent guy, although if you saw the shit he eats after games, you probably wouldn't be surprised by the gastrointestinal distress...

That's true, but not this project. I think this is actually produced with American Public Media, which is the "other" big distributor. It's sort of like saying that Fringe was a big hit for ABC because Bad Robot produced Lost for ABC, even though the show was on Fox, and also got canceled.

(I realize this isn't your piece to correct. Just putting it out there. The show needs money to survive, and they get nothing from the big network.)

Small correction: NPR has nothing to do with Serial. It's produced by WBEZ without any involvement from NPR. Otherwise, fascinating stuff. Didn't hear so much about Hae as a person in the podcast itself, mostly for lack of time, I think, so this was interesting.

Yeah, nothing says "fun" like an amusement park where participating in the attractions leads to certain death.

In Khalil Mack's defense, he has literally never been there before.

First off, this is a rip off even for PS users. $20 for three (?!) story missions, a couple of insubstantial PvP modes, some guns, and the right to grind two more levels? Seriously? Is the new PvE content even going to be deep enough to merit the grind? Because I for one have little interest in doing that for its own…

Wait. Is She-Gambit a thing? Fuck you. You made that up. You drew that in study hall in sixth grade and hope Kevin Feige is gonna see it and hire you. I know how this shit works. THEY NEVER CALL, MAN. LET IT GO.

Awesome. This means that the Sabres should be infected already and sick shortly. Embrace the tank!

I guess this is true statistically, but anecdotally I would disagree. I know a lot of American black men who are very much into hockey. But that may be a function of where I live, Buffalo, which is kind of like more - racist Canada.