The way I see it, Google acts a lot like a health insurance company... sticking out the ladle and scooping up money to act as a middle man (and grabbing the advertising dollars that used to go to the newspaper itself.)

Seems fair to me that both search engines (Google AND Bing) start kicking back a little of that money made possible by the content providers who are contributing the value.

Otherwise, what's Google going to link to when the papers go out of business?

Pelosi gets flat out rolled by C Street, and Paggie calls this strength?

The only person more rudderless than Pelosi is Reid.

What a mess.

"Oh, and while we're on the subject of hair removal--guys, either shave your faces regularly OR let your beards grow to at least half an inch or so. It really doesn't matter either way, but the "sexy stubble" thing makes kissing y'all painful.

Gee... not much of a hypocrite, are you?

How dare you impose your unreasonable demands on men. Maybe we only want to shave once in a while. You are SUCH a sexist.

But seriously, the pathology being vented here by the 60's feminist crowd about men having to settle for what they're graciously given is unbelievable.

Its called compromise, and adults work it out all the time.

Only ideologues resort to calling people who like a certain touch or taste or feel "perverts and pedophiles".

Get off your high horses.

What part of 'Insurance company profits represent the lions share of savings' don't you get?

The amount Americans overpay for health care almost exactly equals the amount of profit siphoned off by health insurance companies. 20, 30, even 40% of your health care dollar goes into the pockets of these Tony Soprano wannabes who contribute NOTHING to health care.

The system we have is literally Mafia 'insurance'.

Pay or die.

Superfluous testing and tort reform are trivial in comparison.

"All at once? If so, I think he probably won't serve five years, unless they deliver the lashes at the end. 1000??"

I seem to remember a story a year or 2 back about 2 men convicted of cross-dressing and getting a similar (actually worse, I think) sentence.

In what passes as Wahhabi 'compassion' (or more likely expediency), the punishment was to be doled out in 50 lash increments every couple of weeks.

My stomach still turns at this medieval barbarity.

The argument that 'the young don't need insurance and shouldn't be forced to buy it' is nonsense.

1) The type of expenses racked up by the young is of the 'massive intensive care' type. When they get hurt, they REALLY get hurt.

2) The whole purpose of insurance is to spread the risk, not to coast in your early years and then sign up for the benefits when you get old. Or don't you think you're going to get old and need care?

Paying throughout your life is the price of admission for enduring old age, unless you plan on killing yourself at 50.

That said, single payer funded through taxes from everyone solves this issue.

THOSE IDIOTIC FLASH ADS!!!

Ok, lets get this straight...

Flash is a way for mediocre scripters to make a living producing garbage (ads, porn video, etc) written in a Adobe's proprietary format.

Also consider that Flash is made unnecessary by the open HTML 5 standard, which is what Apple is supporting.

Am I occasionally annoyed by the 'you must install Flash to view this content' message? I suppose.

Am I glad that Flash isn't thrashing away on my iPhone, draining the battery and sucking up performance? You're damned right I am.

Than you Apple, both for fighting off Flash and for resigning from the Chamber of Commerce today.;

If I was an end-of-days type, I'd get a 100 year mortgage if I could. Lower payments for the few years I had left.

But yeah, life insurance? C'mon. Who's gonna collect?

Yes British Parliament has an energetic 'give and take'.

But one set of rules per body, please.

Frankly, I'd love seeing Obama go up against any number of these knuckle-draggers. It would be hilarious.

But heckling is only valid if the speaker can respond in real time. Obama had more class than that. (Although the looks from him and Pelosi were priceless. Talk about 'daggers'.

Dr Strange directed by Terry Gilliam.

That's something I'd actually go to opening day for.

... with iPhone customer satisfaction in the high 90th percentile, it actually really is you.

I worked tech support hell for years listening to people like you who seem to just have bad luck after misfortune. When I hear things like "I got it a little damp" I know we're dealing with a serial liar.

Indeed... go get yourself a Pre (while they're still in business) and see what a wonderful experience you have as the cheap chicklet keyboard brakes in a few months.

Movement afoot indeed.

Marriage is a legal contract. If you don't agree with that, then try getting a divorce purely through your church.

All existing marriages (i.e. the contract portion) should be converted to 'unions' as they regard benefits. No further action needed, no need to fight with the talking snake folks about who owns the word 'marriage'.

All subsequent 'marriages' would consist of 2 parts.

Civil 'union' ceremony (bestowing the equal benefits to all), followed by (if desired) the social or religious ceremony of your choice. No governmental restrictions on who can perform the ceremony.

Nina Totenberg, who waded through the speeches and I believe found the other occurrences,points out that most of the speeches in general are heavy on cut and paste reuse of big hunks.

If it's a questionable statement, its really still once, not multiple times... it was probably repeated because it got a laugh or applause.

"Domestic Terrorists"

The right cannot wash its hands of this... the rev up this type if psycho (like they did with McVeigh) and then stand back saying "Who?... Us?".

'not own', not 'now own'