Israel has labeled BDS, the actual peaceful option, terrorism.

There is a legal, regulated, mostly safe method to buy cigarettes. It is inaccessible if you are under a certain age, but only the seller/provider is punished for violating regulations. It’s okay to have restrictions on what children can consume.

While current laws on illegal drugs do not work, arguing against any regulation whatsoever is similarly silly, the laws obviously work. Smoking rates have dramatically declined since those laws and public education campaigns began.

He’s got an amateur’s level of knowledge while presenting as an expert. The moment in the video about China’s plans to invade Taiwan where he said he used Google Translate as opposed to asking literally anyone in DC who knows Mandarin to help him with translations was when I realized he doesn’t really know what he’s talking about for many of the subjects he covers. I think there are policy and IR issues where he actually does have some knowledge, but I don’t think any of it goes to the level of expertise required to educate on the subject, which is what he purports to do.

We can’t all be not American.

Look at what Texas did to HISD: took it over claiming “poor outcomes” despite it being one of the best districts in the state. I’m not sure how it works in Virginia but they may try something similar.

There’s many but the classic action ones, for me, are The Rock, Con Air, Patriot Games, The Sum of All Fears, Air Force One, Starship Troopers, Pacific Rim, and Die Hard/er.

On the lighter side, I’ll always watch Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Superbad, Anchorman, This is the End, Hot Tub Time Machine, Pirates of the Caribbean, Blazing Saddles, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, and The Emperor’s New Groove.

Why is what? Why did the ban expire? It had a sunset date and wasn’t extended. Why are fully autos not popular? Combination of laws and practicality. Why are certain civilian semiauto rifles called assault weapons? Military has assault rifles, civilians use the broader term assault weapons to capture a broader category.

Why not go after handguns? NRA and their ilk keep blocking those efforts.

Galangal. It actually does completely change the flavor, more so than makrut lime leaves.

Cacio e Pepe. Simplest dish, can be tricky to get right, but so good when it all comes together.

The Federal Assault Weapons Ban expired in 2004. In the civilian context, an assault weapon is semiautomatic. Fully automatic weapons are, to put it lightly, uncommon among civilians so assault weapon refers to a variety of styles of semiautomatic firearm.

You mean the rumored several alternatives, that I asked you to elaborate on, and you told me to Google? Yes, clearly you listed specifics.

*Qs up

That vatnik is a troll, astroturfing for the Russian government, or an idiot. Whatever it is, really not worth engaging.

Oh fascinating, the top response is working for a subscription-based publication that has editorial staff and pays them. The second is freelancing for a subscription-based publication by selling articles to them. Wow.

Do tell.

Either it’s not paywalled for them or it’s still good journalism and maybe journalists shouldn’t work for free.

Probably because it’s expected, it’s happening “somewhere else” to “minorities,” and the people being racist aren’t always using slurs. Same reason news outlets don’t really report on crime in known high-crime areas. Many people do not understand that these issues also affect them because it normalizes racist behavior, which in turn hurts the economy.

Oreo O’s. Easily the best.

It’s the ousted leader of a country making a statement about his ousting. We don’t treat state leaders’ statements as “mere opinion” when they’re televized, this isn’t different. It’s just not being contextualized by a third party so it doesn’t go in the News section.

The whole series is just what Bran sees but is unable to communicate with anyone as he’s staring into a snowglobe after sustaining debilitating injuries from being pushed off the window.

Also sexual harassment and wage issues, but as a hockey guy as well, the rest is pretty bang on.