Ryan’s constituency is the national party; Cruz’s is the Texas GOP primary electorate. Ryan really doesn’t have much to fear, in part because the national party doesn’t like Trump and doesn’t think he can or will win, but also because nobody else wants to be Speaker. Texas Republicans, OTOH, are much more…

I am in the same boat - challenging job at over 50 hours per week, active lifestyle and an avid cyclist, love spending time with my friends and family. But when the world shuts down at 10 PM on a weeknight and my somnambulist tendencies require me to veg out until midnight, my PS4 provides me comfort in the form of…

So this is the actual text from the report:

I think it’s at least fair to argue whether there is a qualitative difference between protesting during the anthem when playing for your club team and protesting during the anthem while playing for your national team.

That is exactly what would have happened. He made the choice to get into FG range and hope they could snap it in 5 seconds or so. The chances of that were just as good as hitting from 62 or completing a hail mary.

I love your username, and what it’s based on.

Eagles? He could throw batteries at the fans for a refreshing change of pace.

I have an advantage in this regard, because as a day job I teach ancient history, and know so much about the geography of the region. This means I get the honor of explaining to my students why it is these 7000-year-old cities, full of families who have lived there for hundreds of generations, are being bombed to shit…

That’s a fair point about the hypocrisy of laughing at someone for a gaffe many of us would have easily made. I won’t claim to be an expert on the Middle East, and I probably wouldn’t have been able to tell you who controls Aleppo or Raqqah, but I at least knew of their existence from watching the nightly news.

Ah, I think I see now you are only talking about moral distinctions not legal distinctions.

But that would mean half your commenting base would be unemployed and unable to comment!

All fair points! I must’ve absorbed more of the news than I thought. Would never hold it against someone who’s job (or the job they’re campagining for) isn’t directly dependent on knowing these things.

“Has anyone picked Keyshawn Johnson?”
(blank stares and silence)

Eh, I'm sure when the big moment comes the Seahawks will probably pass.

As a Boston sports fan and resident, I am tired of the running joke about Bostonians being racist. It is a trope, and a false one. It is the legacy of the busing nonsense that took place 40 years ago, when most of us weren’t even alive. For every mouth breathing Sully or Murph from Southie or the North Shore, there…

I have lived in Massachusetts my entire life and Boston for the last 12 years and I always read on the internet about how racist Boston is. Maybe I’m just living in a bubble, but I’ve never seen the overt racism that people are always tagging this city with. This is one of the most liberal and culturally diverse…

Let’s not pretend there aren’t hundreds of angry dudes on hold right now waiting to tell WEEI how disappointed they are in Ortiz.

Folks it looks like Big Bill Hell’s Auto Sales is:

Also didn’t mention Boston is a Sanctuary City.

Correct. Schilling is the bigger source of consternation for Red Sox fans. “Thanks Curt for 2004. Now please shut the fuck up.”