As I say above, Moffat is trying to de-sueify the character, but since he can't write female characters for toffee, he makes a dog's dinner of it, as usual.

Missy. Short for The Mistress.

Don't tell that to Malory Archer.

Yes, IS ( a small subsect of people) is wiping out entire tribes of people and America (A country of 300+ million people including several different sects of Islam amongs it's citizens) is genocidal....yeah... we'll go with that

I actually like the air strikes. It's support. I'd rather we weren't involved at all, but if we must, force projection via air is better than boots on the ground. (my opinion)

I played competitive sports as a kid. I also competed in musical and performance competitions, spelling bees, and was a force to be reckoned with on the debate team.

Isolationism only last so long when you have terrorist groups beheading reporters, conquering territory we spent years trying to protect, other terrorists groups attacking and killing ambassadors, russia annexing ukraine. We are seeing what happens when we become isolationist. Other countries come out to play and take…

I guess this is probably a generational thing, but I always found the Church of the Subgenius funnier.

Right, I think this makes sense - you can pass on old, outdated, or decommissioned equipment, but you can't pass on training (you can only take the time to train.) There's a lot that's probably broken about the US armed forces but they are, at least, deeply interested in reality - the reality of how to project force,…

When you say "high-tech Pentagon equipment — including drones" are you talking about the Predator Drones that can deliver heavy airstrikes, or are you talking about the Quadcopters that anyone can walk into the mall and buy for $300-$600?

I think cops would think twice about this if we changed the name to Terrible Weapons and Tactics. More accurate both ways.

I find it quite hilarious that the answer to this show of violence and aggression is not "disarm the cops into the role of peace-keepers, not military" but instead it's "OMG THEY NEED BETTER TRAINING".

I doubt this will happen, but I want to read a decent interview with one of these cops, just to find out what each of them is thinking as they gear up like that.

I did various crowd control training when I was in the Guard and watching the Ferguson police doesn't remind me of any of it. If any of those cops are vets then I'm embarrassed, hell I'm embarrassed either way.

Also of note if a solider in Afghanistan tomorrow shoots an unarmed young man he will be up on charges. Heck he would be up on charges even if the Afghani citizen was carrying an AK-47 on his back. Rules of Engagement prohibit it. You have to actually be shot at before you can deploy lethal force.

Sharks are great detectives. Have you seen Jaws 4? That shark managed to trick one Brody and then track the others thousands of miles. Without the ability to leave the water, use technology, or talk to anyone. As far as we know.

I doubt pinkham should care as much if he wasn't jewish. He loves getting low income workers fired. Now all swastikas are bad symbols. Pinkham loves to tell the religious people of Asia that they have to change their religious symbols because of Germans

You know that you can be outraged at multiple crimes at the same time, right?

Last time I checked, Israel was the one getting rockets fired at them. Unlike Russia, which seems to think that launching unprovoked artillery strikes and shooting down civilian airliners is all fine and well.

You're subverting the issue because you want to comment on something else. There is no 1 to 1 in politics. Most children learn this rule as life isn't fair, buck it up.