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Maybe now. When I first read this article the only comments bit greyed-out were in the vein of “Good” and “I’d love to be on the jury if something does happen so I can acquit."

Well, it was audible to me. I did recently discovered that it was audible in the middle of the street too, but our whole neighborhood got two to three feet of flood water last month, so it’s not really an issue anymore.

Sidewalks actually aren’t always considered public. Sometimes they are the property of the homeowner. I had to look into this because I had a neighbor with a high pitched noise machine to keep people from walking dogs in front of his house. Dick move, but he owned the sidewalk.

Anyway, I’m pretty sure there are a lot…

So that’s intimidation, threats, and harassment, right? Like, in my mind there’s protesting and then there’s writing slogans about murdering or mutilating someone and then standing outside their home with weapons. But I guess it’s cool this time because reasons. What will be the tone of the comments section if someone…

There’s so much to dislike about this. I mean, they’re calling for castration as punishment. That’s a barbaric and cruel violation of... basically everything. It’s about as sickening as those people who want prisoners to be sexually assaulted like it’s somehow an official part of our legal system. Also, would the…

That assumes that we’re talking about a flood that is affecting only known flood areas. The recent flooding in Louisiana affected homes outside of the recognized flood zones.

Then there’s also the bizarre nature of this event. I’ve described it before as a being like a bad drain, areas would drain and then water…

Also, a policy which covers contents is not mandatory and is often considered “too expensive.” When speaking about people actually receiving insurance benefits, this type of thinking seems idiotic, but 90% of the time it’s just another bill that you want as low as possible. Think about how many car insurance companies…

*scroll, scroll, scroll* “Ok, no one has addressed this.”

Here comes the night train!

Agreed. This isn’t perfect (and honestly, for that price I would probably rather custom make my own with different symbols), but it’s a pretty neat concept and could come in handy. Battery issues aside, an app that provides translation would rely on you knowing what language a stranger speaks, something that isn’t…

I’m sure being the slayer is technically on the books as an internship to get around child labor laws. Plus there’s usually a pretty high turnover.

I’ve always most strongly associated him with Hammer’s Slammers, a lot of which seems more autobiographical, but maybe I misspoke. Maybe everyone doesn’t automatically connect him to those books anymore, but to me they pretty fairly paint war as something foul and ugly that too many people are too quick to rush into…

No, he has several things on his list (all combat oriented) but realizes when he flunks the K-9 interview that the only preference he has left after that is Mobile Infantry. He says that any kind of labor or admin assignment after that was all the same to him. I don’t have a copy here, but he is surprised to learn…

Er, Drake is “slipping” militarism into his work? The guy mainly known for a series that is just Vietnam InSpace!? I don’t think anything is slipped in. That being said, I feel like we’ve got to be more precise when talking about militarism. Some military scifi feels like it’s an USMC recruiting commercial in…

Eh. I purposely don’t seek out information about authors’ personal views, but I feel like a book that starts with the protagonist leading a terrorist attack should clue you in that we’re dealing with characters who do not share our values. I personally don’t need a narrator interjecting after “I am a 30 second bomb!”…

Well, considering the fact that everyone from online commenting communities, news media, and NPR broadcasters were speculating about terrorism yesterday when they thought the shooters were white men, this is demonstrably false.

A lot of the time you have blocked off is you going above and beyond.

Well, modern concepts of race. The Romans and the Greeks (especially the Greeks) had quite a few ideas about racial character, inherent aptitudes, and all the rest. It’s just that they divided the world differently than we do now (or have for the past few hundred years).

I can’t speak for pilots specifically, but such a small portion of the U.S. serves in the military at all that we’re basically guaranteed a force which is unrepresentative of the greater population. And (drawing on my more Army-specific experience), most of those who do serve will choose a means of serving that will…