I just want to note that this is more than just historic. Simone Biles’ dominance of gymnastics is absolute. Her only legitimate opponents are the immutable forces of gravity and time. I feel required on principle to allow for the possibility of someone eventually matching her accomplishments, but barring advanced…

The statement that “this isn’t the America I know” also isn’t a recognition that action is necessary. It’s a statement that, really, Nazi rallies (or whatever other shitty thing is happening) aren’t a problem, because there is some kind of national quintessence that is unaffected by current events, that will somehow…

No.

I see robbing her as the moral thing to do. Sure, she might be suspicious when you get a nice new TV that looks remarkably like the one she used to own, but you’d at least teach her to lock her goddamn doors.

In fairness, I doubt that a lot of the development team got pulled away in order to file that lawsuit.

What cab company is pulling in shitloads of investor money with the promise of “disrupting” an entire industry by evading almost every regulation intended for it? Uber created an app by pulling in venture capital, then made it popular by drastically undercutting its competitors with absolutely no regard for its own sol…

You realize that not all cabs are operated by the same company, right? What cab company is going to do R&D for an app that gives business away to a competitor? I agree that the taxi experience could be better, but the advantage that Uber provides is unsustainable, as the company has never made a profit and has in…

It’s funny. These fucks are always delivering the message than educated, namby-pamby elites are ruining America. College is for dorks, and feminazis and gays! You don’t need that shit! We’ll bring back coal, so you can mine it! And save farming somehow, and get you your job back at the Ford factory! Real hard work…

Christ on sale. I’ll admit that on first blush I was worried that LeBron’s school was another celebrity charter school that would only ultimately harm the cause of providing universal and universally excellent public education. But upon reading another article here on this very site, I was pleasantly surprised to…

A taxi driver also makes something closer to a living wage, is part of a well regulated industry, and is therefore less likely to murder you and/or have his vehicle undergo a catastrophic failure with you in the back.

Taxi companies actually have to make money. Most cab drivers aren’t blessed with constant infusions of investment capital just to keep the lights on.

Remind me of the last time that Uber made a profit or paid its “independent contractors” a fair wage. The service it provides is unsustainable, it costs too little and depends on having more cars than the number of passengers can support. I’d be more comfortable crowning Uber the king of taxi services if it could…

One of the really big things is that apparently the city government also indicated that it would be sealing previous marijuana convictions on request, which so far as I know not a lot of other states/municipalities have done.  As Vance said, a pot arrest/conviction can cripple people’s prospects, so it’s good to see…

Holy shit that is a great Starfire look.  I didn't even know they were doing a movie (tv show?) but that is a really great look for a character that often ends up being t&a in the comics.  Like how is her comic costume always a monokini?

Whenever I’m back in the US everything always seems insanely far apart. And there’s stuff everywhere. In Germany if I’m not in a town or city, I don’t expect to see buildings, really.  But in the States it's like someone has to build a house by the road every 5 miles or so.

It’s changed a bit since the early 90s, a lot of bases in that area are gone, but that whole Hesse area (Frankfurt, Wiesbaden, Mannheim, Heidelberg) is still really great.

This is a really long series of posts for you to justify watching the NFL when the obvious fact is that you enjoy it and how shitty the NFL is as an organization is not enough to keep you from enjoying it.  That's not laudable, but we're all morally compromised.  Do you know how much shit I buy on Amazon?

Living in Germany as a teenager is pretty great, so much so that I just never left.  Have you been back since you left?

I still enjoy basketball and hockey.  And baseball is awesome live.  A minor league baseball game is a good way to spend a day.a

She longs for the days of Queen Victoria, where fire insurers ran fire engine companies, and only responded to fires on buildings they insured.