Here’s a little story: I had a private loan with Sallie Mae, and I opted to make payments while in school to keep the balance from ballooning before I graduated.

“Schneider was nominated for a 2000 Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor, but lost to Jar-Jar Binks.”—Roger Ebert

And with that, please welcome Ryan Felton as our latest full-time addition to the Jalopnik staff! He’ll be our guy covering tech, transportation and the future of driving. For now he’s in Detroit but will be joining our NYC staff next year.

No idea how he got a hold of Louisiana Senate candidate David Duke’s speech.

Cardinals fans, amiright?

Indeed, among actual combat vessels (as opposed to support vessels, the Constitution, and the Pueblo), there are just two carriers commissioned in the 70's, and everything else is 1981 or newer.

Trying to imagine any other manufacturer of consumer goods putting on such a self-indulgent, self-congratulatory, and self-important farce of a launch for a barely-different new model is hilarious. “Ford Focus SEL - Now with improved dampening rates because we are BOLD and COURAGEOUS and WE ARE THE FUTURE” Apple as a…

One is a money-wasting boondoggle that has been stuck in development for decades, the other is a Eurofighter Typhoon.

For real though, I’m mainly impressed with the attention to detail in giving that ham sandwich a clitoris.

Silly question: How is one able to actually trademark “Rio?”

Not everyone can use a menstrual cup. I don’t even use tampons except in an emergency - they hurt. It’s pads or bleeding on myself, for me.

The fact the van is called a BI - Turbo has no consequence. We’re all totally heterosexual in this van.

The low end of boomers is 51, born in 1964. So about 14 years of that generation will not receive this benefit either. I’m tired of all this generational warfare.

You know as a boomer I never once regretted the money I paid in that went to your parents and grandparents, so go screw yourself stupid.

They will be required, by law, to have a wheelchair section somewhere, so you’ll be able to roll your chair in there.

I was lucky enough to fly on Concorde once, and the seating was rudimentary, to say the least. Basically fabric stretched over an articulated aluminum frame. And very cramped.

But the Anaheim-Nashville game (which was in Nashville sure) started earlier, so none of the Ducks fans could make it home to watch puck drop.

I live in the Bay Area, well under the $120k recommended for SF. Granted, I’m in Oakland, which is cheaper, and I bought a house at the absolute bottom of the market.

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