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13 years ago @ Natural Society - Leading Geneticist: Hu... · 0 replies · +52 points

Anyone who has been to their Motor Vehicles Department lately knows this is true. Also explains the popularity of the Kardashians, and just about everything else in California.

13 years ago @ KTLA-TV - L.A. City Council Con... · 0 replies · +1 points

Actually born in that state, I came to my senses and moved out many years ago. However, this situation is not unlike that faced by voters in many states and in Federal issues as well.

If politicians REALLY want a specific tax for a specific reason, then they should include in their proposal that the funds raised would go into an ACTUAL trust fund, run by a professional Trustee. The Trustee would not disperse the funds for any other reason, in this case, than pot hole repair.

I believe if more ACTUAL Trust Funds were used, citizens would be more accommodating on raising their own taxes for specific programs.

14 years ago @ Breitbart.com - Court to decide if Sea... · 0 replies · +2 points

The judge should dismiss in a strongly worded opinion and keep this nonsense from polluting other courts. PETA, continue to be vigilant against CRUELTY to animals, but please get your collective heads out of your collective donkeys.

14 years ago @ Breitbart.com - China and US have \'tr... · 0 replies · +1 points

A former boss used to tell this story: Frank goes to his boss Bob and says, "Bob, I've figured out why we clash so often. We have a personality conflict."

Bob says to Frank, "You know, you are correct. Change yours."

Good advice for China.

14 years ago @ Breitbart.com - Iran mass producing an... · 3 replies · +45 points

The Iranians greatest capabilities seem to lie in Photoshop.

14 years ago @ Breitbart.com - \'Blow away\' text lan... · 0 replies · +2 points

Yes she did speak at two campuses, but canceled one appearance after hearing, inter alia, "Even before that appearance, Ms. Coulter had been warned by François Houle, the University of Ottawa’s provost, that someone who makes intemperate racial remarks can be prosecuted in Canada."

That is a country where you cannot speak your mind, unless you are an all seeing, all knowing swami who knows what an "intemperate racial remark" is OR you love being prosecuted.

14 years ago @ Breitbart.com - \'Blow away\' text lan... · 2 replies · +8 points

I sympathize with the Muslim businessman. But the story here is not the invasion of his privacy without due cause and the racial profiling. Nope, the important takeaway is that this happened in Canada, a nation fond of wagging its cold extended finger our way and lecturing us about human rights. It's the country Ann Coulter can't speak in, and where radio stations can be fined and penalized for carrying a broadcast the PC crowd thinks is racially "biased" or comprises Canada's own definition of hate speech.

Looks like Canada is suffering an extreme case of bipolar personality disorder.

14 years ago @ Breitbart.com - Brains of addicts are ... · 1 reply · +1 points

"That indicates that the brain vulnerabilities had a family origin, though somehow the siblings of addicts -- either due to environmental factors or other differences in brain structure -- were able to resist addiction."

Were the parents and ancestors all drug addicts too? "Other differences" = old fashioned, God given WILLPOWER.

14 years ago @ Defense Tech - A Basic Mistake That T... · 0 replies · +3 points

I'm not sure why it's important to focus on whether the error was made by a civilian contractor or an active duty person. The fact is that PEOPLE have been making errors in the maintenance of aircraft since the Wright Flyer. You can compile Best Practices and Lessons Learned until you are blue in the face and PEOPLE will continue to mess up.

Supposedly, Quality Control functions are there to find and correct mistakes like these before they evolve into catastrophic accidents. Where were those functions in this case?

14 years ago @ Breitbart.com - FBI seeking social med... · 0 replies · +19 points

What a wonderful hole into which to pour lots of money for many years.

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