Johannesburg? São Paulo? Kinshasa?

Then it’s a management problem - there’s a role for the police in a civilized society, but we have asked cops to do everything *and* allowed the force to be filled with trigger happy bullies.

So you are saying that the police refuse to do the job they are very well paid to do?

The only people who have ever pulled a gun on me have been cops.

You are confusing Māori with Native Americans. There is no tradition of tobacco use in Polynesian and Māori culture since tobacco was introduced by European settlers (pākehā) in the late 18th century

How long have you been a cop?

In most states the required training for barbers is longer than the required training for police officers.

“Renault was once synonymous with safety,”

Buy it and then watch your State’s DMV classify it as an off-road vehicle and refuse to issue a plate.

On a related note, I learned recently that the Welsh got a reputation for being sheep shaggers because of a quirk of English law imposed on Wales in the Middle Ages. The penalty for stealing sheep was death, but the penalty for bestiality was not - so if a Welshman was ever caught by English officials with a sheep,…

Maybe in some places but not on the farms (“stations”) that produce the merino for the products that I buy.

I was traveling with a work colleague a few years ago and we went through the TSA line next to each other (this was before pre-check).

Came here to say that the old Series LandRover owners used to do the same thing.  Any oil that hadn’t leaked on its own out of the pan was sprayed on the chassis / frame following each oil change

As a reasonable vegetarian, I agree with you 100%.

You keep using the word “investor” in these articles when you should use the correct term “gambler”.

Are these the same people who predicted the “rugged” Apple Watch last year? And the year before that?

Hard to believe AT&T is so lax and inefficient.  As a customer they always seem so responsive and proactive......   /s

Blame YouTube and the way they monetize “content”. Creators know that and stretch 5 minutes of content into 20, 30, or even 45 minutes.

So angry and so fucking dumb.

Good to know, Mr. Galaxy Brain.