She said it was “approved” because she approved it as the owner of the application. While she may have had authority to update the code, I doubt she had her management’s approval. Corporate governance typically doesn’t allow a single employee to determine what is and isn’t appropriate, especially if it is a sensitive…

So the article is about how he got a job at Uber and not about how Mr. Ali became an American citizen?

Nope. They’re not. They are definitely a part of a representative republic though. The US form of government is not a direct democracy. Apparently, neither is this school.

You fail at reading comprehension.  The students voted overwhelmingly for Chick-fil-a.  The administrators went against the will of the students because feelings. . .

Yeah, defamation has been a solid platform for the Gawker group in the past. . .

In 2015, he would have been 93 years old and fully qualified for Medicare. Which, if you knew anything, is a socialized healthcare system for the elderly.

People who can’t swim creep me out.  Basic life skill.

Just make everyone in the world automatically a US citizen. BOOM. All problems solved.

What you recommend isn’t some panacea. The average age of a car on the road is > 10 years. So even if the government magically required all cars to have perfect V2V comms tomorrow, it would take decades until it could be a universal solution.

There have been no detailed negotiations. He did postpone a saber rattling exercise directly off the coast of the country we are trying to normalize relationships with.

I was tongue and cheek responding to the person who said, “Everything Trump does = Failure”. Clearly not. 

I didn’t say the Iran deal was bad. I’m saying that it started with direct meetings between US and Iranian leaders. This deal, if it is one, is currently started in the same way. First are introductions, later come detailed negotiations. Anyone that thinks we go directly from nuclear threats to singing kumbaya is…

Well, he did run for president. . .

Lines of communication have been opened. A general agreement to meet and discuss the details of the issues is in place. Has this happened before? Yes. 25 years ago between two different people. Things change.

To be fair, whatever the fuck we were doing before wasn’t working. You really can’t be a fan of the Iran nuclear deal, which I will go ahead and assume you were, and not like the strategy with North Korea. Basically the same idea of changing the tone of discussions and moving ahead without the pretenses of previous…

I bet you’re a blast at parties. I’d also bet dollars to doughnuts you’re a pot smoker too.

Most people choose to waste their lives seated on a stool at a bar.

He’s not wrong. The Federal check for the CHL was not run. The Federal check required to buy a gun is completely separate and done by the licensed firearms dealer. In Florida, just having a CHL does not exempt a person from the Federal background check to buy a gun.

That’s because it needs to happen. Neither carrier is able to compete with AT&T and Verizon at a real level.

Uh no. Israelis eat the shit out of tahini. I think it’s because he’s just making it to American taste. Actual humus in Israeli is extremely heavy on tahini.