“rn?” What’s your usual look? We are talking about Oakland, here.

If me_irl is thinking the way I am, I think they mean that if things have gone so downhill to need a draft, then they’re taking warm bodies, shoot straight or no.

OK then. I tried to put out an olive branch, but now I’ll give a hearty fuck you.

The sort of good news is that homicide detectives (that I’ve seen on TV) know the way things work. If your girlfriend gets murdered and you didn’t do it, you better hope you have an alibi.

I agree with your examples, but what about the last time I flew, where I, white 30-something male, was standing next to a group of guys from India. I would say that there is an equal chance that one of those guys or myself were terrorists, how do you profile that? Plenty of Hindu terrorists in the world, and generally…

I’m fond of recalling the time my ex got mad at me for telling her how King Kong ended.

OK, walk that back to what Ash78 said, and I think we’re talking about different things. Yes, of course we’re flagging people as possible problems based on biographical information. I took Ash78's comment to read that weeny squish liberals like me don’t like appearance-based profiling. Which is true, because to base…

As long as you’re thinking about why they look like terrorists to you, I guess you’re fine. Skin color? Nose shape? What about those two smiling young men makes you say ‘terrorist’? How about this guy?

I don’t think that way, but thanks for pointing it out. I admit I have only a basic idea how the profiling works at Ben Gurion beyond finding the nervous ones, but what else but appearance do you have to base your judgement on?

Yeah, but they didn’t have “I HEART CHECHNYA” T-shirts, so what does that matter?

What if they had papers that said, “Russia?” I’m no expert, but wouldn’t they?

The problem with your tortured analogy is that America is not Israel. Americans (sorry, chaff/straw) of all race, ethnicity, etc. are terrorists, too. How would you go about profiling? Do these guys look like terrorists? Do they have terrorist names?

They sound like it too, but fuck it - they rock.

The certainly doesn’t feel ‘just as’ awful. You go ahead and be mad at everyone, though. Just keep in mind what happened to the R’s when the Tea Party started enforcing ideological purity.

I disagree. I was behind an F-type at a stoplight last week, and when I got to work I was immediately speccing one out on the Jag site. Z’s make me yawn with all the try-hard they put off.

I’m open-minded, so shoot: How exactly are DNC pols being just as awful in this situation?

Thanks for the link, one more thing for my Mad Max fantasies.

Nothing says “I live alone, and plan on keeping it that way,” like a gaming chat speakerbox.

Man that guy’s had a good couple of years. He’s an excellent actor and I’m interested in seeing this.

Not carrying a wallet or keys is one of those small perks that might make President a decent job to have. It still sounds like the worst job on earth to me, but you know, empty pockets!