Old Man

Your eyes can deceive you; don't trust them. Let go of your conscious self. Trust your instincts.

True, although it's hard to draw direct comparisons when Hawaiian flies far longer routes on average, and Envoy (aka American Eagle) is a regional that flies small Embraer and Bombardier aircraft. Ideally we would also know what kind of animals were being transported; pet dogs and cats are one thing while live chicks are routinely sent through the mail with a less than 100% expected survival rate. Also I've been practicing my clickbaity outrage-inducing headline writing, let me know if it's working.

$25 is not bad. Most of my astronomy and physics texts were more than that. Significantly more in the case of my particle and quantum texts.

United Airlines murders 1/3 of all airline-murdered animals

What kind of zombie? What kind of mummy? Sorcerous mummies command armies of fast zombies, so that seems pretty cut and dried. Football time: Manchester United vs. the Pittsburgh Steelers

Not much else to understand. Deficit spending and trickle-down haven't worked for almost forty years, but maybe this time, right?

"Cheap" nowadays is what, $3000?

What do they cost?

Trubisky certainly isn't worth all that.

Sadly, the Browns might turn out to be less dysfunctional than the 49ers, Jets, Bears, or Jags, all of whom draft ahead of the Browns' number 12 pick.

United Airlines murders world's largest rabbit

Squee!

Kiper's not a huge fan, mainly because of the lack of experience.

Story right now is that the ownership and front office want to draft Trubisky at #1 while the coaches want Garrett. It sounds as though they're trying to move up from the 12th pick to be able to get both. In my opinion they're better off taking a couple of mid-round QBs that might turn out to be adequate, rather than blowing a high pick on Trubisky who might turn out to be adequate. The way this draft is laid out, the Browns have the opportunity to put together a truly fearsome defense that can keep them in games, and would be better served by doing that than adding more names to The Jersey.

Captain Marvel vs. Captain Marvel: This is a tough call. I'm going to give it to Carol, because Carol is always Captain Marvel, while Billy is only sometimes Captain Marvel. Shazam!'s additional INT bonus could make the difference in a stand up fight, however. Ogre vs. Bulldozer: Bulldozer has damage resistance, so he has an edge. I suspect this one would be decided in about two hits, though. Next up: Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew) vs. Black Widow (Natasha Romanova)

If they're still in business. The MIC will be fine, but smaller contractors might not survive. The cash flow interruption is devastating.

Anti-shipping missiles vary drastically in size. An Exocet has a 165kg warhead, a Silkworm's is 500kg, a Granit/Shipwreck is 750kg. Modern RIM-67 Standard missiles have a 135kg warhead, double what it originally had, though the Standard is mainly for surface-to-air.

The thought had occurred to me. I just didn't want to say it out loud.

Yeah, what do you guys think this week, government shutdown or war with the Norks?

2017 QBASE numbers are out. Basically this is a historically bad year for QBs and none of them should be drafted in the first round let alone the top 10. QBASE does not like Trubisky because of his lack of experience; it puts him in the same class as Mark Sanchez and Brock Osweiler. It actually gives a less-bad rating to Patrick Mahomes, but Mahomes comes from an Air Raid offense that QBASE tends to overestimate. Joshua Dobbs gets rated about the same as Trubisky, as his stats showed significant improvement his senior year. I've read that this year's WR class is even worse, but there are some really outstanding prospects at RB.

Have you seen his government lately?

Agreed. Taxation has limits, though. Tobacco taxes here are high enough that there's a black market.

You know, I support legalization of marijuana... but now that it's effectively legal here, so many people are using it, and it's stink. It literally reeks. And it also bothers me when people are using it while driving.

Certainly more dangerous than a lot of knowledge.

I remember reading an account of an Iranian immigrant who was asked why he loved America. His answer was something like, You could be born in Japan and never be Japanese; you can spend your entire life in France and never be French; but you can move to America and be an American. Something like that.