The military pays for a lot of things that aren’t necessary, which is kind of the point of the article you’re so eager to trash. So why should this, one of the least expensive ones be singled out? Also, if I cared to look I could easily find a few hundred trained medical professionals who would disagree with your…

Mine didn’t because the quote referred to Aaron Burr.

He specifically said “Aaron Burr style” which clearly means he wants a chance to shoot at her.

No, you not understanding how civilization works makes you soulless. If you don’t want to pay for other people’s stuff, then go find a deep sea trench no one has claimed yet and live there.

They are. When you have a President with permanent verbal diarrhea and a habit of calling his buddies to shoot the shit about anything and everything, and as many as 5 different fiefdoms within the White House itself, all of them independent power bases and only beholden to how much of Trump’s attention they can…

In a world where Sessions barely made it through the confirmation, Giuliani who didn’t get a job during the transition because everyone knew he wasn’t confirmable then, and things are far worse now.

Huntsman has already been named ambassador to Russia, so shifting him is unlikely, and I doubt Huntsman would take the…

He took the job so he could find a sneaky way to kill the Russia sanctions that lock away the billions in Exxon assets. If he resigns everyone may say it’s because of friction or this or that, but I’m convinced the real reason is the bill to reinforce Russian sanctions that’s getting near unanimous support in Congress…

I honestly think 90% of the crappiness of the movie flash stems from a string of panicked design meetings when they realized they couldn’t make him look like the (overall really good) TV Flash costume.

That’s why the decision was given to the courts, whose specific mandate was to consider the facts in light of Charlie’s (or any child’s) best interests, independent of cost. The hospital didn’t try to force their recommendation on the parents unduly, they immediately kicked it to an objective body and everyone had…

Just so it’s said openly, I didn’t see you as being unsympathetic. I saw you laying out a likely scenario for people who have shown themselves to be easily swayed in the past. The chances for them to get exploited are high.

The GOP has been trying to pull this stunt in varying formats for years. Usually rudimentary fact checking has exposed flaws in these people’s stories in less than a week. Considering how bad the Trump admin is at preparing and vetting I expect these people to be fully debunked (as in their problems are due to their…

It puts me in the disappointed camp, instead of angry, but I can understand the sentiment. His opinion is precisely the same lame ass “think of the children” argument I’ve heard a couple dozen times since the announcement, from some pretty sexist concern trolls. From someone I admire who’s done the job, I’d hope for…

That would require Niantic to spend money. Based on their track record with past games and this one when it comes to infrastructure I think we can agree that’s unrealistic.

I’ve seen him on various news programs for years before he got involved with Trump. He never had a soul.

The only reason Culture wins may seem out of reach is the AI makes it seem like it is getting a huge headstart by building early Wonders and monopolizing the GWAM. Since you actually hurt yourself if you try to win Culture with GWAM, most of those games you gave up on were probably eminently winnable. Archaeology is…

The AI didn’t really turn things around. I explained in some detail in my post (which you should find in the grays).

More than anything else, this underscores how tough it can be to win a Culture victory at this difficulty: the AI clearly knew what was going on here and almost pulled off an improbable comeback.

Dude you’re not some prophet, it was always going to shift to financials, and that doesn’t mean it’s no longer about Russia. Trump’s been in bed with these people financially since American banks stopped lending him money over a decade ago. That shit takes time to unravel, and while Trump may scream about how it’s…

Well that’s simple to resolve, he’s obviously not a person.

Frustration is getting in your car, backing up next to the truck and laying on the horn until they move. Shooting said truck, with reckless disregard for the safety of others is sociopathy.