thephoenixquixote
ThePhoenixQuixote
thephoenixquixote

You guys should consider stepping out of your echo chamber a couple of times a decade to calibrate some of this stuff with, like, actual grown-up society. I’m a lefty/progressive/ally type dude but this IF YOU WEAR THIS POPULAR DRESS STYLE YOU LITERALLY COMMITTED THE MOUNTAIN MEADOWS MASSACRE is not grounded in reason

It’s just a scrolling page of gibberish.

Don’t you think it’s at least partly because fuel economy matters more nowadays plus the regular engine already makes 300hp? I mean, that’s more than plenty. I had a Cobra Mustang with that much power. I know, Jalopnik, but do the front wheels of an Avalon really need like 375 goddamned horsepower to justify the

...maybe because describing the anti-LGBT activity that was done years ago by a different organization set up by the owner (not by Chick-Fil-A) as “virulent” is frankly hysterical, particularly given that Chick-Fil-A has pledged to stay out of the debate entirely since 2012 and does not, as a company, donate anything

Not to mention 40 years of under-investment in the infrastructure as the City struggled and shrank.  It’s a long, messy, and awful story.

The media coverage os this report is treated like some sort of “smoking gun”, and yet it’s not clear what the allegedly wrongdoing even is:

Is he not also signaling that the shot got off before the buzzer (as opposed to whistling and waving laterally)?

The most vivid testament to the cultural weight of the JK is the fact the the new JL is virtually indistinguishable from it. The JK ran for TWELVE YEARS and its replacement is a visual clone, although revised significantly underneath.

My son attends (legendary UMich coach) Red Berenson’s week-long hockey camp in the summer. My kid asked Red about Mike Legg’s shot, and Coach told him that back in the day, he had to ban anyone at camp from attempting the move all week with the promise they they would work on it as a group on the last day!

Michigan is the best program in the state and Beilien is the best coach in the B1G.

60% of Chicago’s tax dollars go to debt, and it’s the biggest, most prestigious city in America that is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. The state of Illinois is basically bankrupt already, with schools and Medicaid in total disarray, and the Congress passing unconstitutional budgets when they pass them at all. 4

Look, I’m all for fancy-pants Terminator glasses, but there’s no way I’m using them to engage the clutch.

Missed this comment yesterday but health insurer profit margin have been quite steady at 3-4% for several years; this makes them one of the least profitable components of the entire health care industry. I don’t think there was a insurer CEO in the top 100 in terms of exec pay the last couple years either. That said,

Exactly one a-hole in this video - the guy who gets lightly clipped by a teammate in his right leg, then dramatically and inexplicably grabs his left leg to stupidly try and draw a stupid whistle. Happily Soccer Journalism rules dictate that every goddamned flopping diving whiner gets fawning sympathy, though, so

I appreciate this article being more nuanced than the usual “insurance companies are evil; they charge too much; they don’t cover every procedure and every person,” even though those criticisms are inconsistent given that the companies aren’t particularly profitable.

While Snyder (one of Michigan’s richest residents) has definitely let the taxpayers foot his legal bills, and Bill Schuette has undeniable motivation from a campaign perspective, it’s not fair to say no “major actions” have been taken. Over $100MM federal and state dollars have been allocated to Flint, enough to fund

This is a remarkably elegant resolution to a lawsuit that was a debacle on every side. This case was a non-stop clownshow on the part of everyone involved that somehow a) resolved without the ecological and financial disaster of city-wide water bottle delivery and b) resulted in a real hope for orderly service line

There is still the issue of the people who don’t have a properly installed filter and also do not have a way to go pick up the free water that is allotted to them by the city and state.

I said I wanted it when Pontiac imported it from Australia, and I DID buy it. And, uh, look how well that turned out...?

Paying the highest rates in the nation, mind you...