Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, recently vice chair of Bank of Cyprus, the favorite money laundromat of Russian mobsters, who still has business ties with Kirill Shamalov, coincidentally the son-in-law of one Vladimir Putin?

Correction: Four tests, not three.

So my takeaway from all this is that Waititi is basically the living embodiment of New Zealand? Does he have a sheep-shaped birthmark somewhere?

He could at least have name dropped Samurai Champloo, which has style and a killer soundtrack.

And it’s totally Akira. I seem to recall one of the characters commenting that the antagonist had gone all Tetsuo.

The side *facing* him reads “DO NOT THROW PAPER TOWELS!!!!”

Yeah, I’ve never once heard or read that combination of words. It’s “jury rigged” here in illinois.

Basically, it’s like demanding that people stop using the word “jewelry” because you believe it’s *clearly* derived from the “greedy Jew” stereotype.

Doesn’t explain the usage “I did bugger all today” (“jack shit” in American-ese).

Languages are living things. Words constantly change. If an expression has become detached from a racist origin, tenuous or otherwise, and no longer carries any such intent, then that’s the new reality of it. As much as the prescriptivist in me wants to smack people who utter abominations like “impactful” upside the…

I once had an aghast do-gooder explain to me that as a male, I should never use “screwed” because it’s clearly an allusion to rape.

Use “welshed” instead. Screw those guys with their weird-ass spellings.

People confuse “authoritative” with “correct” all the time, sadly.

Good lord, that’s not how words work. “Niggardly” means penny-pinching. “Nigger” is a contraction of “negro.” Actually, I *do* remember someone on TV clutching their pearls and demanding an apology when a newsreader used the word “niggardly,” only to get angry and defensive when it was pointed out that they were wrong.

No, they’re praying, all right. The thing is, it’s to *Satan*, to consecrate the latest mass human sacrifice to their infernal lord. Can’t let such a great opportunity go to waste, don’tchaknow, and it’s so much easier than getting your own robes and knives dirty. Blood offerings get you the best rewards, doubly so…

Yup, it was about the need for a militia in a time when the Founders were very much against the idea of a standing army.

Can you name the 17 *other* school shootings that have already happened in 2018 so far?

The 2nd bill that Trump signed into law rescinded an Obama-era regulation that made it harder for people with mental illnesses to buy guns. Just saying.

Seems to me that this game could create a new “Photojournalist” class that’s locked down to the point where all they can do is take pictures. Maybe boost their resilience so they don’t get instantly offed by griefers or something. Some folks might like the challenge of prowling a map with only a camera.

Easy, tasty fix - set up a bunch of crawdad boil parties across the affected areas.