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Sunday, August 10, 2008 09:21 PM

Yuengling is actually good beer

Yuengling may be cheap, but it actually tastes good and is not your BudMillerCoors piss water. It's a bit difficult to find here in eastern Ohio, but it can be found. Worst comes to worst, you make a quick run to the border to get it in WV/PA. Too bad Salon had to go and spoil our little secret. Now the price is gonna go up.

Sunday, August 3, 2008 07:36 PM

The answer is a short one:

No.

There will be no prosecution of GWB because the Obama administration will be doing the exact same thing.

Wake up people - it doesn't matter who's in office - their hands will be dirtied. It's "part of the job." Whether it's Clinton or Reagan or Carter or Johnson or ... you can't be president without a lot of blood on your hands. It's what America wants, and they won't permit someone in the Oval who is a boy scout. He'll be out of there faster than you can say "arms for hostages."

Monday, July 28, 2008 09:59 PM

My Rep is a DINO/Bush Lapdog

Zack Space, D OH-18, votes along with the Republicans so often it's a disgrace. If I had the money and the time I would run against him and smear him with his own pathetic voting record.

Kick the bums out.

Monday, July 21, 2008 11:12 AM
Original article: Janet Jackson's boob freed

@kufir77

The FCC has no jurisdiction over non-broadcast TV - that includes basic cable. (Although there are those who would love more govmmint regulation there.) What, you may ask, is the current regulating body of basic cable? The answer is the advertisers. They basically vote with their money if they want to advertise in a show which would otherwise not be showable on network TV. So if Comedy Central gets advertisers who will pay for spots in an uncut R-rated movie, on it goes.

Monday, July 21, 2008 10:54 AM
Original article: Janet Jackson's boob freed

A couple detail clarifications

• There was no 7 second delay in place when this happened - it was all live. The network did not have the SB Halftime Show on a delay.

• That said, Janet's nipple was present on screen for LESS THAN ONE SECOND - the camera on her zoomed out and spun away faster than you can say "Evil Dead". Why is no one mentioning this fact (which makes this incident barely even trivial)? I was watching the show, and I have a DVR, and even with me rewinding and pausing the live TV, I could barely make out anything there. You had to have had your eyes glued to the TV set at that exact second to even know what was going on. At my SB party (about 10 of us), I was the only one who thought something even remotely odd was happening.

Good riddance to this truly arbitrary and capricious FCC fine.

Monday, June 2, 2008 09:19 PM

One more idea

I must confess I spend way too much time fantasizing about this scenario. And I know it's not healthy, in several ways.

As someone earlier mentioned, $3M is not a lot of money these days, especially if you live some place like the (SF) Bay Area. So it's not like you're going to live off it for the rest of your lives, unless you move to someplace like Mexico or Appalachia.

So you need a plan. You need to decide what is important to you in life and make plans to those ends. That of course is the 50,000 ft view, but that's where you need to start.

Some things I consider worthwhile in a universal sense, which you should seriously consider:

- Art. Art is almost always more useful than being a bean counter/cubicle dweller in the long run. (Who really remembers and finds inspiration from the best salesman 10 years running?) Contribute to the beautification of society.

- Give a big chunk of it away, preferably to some worthwhile unsexy cause, like malaria eradication or water purification in the 3rd world.

- Run for public office and not have to be beholden to corporate interests for your funding. Then you get to really say what needs to be said. (If you decide to do this, watch Bullworth first and be prepared to accept the consequences.)

- Give moderate-size chunks away to random people on the street and watch their minds be blown. This is fun.

- It's not all a burden - see the world before you can't. Maybe you will be inspired by someone/somwhere. Take lots of pictures.

Saturday, May 31, 2008 08:31 AM

Let's make lots of money

Yes, he'll do well now that the book is No. 1 on Amazon, but that wasn't a given when he signed his contract

Oh come on - we al know this book would be huge. Doesn't take a rocket scientist to know it would sell like hotcakes. Let's be realistic here.

Friday, May 23, 2008 02:23 PM

Nutjob

Does she have any credibility left? She is digging so fast and furious it is hardly believable. "Don't read anything into it." Right.

If she and Bill want to have any standing in the party or in the country, she needs to get the hell out of the race NOW. I used to have a lot of respect for her. Now she has basically zero political capital left.

Tuesday, May 20, 2008 11:54 AM

Is Diablo real? Or just a troll?

At least we know he's not a lawyer:

The Constitution protects due process For AMERICAN CITIZENS

That's just patently false. The Constitution protect due process for all "U.S. Persons," a legal term meaning all those who reside in the US legally. And most protections (not sure which exactly) are afforded to those who are here illegally as well.

I know I shouldn't keep feeding the troll, but it's just so tempting.

p.s. - no one's called it "Frisco" since about 1978.

Monday, May 19, 2008 05:12 AM

@Diablo

Explain to me why, as a working-class American who can not afford of the creature comforts al Buthe does, I am supposed to care about his supposed Constitutional rights?

Wow. If you don't understand the importance of upholding the Constitution - not much we can do to help you. And what's with playing the "working-class American" card? What is that code for here?

Tuesday, May 13, 2008 06:46 AM

"I don't think it's being racist necessarily, they just don't like black people that well."

Nice.

I do believe that's called racism.

Thursday, May 8, 2008 08:40 PM
Original article: Ask the pilot

Shouldn't it be "near hit"?

I mean, wouldn't you rather almost hit another plane than almost miss it? That seems more logical to me.

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