Maybe they fired her for broadcasting to the world some asshole's joke and ruined the reputation of the store. Damage is done, the shop is finished.

Regulations always entrench the giants. They are mostly written by their lobbyists, and work to kill off any threat to their business. This is why our country is screwed, any real tax or regulatory reform to make things simpler will fail- all the entrenched interests will kill them.

Maybe that's right if you assume we are heading to a mad max dystopia. Water isn't a problem today, and provided that tech keeps advancing and the US economy doesn't collapse, won't be a problem in the future. If there's problems piping water to Phoenix, Southern California will have already died of thirst and…

Or e), the whole thing is a BS goof. Personally, it's either c) or e). He's either insane and should be locked up, or it's fake.

I'm not sure what's so hard about the old fashioned "crack egg into pot of boiling water" method. 4 minutes gives me perfect results every time. The end result is two things to clean - the pot, and a slotted spoon.

I was referring mostly to the public sector since that's where money is spent. The retirement age is very low, often 55 so people end up being retired longer than working. They spike pensions by dumping all sorts of vacation pay on their last year of employment. Elected city morons lie about pension obligations to…

also, we encourage people to work as little as possible and retire as soon as possible. We can't even afford to keep the buses running in schools let alone build new rail lines.

All that's great. But I can't think of a single example of a truly meritocratic and egalitarian society in the world outside of small societies of hunter gatherers. As long as the rich love their children, they will provide them with whatever advantage they possibly can. There's nothing inherently evil about doing so,…

Eh. It's been that way since the beginning of time. Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs, Rome, feudal society, even in the USSR the party elite were rich compared to normal citizens. Inequality is just a result of people working hard to differentiate themselves from the rest of the population, whether through money, power,…

Kent Pietsch's Jelly Belly Cadet stunts are funny and crazy - aileron falls off, he looks out of control near the runway, wing scrapes the runway, etc. I have no idea how he gets the plane to do those things and stay in control.

My biggest fear would be social engineering.

Maybe not a blind eye, more like a clapping spectator. Side note - Minke whale sushi is delicious.

I loved sea world as a kid. Whether I read and read about sea life as a result, or I went there because I loved sea life I don't know. I also like the circus. I guess I'm a monster worse than hitler.

It's terrible. Just standing in line with 1K people got me annoyed, like they didn't deserve to be in front of me. And it's not like I did anything to deserve squat, I just flew a lot more than most people.

I hit Global Services twice, and I'll have to say I used to enjoy sneering at the lowly 1K losers.

if you were fired for having a picture of your partner in your desk it would be national news and the employer would be shamed into bankruptcy. And all the conservatives that say ignorant bullshit? Most of the time they lose their jobs over it.

yeah, I read it. Referring to an old anti sodomy law that's never enforced, or anecdotal incidents of bigots isn't across the board homophobia. Everybody loves to hate conservatives, and sure I like to get in on the fun too. But I really fucking hate liberals and the incessant whining.

This whole article is just anti-Texas bigotry. The idiotic presumption is that that Texans are homophobic.

Model X will be a bit more expensive than the S. I think you're thinking of the Model E - that's the cheaper version.

Whoa. Wonder when Google will buy this company.