Yeah, having all the best people working together is the reason that it makes sense to have NASA or some such working on exploring further out into space. I just wish that we could get motivated to do something like this (including taking on some risk) when there wasn’t a cold war on.

Well, what do you expect when this so-called science is always promoting hare-brained theories like “evolution” and “climate change”?

Yup, all the government scientists I’ve known (granted, in Canada, not US), are passionate and curious nerds, it’s the politicians (the “government”), that have been shutting them down, not the public service...

I think there’s something to be said for turning over to private enterprises activities like shuttles and supply runs to the space station. But the whole point of that in my book would be to allow NASA to turn its energy to new stuff. Instead it seems to just be a way to make NASA smaller.

The legal standard is not “could they have done something to prevent it”. It is if the security they had in place was reasonable.

Great. Now I’m crying in a McDonald’s. And it's not for any of the usual reasons.

A voice comes from the distance:

Ugh, I can’t eat almonds OR avocados??? That’s the only way I can agree to eating less meat. I haven’t touched quinoa because I don’t want to exploit Aymara/Quechua people. Ugh, screw this, I need a burger.

One time I was making Al pastor tacos and cut into an avocado and there was a tiny thumbelina type creature with a whole little home in there! There was a little bed with a little quilt. And a tiny bookshelf with hundreds of titles. Even a little sewing machine! Thumbelina waved and began telling me about her magical…

Obviously the metrics on social media—-coupled with poor ratings—-for TNS were low enough to lead CC to end the show. Very strong social media presence has saved shows with poor ratings from the axe before (i.e., the sitcom Community). Obviously it couldn't here.

The thing is, she’s not anti-vacc, she just panders to anti-vacc people. And then refuses to admit there's a distinction and how dare you suggest she opposes vaccinations.

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That other thing hadn’t been posted when I posted, and so I think that person is right, it’s not a defense in PA! So that does make the DA’s argument very, very confusing!

Being drunk in Philly is only an acceptable defense for eating more than two cheesesteaks... From Geno’s at that.

Just to follow up on that, in DC, where I live, there’s actually been a lot of effort by law enforcement to report people who grope other people. This has been especially focused on public transit but also on the popular nightlife districts, where, shocker, people are usually drunk. Being drunk is clearly not an…

Maybe he was really really drunk?

That is the excuse for not prosecuting college sports riots and college sex assaults. Why not give copping out of prosecution the “old college try?”

What in the hell? Goddamnit if we don’t treat sexual assault victims like shit and basically reward this type of egregious behavior with a fucking shoulder shrug. Not even a slap on the wrist but a “oh well, you were too drunk to know what you were doing!” Holy hell does this bring to mind that Stanford swimmer,…

I wish that I had thousands of stars to give for Floridiot. Brilliant!

I do understand this view point, I do. And it’s consistent and makes absolute sense.