I don't get the hate for the pool. It's a neat feature. It always sounds more like jealousy than anything else whenever someone brings up the pool in a negative light.

I actually like the unis. They're certainly different.

I’d say there is no MJ for soccer, but I’d probably go Messi if I was going to say there is one.

Pele: Russell
Ronaldo: Wilt
Messi: Steph/Magic
Maradona: LeBron
Neymar: AI
Suarez: Rodman

increased deaths after speed limit increases =/= speed limit increases caused more deaths

Of course there is a correlation between speed and death on the roadway. There is also a correlation between distractedness and death, and guess what distraction tool has seen a rise in prevalence during this same timeframe…

I don’t intentionally try to block others either, but I think most people probably have a mentality somewhere along the following line:

Those guys are putting everyone else on the road at risk. Their crime is not victimless even if it doesn’t result in an accident. A simple reminder of that is less likely to hurt…

Citation: The statutes of every single state in the Union.

The reason why the Michigan Legislature provides that statement of clarification is that they specifically define the word “crime” as a misdemeanor or felony (section 750.5). In reality, infraction is just a lesser classification of crime. Classification of…

And as for your request for me to cite legal references that define a civil infraction as a crime...

Where are civil infractions defined? In the criminal code (statutes, ordinances, or whatever other name your jurisdiction may use) of every single jurisdiction.

I know full well that a civil infraction does not result in…

You’re getting hung up on the word “crime” which is, in itself, not really well defined.

“Crime” is typically broken up into three categories, when you’re talking about doling out actually punishment. Infractions (least severe, do not result in DOJ criminal record, rarely result in jail time), misdemeanors (result in…

Is there any idea how likely it is that Zika causes any of the things correlated to it? I know they keep saying with each study that it’s more and more likely, but I have yet to see anything that gives a reason to the correlation beyond “it’s there.”

The CDC itself has not linked the two. Why does everyone keep…

Another poster already pointed out how wrong you are, but the US very nearly beat Portugal head to head in the group stage last WC (took a miracle for Portugal to get away with a draw), and got out of the group while Portugal was sent home early.

The US is not a bad team. Netherlands, Argentina, and Spain are in a…

Ugh. You really are clueless. You don’t need to commit a misdemeanor in order to be detained. Once detained, refusal to cooperate and/or willful obstruction/deviance is resisting arrest.

Fact of law.

You're so bent out of shape about the difference between an "infraction" and a "crime" (which are semantic…

What do you mean by “competitive?”

The US has gotten out of their group quite often at the WC (including the last two, and three of the last 4. They reached the quarters in 2002). I’d call that “competitive.”

They're a LONG ways off from being given any real chance to win it all, but there are realistically only a…

Did you watch the Super Bowl? How much scoring happened in that game? The average football game is about 50% longer than a soccer game and has about six or seven scoring plays. It’s really not that much different from a scoring perspective. Same with baseball.

What you just watched is a bunch of 30-yard diving catches…

*Looks at author*

Not Haisley. Hmmm, this piece might be worthwhile. I'll actually read this one before trashing it.

Again, your comparison isn’t valid. The issuance of a parking ticket is different than the infraction committed here because it doesn’t require the presence of the offender in order to be issued.

Different semantic nuances between individual courts may result in different legal interpretations and consequences of the…

The distinction between infractions and crimes is meaningless in this matter. Either one is grounds for arrest.

Your Long v. State quote doesn’t really apply here. The officer made a lawful arrest. With a sidewalk available, pedestrians are lawfully required to use it. The officer noticed the infraction, which is enough to justify the officer’s ensuing actions. The officer was gracious, even, to give the jogger a warning when a…

Suns fan. I have no skin in the game, and if anything, I should be rooting against SA.

I think the Spurs have a good shot at beating the Warriors in a 7-game series. By “good” I mean somewhere around 40%, which is enough to say that most likely I would put my money on the Spurs to win that series. Playoff basketball is…

No love for the southwest in this list, I see.

It's a pity none of you have ever been there (or maybe that's why I enjoy the SW so much).

Sadly enough, I actually have done almost the exact same thing.

Playing indoor in a rec league, I tried to switch to my defender on the opposite side of the field, caught the ball wrong, and from a nearly impossible angle I managed to slot it into my own goal. Luckily we were winning by five or six goals, so we could…