Mostly these are teenage boys online who want to rile people up and break rules and be *******s because that's what teenage boys do. So the play Overwatch and call everyone a *** or drop N-bombs. That's why it surprised me to see PDP is in his 20s and doing this ****.

Something is def up with Scandinavia. Like, every Scandi who pops in here is an obnoxious alt-right slappy. Maybe all the normies are busy practicing biathlon or something.

Yeah - that's why Trump taking the bait and attacking Hevad Khan was so dumb. I guarantee you the best way to play that was just to let it go - as 90% of Republicans probably have never even considered that there are Muslim-American war heroes out there. Now they know there's at least one. Thanks Trump.

There's something that's about to possibly be in the news in the same vein. I'm kind of rooting for it because even though I know it will rile up the right, it will also educate them on something they didn't know existed. Of course I can't remember what it is right now. I'll post when I remember.

The pope comes out against against climate change deniers effectively saying they are idiots.

Pope has long been moved into the fake news column. He needs illegals to keep the Catholic Church stocked with people - dont'cha know?

I will never get how nice hotels charge three times more than Days Inn and then provide fewer complementary services that I actually use.

Fox News host asks if 9/11 memorials will come down next

http://thehill.com/homenews/media/35...derate-statues

It's nowhere near as current as in the States, but it has been and is used, for sure. I'm pretty sure it's becoming more frequent because of the great melting-pot of Online, too. Mainland Europe, maybe not so much, but among Anglophones, I'd bet.

Look how sad! I don't seem to remember a heart-tugging "7 Days of Crack Epidemic" though.

You've not been to many europa league matches I'm guessing?

I scrolled through briefly looking at the pictures and I think I saw maybe one nonwhite person in the entire article.

I'm reminded of this recent and excellent Chips post:

And so it is for a country that so badly wants to rescue this particular class of drug addicts, a country that's never cared about doing so in the past.

edit: to provide a brief counterpoint for my post, I genuinely don't understand why opioids get so much more attention than meth, another mostly-white (I think? not an expert on drugs, but I did watch Breaking Bad and my parents live in rural-ish Oregon!) drug that's been a problem for impoverished white areas for awhile

****, Matty McConaughey made the same point 20 years ago to defend Samuel L and society still hasn't figured it out

Lot of really cool songs about heroin.

And masturbation.

LOL

FOOTBALL NEWS

Jerry Jones calls presence of Ezekiel Elliott, appealing his NFL suspension for beating up an ex-girlfriend, "inspirational" in week 1 win

From the NFL's suspension letter, the NFL's conclusion about his actions:




KAEPERNICK WATCH

WaPo: "If the Indianapolis Colts don’t sign Colin Kaepernick, no one will"

The aforementioned Kaepernick tracker shows four starting QBs with significantly worse yards/pass attempt than Kaep over the last three years (and three of them started yesterday, the other is the Broncos' backup).

I assume LA could sign Kaep with no big issue. Would increase attendance and I assume he'd probably start. Haven't really been following football this year, so not sure.

My main man the pope has become illegit, what a shame.

https://www.good.is/articles/super-f...at-light-speed

This is the amazing. Also the most conceptually satisfying demonstration of the speed of light I've ever seen. They slow a 1-nanosecond pulse of light going through a bottle of water down to 20 seconds. Then they explain that a bullet slowed down the same amount, would take about a year to watch go the same distance.

Posner lobs some grenades in this recent NY Times interview.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/11/u...ment.html?_r=0

The takeaway, now more concerned with the rights of unrepresented prisoners and litigants than law and economics.

Throwing some heat:

I have to say, when looking at a legal issue, my first question is what's fair/equitable, and I think there's usually a way to prevail on that basis. There are exceptions, and there are many bright line rules that influence analysis (e.g., copyright must be registered within 3 months to obtain statutory damages; the assignee of a patent must be joined in a suit; contracts will very likely be enforced even when they are total bull****; statutes of limitations), but you have a decent case if you have a good fairness argument (not just from one person's perspective, but from the standpoint of broader policy) and have a reasonable chance to prevail.

Someone smart should read this and tell me what to think

Re: never-ending debate about coddling racists vs. clamping down on them.

I think it is deeply troubling that you would be able to locate that link and even more troubling that you would post it.

Someone linked me to it. Junk because its funded by truther group I assume?