Texas senator Ted Cruz, who is a Rockets fan, condemned the NBA’s stance on Sunday. “We’re better than this; human rights shouldn’t be for sale & the NBA shouldn’t be assisting Chinese communist censorship,” he wrote on Twitter. {Guardian} Read more
The actual Tomsula Index is a list of businesses that will let you use their bathroom without having to buy anything. Read more
Eh, I have no problem with your response, I just wanted to keep the “Eh” train going. Read more
They missed a huge opportunity to have Brienne start her OWN PAGE in the knight’s yearbook or whatever tf that thing is. Instead she just wrote Jaime’s sweet lil ending and that was it. C’mon! Read more
Those dragons were also chained in a pit so they couldn’t take to the air, and were pretty much suffocated to death under the thousands of corpses they roasted. Only one dragon was ever taken down in actual combat, which is obviously the situation Dany & Jon would be facing. Read more
What if Dany, instead of losing her shit and going after the people, instead flew straight at the Red Keep and burnt it to the ground, and under the Red Keep, there were more caches of Wildfire, which set off a chain reaction throughout the entire city? You still get the massive destruction and death of thousands,… Read more
It’s not a favored Machiavellian strategy. Machiavelli believed that the people (realm if you’re varys) ultimately decided who they would be ruled by. If you were a cruel ruler you ran the risk of your neighbors attacking you and the people and soldiers in your city opening the gates for them. Machiavelli would not… Read more
My only real Marchman memory (to the extent I remember it), mid 2000s, not long after Marchman came to Chicago. Cubs day game on Memorial Day, all-inclusive roof-top, rain delayed. A buddy and me, Dayn Perry, Nate Silver, and Marchman, drinking from approximately noon until 1:00 am. I think we were ordering off the… Read more
You’ve dunked on yourself harder than I possibly could have. Is a union an employer? Are other employees employers? No, no they are not. You can retire from the comments section now.
“...and is secure in his legacy as the greatest-ever player from outside the United States...” Read more
Three of the first six items on the main Deadspin page are ads that are designed to look like articles, and God knows the Kinja Deals posts are loaded with sponsor-affiliated content. I think you guys can find a more worthy target than this. Read more
Yes, fall damage is handled well in Breath of the Wild, because it’s one part of a well designed system of climbing, gliding, and stamina management. But the threat of fall damage is still an important part of that system. Read more
Guess you missed the whole "if that's what happened" part of my comment. I was simply curious as to whether or not that really happened. No need to rant on about what details are and aren't relevant. Read more