Nowadays, when a company spokesperson chooses the term ‘tolerance’ regarding BLM, they’re being literal. They don’t aspire to fairness or equality, they’re implying that they are willing to “put up with” whatever the letter of the law ultimately forces them to do. Odds are they won’t go through with it…

While I agree that she has suffered, those were social repercussions, executed at the whim of an interested public community - not the judicial system. Even if you believe the social side-effects were harsh, those whims might not be adequate next time. The simple truth is that she broke a law, maliciously and…

He actually holds up Sweden as a good example? (See “Sweden has become the World’s Cautionary Tale” in the NYTimes)

While over-tipping a server might only directly benefit that one person that day, that person is working the front lines - and is probably putting up with the most directly personal, abusive crap that bad customers can dish out. I’m supporting the owner by buying a meal - usually a larger meal than I normally would,…

The worst sunburn I ever got was at the beginning of 8-day school trip via charter bus. A sponsor on the trip happened to be a pharmacist, and he provided me with a mixture of Vaseline & Rose Water. Didn’t cure it completely, but it was the most successful treatment I’ve ever found in a long history of sunburns.

One thing to keep in mind is that XCode loses the capability of building code that supports “obsolete” Macs. In most cases that’s minor - just keep using the old software. But in a few specific instances it’s a real pain in the ass - particularly when it comes to banking and tax software. These companies tend re-compil…

If you’re visiting a location, always take a picture of the entry sign. I know it seems touristy and stupid and the images are rarely attractive, but since digital photography makes each shot practically free, it will serve as a divider in your photo library that indicates when you changed locations, and provides you…

Were the police there as paid security for the Trump campaign or as officers of the law? If they were paid security, being in uniform certainly puts it back at the feet of the Police Department and the City.

300,000 sign ups for a 19,000 seat arena, don’t y’know.  All in all, they can’t count.

“We had legitimate 300k signups of Republicans who voted in the last four elections.”

Leo Farnsworth, obviously another ancestor of Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth.

Funny. I do the same thing for my dog (think “frozen chewable toy, with peanut butter in it”). I think she’s probably far more impressed than my nephew would be.

I used a meal delivery service exactly once. The driver was handed two orders at the same time. Mine was 1 minute and a half from the restaurant, the other was a half-hour in the opposite direction. I got my meal over an hour later. I called the restaurant when the meal was late and was told what happened, so I called…

5-14 days for symptoms (for the 70-80% who show symptoms), 2-4 days for people to admit they really have symptoms, 1-2 days to arrange a test and up to 4 days to process and record the results of that test. Screw the 7-day floating average, look at 2 weeks or more.

“I think it wiser, moreover, not to keep open the sores of war but to follow the examples of those nations who endeavored to obliterate the marks of civil strife, to commit to oblivion the feelings engendered.”

Cotton demand as a motivation is a questionable point. When the civil war occurred, both cotton demand and prices were so low (due to extreme oversupply and the growth of the “Egyptian cotton” industry) that even the European countries (who desperately wanted to back the Confederacy and supply them with arms) refused…

Every situation like this needs to begin with a few very simple facts: There’s a world of difference between wanting forgiveness and actual repentance. There is almost no difference between the phrases “We made mistakes” and “mistakes were made.” - and neither of them usually expresses repentance. Sincere repentance…

You’re absolutely wrong about this, and you’re already losing support over it. Your definition of “defund” isn’t getting nearly as much traction in the widespread public as the conservatives screaming that “defund” implies “eliminating”. It’s already making a lot of the tentative support you’ve gained hesitate, and it…

The lawyer said “perpetually” but the quoted parts of the deed don’t mention that. Quote the full deed, then we’ll talk.

So who is the paper’s owner? Either they’re behind it or someone has some serious dirt on them.