What? Race is a completely societal construct. There are no genetic markers you can point to and say “this person is white, this person is black”. There are many cases of people who appear black, were raised in black communities, but upon genetic testing have no lineage that originates from Africa (well, you know,…

It’s definitely faster than 60 when it first enters frame (which appears to be right around when the spike strips are hit). Presumably the braking and the rough terrain slow it considerably before it goes into the air.

Sure. Sorry, it was kind of a reaction to the many people dumping on him that seemed unwarranted.

I am quite confused. I haven’t seen StartingOverAgain “praising” anything. He merely acknowledged that the speech was competently given, and that this is scary. People seem to be confusing that for an endorsement of its content...

If I can try to see a silver lining, at least she evidently tried to push back on the reversal of the trans kids in bathroom ban *because* someone directed her to studies about increased suicide rates. The fact that she was evidently swayed by evidence gives me at least some small glimmer of hope that maybe she can…

I remember that match. Watching him serve underhanded the last few point was amazing. I’m 43 for reference (so I guess I’d have been 16).

I’m not sure why what you said contradicts what the OP said. It is true that Democrats were dumb to ignore the blue collar vote. It is also true that the Trump administration is going to screw them hard.

I think it’s a question of expecting that to happen and making it part of the story. Issa was probably used to telling everyone who ordered from them “we’ll get that to you right away! No problem!” because they wanted every sale they could get. Adjusting from that to “we’re incredibly popular and we need to figure out…

She bought it off the rack. They had no idea what was about to happen. That said, electronics companies often do really well by letting scarcity increase hype and make them more popular (even when the product isn’t scarce, some companies will try to fake it – looking at you PS4). Now that probably takes some amount of…

How about Alex Gonzalez and Alex Gonzalez. Both Shortstops, played at the same time (overlapped from 1998 to 2006). Are within 2 career wins-over-replacement of each other, and show up on each others ‘most similar’ lists at baseball-reference. And they both played for the Blue Jays (albeit not at the same time, and…

Mmm, really most the “concerns” I hear are the opposite. I think it’s that they can’t *imagine* going into a women’s room for anything other than lascivious sexual purposes and therefore that “must” be why trans-girls/women are going in there too.

Mostly this sort of thing makes me terrified of what completely calcified opinions will be stuck in my head to the defiance of all logic and evidence when I’m 70.

Well the way he loses is that the ignorance, hatred, and incompetence in which his administration is run hurts enough people badly enough that they are forced to see what’s happening. Unfortunately that of course means things need to get pretty bad for the country as a whole, which is depressing and infuriating. Also,…

One of the most terrifying things about the GOP/Conservatives to me is how successful they have been in convincing people that they have to be “loyal” to them and that changing parties is somehow a huge betrayal even if the GOP espouses things they find personally repugnant.

Note sure what point you are making here. Valuing education and intelligence vs. complaining about wanting things dumbed down for you do not split along ethnic lines. I’m sure you can can find tons of examples of both attitudes across any ethnic lines you choose. I’m sure kinds in a STEM school are much more likely to…

Keanu was recently interviewed by Hardwick on the Nerdist podcast, and my impression is that he’s just kind of a boring guy (and I mean that in the nicest possible way) who loves his work and just wants to relax or ride his motorcycle when he’s not working. A bit like Harrison Ford in that respect.

I’m not sure if *he* did it, but yeah, that has happened. I remember watching Spectre and just thinking “This is a very well made movie and I give absolutely zero fucks about anyone in it.”

Granted I know nothing of the people in question, but boy is it hard not to assume this.

And he was arrested and fined. We who agree with said protester can still support him even while acknowledging what he did was illegal.

“You no likey your job?”