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Referring to Serena Williams as a gorilla is not wrong? It may not have been his intention, but that is the way it came across to people. As a married man, I can tell you that the apology is much easier and cheaper than trying to justify intent. The smart play is always to apologize. People that think that makes a person weak are just stubborn at best, and typically lack a sense of empathy.

Prince and David Bowie are nothing special?

Kinda looks like a photoshop job.

The way you react to something is also a big deal, and it sounds like this reporter reacted poorly when confronted with the racial overtone of his comment. Do you think if he was genuinely apologetic and chagrined, it would have worked out the same way? That isn't a rhetorical question, I don't know enough about the specifics of the case. edit: Although the way he was approached about the comment is important as well. Was his back immediately placed against the wall over the comments? The Sarah Silverman situation is a good example here. The initial tweet seemed to be more of a joke by her, which given she is a comedian, that makes sense. But then she got defensive about it, which was a bad reaction and makes it look like she genuinely is seeing swastikas everywhere. But then you remember she is a Jewish female comic on social media, and she probably gets anti-semitic and sexist harassment on a regular basis, and it is somewhat easier to understand her reaction.

Not a puzzle that stumped me, but this was one of my favorites from back in the day...

Nob Hill is where it's at, yo. Actually this is my favorite.

And yet that doesn't change the fact there is a tremendous stigma attached to them in the Western world. There are also probably still circles where you can use the British slang for cigarette, but if you use that in the US it will not go well.

The guerrilla comment is unfortunate because that is a pretty common term. But as much as I like vocabulary, you really have to go out of your way to use the word niggardly in a sentence. Just like the swastika has fallen out of favor in Buddhist circles, that's a word that conjures up a very negative image. Even without the racial slur connection, it's a pretty negative word that was often thrown in front of Jew as an emphasis. Language changes over time, we have plenty of other choices to describe miserly behavior. You have to be fairly tone deaf to use this word in public.

Only if they can tap special abilities like rainbow powers and sharply dressed fatalities. But seriously, I just don't understand why they didn't go with an entirely different brand.

Yeah, I love FTL and dream of a day where I might win the final battle. But that is kind of the point of a rogue game, it should be very unlikely you will win.

I'm still ticked off that Prey ditched the cool Native American themes. I don't care if it is the new System Shock, I will probably stay away from it simply because of that.

I just remember it from The Apprentice. I'm a bit surprised there isn't a cable network that has cashed in on this whole presidency by just airing The Apprentice repeats non-stop.

I guess it is a good thing they don't sell Trump Ice in grocery stores anymore.

I would clean up the grammar and the spelling error when inquiring about a writing job. Just a tip.

I wish they would do that with the education department.

To be fair to Trump, he thinks he does have the kinda power most people thinks he does.

All this aside, The President said the murder rate is higher than it has been in 47 years, which is an outright lie. I mean, there is no way to spin that.

Would the 2014 Spurs Champ team be considered a superstar laden team? Tim Duncan is obviously a legend, but he was pretty old by then.

Baseball and hockey have complex minor league systems, so I think it is good that basketball has been growing theirs. I'm always a fan of expansion, although basketball is a bit different because you usually only have a couple super teams. How will they ensure those teams are competitive?

That would be a huge boost for Oakland.

Years of delays? It's been available as early access for over a year now, so people that worry about that stuff can see it in action. To be honest, anyone that thought the game would release in 2014 was not paying attention. I believe Kickstarter actually only lets you set a date so far in the future, so that is why the majority of these games do not hit their targets. This was what, a 4 year development cycle? That doesn't sound that much longer than your typical big RPG. PoE started in 2012 and launched in 2015, so Torment basically took an extra year.

Not really the point, any spike after 40 years of decreases is going to look big in comparison.

I think we should move past the outright hostility. I am going to stop teasing WoD over the magna **** laude and stalinist stuff, and maybe we can agree to stop taking potshots at our careers and using vulgarities. Just an idea.

I'm not a fan of Bill Maher, but he is right about the murder rate. Portraying as the highest spike in crime since 1971 is a mischaracterization. What it really shows is that the plummeting crime rates of the last few decades may be leveling out. edit: At the same time, Pier Morgan is the only one speaking any sense when it comes to handling Trump.

I suppose that makes two of us.