I’m obviously not the first person to say this, but I’ll say it here just to get it off my chest: The whole “imminent attack” thing leading to assassinating Soleimani falls flat on its face.

To be fair, the Bible actually does talk about this (Deut 22:13 and following). You have to remember that at this time in the ancient Near East, marriage was a transaction: one man effectively buys another man’s daughter, and culturally, one thing you didn’t want to buy was “used goods” (as it were). Obviously, men…

and all Star Wars planets have just one defining feature

A fun bonus fact to cheer you up after that: The Visual Dictionary also gets into the whole Endor System/Forest Moon of Endor naming confusion, too.

Also: technology advances, right? I suppose one could retrofit the Tantive IV with the latest engines, shields, computer systems, etc., etc., etc., but wouldn’t you just go and get the latest model? Perhaps it was a money thing? Like, my understanding is that the Chinese navy purchased old Soviet aircraft carriers…

“Thanks, Mr. Johnson, for your discussion of the vision you have for our company. You have an impressive resume. But we were wondering: everyone makes mistakes. Is there a mistake you’ve made that stands out to you, and what did you do about it?”

I am in an aisle seat usually on a plane, so I just sit until my row is up, and get up to grab my bag (though I usually check a back so I only have my under-the-seat backpack), and go. No need to stress.

I used to live in OK and was amazed at their tax system— it’s effectively a flat tax. I mean, the top rate for a single person (me) kicked in at something like $8k. If you work more or less full time making just minimum wage, you easily cross that threshold. It’s a nice pick-up line, though— “Let’s just say I make…

Actually, I think “Classified” would be a better one for fun—

I feel like a definition of what “Classic Rock” is would have helped. I see some bands there that I wouldn’t put in that category. Also Zeppelin is rated too low. 

I’m sure it has been said before, but it is beyond crazy to drop a half million dollars to just get your kid into college. Like, if this was a big concern, why not start early with getting said kid a quality education and instill some values in reading and learning? It would have cost a fraction of the price and not…

While all your points are valid about the actual game itself the fun of going to a live game was cheap tickets, cheap beer and cheap food with a group of friends.

White House aides apparently looked into a cost estimate for a trench alongside the border wall filled with snakes or alligators, because it was something Trump had mentioned frequently.

I also thought that was odd. Though, I talk to myself— like actually saying “Damnit, where did I put the rake?” or “Damnit, I don’t know why X won’t work” or, of course, when watching a sporting event, “Damnit, quit trying to run the ball up the middle!” It goes on and on. Sometimes, I have to catch myself to make…

I hadn’t thought about this. In my mind, I was thinking of a situation out of Coloroado (this is all off the top of my head) where a football player was also a good skier (or snowboarder, or some such) and got in trouble when he was getting endorsements for being a skier/snowboarder even if it had nothing to do with…

Miller: Hunter Biden was in NO WAY qualified for this very important position.

I love that a guy who screams “fake news!” at the drop of a hat is going to be undone by literally believing “fake news.”

One of my biggest pet peeves in the entire world is when people refer to actors by the name of their most popular TV/movie character (e.g. calling Glenn Howerton Dennis Reynolds in conversation or online).

Honest question for the Fox News people: were the people in MADD “just peddling fear”? Or, you know, bringing awareness to a problem in the hopes of the government taking steps to fix it?

I don’t know Houston’s politics, but Texas obvious has a long history as a red state, and as such, there is a lot of push back from their political class (and I assume local media?) against the abstract concept of “climate change” (Ted Cruz would be an example, but there must be scores of top-level politicians who are…