Sure, but that’s just semantics. Point stands that the MTA is already doing exactly what you want them to do.

Yeah, I feel like that sort of enforcement has to wait until the offseason when they can let everyone know it’s a point of emphasis so that teams can adjust. Can’t spring that kind of change out of nowhere.

Oh there was absolutely contact, but the complete disconnect between action and flop was hilarious. Can’t really argue the foul call, but harder grabs and bumps happen multiple times every possession (a la holding in football, as others have pointed out). My worry is that a setup like that encourages flopping, since…

Yeah, illegal screens are my personal old man beef instead of thinking everything is traveling. Everyone sets moving screens now, to where when the call is made there’s legitimate surprise.

Can’t remember when it was, but Shump’s dual flops (on Curry on the long outlet and Green on the tip) were pretty impressive. But even those are only two calls, and it’s right to bring up the weird Love flagrant.

They do that already. Haven’t you noticed the posters detailing weekend/night work schedules?

That’s exactly what they already do. There’s only so much off-peak time and you still get delays during that period.

You’ve probably seen it, but linking to the NYT’s update of their great investigative reporting into abuse of the LIRR disability system back in 2008:

Absolutely true about the market, and about our ability to get back on track in 2020 if there’s political turnover. Problem is that (a) we lose 4 years and (b) we’re still making the giant diplomatic mistake of telling the world we’re not serious and not to be trusted.

Symbolism and diplomacy matters, and there’s no possible spin that things won’t at least be a little worse because of this move. It doesn’t mean that we’re all doomed, but it’s still a dumb and bad decision. And given that we need every bit of mitigation we can get, little defeats still matter.

China, India, and Russia are all signatories. Maybe do some quick googling next time.

Sure. It’s about signaling to the rest of the world that we refuse to do our part on a major (and arguably the biggest) issue facing the international community. Before this our official policy was a commitment to emissions cuts on our own and some assistance to poorer countries of enough scope that we would almost…

Do you... do you seriously think that GE doesn’t lobby the government to get more and bigger deals? It’s not weird to hold the view both that corporate influence is too great and also recognize the state of the world and be in favor of corporate influence that goes your way.

Yeah, this is the reasonable take. You know that Trump is easily influenced by what he hears around him, so you put yourself in a position to try and use that influence. That message gets repeated by every other world leader. Once you realize that the entire chorus isn’t enough to get through, you give up. Worth a…

Also, Pittsburgh is a blue city and on board with clean energy. The closer you look, the dumber he gets.

Sure, it’s tough for individuals to prove compare, but those changes can be easily. Opted on to our existing system. Moreover, those market forces are still present in negotiations by insurers and providers, so there’s still a market involved.

To be fair, it seems harder to convince local nimby’s when it comes to walkability. You’d know better than I, but I’ve never seen more vicious fights than when it comes to any policy that would allocate less space for cars and more for people.

They’ve said they’ll release the new score next Wednesday.

That’s the idea, but pre-ACA it was fairly common for people who had those policies to not realize what their exclusions were. Lots of folks didn’t realize that the fine print put an annual cap or excluded certain procedures. For really expensive cases, insurers would find a reason to rescind the policy without…

Market forces are already on costs and they remain high. Almost every other country in the world keeps costs low through non-market (regulatory) measures.