UConn James

Are you seriously suggesting that Obama is tantamount to an '80s Republican?!? Seriously?! No tax increases? What is Obamacare? Whatever you try to call it, it's forcing people to spend money on something, or you'll have to pay the IRS. Increased the defense budget...? Before blowing off the debt deal at the 11th hour when Boehner had wrangled up Republican votes on EVERYTHING Obama wanted going into it, which is now scheduled to cave DoD spending by $1.2T. I have no doubt this was done intentionally and at the sacrifice of whatever entitlement doomsday cut was in that compact, just because Democrats for time immemorial hate the military and want to reduce our ability to conduct ourselves militarily abroad in a warped vision of appeasement bringing about peace. GITMO is open as a testament to the naivity of Candidate Obama and a Commander in Chief who will never really understand the military and what they have to do, just because, and this is especially with a nod to the reporting that's come out about putting off the OBL raid numerous times until Hillary B word-slapped him. The bank bailout and bending over for the auto unions to the tune of $25B in losses that will never be recovered... that's right-wing? Wait a minute.... Mickey? FFS? Conner? MDP another one of your many screen names?

I wouldn't have a problem with this system. Winner-take-all / 50%+1 seems more like a system created to make results easier to tabulate back when communication was slow. Red states and blue states, whatever. It's a more nearly accurate allocation that closer reflects the proportion of a vote. Sucks when a guy wins 49% of a state and has NOTHING to show for it, and small but densely-populated geographic areas can drown out the voices and concerns of less dense areas. So, if Cities X, Y and Z want to dump their garbage in Towns H, I, J, K, L and M... well, there's nothing the small towns can do about this tyranny via vote if it's 50+1 winner take all. The system where it gets decided by a national cumulative vote is interesting as well. Some states have already passed legislation signed on to that and are waiting for there to be 270 EC votes of signees to trigger its implementation. Lots of things to sort out in a deal like that, tho. Voting systems would have to be standardized. There would probably have to be a national voter ID card (and perhaps using the indelible ink) for this to gain any kind of traction and to ENSURE there's no multiple voting, and probably a federal department to weed out convicted-felon voting, and to guard against gerry-mandering, etc. I don't see how this happens in our lifetimes. A state congressional-district allocation system would be easier to swallow, at least as a transition.

To note: CBS's "The Amazing Race" has increased its payout to a possible $2 million. One million ain't what it was even 12 years ago... after Quantitative Easing (the Fed printing more money ---> inflation) Parts I, II & III, after taxes and all that....

Yeah, I picked up a couple of Maddens back when they did releases for PC. Those days are gone, I guess. I don't "game" otherwise besides some old-school stuff on the iPad that doesn't require four hands, being double-jointed, and cat-like reflexes --- think Galaga, Wolfenstein, Pac-Man, etc. that I can play for a few minutes of downtime, in the car (when I'm a passenger), waiting rooms.... So there's no way in he!! I'll be plinking down to buy a system for one thing. And then, in the end, I'll probably be happier that I walked 2-3 miles a day with my dog. Life goes on.

Because people who have a clutch of money are EVIL!!! (Mind you that off the top of my head, I can name 20 baseball players who make more in one contract --- just the club contract, not sponsorship or anything else --- that make more coin in 10 years than Romney did in, what, 30 years as a CEO in business.) I was going to say something like "Fair?!? Balanced?!?" and then I saw you qualifier that it only pertains to what you yourself have read recently. Considering that this includes the Communist Manifesto and whatever magazine the Black Panthers put out.... Otherwise, you're still a !@#$ing tool. Really, go to hell.

Yeah, I've got it on the iPad. By the by, tap Homer... I believe it was 10 times... but... just keep tapping him. You get a statue of Jedidiah Springfield and 10 donuts. I, too, was the last curmugdeon in the house... but rather than keep paying $50/mo. to Ma Bell, we changed the landline # over into a basic cell ~ 6 months ago for a tack-on $10/mo. on a family plan. Admittedly, it's got its conveniences and it's nice to have when I'm not at home / when driving / on trips. It also makes it a lot easier to just ignore numbers that aren't programmed or that I don't recognize, which are usually politician robo-calls, surveys or solicitors even tho this # is on the No-Call Registry. Most of the inconvenience is having to run to the one cell rather than having phones around the house (tho, as a neat-nick/anti-knickknack/minimalist/Felix Unger, this doesn't bother me very much).

Not to mention that the real refs need a game or two to work the kinks out. They need to be calling this week's games just to get back into rhythm. The league is GOING to have a mess with blown calls (especially on big-yardage "judgment" calls like pass interference). All for a little clutch of $. Stupid.

The more Walt keeps making promisesthat this is the last death on his watch, the faster the bodycount ticks up. If it had been a headshot, Walt could've made it look like a suicide. I mean, dude had just lost $5M aft losing $2M and was facing the DEA giving him a full rectal. Jesse wouldn't have bought it, but.... It's just kind of sad and a foreshadow to Walt's own end, I think. Here was a guy who went into it all for the $ and provide a boatload of cash to his granddaughter. But it just never works that way. Something always happens --- no matter HOW careful or badass you are --- and it just takes ONE f-----up for all the dominos to fall. The only way you truly "get out" of the business is to throw out everything you've ever touched and walk away, or you die. A while it may pain some people here to admit it, in that, Skyler is right.

When my father went for an initial visit to a doctor ~30 years ago now... the patient before him was being escorted out of the exam room by the doctor by the belt and back of his shirt. The doctor said, 'I told you to quit smoking. You don't want to listen to me and do what I say, then get the [eff] out and the next time I see you, it'll be at your funeral. And it'll be soon!" And then he threw the patient file at the guy. Literally. Paper went everywhere. Some people would probably be offput. My father loved this approach. He was our family doc until he died of ... either stomach or brain cancer.

The phrase is actually irresistible force versus immovable object... but I'm going to have to give in to your mash-up in this instance. Ted Washington was a freak of nature on the field. Would eat two or three OL-men every play. Those #1 defenses were only possible because of what having him allowed Wade's scheme to do. Gotta say that I'm looking forward to when the games start to count and everyone's going 100%. If this current DL can be half as good as it looks on paper.... Different animal from Ted, and basically we're getting two guys to tie up 3 or 4 OL and hoping the DEs can scoop in/around fast enough to clean up.

It's astonishing how many people, even here, believe that the police should be able to prevent crime before it happens. By and large, they're there after the fact as the first step of our "justice" system, and to file reports that insurance companies use.

My dog ate a $400 pair of prescription eyeglasses when he was about 6 months old. But then again, it was the stupidest person in the state of CT who left them lying on her bedroom floor....

I thought this was going to be like the Will Ferrell sarcasm dog training bits from SNL. At times, I think that's about the only rabbit left in the hat for some of my dog's idiosyncrocies....

I would hazard a guess that a majority of them play pro soccer/kickball for lots more $.

As for Wisconsin, we all know about Walker, Tommy Thompson is up in Senate polls by 11 points over the incumbent Kohl.... You know, I don't think it's so far-fetched given these that this will cross into the President voting column as well. Nevertheless, Obama has had to spend resources there and it's still a toss-up. Obama has also spent TWICE the amount Romney has nationwide. (And not unlike his governing style, Obama's campaign has spent more than it took in for the past two-three months.) There's all the potential for this early shoring up to burst, especially as the economy predictably goes from bad to worse. Don't underestimate the news the other week that we've lost even more in the auto industry government takeover and we're now at -$25B. If you think this didn't register in Michigan, you're nuts.

JtSP, well thank you for that little synopsis. What it really has to do with this new bit of information, I'm unclear on, other than highlighting even further that presidential delay and handwringing lets terrorists slip through the cracks. From your earlier post, I guess you want the world to think Obama just has this innate sense of military readiness and capability and knew that going in and popping OBL in January, February, or March 2011 was going to be compromised by West Asian heat or a dog hearing the unusual noise from the retrofitted tails. Seriously? The president doesn't plan operational details, s/he gives the order to prepare to do X and then execute. Tell the SEALs to go in January and they'll assess weather, Pakistan military capability/response at that date, and literally a thousand other things and prepare for that specific timeframe and go in January. tell them February, they'll do it for February. To think that this president, who never served, has a deep understanding of military planning and tactics and this is why he refused for months to give the order, is absurd. If you're so galled by inactivity and hand-sitting on the part of Bush 43, and trumpet Clinton's choice to launch missiles while he had actionable intel, then why are you praising Obama in this case? OBL had a reputation for moving --- it's how he narrowly missed the Clinton strike, it was his M.O. for some time after 9/11 according to the intel we had from couriers and his driver who was in GITMO. We knew this, we had OBL under surveillance for what, 6 months, and yet we got typical Obama dithering. It did end up working because our military is the best in the world. They adapt to whatever challenge they're ordered. Obama's thing was a fear of replaying the role of Jimmy Carter to a T. And I hate to break this to you about your guy, but to be a successful president, when you have such a high-value target in your sights, you can't delay and hem and haw to the point where a cabinet member has to smack you upside the head to get you to nut up and take the shot. Time isn't on your side on these things. (Time is also not on your side for the economy to be saying, 'This is just one month's numbers. They need to be looked at in a broader view' and to keep saying this for 32 straight months.)

Not as I've heard. An RN I know said it's one of the more physically painful ways to go, which can last for up to 3-4 minutes before water fills your lungs and oxygen depravation kills your brain. It's not like the movies (e.g. Eva Green in Casino Royale). At least with Mr. Scott's method, there's no prolonged agony. It's like flying for a few seconds and then *WHOOMP* it's over. If it were me, I'd probably go for sleeping pills or CO.

Bragged his a-- off about how he was the Number 1 swimmer now, and got beat by a Frenchman in his final-leg relay spot when Phelps and crew had given him over a body-length lead. You're not the best until after the Olympics are over and you've proven it. Before such time, STFU. Lochte apparently now is angling to be on "The Bachelor" and wants "at least $750K." Any guy who does that show is a complete self-obsessed D-bag.

Obama 'cancelled missions to kill bin Laden THREE TIMES after getting cold feet - until Hillary Clinton stepped in', claims explosive new book

So, in other words (coming straight from a true-blue Democrat, mind you) something that would've reduced this country's debt burden, and where it was signed, sealed and delivered to Obama's desk and he got more than he asked for... he nixed. Sorry, America. Fiscal responsibility didn't fit into Obama's re-election narrative.

Women in Trouble (he appears during the credits in this one) and Electra Luxx. You haven't seen these? Do yourself the favor!

Either 8 years has NOT been kind or Playboy does so much air-brushing so as to qualify as more of a comic book than photography.

You didn't think he could do Bert Gonzalez? ( Oh geez, I'm sorry but that was a great character!)

You do mean ... "for homosexual encounter" ... right? Think they'd let that softball go by?

On the state public safety committee? I'm willing to bet there were any number of officers, brass, and prosecuters who were/are MORE than willing to keep it quiet so they could have this vote by the short and curlies when it comes time for ANYTHING in their intere$t$.