Where do you think the $550 went?

While I do understand what you're saying, the fact that you're typing this means that you're in the top 1 percent of the world's population, socioeconomically. There are things that you would find commonplace that others would consider extraordinary luxuries, and you could make the same argument of "why don't you just…

Hoover might be nuts, but he still wouldn't have signed Tony Romo to an extension.

There are NOT plenty. They are the exception nowadays, not the rule.

How is this a surprise? Frankly, It's an improvement that the cop didn't just shoot the dog, as puppycide seems to be the SOP for the police now. I spent 10 years as an active-duty Military policeman in the 80's, and the stuff I see police do routinely today would've gotten me court-martialed in an instant back then.

Sodas... snacks... those words sound familiar, but I have no idea what they are.

It's not the Land Rovers that are the problem. It's that each grey market Landie is infested with leprechauns. When they open the container at the dock, the little blighters scurry and now, our great country is also infested with the little buggers.

Thanks! Really hated to get slammed for trying to say something nice about what our Navy is doing out there.

I really don't see what the big deal is here. It's not as if anyone is holding a gun to the heads of these ladies and saying "you have to do this, lest you want to become a beautiful Ben-Gal skin rug in my living room." Any cheerleader complaining about this situation needs to get over themselves and stop being a diva.

If only there was some way to avoid becoming a Ban-gal.

Management will determine your proper color analysis.

Both the interns and the cheerleaders are being "paid," just not with money. Interns get experience, a reputation, and a foot in the door; that is their pay. Cheerleaders get minor fame, comradery, increased social prestige, and an interesting Sunday; that is their pay. They know it. They accept the silly rules…

I'll worry about the plight of cheerleaders when all of the real labor issues in this country are solved. This is a part-time job for them and as the article points out, essentially a hobby that they do for the prestige of it. I'm much more concerned about people with careers who are being cheated/mistreated by their…

You do know that even the author called this basically a Hobby right? It's intramural. extracurricular, if circumstance deems that they can't do it, then they can't do it. Just as actors take up bartending and waiting table gigs as they work for free in theater.

I am not making an argument. I am stating that I do not think that the plight of people who engage in suboptimal voluntary exchanges is a compelling expose. It is so far down the list of things people should care about that it is comical. I am simply pointing out that this article does not represent some striking…

Labor? They're performers, why not unionize the local cast of whatever community theater is doing fucking Godspell.

The Irish Air Force hasn't spotted it? Maybe the guy went on vacation...

This is huge, not as a weapon, but as a new satellite delivery system. We could bring the cost of launching small low-orbit communications satellites relatively cheaply. Now the trick will be to get satellites that can be small and modular enough to self assemble in orbit, while traveling at 5600 miles per hour. I…

Curiosity? Hope there are no cats on Mars....

@LoganSix: Why Jezebel, does it vibrate?