Enoch_Root

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• Commented on Is It Too Early To Start Drinking at the Airport?
  Privatize ATC! Be like socialist Canada....
• Commented on Slo-mo demolition of iconic Philadelphia Drexel smokestack
  "...aptly visualize a crumbling American economy." Or it aptly visualizes the decline in use of steam heat powered by coal in the us, but lets not quibble....
• Commented on TSA bans snowglobes. TSA, meet Archimedes.
  With all the diligent security related to liquid explosives I sure hope they don't forget about the solid explosives....
• Commented on Fort Hood Shooter bought "cop killer" at "Guns Galore"
  Well that is just downright normal......
• Commented on Fort Hood Shooter bought "cop killer" at "Guns Galore"
  Well now I am just curious... what type of gun would Xeni Jardin own and use. I imagine it is a) powered by steam and black powder b) definitely has some kind of cute cartoon character laser etched on it...
• Commented on Bad Science Begets Ridiculous Results
  "Bad Science Begets Ridiculous Results" OR "Good Science Begets Working Result" Since the article doesn't mention any associated facts, things like this actually work. Prof. Dan Ariely currently of Duke and who also works with the MIT Media Lab did...
• Commented on Folk covers of punk classics
  Am I the only one who thinks these are uniformly bad guttings of the originals? Am I crazy here? This is draining all of the vitality and replacing it with wimpy crooning. Especially bad is the desecration of Lost in...
• Commented on Homophobia in Venezuela
  Its hard to avoid Godwin's Law when you have a charismatic dictator rounding up the gays. Viva socialism!...
• Commented on Fisk on USA's role in Karzai's re-election: Vietnam 2.0
  Ahhh yes. The horrible dictatorship of Saigon opposed by the wonderful and glorious paradise of Ho Chi Minh and Ton Duc Thang. I don't know why our troops bother when they could just go with option two, Taliban rule, or...
• Commented on Charts showing how much US residents pay for health care compared to people in other countries
  These charts are absolutely useless unless they factor in how much people subsidize these fees through taxes. If I pay an 8% VAT on top of everything I buy at the store that pays for my "cheap" health care then...
• Commented on Newspaper circulation over last 20 years: the great swandive
  "The internet is a very small factor in the decline in print Newspapers, and a significant factor in the rise of Newspapers overall." That simply does not follow from any available data. Newspaper circulation has been steadily declining for years....
• Commented on Newspaper circulation over last 20 years: the great swandive
  Only if you can't read the numbers on the axis. There is no reason you can't change the area of the graph visualized if the rest of the graph is uninteresting. Technically they should have started at zero noted a...
• Commented on Spinning steampunk jewelry
  I have to agree with @#1 on this one... it is just a wee bit too close to the SS death's head for me to want to wear it. Also #5 makes a good point. Some day that particular looking...
• Commented on CIA hired mercenary assassins (or assassin trainers) in plan to bump off Qaeda leaders
  wait the CIA is using the services of a mercenary firm to capture and or kill non-state actors who lead an international gang of theocratic murders bent on the death of American citizens!? perish the thought!...
• Commented on Free parking costs a fortune
  @Senor Antinous / Moderator, It was a two week course you clod! Looking back I can see it made at least basic sense depending on how you read it. The main point being there is certainly a bonus gained from...
• Commented on Free parking costs a fortune
  wow the first sentence of my own post kind of offends me... is there no edit button?...
• Commented on Free parking costs a fortune
  An interesting question is 19,200 less vehicles equals what in lost revenue to the city? I live not far from NYC (Rhode Island) and I have a lot of friends there. One of the main reasons I don't go there...
• Commented on Keeping a bald eagle feather could result in a $100,000 fine and a year in prison
  It is definitely a slippery slope prevention law. I encountered a similar thing in Tanzania in the Tarangire River Park. We came across the skeleton of an elephant a ways off the main road through the park and got out...
• Commented on Carpal Tunnel Syndrome exercises that really work
  I am just curious... did you and your wife have carpal tunnel syndrome and it was alleviated? or did your wrists just feel better in general?...
• Commented on Bus tours of AIG executives' homes
  I feel like the anger is a bit misdirected. The guys who pushed risky securities at AIG are long gone now. These bonuses were specifically protected by an amendment pushed by Chris Dodd and passsed by congressional Democrats (I know...
• Commented on Solution to AIG bonuses: a 90% tax on people who receive them
  @#4 ZUZU I am really glad that some people realize this is 165 million out of more than 100 BILLION that we gave AIG. There is a reason we have bankruptcy and a reason government controlled businesses are a bad...
• Commented on Obama's diplomatic gift to UK leader fubared by DRM
  Also its not just an anti-slavery ship either. It is the sister ship of the HMS Resolute... which makes the gift that much more badass. (the president's desk is made from the Resolute) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Resolute_(1850) That whole episode was pretty embarrassing...
• Commented on The comic art of Lucy Knisley
  I do love the style. Very fun and it kind of reminds me of Tin Tin....
• Commented on Basket Case Insurer Gets $170 Billion from Taxpayers, Still Pays Huge Bonuses
  "I'd rather have an army of talented execs scared than otherwise. That way the next time something like this happens... Well it won't since they will learn from their collective mistakes." If the execs were all that talented why would...
• Commented on Basket Case Insurer Gets $170 Billion from Taxpayers, Still Pays Huge Bonuses
  @#20 CICADA one thing that might actually help companies align their incentives with long term institutional health are measure like "bonus banking." Give senior employees big bonuses that are banked for a couple years and are contingent on the future...
• Commented on Basket Case Insurer Gets $170 Billion from Taxpayers, Still Pays Huge Bonuses
  A couple things before I jump on the "I hate these guys" bandwagon. 1) "who were principal culprits in the tanking of the global economy" Were they? Your proof? 2) @#2 is exactly right AIG never forcibly took money from...
• Commented on Obamasnacks - banned in Indonesia
  Yeah predicting the expiration date of the President may get you a visit from the secret service....
• Commented on Divorce lawyer ad: "Life's short. Get a divorce." (and pecs/tits)
  BoingBoing doesn't always strive for consistency... but as the website that got me to add http://antiadvertisingagency.com/ to my RSS I am surprised at their newfound love of illegal advertising. Now the alderman in question is probably a jerk... there are...
• Commented on Audio: "US heads of industry strategize to keep unions down under Obama"
  @GRIMC you are spot on about the Barney Frank crack... you are half right on the EFCA. 1) 30% would not make the unions 2) The bill specifically allows unions to form without a secret ballot. The union would only...
• Commented on Audio: "US heads of industry strategize to keep unions down under Obama"
  @#9 AB5TRACT I agree inasmuch as the government doling out cash to Tom, Dick, and Harry can have all sorts of wretched results. We bail out CITI and they buy a corporate jet because no one put restrictions on the...