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That actually is "cruel and unusual punishment," forbidden by international and U.S. law. That's why they kick 'em out of jail.

Or until the government kicks you out of prison to avoid paying the medical costs associated with advancing age, like they do down hereabouts.

It's a pleasant notion that people who committed particularly heinous or shocking crimes are beaten, abused, or murdered by other prisoners. I've never seen evidence to support the proposition. And without such evidence, I decline to trust the story that the righteous, upstanding population of...

In the NFL, they do the lobotomy after you get in.

Specially on land, I'd imagine.

NFL's even better. Kinda hard to get in, mind.

Wind turbines. On Mars. No kidding. That's NASA's latest brainwave.

Yeah, but what was her average speed? Please give the answer in furlongs per fortnight or some equally useful measurement.

Been a while. Is Bat-boy still haunting the caves of hillbilly country?

"Faith is believing what you know damn well ain't true." --I think it was Mark Twain

In case any Yanks or Brits ask, I make that 56 miles per U.S. gallon. Not bad.

As I understand it, that's correct. As deuterium is vanishingly rare, less than 1% of hydrogen on Earth, tritium is less than 1% of deuterium. I've always heard deuterium as the fuel for fusion. Agreed on the rest. This was a significant breakthrough, but we're a long way yet from Fusion...

Days or decades. Someplace between next month and next century. Breakthroughs'll shorten the process, if they happen. Otherwise, closer to a century.

And if reducing risk of fatigue and injury to players is the overwhelming, one-and-only goal, you could decide the whole match with a coin flip. Save everybody time and hard work.

Hmm. . . good ideas. Our system for by-elections (we don't have them) and barring people from running for elected office are different (or non-existent). I hadn't thought of these ideas.

Obviously, my answer is subject to criticism. Do you have a preferred way to resolve must-have-a-winner matches, or do you just want to carp about my suggestions?

Hydrate. Substitute. Take mini-breaks as they do in normal time. Ultramarathon runners run without stopping for 100 miles. If the match ends with the players jogging, or walking, so be it. Better than the travesty of the ultimate team sport being decided by individuals kicking and saving...

Seriously, what penalty would you prescribe for such breaches? Personally, I think self-dealing, friend-dealing, or other misuse of public funds should lead to termination for a senior (or non-senior) bureaucrat (and possibly criminal charges). But for an elected member, I think they should be...

I understand the tiring factor, and would be OK with extra substitutions for the overtimes. But I'd point out that this system works in baseball, in which a tie results in extra innings. Some games have gone to over 30 innings (full time is 9 innings), and at the end the entire pitching staff...

When I'm President, I expect to have a very warm, cooperative relationship with PM Jagmeet.