“Mostly Bad for also giving supremely talented rapists and murderers a second chance.”

Psst: Its this one.  

I’m genuinely torn as to whether the Patriots are Basically Good for giving otherwise decent guys a second chance, or Mostly Bad for also giving supremely talented rapists and murderers a second chance.

I always try this and convince myself it’s all going to melt into one big new bar and inevitably I end up with a handful of soap shards.

Because that doesn’t actually sound like a good idea. It sounds more like banks trying to protect themselves from not being repaid. If you take out a loan in your 30s and have very low risk of dying, the only party to benefit from the scheme is the insurance company.

There’s been some increasing discussion about his background and how he is being talked about vs how other Jewish athletes have been talked about in coded language, and I’m on the fence about how I feel about it. It’s nothing overt, but the prominence of some of the voices discussing makes me wonder if anything is…

I also find it odd that Rosen’s monied upbringing is so notable and concerning when it isn’t atypical. How many white QBs don’t come from at least upper-middle class families? Did Nick Foles’ dad’s restaurant empire affect his performance? Why did the Highland Park, TX zipcode not hurt Matt Stafford’s draft stock?…

I think that is a fair point. I think the historical discrimination against Jews and the discrimination against Jews TODAY is awful. I just don’t see it here because they guys would draft a guy who killed 5 hookers last week as long as they could get a guarantee it would not impact his teammates or his performance on…

By the way, no gay athlete has ever had a beard gf in college so as not to scare away their pro suitors.

Rosen falling to 10th is not some great injustice, but there is a hint of anti-Semitism surrounding the vague criticisms. Rosen has character issues that turned off the Browns (and others), but Baker Mayfield doesn’t?

It’s cool. He’s white. He is Jewish, but they can downplay that.

How dare you besmirtch the good name of the Highsmith family!!!

Me neither...until now. I have it sitting on my desk. I pulled out my old Samsung Note 2 to use it as a security camera and it would not charge. Pulled the battery out and noticed the bulge. The reason it would not charge is the bulge pushed the contacts away from the phone contacts. New battery fixed it.

Good article, but I have to nitpick about what’s depicted in the lead photo. Those big cylindrical things both on and off the circuit board are capacitors, not batteries.

That’s not how etymology works. “Niggard rigged” never happened.

I have literally never heard this phrase. I grew up in the south with racist relatives and they all used “jury-rigged”.

Yes, tell us how to clean dryers - or risk being labeled as one of those Fake News sites during the State of the Union Address. Similar pieces on Fox News always contain the essential information about how dryers get cleaned!

You never mention how to clean the dryer. It’s in the title.

I just get up if I see someone that I think could use the seat more than me. I like standing anyway.

I commuted 2+ hours to NYC off and on for years, as well as a somewhat long London, England commute. I found it easy to pass my seat to someone in NYC or Connecticut without a jerk jumping in... but in London? Able bodied people would dive for it. I would not give up a seat without being 100% sure the intended person…

Sorry but no.