+1 your description of the economics and +1 your summary of NBA labor agreements.

Grew up watching him with the Raiders. Entertaining as hell to watch. As one of the leading QBs of the 1970s, it’s a mystery to me why he’s not in the HOF.

Totally agree with you about infrastructure. Putting up buildings, any buildings, without adequate infrastructure is very short-sighted.

Skyscrapers are one of the more efficient (and sustainable) ways to create living space compared to, say, the equivalent in single-family dwellings.

Well, for starters the average high temperature in Qatar this week is...109 degrees Fahrenheit. In the shade.

Similar trick making a bowl from birch bark. If I recall, the main thing is to not let the flames go above the level of the water.

Thank god we picked Dustin Ackley ahead of Trout in the draft.

The difference, though, is that when autos took over from wagons and horses, the people who built wagons could go get a job at the new automobile factory. Today, what we’re seeing is technology removing the need for people.

A sting operation is when the enforcement entity (here, the NFL) deliberately creates the conditions that would enable the target to engage in wrongdoing. For example, it would be a sting if the NFL had McNally offer to cheat with the balls, and Brady accepted. Here, the NFL learned of a possible planned wrongdoing,…

Really interesting point. I know misdiagnosis is usually a problem neuroendocrine tumors, for example, because their symptoms are similar to several other illnesses.

Believe me, I won’t: The “pre-Nicene Creed fight” Saint Nick clip posted herein was enough for me. I’ll stick with something safe, like binge-drinking Everclear and/or imitating Darwin Award finalists.

Mr. Noir and Hazel, thank you for the most humorous colloquy I’ve read in quite some time. Some good ROFL lines from both of you.

Tyler, I thought one of the supposed advantages of the X-35 over the X-32 (and the Harrier) was a reduction in heat stress on landing surfaces (metal or asphalt) because of the X-35's lift fan. Am I misremembering something?

With Stephen Fry as the villain.

I'm guessing you have not parented a teenager yet.

In the U.S., it is. An English barrister is akin to a U.S. litigator (and a litigator is someone who goes to court). The difference is that in the U.S. any lawyer/attorney can act in court (just like any proctologist may perform brain surgery), but in practice most attorneys specialize as litigators or non-litigators.…

Me, too. I thought, this looks like a Toyota. Shocked to learn that, yes, it was.