What is the conventional wisdom for these copters on durability, airworthiness, and reliability, especially in a sandy environment? As we've seen in Iraq and Afghanistan, helicopters struggle more in sandy, dry regions, are more prone to crashes, and spend more time in maintenance. For Middle Eastern countries, I'd…

First off, the problem with this idea is that, in the business sphere, minority groups are effectively powerless to discriminate. A gay pizza shop owner could try to exclude straight people, I guess, but good luck staying in business if you ban 90-95% of the population. That’s why laws granting businesses the power to…

She’s copped to being a size 6 before, so that reads as true.

The advice I read was to adopt a neutered male cat, about 3-4 years old, for a lot of the reasons mentioned here. Pre-neutered because he would probably not spray and would have more of his bad side out of him. Well out of kitten age, to get the rambunctiousness out. I ended up doing this and fared really well.

Look, ma, I’m showin’ my ass on teh internets!

A movie with a plot, characterization, etc., presumably.

I am a little befuddled at the multiple island trips suggested. I understand taking a ferry from Helsinki to Estonia (you’d either have to backtrack for days, drive through Russia, or skip Finland), but do you really need to add a ferry to Malta or Ibiza to a really long driving trip? I’m sure they’re both…

I went straight from Last Man on Earth to Bob's Burgers Sunday night, and I said, "why isn't Kristen in just everything?"

Is there a way to ask him to reformulate what he's feeling? Maybe he is weighing whether he wants to make a big deal out of his concerns, or otherwise mulling things over. Ask him if it would be easier to say something like, "I have something on my mind, and I'm trying to figure out the best way to express it/trying…

What superfoods can I eat that help with my reading comprehension?

What we need is a systemic revision of national food policy that currently makes certain nutrition-free foods cheap while making nutritious food comparatively expensive. Our long-term corn subsidies have made corn syrup and meats extraordinarily cheap.

[files petition for National Justice and Gin day]

The Daily Show as an entity was much more a fart jokes & celebrity send-up program before Jon. It took him a while after his takeover to make it the primarily politics oriented program that it is now.

Ah've been talking at the University of Houston since long before ah got paid to talk at the University of Houston.

It follows a great tradition.

She overheard Tom Hanks telling his seatmate that lengthy and repeated voice overs were a lazy way of establishing a narrative.

If my intoxicated spouse had just shot someone, I don't know if I would hang around to find out if it was an accident or if I was next. Now, if he ran away just to ditch his wife, that's another story.

"Charles, what's the point of paying 300 million quid for bloody RAF planes if they can't fight a bloody dragon?"

Some of the rationale is much more about male correctional officers in female prisoner units. But even in male prisons, the presence of female guards can be humiliating, even when not connected to direct sexual assault.

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