This is the correct take. The regional teams are cute and all, but truly elite-level ass requires that you be ass on the world stage. Congratulations, America!

Faulk does not appear to be intimidated by the prospect of violence.

We’ll never know.

Strong choice. Also very good on two-wheeled machines:

You’re a bad banana with a greasy black peel.

Great review. This car looks like a hell of a lot of fun, and I wish it were in my budget. I have said this before but it bears repeating here because you touch on how stuffy 911 owners can be: I quite like Porsche cars (and only the cars), but Porsche owners can be... a bit much. 

What if Austin Rivers is a valuable contributor off the bench and a leader in the locker room?

Ghosn may have saved Nissan, but it often came at the expense of anything interesting.

Why are people so obsessed with what this freshman congresswoman is wearing to work? Everything about the focus on her outfits is the worst kind of judgy sexism and dog-whistle racism and it BUGS me. People are the worst. 

Abolish the electoral college, and give all voters, including California’s, a bigger voice in future national elections.

The 30 year old with the ‘mental toughness of a toddler’ is the best scorer in the NBA. Also he can do this, which takes more than a little intestinal fortitude:

This needs more stars. 

Plus one octopus falling out of a tree. 

Lifestyle brands are only sustainable if you can continue to sell the lifestyle. Filson is trying to sell a different lifestyle to a younger market, with mixed results. It does not help that the bikes themselves are rubbish, and have been for decades. Nor does it help that HD has zero or very weak offerings in the…

No doubt Justin Britt is a very large and powerful man, but Aaron Donald appears to be made of large granite blocks joined by one inch rebar, and I don’t think you want it with him. 

Thank goodness that it was saved so that it can continue to collect dust in some other outrageously rich person’s garage.

The risk of Butler’s temperament now falls on Philadelphia, whose young stars include a future all-NBA talent in Ben Simmons...

Yes. 

I like Porsche cars just fine. It’s Porsche owners that are insufferable.

80 degrees and sunny again today in Southern California. Like most residents I have not yet noticed if there is a professional football team (or two) in the region.