I’m pretty sure that government security clearance level still applies.

Are you saying there’s something fundamentally messed up about the tail end of the Millennial generation? Because there is.

I’d prefer teachers threatening children with this kind of thing than say, teaching elementary school children they should hate Jews, like they do in some parts of the world.

As a recovering militant atheist, I approve this message.

NPR asserted that increasing the size of the hole did weaken the structural integrity of the tree.

Capitalism is to blame. How to get the most bang for your buck. Invent grass that can grow everywhere. Now you can have a lovely lawn in the Sahara!

That last sentence is making my brain hurt. The gamer in me is “duh, of course it loops back,” and the rational part says “the physics of that is magic as far as our level of understanding is concerned.”

:( If it had ended after the first season, as originally intended, I would remember it as one of the greatest shows I’ve watched. Alas, too much of a good thing plus a writer’s strike killed any interest I had in the franchise.

I have been trying to convince my better half to switch to a feather blade safety razor to save hundreds of dollars a year, but she won’t bite.

How about a secret marital arts master? Huh? Huh?

Check your local tenant resource center. In our city, mounting pretty much anything on the wall is considered “normal wear and tear” if done properly. And the last place I lived cut into the security deposit if they had to fill any holes. $5 bucket of lightweight spackle prevented any charges (I think they charged…

Being debated by a contingent of people who don’t require proof of any kind for their beliefs and ignore or scoff at factual evidence that contradicts their beliefs. That’s not a legitimate debate.

Therein lies the rub. The road construction companies are private, and have been given tax breaks since he’s been in office. We gave up $70 million for high speed rail from Chicago to Minneapolis, then he give tax breaks to his friends. He increases the speed which increases tax revenue, the roads need repair…

There’s a theme of dystopian futures relating to the logical conclusion of the perpetuation of corporatocracy in particular and the war economy in general in the last few years.

I’m an angry militant atheist (part-time) and even I thought what she did was sweet (despite being one perpetuating factor of tribalism in the world).

That, or board members use their position and stock ownership to force changes on the CEO. There are a number of infamous board members who own large portions of stock of some of the companies they are on the boards of. I believe Yahoo has one of those.

That’s what he was expecting, thus the disappointed look on his face.

Except that the SCOTUS decided that pornography is defined as anything that causes arousal but has no artistic merit, which, as Bill Hicks stated almost 30 years ago, describes pretty much every advertisement for food and alcohol.

But he raised the speed limit, which effectively increases tax income from fuel in the state.

So you’re okay with science books also saying evolution is being debated?