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Re: Star Trek movie- some impressions - 5 days ago
I saw it Thursday. It's a perfectly acceptable sci-fi action flick; it requires all the suspension of disbelief/not thinking too hard that such movies do. As for appeasing/irritating Trekkies, it would make me happier if Abrams would just make up his mind. Anyone who is wedded to the canonical universe will hate the changes made in this 'alternate timeline.' Yet Abrams insists on multiple, plot-sby rjmacs - Tips and Deals
Re: Hosting people in your home, such as Friendship Force Club - 7 days ago
Quotedmann My 20something year old cousin has couchsurfed her way across the world. She spent 2 years traveling through South America, Asia, New Zealand and Australia. As a single female, NO WAY would I have been brave enough to do that when I was her age. In turn, she has hosted many couchsurfers in her home since returning to Chicago. Last month she announced her engagement to a guy who, youby rjmacs - Tips and Deals
Re: The AP & IRS scandals are actually a vast left wing conspiracy to keep eyes off of Benghazi! - 7 days ago
Quotemax Poor Obama, a victim of Republican machine's machinations to make him look even worse than Bush.... Until we end up invading a country with 100,000+ ground troops because of bald-faced lies told to the American public and the world, there's not a lot of risk of that.by rjmacs - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
Re: Hosting people in your home, such as Friendship Force Club - 7 days ago
Couchsurfing rocks! I've had great experiences and met some wonderful people. As in all cases, read reviews and referrals, but i've not had any bad experiences. Edit: CS is a much less formal/mission-driven community than FFC, but much of the same stuff occurs (socializing, cultural exchange, travel and developing connections with new people and places).by rjmacs - Tips and Deals
Re: "Why isn't New Orleans Mother's Day parade shooting a 'national tragedy'?" - 7 days ago
Is brown people shooting brown people news in America?by rjmacs - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
Re: Eat you heart out..... - 7 days ago
Quotemax Quoterjmacs So, it's fair to judge an entire military force based on the actions of one member or unit? False analogy rj, in your case the perpetrators were prosecuted , in this example it is representative of continuous and quite consistent actions by al-Nusra, the majority of opposition forces. As a matter of fact the actions were officially justified by their leadership. Try againby rjmacs - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
Re: Grammar Grumble of the Day - "invite" - 8 days ago
Dude, they just nouned your verb!by rjmacs - Tips and Deals
Re: PSA: Alaskans ? Pacific air travelers ? Cleveland is Erupting ! - 8 days ago
Quoteeustacetilley QuotepRICE cUBE Is is spewing Cleveland rocks? Only for all the little chicks with the crimson lips... And now from the something-that-I-didn't-know-until-just-now dept: ) Eustace You didn't know that your link had en error? :dunno: Try this.by rjmacs - Tips and Deals
Re: Star Trek reviews coming in... - 8 days ago
My prediction: there will be an incredible volume of grousing and griping about the movie by people who nonetheless shell out the bucks to go see it even though they know they're going to come here afterwards to grouse and gripe.by rjmacs - Tips and Deals
Re: IRS also focused on LIBERAL groups - 8 days ago
QuoteLemon Drop EDIT: last I heard, Rove's group never got approved for 501c4 status and they are suing the IRS for delaying their application Hee hee, good luck suing the federal government successfully.by rjmacs - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
Re: Eat you heart out..... - 8 days ago
So, it's fair to judge an entire military force based on the actions of one member or unit?by rjmacs - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
Re: Murdered by Muslims -800 new saints declared by new Pope - 10 days ago
Quote$tevie I thought you had to perform a couple of miracles to be a Saint. Or does martyrdom negate that prerequisite? Martyrs for their faith need not perform miracles to be canonized. This is as old as sainthood itself.by rjmacs - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
Re: Tamerlan Tsarnaev is buried - 10 days ago
Quotedavester I see your point, except for the forgiveness part. Some things are unforgivable. This is one. Burying someone is hardly tantamount to forgiveness. Cutting up a murderer and feeding his remains to dogs does nothing to harm the dead man; it does a lot to harm the integrity and humanity of those who do so.by rjmacs - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
Re: Sanford v. Colbert Busch - 15 days ago
QuoteLemon Drop QuoteTed King I will be stunned if Sanford doesn't win. I'll be nauseous and disappointed, but unsurprised. I think you meant that the other way around, but i hope your nausea has lifted.by rjmacs - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
Re: No. 11: Marriage Equality Signed in Delaware - 15 days ago
Quotedavester It's interesting that as the progression continues it becomes less and less newsworthy, almost as if gay marriage has become a mundane and noncontroversial issue. I'm wondering how many states will permit gay marriage by the time the SCOTUS renders their opinion. The blue ones. Which are fewer in number, but greater in population, than the red ones.by rjmacs - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
Re: Trailer/hangout for Ender's Game - 15 days ago
A crotchety bastard who once had interesting ideas. Reminds me of Heinlein, who couldn't let go of his virulent sexism long enough to stay relevant.by rjmacs - Tips and Deals
Re: OT: Watched final episode of Star Trek Enterprise - 15 days ago
I'm with you, Danny. Voyager was the stinker of the gang, which was down to writing - not acting. I was slow to warm to Enterprise - it started off a bit too crass and coarse for me, but it got better. The series finale was a stinker, but the last season ended strong. You can't beat DS9 for great storytelling in a series. TOS had some fantastic vision for its time, and the acting was classic; TNby rjmacs - Tips and Deals
Re: Sanford wins - 16 days ago
QuoteMac-A-Matic QuoteRgrF Common now, even you might admit that a south of the Mason-Dixon line state to be solid blue is an exception. Maybe you meant to compare with Michigan or New Jersey, although I'm not sure I can recall any voting machine executives who are declared Democrats. I'm not really concerned about Maryland, The Old Line State, being "south" of the Mason-Dixon Line. Tby rjmacs - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
Re: No. 11: Marriage Equality Signed in Delaware - 16 days ago
Go DE! Blue hens can now can marry one another!by rjmacs - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
Re: Hanoi Jane is being honored as one of "100 Women of the Century." - 16 days ago
Go Jane!by rjmacs - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
Re: No Benghazi chatter here? - 16 days ago
WHITEWATER!!! VINCE FOSTER!!! Once the public wakes up and really pays attention to these critical issues, the Clintons' legacy will be ruined and we will remember 1992-2000 as one of the worst periods in American history. There is zero chance that the public will come to regard it a halcyon period of peaceful, moderate-right Democratic leadership during the greatest economic expansion in rby rjmacs - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
Re: Remember the Ricin/Elvis Impersonator guy? Feds now say he's INNOCENT. - 28 days ago
Sometimes the paranoid have reason to be.by rjmacs - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
Re: RYF: Need a Magsafe Adapter ? Megamacs Sale - 28 days ago
Also note that although the 60W will do a p-poor job of charging the battery of a 15"/17" MBP, it will keep the machine running.by rjmacs - Tips and Deals
Re: Voluntary MacResource Birthday Extravaganza : dmann !!!! - 28 days ago
Happy happy dmann!by rjmacs - Tips and Deals
Re: So who did it, and why? - 5 weeks ago
It's clearly terrorism, unless it's some manner of criminal act disguised as an act of terror (a la the DC sniper's strategy to use terrorist acts to achieve a personal goal). I'm not sure how that can be unclear at this point. This type of attack is quite obviously designed to cause fear among the general population, as it targeted the general population of civilians at an apolitical event.by rjmacs - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
Re: 19 children dead in a landslide, failure to find guns in the debris... - 6 weeks ago
Quote$tevie QuoterjmacsIs it really axe grinding to bring attention to child gun deaths? I think it is. These are tragedies but they are always posted with little remarks like "too bad the six year old didn't have a gun" or "lucky the kid had his freedom" or whatever. There are serious, enlightening sites with statistics tracking gun deaths since Newtown and I'd rather we haby rjmacs - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
Re: 19 children dead in a landslide, failure to find guns in the debris... - 6 weeks ago
QuoteThe Reaver 2 points for Max! Having two logins is bad form.by rjmacs - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
Re: Gay infertility. Is this coming next? - 6 weeks ago
Quotecbelt3 Quoterjmacs When did we reintroduce morality into medicine? It was that damn Hippocrates. Insisting the doctor not take liberty with the household female slaves. Seriously the conflation of 'ethics' and 'morality' is always a problem in any field of endeavour. Let's hope we've come a little distance since Hippocrates. I'd rather not go back that far. In fact, i'd rather not evby rjmacs - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
Re: 19 children dead in a landslide, failure to find guns in the debris... - 6 weeks ago
Quotemax QuoteWild eep This is sick. You should be ashamed. Quote$tevie If this place is going to become All Dead Children All The Time, then we need a third forum for that @#$%&. Maybe we could have one daily Dead People thread for EVERYONE to use, instead of all this axe-grinding FROM BOTH SIDES about dead kids. BOTH SIDES are making a mockery of what happened in Newtown with this technique.by rjmacs - 'Friendly' Political Ranting
Re: Gay infertility. Is this coming next? - 6 weeks ago
Should single women who request fertility treatments be denied because they are unmarried? Is marital status and family structure relevant to the provision of medical care? When did we reintroduce morality into medicine? Should doctors be able to judge whether a women is of 'appropriate moral standing' to receive a prescription for contraceptives? Should men be denied vasectomies if the surgeon tby rjmacs - 'Friendly' Political Ranting