I always thought it was supposed to be peak human condition — i.e., look up the world record for the bench press, and that's about what Cap could bench, look up the world record for holding your breath underwater, and that's about how long Cap could hold it, and so on. Which makes *most* of the stories believable…

And Fury can be short-sighted at times, but "damn, I founded two organizations and gave one all the tools, leaving none for the other. Well, I can't possibly tell Phil I need access to the stuff I gave him...I'll have to have one of my teams steal my stuff back from the other one..." Just...no...I don't see it.

and they're quite concerned with stealing Fury's toolbox, which would be odd if they were working for Fury.

This seems like such a non-story. I read that quote over and over, and I can't get anything out of it but that he made a flippant comment about about how, sure, he'd love to have ten, and the Internet exploded as if he'd announced there would be ten.

It has that great reputation for good reasons. I re-read it earlier this year and was astonished at just how well it has held up. Thematically, yes, but also just as an enjoyable book.

***spoilers from book below***

I know it's only anecdotal, but for what it's worth, in Rick Atkinson's excellent history The Guns at Last Light, he makes a pretty good case that the other major allied commanders were mostly quite disturbed by Harris, and that Eisenhower spent a fair amount of time trying to rein him in. That doesn't necessarily…

McNamara worked under LeMay the entire war, never rising higher than Lt. Col. Yes, he made the bombing much more efficient. But the list already credits someone for those bombings - McNamara's boss. No need to count those decisions twice.

"I can do anything I want. And so can you." — Robo Frank.

Thank you for helping me pin down what bothered me about this article.

makes sense. As near as I can tell, the most ethical answer is that anyone who works for the university should be a mandatory reporter, and should be required to file a police report if they hear of any claims.

Title IX law requires university employees to report any sexual assault allegations they're aware of. They didn't. But it's probable that they know something — after all, they kicked him off the team.

yes. And in today's world, he represents what Americans want to be, but not what we are. He saw his government building a worldwide surveillance and preemptive murder program and tore it down. We saw our government building one and, so far, haven't done a thing to stop it.

Wait, is this an option with 17-year-olds? Because there have been days...

They can. The article says that "Cox says his bill is a natural progression of the "safe haven" laws that exist in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Those give parents a legal way to surrender newborns at hospitals, police stations and other facilities without fear of prosecution so long as the child hasn't…

There is some truth to this, but there is also some truth to the idea that they teach boys that they are "supposed" to have a body type that is unachievable for most of them, which is why mental health workers are starting to see the same body dysmorphic issues in young men as we're accustomed to seeing in women.

And mad credit to the teacher that arranges these things.

I just want a loop of them happily jumping up and down at their Ozzy moment six seconds in. When that is happening, all is well.

"I have this surplus laser I got from a junkyard."

I had my numbers reversed, it appears. According to Deadline, the production budget was at least $255 million and the advertising budget was $190 million. So that's $445 million, if they're not downplaying it.