1.) No. There are only 2 reasons why airline tickets are so expensive today: Irresponsible / corrupt deregulation, and corporate greed, pure and simple.

Processed cold cuts and cheeses contain upwards of 500 mg salt per slice (low-sodium ones might get down to 400 mg, and Swiss is a big exception, but otherwise they’re absolutely bonkers), and most bread at least 100 mg per ounce. Oh, and if you can taste the butter on a sandwich that big, you’re talking at least 2…

No, the Louvre really wants a case of bed bugs.

“... who in turn made their wealth by exploiting and in some cases literally killing and enslaving everyone else’s grandparents.”

Somebody doesn’t want Martin to live to finish the books, I see...

#1 on any onion ranking must be “NONE”.  I’ve had leek soup that was palatable, but that’s about it.

Probably the popularity of 3rd-party processors like this Squareup. A lot of them are turn-key solutions that provide cute little tablet-based “registers” and an app and sometimes even the wireless infrastructure for the restaurant, while making sure of all regulatory compliance (such as encryption and security on any…

I assume that’s actual, brewed coffee and not coffee grounds.  That seems like it would be weird and awful.  You never know with some Internet recipes, though...

Because the U.S. is where the surplus of under-educated wealthy people who will believe this nonsense and pay through the nose to hear it, are located. People in other countries either have more sense, less money, or both, depending on which one you’re talking about.

Sounds fine. But until someone figures out a way to not die at 70 after 20 years of increasing decrepitude WITHOUT giving up all meat, salt, sugar, and fat, and live basically on unseasoned lawn trimmings, send it back.

GIS reveals he’s whiter than his victim, and wealthy enough to live in a gated community. I’d say a 25-year sentence looks unlikely. If it weren’t so cut-and-dried, with a digital witness and potential audio recording, I’d say even a manslaughter conviction might be in doubt. Justice is scarce in this country, for…

Your insight for the day: everyone does this.  Most of us aren’t quite so disproportionate or violent in doing so, but we do it nonetheless.

Problem #1:  Nobody but shitheads has the money, time, or inclination to run in the first place.  Especially the money part.

The perception is that the dude screwed up, failed to follow directions. Which is technically, if only technically, true.

As a white person I can say I fear the so-called “purge” not being imaginary anymore after enough brutal and senseless murders like this one, even if that’s the only circumstance in which it ceases to be a paranoid fantasy.

Feels like an anti-drone measure, to me. Clear the skies of things you don’t want up there, that are difficult to find or hit from the ground, and invisible or untouchable from conventional warcraft, save a too-obvious dude hanging out the door of a helicopter with a shotgun he’s never going to get into range with in…

Strewth.  I’m sure there’s more to spend it on in LA, but I also bet that a Billion dollars goes a lot further in Sweden, on top of being his familiar home and not as objectively insane as LA culture, even compared to the rest of America.  They don’t call it La La Land for nothing.

I can see multiple ways in which Notch’s windfall could induce all kinds of psychological problems, from melancholy on up.

Yeah, they make do with the occasional rape of a staffer or their housekeeper, and an unnecessary Xanax, Oxy, or Vicodin prescription.  Maybe some weed they have a story ready to blame on said housekeeper if it’s ever found.

When her ideas are just too sensible and must be discredited at any cost, “she’s just a waitress; she shouldn’t be writing policy”