so your job is to go around schooling people?

I watched that video and asked myself: “What energy is being added that prevents the oscillation from damping out?”

and of course....

There is no way in hell they would ever say anything other than “Everything is fine and under control” no matter what the actual situation on the ground is. They simply will not, cannot even consider, telling anything like “the truth” about the matter. From their perspective, it is none of your business.

“educator” LOL

there is no _real_ downside for any airline in any of this. they win every time because people continue to fly and all planes are fully or over-booked, meaning they sell every single seat no matter how horrifying and demeaning flying continues to be. this is simply the way flying works. participate at your own risk…

“let everybody choose.”

more interesting than a Rebel -

LOL you bought a BMW.

Adam Corolla.

There’s the Interwebs for that:

how is diversity tested IN THIS ARTICLE?

voter literacy tests - we need them.

diversity as-practiced adds no value because it is diversity of appearances only.

Wait. So, Ducati isn’t profitable? Or is it just a cash-now kind of thing?

I threw my ‘86 off a cliff on Old Pali Highway in Hawaii when I high-sided while I was learning to slide the rear end. It was the first truly competent motorcycle I ever had. It was the first one that could do more than I wanted it to do. Tires sucked in the 80's though. Sucked.

It is strategically stupid beyond belief for Trump to send a carrier to harrass North Korea for the same reason you never fight a girl. Trump can’t “win” because you cannot attack an entire country from a carrier and do any meaningful damage but if Kim scores even one hit on that ship he scores massive, global,…

When I was on SSN697, now decommissioned, we regularly did exercises with carrier battle groups. When we were the “bad guy” trying to get in close to the carrier we always got away with it. Every time. No exception. We got close enough for a shot - every single time. And we were just a regular old SSN crew. Nothing…

Way, way more people die on the road due to cellphones, per mile traveled, than racers do on any track, including IOM.