Definitely perception - it holds no glamor in the American mind, even though it’s a cool place/world city on the ground

I know that Toronto is considered an undesirable market but I really can’t figure out why. Climate-wise it’s no worse than Chicago or New York. It’s the fourth biggest metropolitan area in the league, and has arguably the biggest media market since all of Canada gets the Raptors’ regional games. It’s also affluent,…

The author Robert Harris (Fatherland, Pompeii, The Ghost etc) tweeted this earlier - and who can argue with his sentiment:

What the ever loving hell is wrong with Ben Carson. Does he think that a mindset is a bank account? Like you can “everything” from someone with the right bank account and they’ll bounce back because they’ll just buy another home? Or maybe because they’ll have connections and they might lose everything but they can…

No. His attention span is too short and he’s too self-absorbed to hear what others have to say.

Mexico would create a 20% tarrif on American exports. It would destroy trade between us and them.

The issue with this team is that they have to go at least 82-64 (.562) the rest of the way, starting today, to even hope to sniff a wild card. Which is pretty tough to do with Mat Latos and a 29-year-old rookie in your rotation

Why would the military need specific authorization to use a MOAB? It’s still a conventional munition, if they know the general thrust of current military policy is “bigger and louder” I don’t totally get why they WOULD need authorization from the secretary of defense or the joint chiefs.

It also is a real issue in elections for state legislatures, where depending on exactly which state we’re talking about, there might really be a requirement for a representative to live in the district they represent.

This is where I think the honeymooning couple’s story doesn’t hold up. Stewards would be all over that, since he would need to be belted before flight. And what sort of heavy sleeper would he need to be to fall asleep that quickly? United’s story is actually more plausible. 

There is no way the flight crew let’s a dude rack out couch style during taxi and takeoff. This couple sounds totally full of it to me. If they went back to their seats peacefully no way they get removed. They are lying their asses off in my opinion.

Can you imagine the kind of pain that not even jetting off to Paris at a moments notice can solve???

The entirety of her being was raised into building a brand around herself. Her only self worth is her brand and now it’s seemingly very publicly damaged. So of course she’s freaking instead of doing the smart thing and realzing where she went wrong and correcting her missteps. It’s how she was raised and understands…

If there’s one thing New Yorkers love to talk about it’s their city and how tough they have to be to make it there. I imagine a green monster and an alien invasion would be discussed, non-stop, until the end of time. Granted, a green monster and alien invasion would be discussed, non-stop, until the end of time no…

If you look close you can even see where the ladder was modded to break. Hardy just didn’t land square enough (he kind of only hit Sheamus with his feet when he probably needed to land his thighs across his body to get enough force).

So this is a reverse OSHA situation where the ladder was too safe?

That’s more of a southern England thing. The north and the midlands will only realise what they’ve done to themselves when they’re told they now need visas to binge drink and vomit on the pavement in Dublin and Edinburgh.

Cheap vacations in Spain, too.

My Mother is such an overcooker that growing up I thought breakfast sausage patties were in a shell.

yup. this is so.