Re: never mind, wrong forum. - Today

That you might encounter a wee bit of problem driving when you visit home?

Murder She Wrote with a bit of Columbo and BBC thrown in - Today

Interesting story of a Kentucky murder... QuoteI urged her to emulate the wonderful Colombo, the once famous TV detective in a grubby raincoat, who appeared to be a bumbling incompetent and gave the impression of being too daft to catch a parking offender. Yet, in the last reel, just as he was leaving the suspect's room, he would turn and say: "Just one more thing, sir..." and procee

Re: Lost 10 pounds in two weeks - Yesterday

HAH! I lost 50 pounds one night (when visiting a London casino)

Re: OT: If I won the lottery I would.... - Yesterday

"If I won the lottery I would...." ...question it's methodology since I don't buy lotto tickets.

Re: What Krugman inspired me to say... - Yesterday

I do like Krugman's analogy. If you bring a beat-up dying car into the shop for repair, a true mechanic will prescribe a course of action while a true believer will berate you for the way you neglected the machine. I grew up amongst some of those true-believer mechanics.

Re: Groundhog Day in the House: - Yesterday

Although the above description may be apt, max is more an obnoxious libertarian, who if (not already) committed tend to the tendentious.

Re: White House Pushes to Revive Legislation Protecting Reporters - 3 days ago

Holder should have been gone after his failure to prosecute banking, insurance and Wall Street executives following the mortgage fiasco.

Responding to DOJ invasion of AP records, New Yorker launches "Strongbox" - 3 days ago

QuoteThis morning, The New Yorker launched Strongbox, an online place where people can send documents and messages to the magazine, and we, in turn, can offer them a reasonable amount of anonymity. New Yorker

Re: "Kermit Gosnell Found Guilty: Both Sides Celebrate" - 3 days ago

He was a murdering psychopath, it's not a case where anyone comes out ahead and since it's a criminal case folks ought to get, at minimum, a sense of completion.

Daddy gives driving advice... - 3 days ago

...gets immediate feedback. and daughters attention

Re: Pants on fire - 4 days ago

max as a student debater.

Re: Pants on fire - 4 days ago

Seems to be working. He's already caused Larry to rethink and eventually censor the forum. There's no limit to the damage one poster can do if they're dedicated and intent.

Re: Murdered by Muslims -800 new saints declared by new Pope - 4 days ago

Everything $tevie says about max is accurate. He won't care.

Re: "White House email contradicts Benghazi leaks" - 4 days ago

Quote$tevie CNN's Jake Tapper reports: CNN has obtained an e-mail sent by a top aide to President Barack Obama about White House reaction to the deadly attack last September 11 on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, that apparently differs from how sources characterized it to two different media organizations. The actual e-mail from then-Deputy National Security Adviser for Str

Re: CBS News chief on TV news; we stink - 4 days ago

I don't watch TV news either, maybe we should if we want to go after them. Seems to me cable news (CNN, FOX, MSNBC) are the larger culprits but that's sort of like claiming the Dems are bigger liars than the Repubs - they both lie pretty much equally. cue: rustbelt

Re: Lowest Paid Player in NBA......... - 4 days ago

Next heart attack, I hope you have access to a doctor and not your rebounding buddy. There is a cap on the number of jobs available in the NBA, maybe you didn't notice? Careful with those essential services vs. entertainment services analogies.

Re: I Doubt Leader Would've Let This Happen - 4 days ago

Apple was one of foremost companies when it came to applying for and enforcing patent and copy write violations, so you're assuming a bunch about what Jobs may have done.

Want to buy a TESLA? Live in No Carolina? - 4 days ago

... better hurry. Quote The proposal, which the Raleigh News & Observer reports was unanimously approved by the state’s Senate Commerce Committee on Thursday, would apply to all car manufacturers, but the intended target is clear. It’s aimed at Tesla, the only U.S. automaker whose business model relies on selling cars directly to consumers, rather than through a network of third-part

Re: . - 4 days ago

It was the Major Tom video from the Space Station.

Re: OT: On raising children - 4 days ago

Fencing! It needs fencing.

Re: Superwheat - 5 days ago

I still like that we have to refer to high achieving graduates as summa come laude.

Re: Murdered by Muslims -800 new saints declared by new Pope - 5 days ago

QuoteMac-A-Matic All this consternation about Catholics when no one seems to question why Jews are so heavily represented in media when they only equal two percent of the population. My My. Maybe because they emphasize and value education more than the other 98%? Family relationships don't hurt either.

Re: Gates: Some Benghazi critics have "cartoonish" view of military capability - 5 days ago

Most people don't necessarily want to read "good news sites", they in fact want news sites that reflect their own point of view. The ability to tailor email preferences almost guarantees that opposing viewpoints or conflicting facts will seldom be read. If they didn't read about it, it never happened.

Re: CBS News chief on TV news; we stink - 5 days ago

CBS boss points at himself and forumites make it about the forum, yeah that sounds about right.

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oops just noticed, already done

Re: Prominent Political Anaylist to return to N. Korea to attempt to secure return of prisoner - 5 days ago

He should be encouraged to keep on visiting NK, maybe one day they'll find permanent accommodations for him.

Re: Murdered by Muslims -800 new saints declared by new Pope - 5 days ago

Times change and with warp speed when you captain a ship like the SS Vatican.

Re: PSA: It is vacation and travel season be careful out there ~!~ - 5 days ago

Richard Adams writes entertaining novels.

Re: Obama's picks felon for gun control advocate - 6 days ago

Character assassination, their stock in trade. A criminal record trumps a dead child in the wonderful world of gun nuts.

Weekend date night - 6 days ago