Curious: nobody thinks McGregor has gotten soft after tens of millions of dollars have flowed in and out of his bank accounts.

Fun fact, Chuuk is part of the U.S. via the Compact of Free Association. Residents can move freely between the Federated States of Micronesia (Yap, Kosrae, Pohnpei and Chuuk) the U.S. And, Chuuk has a U.S. ZIP code: 96942. 

Chuuk runway

FWIW, Oxnard was a regular point of reference in the old TV series, ‘The Rockford Files’ (I think they used it because the word sounds funny).

Looked like the DB was just happy to be in the vicinity of the receiver. Short of tackling the receiver before the ball arrived (and I'm unsure he had time to do that), that DB's best hope was a dropped ball.

There is a movement away from special population designations and segregation: e.g., Dismantling California at-risk inmate housing brings hurdles (https://wtop.com/national/2018/07/dismantling-california-at-risk-inmate-housing-brings-hurdles/). “The special prisons ‘became as dangerous if not more dangerous than the…

Meanwhile, the people on that scissor lift must have been panicking about the fight migrating toward their unstable platform.

To me, there is one thing that engenders this much universal hate and aggression among macho types: is it possible Terrelle Pryor is gay?

It is a complex stew of issues: I’ve lived with depression for about 40 years, and I understand it profoundly affects my opinions. It doesn’t grant me the liberty to be an ass at work, or at home. But, when it comes to suicidal ideation, I do believe mental health professionals can make distinctions in reacting to a…

I was thinking the same thing: it looked like any bumbling “Joe” getting into a street fight.

I wonder how much of this is attributable to famous person having a shitty day: for him it’s a one off situation; for each of the pissed off fans, it’s a lasting impression of a selfish jackass. Would people give famous person “X” a pass if he said: “Look, I’m having an especially bad day so I’m going to only sign thes…

Yeah, two social workers on our team also work at the adjacent child sex abuse (CSA) clinic; it usually is incomprehensible when CSA occurs in general, so people don’t have the framework/parameters to get their minds around the idea. To have the perpetrator be a relative, that adds another layer of “this can’t be” to…

Physically attacking an older woman (and men, to a similar degree) is more likely to cause greater physical injury (atop the lasting psychological problems) due to the frailty associated with aging. Lower bone mineral levels and reduced muscle density is a recipe for heightened injury potential. While this isn’t…

I’m not vouching for the veracity of the columinst’s argument, but he is statistically likely to be viewed as prescient since Belichick assistants have not fared well as NFL head coaches.

So, this is really off topic, but does anyone know what the damage is to players, skin wise, when they make plays like this? I cringe at the rug or grass burns from sliding across turf.

Somewhere, Dez Bryant is putting his Voodoo doll away for the night.

Regrettably, this is success for a calcified institution resisting change. I’ve participated in committees trying to implement small, incremental changes in hospitals and universities, and even though they wanted the changes made, it still was a nightmare process that dragged on so long, I almost forgot why we were…

Could be that he was so bored with the routine of life that he impulsively grabbed the jacket to feel alive. Doing the same mundane shit in every facet of your life year after year, is comfortable, safe and deadening. The fact that he chose this as a way of feeling alive suggests a first time event: stealing an item…

Yeah, can’t imagine the team would cut the check, but the alleged assailant... that must have been a life changing check for the lawyer to spout that nonsense.

While I understand the magnitude of this alleged transgression, it seems remarkably trival when the current occupant of the White House is fundamentally incapable of forming a single sentence of facts.