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• Commented on Haagen Dazs opens no-Indians-allowed store in Delhi
  "Non-unique evil is still evil." That phrase is a keeper Xopher!...
• Commented on Maybe Goldman's bankers are getting guns after all (and even if they aren't, man, this shadowy carry-permits-for-the-rich thing is scary) - UPDATED
  "Much of gun control really is discriminatory against the poor." Wow. Really? Really? That's the real point? Wow. Who knew?...
• Commented on Maybe Goldman's bankers are getting guns after all (and even if they aren't, man, this shadowy carry-permits-for-the-rich thing is scary) - UPDATED
  Yes. And that is why they have been pushing to hide information. Remember when the judge didn't give out the info on where AIG people were located? He knew that some people would us that info for physical harm. When...
• Commented on Maybe Goldman's bankers are getting guns after all (and even if they aren't, man, this shadowy carry-permits-for-the-rich thing is scary) - UPDATED
  I find this topic facinating. If the GS bankers wanted to they could hire security guards who legaly can carry guns. But this is really about "BSD". A Big Swinging Dick wouldn't "cower" behind a security guard. He would get...
• Commented on Fun Biz Markie commercial for TuneUp
  I think I'll bookmark this link to show to software CEOs. The PR and marketing this represents is so smart. Funny ad. Linked to personal message in comments for a BB discount. Then when someone complains he takes steps to...
• Commented on Magnetnerd's photos of a guy who lost part of his finger between two strong magnets
  And thus Magneto II was created!...
• Commented on Bhopal, 25 years later
  Thank you for your thoughtful reply. I believe that good people like you are in the industry. You may have to stand up to so execs for our safety. If you ever do, contact me I'll help you with the...
• Commented on Police officer tasers a 10-year-girl who resisted being taken to a youth center
  Exactly. Thank you. You said it better than I could. Again, thank you....
• Commented on A blog about horrible fake tan jobs
  Remember when people would say, 'Healthy tan'? I would refer to it as a "pre-cancerous burn" I've got a nice healthy pale going and have had for a long time....
• Commented on Police officer tasers a 10-year-girl who resisted being taken to a youth center
  I have these questions whenever I see an "authority crime" committed by someone. Does the mother consider herself a conservative? Is she a Republican? How would she rate on the Right Wing Authoritarian scale? Did she vote for Bush in...
• Commented on $50k novel advance == "almost qualify for foodstamps"
  I don't know about you folks, but I found this very depressing. Writing is hard work. I have such tremendous respect for people who do it and do it well. I think it is just bizarre how we reward our...
• Commented on Auction for a private tour of Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles with Leonard Nimoy
  Maybe I should bid on this. "Spocko, meet Spock." It would play well for the news media. Nimoy. "You know I'm not Spock." Me: "Duh."...
• Commented on Rupert Murdoch vows to take all of Newscorp's websites out of Google, abolish fair use, tear heads off of adorable baby animals
  Cory why don't you ask him? You work for a legit publication. I have a few questions too. Let's set up a call! Here are my questions: http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/12882...
• Commented on Large Hadron Collider: Now This Is Just Getting Ridiculous
  MESSAGE FROM THE FUTURE Spocko here from 2387. Yes, we are trying to stop you from switching on the Large Hadron Collider, but not for the reasons you think. It turns out that every time you turn that thing on...
• Commented on Report: Woman paralyzed by E. coli-tainted hamburger
  @danlalan, Pardon me for being inaccurate. It is the toxins and the malformed proteins that can't be killed by heat. In a somewhat related note, since you brought up Purdue and food safety you might be interested to know that...
• Commented on Report: Woman paralyzed by E. coli-tainted hamburger
  I realize that I jumped to unsafe pet food that was unrelated to meat in the post above. The protein that comes from animals that go into dog food come from rendering plants. The things that go into the pot...
• Commented on Report: Woman paralyzed by E. coli-tainted hamburger
  A great book is "Mad Cow USA" that I read during the mad cow scare. A few things 1) This strain of E. coli is not killed by heat, just like the prions that cause mad cow can't be killed...
• Commented on Stretch limo gets stuck
  What, no solutions? 1) Inflate back tires 2) Get some boards and put them under the back wheels. This required the use of the jack. One side at a time. Lift, place board, lower. 3)If no boards, think, what would...
• Commented on How to speed read
  I think this is a great idea for our busy, busy lives. I eat fast foods, I drive in the fast lane and I send short, fast twitters because emails take too long. I wish everything could be made faster....
• Commented on Hand candles including Vulcan salute
  Sure my blood is green, but my hand isn't this is actually the Vulcan salute as given by an Orion slave trader....
• Commented on Artist takes $190,000 out of bank because they won't give him a mortgage
  If you are going to use Quatloos be sure to remember they are pegged to the Canadian Loonie. I found out this fascinating tidbit from a thrall of my acquaintance....
• Commented on Soldier won't go to Afghanistan because he doesn't believe Obama is the president of the United States
  In San Francisco Talk Radio Host Brian Sussman on KSFO is a "birther" I don't know what he says about the Honolulu Advertiser and the Honolulu Star. I suppose if he believed that the certificate was forged then the Honolulu...
• Commented on Woman takes revenge on tow truck driver
  If it is an ad I like it. If it is attempting to be a "real life video!" then I don't. Frankly I'm tired of being tricked with this crap. It's lazy advertising. We've been infected with viral videos for...
• Commented on God Bless America
  Zina. I've been to your site and I think that if I had seen this image in context of your other work I would have been less upset about it. You really have some great political illustrations that are both...
• Commented on God Bless America
  I really don't like this image. I think it's sick and and in poor taste. I have audio of the right-wing radio hosts at KSFO telling AP reporters to kill themselves. I have heard more than once from these radio...
• Commented on Michael Jackson to be buried brainless, coroners say brain must "harden" so tests can be completed.
  If my iPod Touch's ™ crappy battery™ hadn't died I would have been able to beat #28's comment. They Saved Jackson's Brain is of course a reference to They Saved Hitler's Brain http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0265870/ 2049 and we could see the Return...
• Commented on From Odessa to the Future
  Welcome! I was just talking to the author of the new book, 2044. It is about corporate control.  Where 1984 was a bleak prison camp with guards and cameras and barbed wire, 2044 is a well-manicured lawn with an invisible...
• Commented on Poop on the moon, and how to protect it
  andy Griffith got it all in 1979 Salvage 1 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078681/ damn you greglondon !...
• Commented on The Brain that Changes Itself: hopeful book on the science of neuroplasticity
  Martha Stout, who wrote the Sociopath Next Door, recently wrote The Paranoia Switch: How Terror Rewires Our Brains and Reshapes Our Behavior--and How We Can Reclaim Our Courage. In the book she talks about how the political "leaders" in our...
• Commented on Girls Against Girls: Why We Are Mean to Each Other and How We Can Change, by Bonnie Burton
  Sekino: That was a wonderful comment. Really, really well said. Thank you....