I think a reasonable game could be played with those rules, given how quickly goals are scored and how hard it is supposed to be to catch the snitch. It’s just that it didn’t make sense at all that Krum was celebrated. Catching the snitch was worse than scoring an own goal in soccer because it directly and immediately caused his team to lose the match. The rioting of the death eaters after the match is understandable, but the way everyone else behaved towards this obvious fraud is not. The Ministry should have started a match fixing investigation.

You might enjoy Vinge’s Zones of Thought series.

In The Goblet of Fire, Ireland beat Bulgaria despite Bulgaria getting the snitch. The problem with the snitch isn’t that the team that gets it automatically wins but that this particular match didn’t make sense because Bulgaria knew that getting the snitch would cause them to lose, so they would have instead focused on preventing Ireland from getting the snitch while they tried to get within 150 points.

Yes, it’s a disgusting joke, but it’s no more possible to rape a dead body than it is to for JD Vance to rape his couch. It’s no more possible to rape a dead body than it is to kill a dead body.

The American Immigration Council is a better source than Al Jazeera for describing what ICE might be doing that is wrong, so I don’t consider that a valid criticism of this summary.

This is common practice. If you look at Google Maps in any other country, the name will not have changed. In the U.S., it shows the legal name within the U.S., which was updated by H.R. 276.

Similarly, disputed borders are drawn differently depending on which country you’re accessing Google Maps in to satisfy local laws. https://www.the-independent.com/tech/the-man-who-s-making-google-maps-smarter-9544478.html

I asked about the Strait of Hormuz, and it summarized information from Al Jazeera, the BBC, and Wikipedia. It added the following disclaimer:

Disclaimer: This information is based on reports from April 18–20, 2026, and the situation is highly volatile.

This seems reasonable.

When I asked about ICE illegal operations, it summarized and linked to the American Immigration Council.

This is not as good. If I’m asking about something done right now being illegal, I would like to see ongoing cases challenging the legality of the actions. I’d hesitate to call that bias instead of just bad results though.

And respiratory and cardiovascular disease.

Because nonsense I know that throwing a punch won’t solve the problem, will gain sympathy for the attacked, and will put me in jail. Smart shit.

if you’re too much of a feckless hand-wringer to do anything to defend your community from predators.

Unlike you, I do things that work instead of just putting myself in jail. I was lucky to grow up in a household with education and without violence, so that’s why I’m more likely to make correct decisions.

the will of the people is ignored

News to me.

your advice

is to call for his resignation, raising embarrassment until he does. I’m active in local politics, so I know what works. It’s the people who aren’t active in politics who think action movies have all the answers. Rand Paul is still in office. Tony Gonzales will not be.

Whatever you say, Batman. Are you the one who’s going to deliver the punch?

Plenty of other countries have more vigilante justice and still have corrupt leaders, so clearly that doesn’t work either. Maybe instead work to make your government better. In a democracy, it represents the will of the people.