not spoiling GoT to say it was... really bad
professor zovek
May 12, 19:34
icymi
jaymel
May 12, 13:56
i don't know if the Warriors will win it all without KD but man the way they crush the Rockets' souls every year is Jordan-esque
professor zovek
May 11, 23:32
The Rockets have souls? huh.
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forlorne
May 13, 13:37
I'm glad we can agree on something
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PhoneHome
May 14, 06:52
Bitcoin just reach 7000 baby
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mike255
May 11, 17:27
UNLV chapter leader of college GOP grp Turning Point posts video w/ GF making white supremacist hand signs and liberally dropping the N-bomb
professor zovek
May 10, 18:09
Read beyond the headline: Turning Point quickly decried the video ― surfaced by the independent outlet It’s Going Down on Thursday night
forlorne
May 17, 11:57
Blues win game 7 in 2OT. Sorry Tealfan, I can no longer root for the Sharks. See you after win Game 1!
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Jdolphin
May 09, 20:15
let's do this!
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tealfan
May 09, 22:52
Alex Cora (Puerto Rican) and non-white Red Sox players refuse White House visit (no Dodgers would have showed up if Dave Roberts wasn't a
professor zovek
May 09, 13:59
So, what are your objective criteria for determining if someone is "white" or "non-white"? I'm sure, as a professor, you are aware there is
forlorne
May 10, 12:03
Can I start the argument about "Race" versus "Species"?
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DTravel
May 10, 12:56
"race" is certainly a social construct (and a bad one). but racists are certainly happy to abide by it and show no signs of "seeing no race"
professor zovek
May 10, 13:31
Anyone who treats race as if its a thing is racist and scientifically wrong. One of my sons has a very pale gf whose DNA came back 15%
forlorne
May 13, 10:29
white supremacists should definitely not treat "race" as a thing (or even non-Christian religions!), agreed
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professor zovek
May 13, 10:47
Implying its ok for everyone else to do so?
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forlorne
May 14, 05:11
Survivors Of The Colorado School Shooting Stormed Out Of A Vigil, Calling It A "Political Stunt" :
forlorne
May 09, 12:59
Kaigee - Where is he?
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laujer
May 09, 09:08
Getting ready for the premieres of his sequel movie?
DTravel
May 09, 12:49
On a well deserved cruise in the Caribbean.
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KaiGee
May 12, 17:37
ooh nice!
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islndr
May 13, 07:34
Envious, enjoy.
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GruntNoNeck
May 15, 14:44
Bitcoin just reach 6000 baby
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mike255
May 09, 05:09
(the high price was $20k) also, $40m of bitcoin just got hacked and completely stolen
professor zovek
May 09, 08:02
Bitcoin will reach all time high again
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mike255
May 09, 23:16
in both of this past week's school murders, students sacrificed their lives and futures to stop the shooters (because the politicians won't)
professor zovek
May 09, 00:36
Riley Howell saved the lives that his chicken**** senators and congressmen from North Carolina refuse to lift a finger against the NRA for
professor zovek
May 09, 00:40
Liverpool and Tottenham sending Barca and Ajax brexiting out of Champions League like that is fantastico
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professor zovek
May 08, 16:00
PSG reject Lucas Moura, dumped to make room for Neymar in Paris, with the hat trick and game winner at the last second
Moviesnob
May 08, 17:16
another day, another school shooting courtesy of the NRA.. 1 dead 8 wounded at STEM school in Colorado
professor zovek
May 08, 07:57
And as always, the media raced to glorify the shooter(s) by printing their name, picture, and story as quickly as possible.
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PhoneHome
May 08, 09:00
when it (extremely rarely) happens outside the US, they print their names and pictures too. the reason it remains extremely rare is b/c guns
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professor zovek
May 08, 09:36
1st, not the point. US, Zimbabwe, wherever, media needs to stop glorifying it. 2nd, you're wrong. 1,423 mass shootings outside US in 15 yrs.
PhoneHome
May 08, 10:35
the fact is you're wrong.
professor zovek
May 08, 11:20
Wrong again! You should read prior to posting. The Lankford data your CNN article cites self-admits that it strongly under-counts foreign
PhoneHome
May 08, 11:47
But again off point. The media has the right to report anything they want. But profit motive drives their decisions, not safety, morals, or
PhoneHome
May 08, 12:15
Totally on board with this
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sentinel423
May 08, 13:02
Blaming an inanimate object for this tragedy is just idiotic
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IM Deplorable
May 08, 10:04
Don't you have to subtract the killings stopped by someone with a gun? Seriously, isn't what matters is intentional murder rate?
sentinel423
May 08, 13:02
does stopping one shooter bring any of the already dead victims back to life?
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professor zovek
May 08, 13:35
Did you address murder rate worldwide? And no, stopping a shooter today does not resurrect dead people. Does that make stopping a shooter
forlorne
May 09, 07:28
it's not a zero sum game. you don't get all the dead ones back just because another shooting might be stopped. there will still be more dead
professor zovek
May 09, 09:14
Math is hard. If more deaths are prevented by stopping shooters than deaths caused by shooters, that is a net
forlorne
May 14, 05:15
ahahaha NYT: newly obtained tax records show POTUS managed to piss away over $1b in daddy's money from 1985-1994. such a fraud
professor zovek
May 07, 16:46
"year after year, Mr. Trump appears to have lost more money than nearly any other individual American taxpayer" the biggest best losses
professor zovek
May 07, 16:47
"Mr. Trump lost so much money that he was able to avoid paying income taxes for eight of the 10 years" proud member of the 45%!
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professor zovek
May 07, 16:48
Yawn. When you invest millions/billions in real estate or any capital intensive startup, it takes several years before you turn a profit.
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PhoneHome
May 08, 06:30
If you need a bailout from your daddy then you're business-ing wrong.
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numbersix_99
May 08, 13:03
nothing he's ever run has apparently ever turned an actual profit
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professor zovek
May 08, 18:24
Start a new company, have other people (pigeons) invest their money) or supply loans, put his name on the project...
Lukasck
May 09, 08:18
the massive claimed losses seem to be the point, i.e., telling the IRS he personally incurred them as a way of never paying taxes on income
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professor zovek
May 09, 11:17
Congress can't have my tax returns because, like every other developer in New York, I blatantly lied on my tax returns!
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Orange Hair
May 08, 13:10
Ha ha ha "NYT" "newly obtained". He announced this publicly decades ago. Hardcore investigative reporting, huh?
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forlorne
May 14, 06:02
Anyone watching Dark Side of the Ring on Viceland?
Wellespring
May 07, 09:18
i might have been interested, but i feel like these stories i know very well already. would you say there is any new info/interviews added?
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islndr
May 07, 09:46
I was aware of some of this stuff from when I was a wrasslin' lovin' kid some thirty (!) years ago.
Wellespring
May 07, 11:46
i do have viceland so i will thanks
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islndr
May 07, 12:18
Very Fine Person arrested for illegally kidnapping undocumented immigrants at the border wonders why we can't bring back the Final Solution
professor zovek
May 07, 09:18
Illegally kidnapping...is that a double negative?
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GruntNoNeck
May 11, 15:26
so apparently, Starbucks is part of the Game of Thrones universe =P
tealfan
May 06, 12:53
product placement is outta control
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professor zovek
May 06, 13:28
Hey... It's really cold behind this big wall of ice... Leave my hot juice alone!!!
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Lukasck
May 07, 10:09
XFL gets a tv deal with ABC/ESPN and FOX/FS1 (includes 2 fox thursday primetime games)
islndr
May 06, 07:59
Networks: "Okay, the NFL thursday night games suck total ass. But how could we make them... worse?"
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professor zovek
May 06, 11:19
Vince McMahon can always make it worse
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forlorne
May 07, 08:12
Appears they plan on losing a lot of money for years...I suppose hoping it catches on or gets subsidized as a
forlorne
May 07, 08:11
Sinclair buys Fox Regional Sports Network with Byron Allen
Antibody
May 03, 16:40
Sinclair has a regular beneficiary of regulatory loopholes and market distortions. . . so slack-jaw broadcasting for the win again {nm}
SenJohnBlutarsky
May 04, 07:37
V: Facebook Bans Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos, Other Far-Right Figures
Antibody
May 03, 16:36
Yet far-left extremists who dox LEOs, coordinate offline crime and violence, and encourage followers to murder POTUS are A-OK with facebook
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IM Deplorable
May 03, 17:57
And president who bullies, lies, and encourage followers to murder press and minority/female leaders ok with twitter, so...call it even
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islndr
May 03, 19:00
Please give examples of Trump "encouraging followers to murder press and minority/female leaders".....you do your argument no favors when
forlorne
May 06, 08:50
called for the "Second Amendment people" to act against Hillary if she won, on the campaign trail in 2016
professor zovek
May 06, 11:15
snowflakes need a safe space, i guess
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professor zovek
May 04, 17:10
What are examples of these people promoting violence? I honestly don't know, a quick search only showed
forlorne
May 06, 08:48
you don't have to explicitly advocate for the specific murder of someone to peddle in hateful ideology that inspires violence. and these are
professor zovek
May 06, 11:06
Oh, I agree they should be able to do it, I just object to it being presented as unbiased. And I asked for examples of these people
forlorne
May 06, 13:12
think im done with all this, and definitely not linking, but you can search. alex jones battle rifles, milo gunning down journalists and a
islndr
May 07, 09:44
