Backwards from when? Remember, in the fifties and sixties there was fucking rioting because of where black people were sitting.

Ah yes, the country that declares the Men’s World Cup trophy (created by a Frenchman and awarded by an organization based in Switzerland) is “coming home” anytime they string a couple of victories together is schooling us on arrogance. Got it.

“Oh bother. The colonies remain quite uppity, it seems.” --the Queen, probably

Well if you’re not rooting for the Harlem Globetrotters that’s on you.

The link in your comment includes at period at the end of the URL. Remove that period and the link resolves fine. :)

It’s not really her fault; some idiot asked her about it. It’s not like she “chose to take this stance” by scheduling a press conference to announce she wouldn’t go. Someone interviewing her asked her a question, and she answered the question presented to her.

I really think Marc Maron could do a good job filling those shoes.

You’re absolutely right and that’s my error. Working on getting it updated.

Counterpoint: “A potential employer told me to send her a link, so I mailed her some sausage. “ How did this get printed?

C’mon, complaining about millennials, your better then that.

Talk radio was a mistake.

This is a sad loss for NY movie-lovers, but $2 per play is ridiculous and a good reminder that libraries are paying ludicrous prices for digital books and items as opposed to physical ones. This link is regarding Canadian libraries but the same applies to U.S. ones: https://goodereader.com/blog/digital-library-news/can…

Manager: “FELIZ!!?!?!?!!!11!!?!”

Ever heard of NATO? Norway is in NATO too, and one of their tankers was attacked. The US military has a lot more investigatigatory capabilities than the Norwegian military does, so for the US to take point makes sense.

I guess the argument is whether “the nature of sport” is “sometimes getting inch-perfect calls wrong” or “stopping matches to review calls that refs had made a satisfyingly correct amount of times in the past.” It’s the same thing as the Nigeria penalty VAR decision; yes, the goalie stepped off the line by a step, but…

If you elect me student body president, there will be pizza in the cafeteria every day.

Not like in America, where we are consistent in our measurements.

I feel pretty confident that, over a long enough timeline, baseball players would get better at using all fields and render the shift a losing proposition. On the other hand, it seems increasingly likely that the inevitable collapse of human civilization will thwart any evolutions of that kind. Ah well.

I left it unfinished because I hated the weapon breaking mechanic.