We can get a bunch of Gundams to push the meteor away from earth!!!

Not really. Think about the size asteroid they’re talking about, 50 meters. There’s no doubt that a nuclear explosion could vaporize/destroy a target of that size. Now when you get into really large asteroids, miles across, that’s a different story.

I’d love to see them succeed, but I’d hate to see them fail. Because really who knows where that missile is going to land. I trust neither their ability to get it right, nor their integrity to actually fire it at a meteor, vs ‘oops we nuked Turkey/San Francisco/etc.’

Ehh. As someone trained as an economist, that usually isn’t the case. In war, you make products that can’t be used for any sort of useful work. In the case of missiles, you make a million dollar unmanned airplane and crash it into the ground. Economically, you would be better off paying people to dig holes and fill…

First of all, the USN/USMC Blue Angels are Aviators, not pilots like their USAF cousins.

Uhh, you’re looking for Gawker.com

She won for the Reader, as was presaged by Ricky Gervais in an episode of Extras:

Spain, France, Amsterdam

While I suspend my candidacy today, I will continue to travel this country and fight for those Americans who refuse to settle for the way things are and a status quo that no longer works for them.

I can see how stereotypes might play into that. What I find is that many non-American men approach women like that in general. Most folks outside of the US are more direct and to the point. Doesn’t discount your experience. Just offering another point of view to consider.

That said, in Europe being “Black” isn’t nearly as existentialist in identity as it is in the US. Funny enough, in many European countries, currently, people of African and Caucasian ancestry are united against Muslims and Arabs.

Absolutely. This is what people don’t understand when criticizing the American public education system (higher education is warranted).

There has always been friction between Finns and Swedes. Finland is bitter towards Sweden due to our complicated history.

Syria is now a “neighbor” of Russia?

Which of Russia’s “neighbors” are threatened by “team ISIS”?

This is called the “Tolken strategy” - When in doubt? Eagles.

52% of all unarmed citizens killed by cops are white. (Per Vox)Blacks are still disproportionately represented, but it’s not like whites are not shot unjustly as well.

What irks me is that “causes” like this one get lumped in with the Charleston and Chicago killings.

It’s also a shame that the person who Mario Woods stabbed won’t get the justice he deserves.

I think a lot of meth...od goes into it, yeah.