I don’t think we should trust Zuck any further than he can spit - he promulgates this extremely paternalistic worldview while also pushing very distinctive sets of rules and expectations regarding privacy, ownership of information, and access based primarily on wealth and pre-existing access to information and…

Man, you almost landed on “decent” there, except for being indifferent to massive human costs inflicted on millions of people for political points.

Actually, just in case I’ve misread you and jumped to a dumb conclusion about your motives, what course of action would you suggest other than deferred action or a path to legal status? I can’t edit my first statement, and I want to make sure I’m not jumping on you because of a reading comprehension error on my part.…

I’m happy to talk about whether “deferred action” is a good idea, and what alternatives you might know of beyond “build a massive, expensive surveillance/enforcement apparatus that either bogs down the already-crowded court system or ignores due process” or establish some path to legal status.

Boy, I bet that pseudo-intellectual downward talking wins you a lot of friends. I’m not the one confused - I think you’ve managed to stereotype a population of millions as criminals, when the overwhelming majority are generally law-abiding, tax-paying people who are routinely economically exploited (resulting in…

I think they mean needlessly terrify people who are generally productive members of our society and their children and families, while simultaneously disincentivizing them from doing things like reporting crimes, acting as witnesses, starting businesses, and being involved in their communities, schools, places of…

It’s probably not fair to say Floyd Mayweather wouldn’t have a chance in an actual fight. He is still a world-class boxer -even if he is slightly washed-up at this point, his hand skills (and speed, and maybe power) are going to be substantially better than even most of the top tier of UFC fighters, despite what I…

It is probably going to be rough - McGregor is used to using much different techniques, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see him break some boxing rules once the fight is going and he’s been popped a few times. Mayweather would likely be way outmatched for the same reason if they were using more permissive UFC or maybe…

What’s really silly is that he probably could have gone ahead to school and become a legitimate agent who’d have had immediate personal connections to collegiate and pro players and a wealthy acquaintance who could have helped him with networking if he were less of a massive prick prone to self-immolation on Facebook…

I love the people wanting to argue with Canadians about how terrible their system is and why we (Americans) should fear it while our costs and quality of/access to care continue to drop.

It would be an outrageous weapon if it flew directly - the recoil from something capable of piercing even late-Cold War tank armor with kinetic energy alone would be outrageous. I think the old recoilless rifles they used mid-century against Panzers and T-34s were big, honking things you mounted on a tripod on the…

Wouldn’t they generally be deploying in a large formation with at least some air support or anti-aircraft cover?

I was wondering about this. Even if the Russian government isn’t engaging in a bit of puffery to look like badasses, it seems likely that there would generally be some difference between the theoretical capabilities of a system and its practical capabilities, faced with real-world limitations.

Probably East Germany, too, right? Weren’t they a Democratic Socialist Republic?

I’m genuinely bummed that Kentucky has gone from a (labor) progressive state to a bastion of hardline, pro-CEO Tea Party-ism in the last few decades.

“Returning to the Center,” champ. I’m not getting how a craving for greasy fast food by teenagers at the end of Ramadan is relevant, or evidence that it was not racially motivated. You can post however much bad copypasta you want, you callous goon, it doesn’t somehow override the fact that Muslims in this country…

I had a similar reaction. It’s honestly hard to buy that two guys with bats were in a car outside a religious center and attacked a group of worshipers in that way (then kidnapped and murdered one) randomly. 

Why is this hateful goon blurred out? Is the news worried he doesn’t want to be ID’d as the guy who screamed all this heinous nonsense in the street in broad daylight before punching an old man? Or was he not brave enough to sign the release form so people could see he beliefs?

He thinks rhetorical style peaked in the King James Version of the Bible, most likely. Pseudo-religious trappings are intended to lend weight and credence to his words, and may be effective among his target audience, who also generally believe that the King James Version was directly written by God.

That’s how I imagine it would go. Driving home one day in traffic, I lean over to flip on the A/C, and the seatbelt latch trips the patented “James Bond Jr. Anti-Theft System” on the fob. I’m hauled bodily back from the steering wheel even as my car screeches to a stop on the busy highway, then suplexed into it…