And, Padma is hardly a shill for ‘American food’.

Exactly! If the damn thing has been there since last fall, either his team has seen it many, many times already, or someone else has, and either way, they left it.

“I want a show that tells me I suck for liking Panda Express or Taco Bell, and that I should never ever eat at either.”

“All lives matter” is proving to be the worst whack-a-mole event ever.

There are many shows, cited in this story, that draw attention to amazing world cuisines and the people behind them. The specific focus of this series is the specific foods that have crossed over to ‘American mainstream’ acceptance and are readily available in strip malls, food courts, etc. - in a form that is almost…

I actually agree 100%.

Lifelong VW driver here, except a one-time dalliance with an ‘86 Ford Mustang (never again!). Ive got an ‘06 Jetta TDI now, waiting on the promised electric Minivan reboot a year or two from now, but may have to consider a used Alltrack instead, for reasons I cannot adequately explain.

As I noted in another response - I was basing my remark on a sample of 1, who is a standard officer after 15+ years because he is an idiot and cant get promoted.

Fair to say. I have one relative on the NYPD who could no way afford to live in Manhattan - I know what he makes. I was judging based on that. He has several kids, no side hustle and while his wife works, it wouldnt put them over enough to live there.

Whats wrong with Risk, aside from taking all night to play, especially when some clown occupies Australia and just turtles it out forever?

Sure, but the rest of the company leadership is apparently doing the right thing, or at least, doing the best they can to get right.

Ok, one of my few gripes with President Obama was that he had seemed late to lunch with regard to supporting gay marriage and related LGBT civil rights.

Not if she lives *in* NYC.

Almost - it is false equivalence in support of willful ignorance about race in America and its impact, especially on people of color.

You bought this car, didntcha?

Cheap gas and tobacco and shitty roads?

I sincerely wish you all the luck in the world on that endeavor.

Were I running a streaming site and making a profit while providing good, moderated services to my customers and keeping both content creators and consumers happy, I would be thrilled.

You think they will make that connection?

It is weird that *this* murder at *this* time had some kind of larger effect, assuming it has actually had a larger effect. It looks different to me, but Ill believe it when I see it and black America sees it.