Fair enough, but then what is your point — because “most normal people” have manners and won’t complain to your face, you’re OK serving them bland, poorly prepared food?! That a guest will or will not complain about food I’ve served them has not been a criterion I’ve used when I’ve cooked for people, but you do you, I…

Sorry, but that’s not the way it works. Like it or not, when he took office he obtained — without any background check at all — the highest security clearance. He’s commander-in-chief: Not only does he get to see everything, but he also gets to declassify anything he wants. It’s one of the ‘perks’ of the job.

It’s more than that. Brennan didn’t maintain a clearance for himself. Rather, he maintained clearance so that the people currently in charge could call on him if they wanted to, to gain Brennan’s institutional wisdom, and his insight. Revoking his clearance doesn’t hurt Brennan at all — it only hurts the people…

“[M]ost normal people won’t say anything” is not the same as most normal people won’t taste the difference. Because most normal people will taste the difference. You have to be devoid of taste buds not to taste the difference between pasta cooked in plain water and pasta cooked in amply salted water.

But is it a sandwich?

Yes, it is going to taste better, but it is also going to be juicier and more tender. Medium rare is the default doneness for steak, as it is warm to hot throughout and still maintains its tenderness and juiciness — it will cut with the slightest pressure of a knife. A well-done steak lacks those qualities, and likely…

True, but then it is no longer the same dish. It’s one thing to ask that at Outback or Longhorn or Applebee’s, but Next is a (very) high-end restaurant that serves a set tasting menu to all guests. They do not (nor should they be expected to) prepare the food to each customer’s specific taste. 

She is the Michelangelo of butter sculpting, not the Michelangelo of spelling.

That really is a sad display that demonstrates they have higher-level feelings. There are humans who show less sorrow about the passing of their offspring.

Scarlet is a member of the J-Pod, a group of about 76 critically endangered southern resident orcas

Y’all need to talk more around the office -- from Skillet....

Same here. Growing up, my mom bought Hydrox instead of Oreos because they were cheaper. I assumed they were a knock-off, as Oreo was iconic (to a little kid, at least). 

“Kansas attorneys who work in the election field say no law requires him to recuse himself from that process, but that legal and political ethics should guide him to do so if a recount takes place.”

You are correct that we do not know whether WW is alive or dead when the Gene scenes are occurring. (They even talk about that on the insider podcast for Ep 401.) So it could be that WW is in NH, or perhaps he’s already returned to ABQ, exacted his revenge and perished, but the news has not reached Gene (though given…

Raise your hand if you’re a lib who’s ever been owned by a conservative.

Please, a little respect: it’s tronc. They cut journalists like they cut capital letters. 

It’s not the crackers (which makes the header picture a bad one). It’s the “cheese” inside the sandwich crackers. Regular Ritz crackers in the sleeves are not affected. (My wife urgently told me we had to throw out the box of crackers I’d just bought because her friend said they were recalled, so I pulled the recall…

That’s gold, Abe, gold!

Simmer down, Bessie. 

In a free press situation, they should and are obliged to present both sides of an argument. The second you start eliminating/filtering what you want to present to the public, its not freedom, its fascism.