I heartily agree that “hero” is wildly overapplied to military members in general, but to be fair, in the instant case the guy has a Silver Star and four other valor awards, plus a starred Combat Infantryman Badge, so it’s not as though he was a career desk pilot.

Dramatic reenactment:

A small part of the VRA (preclearance) was set aside in 2013, I believe on the basis that it singled out certain states for higher scrutiny. The rest is ambling along just fine, as far as I know.

*Yes, we exist.

This reminds me of when I picked up Oblivion when it first came out. Would run marathon sessions from 3 p.m. to 3 a.m. (college!) and then, when tired, would poke around looking for an inn for ten minutes before realizing I could just hit F5 and fall into my actual bed four feet away.

The point of all the extended rigmarole in Jewish religious jurisprudence surrounding the death penalty in is to abolish the death penalty; since the Torah does prescribe execution for some sins, it’s technically still on the books but effectively impossible. The two witnesses must both be male Jews of impeccable…

We go live to the a Busch Stadium bathroom

Like McGibblets said: female is okay as an adjective, reductive as a noun. The gloss of “female coach” is “a coach who happens to be female”; the gloss of saying “female” instead of “woman” is that the sole relevant characteristic of the person is gender. Sort of like how “black Americans...” can be followed by almost…

They’d probably get sued by their shareholders if they did agree to pay, what was it, 20000% punitive damages without appealing further.

Bag fees applying each way is pretty standard; bag fees applying to carry-ons is not, nor is the no-recline, no-footroom, no-beverage inflight hell. Air travel, more than just about any product out there, delivers what you pay for (if that) but never an atom more.

Very wise choice. Few ever *do* fly Spirit on purpose; they just get roped in by the dirt-cheap top-line fare.

More like confringo, amirite?

Frankly, if airlines just charged an extra $25 on the base price, nobody would notice much and would complain far less.

He threw away a stellar start by Arrieta, shifted the win probabilities from 75% Cubs to nearly 75% Cardinals in his 1/3 inning, and the Cubs were fortunate to get out of that inning without further damage but ended up losing anyway. And the HR he gave up was a AAAA guy’s first dinger. Pretty lousy appearance all in…

Person: “Easy fast!”

To: Bob Costas; Re: Jenner— ‘k, whatev. —Nav

Well, to be fair to Dany, it’s not just anyone who can ride a dragon. They could’ve explained it better on screen, but even at their peak, the Targaryens got at most one dragon each—no sharing and no second passengers. So it’s enough of a bfd that Dany is zooming off on aerials; Drogon would’ve frizzled anyone else…

Modern Baratheons have Targaryen ancestry, so really they have their king’s blood bases covered regardless of how they came by their current royalness.

Nike is from Oregon. The Ducks are from Oregon. Visible-from-space dayglo is just the “in” thing there, I guess, or the road alternate uniform anyway.

A) Which country, Mr. Vague Antecedent? B) even if you’re right, the 0.1% of whatever country probably enjoyed it and C) shaddap.