It’s OK, I lean insufferable as well.

you might want to google pommes frites :P

What is the smallest form of government Libertarians generally support? I get that they don’t think the Feds are it, but to be frank in a state like California or Texas I hardly think my interests would be represented much better at the state level.

Yeah, but it isn’t like liberals are anymore classically liberal than conservatives are nowadays. Heck conservatives aren’t even classically conservative anymore.

the use the european left have used Liberal for in the last hundred years is as you suggest. Over in americaland (and, inevitably by feedback into the rest of the anglophone world) its starting to mean ‘anyone left of daisy duke’ because you people murder language and meaning like they are native americans

Technically, that’s a classic ‘liberal’ ideal.

Um, so basically like every real pro sports team? I mean, you can count on one hand how many pro sports teams have a player from the exact city they represent.

Isn’t “nevertheless” just one word?

You forgot Westwood Studios. Never Forget, Never Forgive.

The problem is that the right has made science political. So there’s no way to talk about many scientific topics without it veering into politics.

If politicians just listened to scientists and used science to dictate public policy, it wouldn’t be an issue.

The tribalism is one of my favorite things about sports. Sports is a great thing to be tribal over. It crosses racial and economic demographic lines, helps create a sense of community, and permits faux-hatred of outsiders that strengthens the in group bonding.

Great article. This is the type of article that used to make Gizmodo great before the focus on partisan political crap. I’m particularly interested in mankind’s efforts to explore and even harness gravitational waves to do things like probe black holes.

Do you ever wake up and think, “shit, I’ve allowed this man to have WAY too much power over me. He’s controlling my own thoughts. Maybe some of this is my fault.”

Because you should.

And someone else would call for its regulation.

Nothing in posted screenshots of the last two videos (title) has anything to do with owners “modify[ing] their weapon to be more deadly.” I haven’t seen the videos, so it could very well be true that something in the content does, but I doubt it. The third from the bottom is a widely circulated parody video, and…

Oh look, we’ve got captain reality check here to make sure that the guy who lost his friend 2 years ago feels the proper amount of dogshit for the passing thought he had while in shock.

It would hardly be the first massive gamble he’s taken. That’s really his gameplan over and over again, and god willing, it keeps paying off.

Wait at the very least 24 hours for every breaking news. There hasn’t been a point in history when news outlets, mainstream or otherwise, distributed wildly incorrect, mutually contradictory news items in the wake of a major event.