“anti-vaccine Facebook groups have been influencing members to not seek hospital treatment for covid-19 and even instructed them to pull their sick family members out of ICU”

thank goodness there’s science to back this up

Fuck everyone involved in this story. Fucking morons.

I do the exact opposite; I stand up as soon as the plane takes off

And despite your corporate overlords telling you to stick to sports, I hope Deadspin never does because

and I can’t emphasize this enough

I come to Deadspin BECAUSE YOU DON’T JUST STICK TO SPORTS

To you and all the booing Nats fan, I just want to say, thank you for your service. 

the game was called poorly, but poorly both ways.  blaming outcomes on balls and strikes is such a weak out.  come on.  

Border Patrol can’t catch a break?

In general, I’m not in favor of make up calls because most applications of them will leave the ump’s fingerprint on the game, even if just subtly.

20% is your max? You monster.

The last time a Ray Tip was this devastating, the world lost Steve Irwin.

They’ve probably had this in their back pocket for a while, but waited until a high leverage situation to use it. You don’t exploit your opponent’s Achilles heel the first chance you get.  You get one chance to take advantage, so make it count.

“medical emergency” (read: one of the obese passengers had a heart attack)

Fun fact: I used to work for IBM making circuit boards. We used these huge machines to expose film that had been placed on to thin sheets of copper, which were then acid etched.
The machines used two large glass plates, 48" or 60" on a side depending on the machine, to lay out the dark/light areas of the film for…

“They opened up an investigation and suspended the season after a week? How could these simple country bumpkins, who only know football and how to till the land possibly make this kind of call so quickly? Surly, they don’t understand things like sexual assault. Why, they are most likely still startled by the daily…

Um..... *whispers* because it’s literally my job

They wouldn’t know a cunning plan if it painted itself purple and danced atop a harpsichord singing Cunning Plans Are Here Again.

Warren would need to prove damages. Not sure how this damages her. Wohl might be able to sue himself for defamation.

He should forever be known as Charlie F’in Morton.

Once they start getting into the records of these phone calls, they’re going to find a ton of stuff worse than the Ukraine call. Calls with Russia, calls with Saudi Arabia, it’s going to be an avalanche.