It doesn’t matter that it was private. It doesn’t matter that it was potentially a joke. What *does* matter is the staggering cost of incorrectly ignoring a real terrorist threat, in millions of dollars and countless lives. Whereas the cost of over-reacting to a joke is a few hundred thousand dollars and jail time for…

Those are Torq-Set screws, not Phillips.  The drive walls of the cruciform are smaller in area than the removal walls, increasing the likelihood you can remove the fastener without stripping it out (which clearly failed here).

This is a bit like hiring an Alex Trebek impersonator to handle Jeopardy for a bit until a real host is found.

Looking at their Screwdriver rig they do have a Machinist on staff. That has all the blocky look of carve it out of billet with a manual machine. Complete with some Allen Head screws which machinists love. 

You think we can get in any more elemental references? “It set the movie world on fire!” “Its found-footage aesthetic had an earth-shattering impact!” “Its protagonists, chiefly of choleric temperament as opposed to phlegmatic...” (Sorry, drifted into a little ‘four humors’ there...)

I’m gonna fix ‘er up one day. I might entertain offers, but don’t try to lowball me. I know what I got. I saw one of these sell for 1/4 million on Mecum the other day.

I doubt they would have used the word “confession” or called it “bizarre” if the genders were reversed in the scenario.

Watch out for an unusually nondescript Ford Fusion. (There’s a similar program for conventional explosives, but that uses Acura RDXs.)

I wonder what the review headlines will end up being

First gen product, the a fleet owner in the article complained that their EV truck has been recalled 6 times already and had significant downtime compared to their diesels. Mix that with a lack of trained techs to do the repairs, and it’s a pain right now.

Exactly. Baldwin may be a huge tool, but there’s no way this is his fault unless he did something like grab the gun from the armorer prematurely, elbow him in the face and said, “Fuck off, let’s do this!”

FFS way to make me take Baldwin’s side in something, New Mexico.

It's a rom com, so by "perfect height match," he probably means "man is a few inches taller than woman in heels."

Is it really true that “Lindsay Lohan has experienced a much deserved renaissance over the past few years”?

Good point. Because I like Alien so much more than Prometheus, I’m glad Hawley is leaning towards taking inspiration from there, but as a biologist, the “perfect predator” formed by evolution thing is an bit annoying. Nature has found some really remarkable ways to survive, but there are always tradeoffs—e.g. highly…

If I’d paid money to see this guy this week I’d feel ripped off if he didn’t address it, and at some length. Imagine paying to see Chris Rock soon after The Slap - I’m sure he’d deliver a solid set otherwise, but I’d feel let down if he just took the L and didn’t say anything about the subject.

I am not sure how many of these count as snubs.   Most of them do not.

Countach was so outrageous to begin with, this is underwhelming. 

In 10 years you’ll be wondering “why is everything so bland, why does everything feel so cheap?”. It will be the artistic equivalent of everything being made out of plastic.

I tried with my refrigerator, but it’s so dark and cramped inside that I can’t find the controls.