“I think it’s important to remember that, beyond the clear racism permeating our industry, there is also a worrisome trend towards an embrace of a return to monarchical feudalism, directly in conflict with our republican roots.”

- Ronald McDonald

I’m curious. If they used a false waiting list to dupe people into paying thousands of dollars to “jump the line” how is that not criminal fraud?

“If Cleveland did any of their homework they would have passed 10th grade English and they would have known the difference between an intensive adjective and a gerund. Their mistake.”

Urena Misses Target, Hits Shower

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Out of curiosity (seriously, not meant snarkily at all) I’m wondering why you guys declined to name the specific players in a previous post today even though another news outlet had, but decided to here?

No no, Bert. Who doesn’t want to be reminded of the existential nothingness in which we all dwell, and the ultimate futility of trying or doing or breathing, when one arrives at the office on a Monday morning?

If I was the commenter I was five years ago, I’d take a FLAMETHROWER to the post!

Conversely (and I’m a little surprised you skipped his Oscar turn), Scent Of A Woman - Bad-Good?

+1

Funny. Working for Torontoist taught me exactly how a news site should not be run, how online content providers can be exploited for peanuts, and what kind of editors to run screaming from in horror.

No Rockets? I love Rockets!

Um, Total Recall? Predator? Both should be on this list over some of the dregs in the back half...

You can’t blame the team. Costas should stay in the booth where he belongs.

Uranus’s name is not unfortunate it is a gift to anyone whose sense of humour never evolved (completely) beyond pull my finger. And pull my finger is still fucking funny. Add in the sideways and the green and it should be a solid fourth.

Will the cycle of police violence never end?

Gotta make that $200 million rematch seem plausible...

Obviously, for teams and developers, the incentives for these deals are pretty clear. But I’m curious what the incentives are for elected officials. Yeah, some of them are treated like heroes, but just as many wind up voted out of office by landslides once their constituents realize how much they’re being screwed. …

Rivers Bad Fit For Clippers, Need Lifeboat

This is a very cool article, and I never thought of the James quote this way. I always thought of it as Henderson having HOF numbers in so many different statistical categories, both standard and advanced, that you could take away half of them and give them to another guy and they would both still have enough to…