People who think this is about not letting farmers repair their stuff are missing what’s going on. John Deere isn’t worried about its parts business or their dealer network, it’s worried about farmers tampering/deactivating their engine emissions control systems and trying to screw them on warranty claims. Why would…

I think you could add in elements of The Right Stuff with the NASA launch, Star Trek with how Star Command looks, The Last Starfighter with the way the ship looked, alittle bit of Degobah in there from Star Wars, The Droid Control ship from Attack of the Clones is in there, and the Bowie song is like the intro to…

Your thinking of the giant droid control ships in attack of the clones.

I find it interesting that all the major players in Marvel’s universe are in most way’s anti-democratic or democracy skeptical: Shi’ar - emperor, Skrull - Warlord Society, Kree - Ruled by a supercomputer/supreme intelligence, Spartax - emperor, intergallactic empire of Wakanada - King, Mutants/Arakko - Oligarchy…

Tartakovsky is a master at building tension in a story.... All three prequel movies completely fail at building any type of meaningful tension. Which is why I remember this one 5 minute short, more than anything George did in his entire 9 hour long prequel trilogy.

I thought the movie was doing a fine job balancing both sides argument until closer to the end. It completely sidesteps the question of who ‘watches the watchmen’ when the final fight focuses entirely on Tony/Black Panther’s revenge trips. The idea that a group of people could operate outside the bounds of democratic a…

“...all other nations are the pitfall”. Jeeze, I didn’t realize we were doing so well. I guess there’s no more work to do here, we can all go home and have a beer.

I find the ridicule of Bernie not getting bills passed a bizarre type of criticism. I’ve worked as a corporate lobbyist, and literally the entire objective of the majority of the lobbying world is to prevent the type of legislation that Bernie Sanders (or any liberal for that matter) wants to pass. The amount of money…

A first step, but a necessary one, for professional sports teams is to copy the Packers’ model: Non-profit and publicly owned, with clauses in their charters that forbid them to be moved to another city. Its not a cure-all, but it allows for more input from the consumer/fans, and eliminates the profit motive that…

Legitimate question/clarification, and I’m only asking because it seems like a lot of the hate relates to his supporters and Sander’s general media persona, but do you dislike or disagree with any of his general policy stances? Ignoring the fact that on several issues there are probably big gaps on important details.…

Furthermore, the Milwaukee-Chicago Amtrack Train stops very close to the new Foxconn facility. the stop is 20 minutes from Milwaukee, and about 35 minutes from downtown Chicago. That’s where these professionals will be coming from.

Adam Silver should force the Pelicans to accept the Bucks First round pick and Thon Maker just to make the Giannis/Davis team up happen.  That Team could straight up beat the Warriors in 7 games.

You’re confusing “getting the math to work” with political feasibility. A tax in some form or another would and could pay for a Medicare for all type program. The hope being that, like most other industrialized countries, the program is cheaper to implement and produces better outcomes for more people than our…

The way our environmental laws are set up starts with the Objective: Clean water, clean air, disposal of haz waste etc. This part is fairly straightforward and obvious in it’s intent. The next part of the law gives the EPA the power to determine how to meet those objectives. When you hear about Pruitt,Trump or Wheeler…

Not surprisingly this is the same type of Pyrrhic fight Trump’s EPA has been fighting since day 1 on all fronts. They’ll make a procedural change to undermine an environmental regulation, but eventually lose in court because the baseline laws (CAA, CWA, RCRA) which these regulations are based on has very specific…

Automotive industry regulatory professional here. This move by the Trump EPA is not going to last, and is just pissing off the entire automotive sector. If he wants to make long term changes to the law, they would have to change the Clean Air Act itself, (See: 42 USC § 7543). This entire section is very specific, and…

The only way to really stop this immediately is for someone in these court proceedings to take a picture of a toddler and their lawyer sitting in front of a judge.  The public had a collective fit when they saw kids in cages, they need to see this farce too.  Pictures work so much better than words when you want to…

At the end of the day the writers and directors are telling us she is, and because its a fictional world, she can be the smartest person in the room. I also appreciate the symbolism of her character, its fun and different. The nonsense of this particular dynamic is Shuri, Stark, Banner, Pym have all invented stuff…

Yes, there are of course personal and professional rivalries throughout history by really smart people. But in my world, chemistry, even big egos recognize other people’s talents even if they don’t all agree with each other’s conclusions and decisions. Shuri is the smartest person in the room, and its clear she’s…

You’d also think someone so smart would recognize the fact that he still managed to help create a godlike artificial consciousness and understand how impressive this feat is in its own right. Not to mention the fact that the guy she’s dunking on is also the one guy in the entire group whose superpower would be a…