I'll take totally irrelevant comparisons for $500.

You mean that it looks like, based on misleading and threatening information provided by Tenn. politicians, some of the people of one factory in Tennessee agreed with you, and even then, just barely.

It would still be nice to know how the factory workers would have voted if they weren't lied to about the impact of their vote on the building of a new plant. If VW had made the threats and statements local politicians did make, it would potentially have been punishable as an unfair labor practice by the NLRB. Why…

Say what you want, but this isn't an issue of having a clue, it's an issue of saying whatever they can to keep donors and their base happy. Corker was likely completely aware of how misleading this was (and therefore he tried to stay above the fray until it was clear it was close).

The blue collar voters are convinced that he saved them. Being a middle class or poor voter in the south is like being a battered woman. They beat you and tell you it's for your own good.

emphatically, yes.

If they did, who would win the funk contest? My money is on George Clinton.

Whooping Sharts and Erectile Dystopia almost made me spit out my coffee. That is, reading the words almost made me spit out my coffee, not suffering from the ailments.

Both are just codeine cough syrup and random other shit, so there's not much difference (if any).

I wish the violence on Peter King for being a lazy, shitty reporter. Since I'm good at my job, I guess that means I feel differently than him. But, this is mostly just about how he mails in everything and I miss Dr. Z. Where exactly does politics fit into that? How far are you stretching to try to make this about…

Actually, I'm still imagining that. And, it's glorious.

Devil's advocate, if they allow literally anything to be taken for performance enhancement (or just for the fuck of it), your team can pressure you into taking any of it. I know I'd want my nose tackle on PCP just to disrupt the line of scrimmage.

orthopedic surgeon =/= plastic surgeon... similarly, botox and Tommy John surgery have slightly different risk profiles. But other than that... still a pretty shitty point.

Disagree. That's nature's birth control.

You've offered up an entirely irrelevant example and no corresponding explanation beyond the implied "here's a thing that doesn't fit into your theory and therefore totally disproves it." When you are through with Psych 101, maybe take an intro to logic class. Then come on back and we can talk about this.

There have been assholes in every generation of humanity. I'm just saying there are a lot of mentally underdeveloped athletes that either make the pros or just miss. And, that happens because we force specialization younger than it should happen via AAU and other overly organized sports. That doesn't mean that it's…

Act like you've been there before - Rick Reilly, six years from now.

I think the point about developing athletes in an AAU overly structured, one-track path stands even ignoring the "everybody wins" part.

Introduced myself to my now wife. She says "are you getting in line to kiss my ass?" I told her to fuck right off. She found me at the other end of the bar to explain an asshole with a Napoleon complex had stormed off and told her he wasn't getting in line with everyone else to kiss her ass. The group she was with…

In other news: holy shit, the world's a nuanced place.