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• Commented on Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Burqini
  I don't care about the swimsuit. But I've always hated that hajib. It's not even required in the Qu'ran. If it was why wouldn't all muslim groups wear it?...
• Commented on Contrafactual history of Jimmy Carter's green space-race
  Carter sucks. He would have not got anything done. He blew the iran hostage crisis which amazingly ended shortly after Reagan became president. Even if he had good ideas he'd have been so screwed up by USSR and middle east...
• Commented on Things that have always been true for the class of 2013
  Britney Spears is not on classic Rock stations. They have only got to early 80's music at this point....
• Commented on Zombie apocalpyse: the math geek edition
  This is just a reworking of the math done to show vampires don't exist....
• Commented on Bill Maher: Birthers must be stopped
  I know quite a few republicans and conservatives and both they and the peoplle on fox news and radio shows don't believe Obama was born outside the US. They think the birthers are nuts. I don't buy that some survey...
• Commented on Prominent Black professor arrested for entering own home while Black
  I've heard so many different stories about what happened. This one says he was waiting for harvard maint to come and open his house. Others report he was trying to shoulder to push the door in. And that he went...
• Commented on UK National Portrait Gallery threatens Wikipedia over scans of its public domain art
  I think they could have worked something out in a better way instead of starting with sueing. I'm not sure what the laws are over painting of these pictures. I'd think while they own the object they wouldn't own photographs...
• Commented on Top Shelf Jazz's "Fast and Louche" -- part Cab Calloway, part Atomic Fireballs, all good smutty Prohibition jazz
  Yeah it is SNZ sounding which is a good thing since they haven't done anything in years and their last album was too fiftiesh not 20-30's-ish for my tastes. I heard no cab calloway sounding folks....
• Commented on Oh, <em>Mother</em>: Fangamer release PDF, web-browsable versions of <em>Earthbound 3</em> guidebook
  I ordered this the day they released the english translation was announced. It's a great book and great game....
• Commented on Dozens of US Military personnel spotted on Nazi networking site
  Some maybe in the military but I'd guess a large amount of the supposed military folks on this site are fakers. And real racists hopefully have a hard time or wise up when they are put in units regardless of...
• Commented on Sci-fi couture on the runway
  I hate this fashion stuff. It just seems like a mix between trying to be as weird as possible and wasting money. I've heard that they only use one part of the design in making actual clothes but I've never...
• Commented on 200 Characters from Dick Tracy 1931-1977
  Sweet. I loved reading Dick Tracy especially for the weird bad guys. Pruneface was the best one....
• Commented on Persepolis 2.0: fan-art story about Iran elections
  Reusing her art is a bad idea. I'm sure someone could drawn there own characters in that style and be more successful. Especially since anyone who read the original would know some of those charactesrs are dead and others don't...
• Commented on Turn zombie game into Benny Hill game
  PLay as Benny, or the other two regulars. I'd play as that short litle old bald guy all the time....
• Commented on I Met the Walrus: How One Day with John Lennon Changed My Life Forever
  Uhh yeah Paul was the Walrus. Yoko picking out his temp mistress is what me not like John the person. His work cool him as a person just a bit cruel....
• Commented on Bloody tongue from Tootsie Pop
  Dum Dums have the same air holes. I've had that happen a couple time. Doesn't hurt though. Once you know it can happen you can be more careful. I'm sure someone will sue those companies eventually (Poor little johnny was...
• Commented on Odd photo of the week
  I think the real Chaka just saw the Land of the Lost movie....
• Commented on Stephenie Meyer vs. 4chan -- XKCD
  Is this supposed to be funny? It's just Panel 1:Let's go to twilight board and make fun of them. Panel 2: Stop or Ill get tough. Where is it funny? Is it the trollers going on those boards? That's not...
• Commented on Kid keeping a lending library of banned books in <s>his</s> her locker
  I think too many people here just automatically want to believe schools are cutting freedoms and just want to believe this is true and that some "brave" kid is fighting the power. I find it more likey the kid is...
• Commented on Kid keeping a lending library of banned books in <s>his</s> her locker
  What freak of school is this? I went to a "christian school" and they did not ban The Canterbury Tales The Divine Comedy Paradise Lost The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Animal Farm...
• Commented on Steampunk guitar amp
  Wow finially have a real steampunk item. It should be something that work but appears old or made from availible parts in the past. Alot of the the other stuff is just decorative widgets that do nothing. They may look...
• Commented on Viacom uses copyright to censor racism protest
  This story didn't even take place on the planet earth. So any group of people living on any planet's poles automatically become inuit? Why didn't these people throw fits when the voice actors were cast for the original show? Other...
• Commented on Welcome to LEGO. These are your business cards.
  I wish I could work at Lego....
• Commented on Rings made from crayons
  Charging that much for something that fragile is rediculous. And they would be easy to reproduce....
• Commented on Video: Fast reflex
  And that's why Oscar the Grouch no longer has teeth....
• Commented on Zypad military-grade wrist computer
  What's the deal with the adventurous raver comment? Are they even able to use computers?...
• Commented on Victorian DeLorean
  Bah the wild west occuring during the victorian age only makes it more interesting....
• Commented on Net Neutrality gave us the Web and saved us from gopher
  I remember Veronica. That was near the end of the gopher days....
• Commented on Obama administration: releasing details of secret copyright treaty endangers "national security"
  When does the "Change" happen? So far everythings been like past administrations. Are they just going to claim national security for anything they don't want people to be pay attention to?...
• Commented on Detroit and the future of America
  #3 you are wrong. Maybe if a large metro city you can choose to not drive but the way American and its cities are laid out does force people to drive. No one thing cause the crap in Detroit. White...