It’s ok to hit the ball at your opponent during play. And if it does hit him you’re rewarded with the point. However, it’s frowned upon in terms of etiquette, but not illegal, to actually try to hit him with the ball.  

You may be on to something in your last line. I don’t think I’ve seen nearly the level of vitriol and invective toward VAR on any other platform. Even whiny ass soccer players who will be whiny ass about anything or, as frequently, nothing don’t really seem to complain about it. They still protest everything else, buta…

No VAR is great if it means all the calls were made properly, but Heath’s goal should have counted and France arguably deserved a PK on the handball.  There's no virtue in missing calls.

“Pretty racist of you to say ‘gangbanger’ like that.”

I thought Dunn was out of position many times, then overcommitted in her rush to catch up and was beaten on numerous occasions, letting the attacker turn the corner on her. She also just gave away several possessions on underweight passes and ill advised dribbling expeditions at the edge of the box. I’d say the same,…

Marianne Williamson is from a parallel universe where Mindy is the alien.

Bernie Sanders already has Medicare, so when he says he’d abolish private insurance it indicates that ether a) he’d abolish the option of private insurance for everyone or b) he's still carrying private insurance because Medicare isn't enough.  Neither one of those options is very good.

That seems to be the way Harris took it, which makes her response more reasonable. But “abolish” is such a strange word to use if that is the question being asked. I wouldn’t say I’m going to abolish my personal insurance coverage any more than I’d say I’ll abolish a dinner reservation. The question is, how did Bernie,…

That’s about what I figured, but I was hoping it was slightly more nuanced than that. Food and housing are obviously extreme examples, but private schools are probably next on the llis, right?  Should be interesting to see what the strain is on public colleges when the privates are eliminated and college is free for…

Did Kevin get the first five picks?  

It’s alarming that 47% of people would like to disallow others from participation in private contracts without a clear explanation why.

Are they talking about opting out of their personal private insurance plans if a universal government plan was available—in which case “abolish” is an odd word choice—or eliminating private insurance as an industry? If the latter, what’s the rationale and is there any precedent for eliminating contracts that people…

They have the Worldwide Leader Gravitas Generator cranked up to 11 on this one, and I’d be much more inclined to watch it if they took it all a little less seriously. I saw the ten minute E:60 piece and that was too much.

Unless you have a server on retainer with an exclusivity clause and a non-compete, just ask whoever you fucking want for the new fork or drink refill. They can either handle it or get someone who can.  If it becomes an ongoing issue, it’s their issue with their deadbeat coworker, not yours. It’s certainly not the custo…

To that end, isn’t it possible that he or she would rather not set a precedent that you can freely assault someone, even a public figure you disagree with, in his jurisdiction?

Is it not the job of the district attorney to decide whether to press charges in a criminal case?

Why not just pass a constitutional amendment? I personally support it just for the shitstorm of chaos and controversy it would cause every single time, but it’s a little more difficult than ordering a pizza.

No doubt, I was just pointing out how silly “if it will save one life...” is as a justification for anything. If you could eliminate or safeguard everything that causes at least one death a year you'll have a pretty sad existence.

Those injured are almost always someone not paying attention to the game or children too young to protect themselves. There’s obviously an inherent danger, but an attentive adult should be able to avoid injury in the large majority of cases. However, the teams and stadiums are complicit in the distraction. Food and…

You’ll save a lot more lives mandating them all the time rather than only during baseball games. How many people are killed in a year by head trauma at baseball games compared to the total?