Re: Breaking : Attempted Coup attempt in Turkey by some Military

Ahh, yes, so in two days they have investigated and determined that they need to fire 8,000 police officers, 30 governors, and thousands of military personnel. Please .... this looks more and more like a staged excuse to tighten his grip on the country. Looks like 20,000 private teachers, 15,000 un...

Re: New Master Card logo

Looks like a decent refresh and easier to replicate across media and sizes.

Re: Outside-the-box Power Rangers Idea - Fairies

Why did I know that the Pink Fairy would be the one in charge?

Re: Did Melania Trump plagiarize Michelle Obama ?

I thought this summed it up perfectly: "Melania Trump's plagiarism matters because it exposes Donald Trump's profound laziness". http://www.vox.com/2016/7/19/12225272/m ... sm-matters "Plagiarism offers a window into a different aspect of Trump, one that isn’t integral to his appeal. ...

Re: Yet another terrorist attack hits France

Question: "Can / Should we interpret the Bible as literal?" Answer: Not only can we take the Bible literally, but we must take the Bible literally. This is the only way to determine what God really is trying to communicate to us. When we read any piece of literature, but especially the Bib...

Re: Yet another terrorist attack hits France

That is bullshit and you seem to have no clue about the christian religion these days in Europe (and probably the USA, too). I was on an christian protestant (we clal it evangelical here in Germany) school. Even on that school no teached us that the bible is a book written by god. It is just that. ...

Re: Yet another terrorist attack hits France

Incorrect. Firstly, Christians (at least educated ones) tend to understand that the Bible is not litterally the Word of God - it is the work of man (and at least in one case, a woman), and as such is subject to the fallibility of man in terms of omission and error. NO! STOP RIGHT THERE!!!!! You are...

Re: Boeing mulls further stretch on 777, a 777-10X

Well that is true at the moment as it costs nothing to operate a piece of paper. Exactly. 8-) Additionally, it's not exactly like the 777-9 is flying off the shelves. I'm sure it will sell enough to recoup its development costs, but we still don't know how large of a market there is for 395 - 405 s...

Re: Breaking : Attempted Coup attempt in Turkey by some Military

It always sickens me to watch current "do-nothing" Republicans offer their advice to the punditry. Once upon a time the Republican party was the party with lots of new ideas. However, the only new idea Republicans have had since Reagan is the rehashed neocon, nation building, nonsense the ...

Re: ORD to add 9 gates to T5; reconfigure terminal core

I've avoided ORD like the plaque for the past 10 years. Only earlier this week did I fly into it again for the 1st time in a long time. I've usually just used MDW. While the airfield now seems capable of a lot of movements, the terminals still kind of suck in trying to get into your gate. I flew Vir...

Re: Bernie endorses Hillary

I am not lecturing anyone because we disagree on policy. But when some Bernie Bots........ Don't be so darned sanctimonious. You said you don't lecture people, and then you move on to do just that. You are a really poor winner. Look, your candidate WON, you can afford to be gracious and instead of ...

Re: Hague Tribunal Rejects Beijing’s Claims in South China Sea

What are you talking about? Hawai'i had been a US territory since the 1800s. Same with Puerto Rico and Guam.. The Northern Marianas were placed under American administration following the largest war in human history, which was not a "land grab" by the USA, mind you. The islands decided t...

Re: No charges for Hillary

I think he was talking about the total tax load, including local and state. Without looking it up or anything, I think the average is somewhere around 35% or so currently (changes from state to state of course). As far as corporate taxes are concerned, There should be some tax, but we can rationali...

Re: Hague Tribunal Rejects Beijing’s Claims in South China Sea

I just love these types who shop Walmart and vote Republican. Astounding. I have never been in one, never will. I've spent more time at http://www.peopleofwalmart.com than I have Walmart itself. LOL! I was forever scarred when I went into a Walmart at 1:00 am on a Thursday night because I had a sic...

Re: No charges for Hillary

Lest our pearl clutching members forget, the FBI has testified that Hillary Clinton only had 3, yes THREE, emails that were sent that were "classified" at the time they were sent or received. On all three of those emails (similar dates) they had been stripped of their usual "classifie...

Re: Hague Tribunal Rejects Beijing’s Claims in South China Sea

Yes indeed, I have to ask, how do the proponents of a global economy feel about the attitude of the Chinese regarding the claims denied by the Tribunal in the Hague? Let us make them richer, more powerful than they are right now. Let us see their humanity backed by power accrued by them through the...

Re: Bernie endorses Hillary

I'm a Bernie Sanders supporter and I think Hillary Clinton is a horrible politician who won an election fair and square since she clearly won the most votes. Bernie Sanders has been involved in liberal politics since Hillary Clinton was a sanctity of marriage preachin' Republican, and he was likely...

Re: Shots fired during Dallas Black Lives Matter protest...

I have no problem with it in principle,except for the fact that these guys are an openly racist organization. I hope they have the discipline to keep their people under control. Next, should an invitation be issued for the KKK to do an armed protest at the DNC? Oh well, that's on someone else. Afte...

Re: Fox Allegedly Fires Anchor For Not Sleeping With Roger Ailes

Yes, I was wrong about Ailes. And Cosby. Then again, so were tens of millions of other people in 2004 and 2005 who, like me, didn't have all the information about Cosby that we have today. I guess that means that in your book, anyone who isn't "right" from the get-go must always have thei...

Re: Shots fired during Dallas Black Lives Matter protest...

Well this should go well... New Black Panthers plan armed protest at Republican convention in Cleveland http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/201 ... republica/ Given the NRA and Republican party has consistently talked about needing "good guys with guns" to kill "bad guys with guns&qu...

Re: No charges for Hillary

Corporate tax should be zero.  We should be begging corporations to do more productive activity.  The taxes should be paid by people. And taxes should be lower.  50% of gross national product is too much.  Government should not be anywhere near 50% of the economy.  I think 25% is a reasonable goal....

Re: Shots fired during Dallas Black Lives Matter protest...

Uh they have a right to be armed that you hold so dear, remember? And they also have a right to trial, rather than execution on the spot. Seriously WHAT is wrong with some accountability with cops? Even the faintest bit of introspection would mean more civilian AND cop deaths avoided. Just pretend ...

Re: Fox Allegedly Fires Anchor For Not Sleeping With Roger Ailes

[ Hey! Congratulations on finding a post of mine from TWELVE YEARS AGO, before we had all the evidence on Cosby. Do you honestly believe someone's opinions should remain static and not change after more information comes to light, and/or more than a DECADE passes? So you're admitting you were DEAD ...

Re: Hague Tribunal Rejects Beijing’s Claims in South China Sea

[ Not a valid comparison. The US has not attempted to annex territory in a very long time. You mean like Hawaii that didn't become a state until 1959? Or all the territory taken during the Spanish American war? Or the 1978 Northern Mariana Islands annexation? How many coups d'états did we finance i...

Re: Shots fired during Dallas Black Lives Matter protest...

It's the BLM folks who are screaming about a toothache but are ignoring the cancer. Why do you and similar people keep pulling this false argument forward all the time? Why do you demand that black people march, protest, and scream to some level that satisfies you about African American / urban vio...

Re: Hague Tribunal Rejects Beijing’s Claims in South China Sea

While China has signed the UNCLOS, the tribunal's ruling is binding even for China, but the Chinese government appears to intend to nevertheless ignore the ruling, which would be un-acceptable for the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei. Could the escalation of the conflict lead to the entire...

Re: RE: US Citizen Re-entering USA On A Foreign Passport

I'm a dual citizen myself, so I've dealt with this all my life. ........... When I fly to and from the US and Switzerland (my other country of citizenship), I show my US passport at US immigration and my Swiss passport at the other side. Likewise. I'm a dual passport holder and use it to the easies...

Re: Fox Allegedly Fires Anchor For Not Sleeping With Roger Ailes

Stop. Just stop. Cosby's actions are indefensible, and he's got what appears to be a career of abusing women over many decades. When are you going to learn? This site's search feature is still crap, but I remember you defending Cosby on more than one occasion over the past few years. Here's just on...

Re: Could "SuperSonic" Jets make a comeback?

Precisely. Too many short sighted comments in this thread. Sure if only restrict yourselves to today's ("Concorde") technology / fuel prices then sure it is not economically viable. But let's say 30-40-50 years from now, who knows what kind of technology we will have access to. I'm still ...

Re: Fox Allegedly Fires Anchor For Not Sleeping With Roger Ailes

EA CO AS wrote:

So, because she made allegations against the head of Fox News, those allegations are automatically given the weight of gospel?

Whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty?

Re: No charges for Hillary

In all my years of watching US elections, every 4 years Americans develop amnesia. Every 4 years one if not both of the candidates running promise to "change Washington". Jimmy Carter's "A Leader, For A Change" campaign slogan is an example. Ronald Reagan did with his "For P...

Re: No charges for Hillary

I might pick the salesman solely because he is different. You sound like a number of the "leave" Brexit voters. My guess if Trump is elected it will trigger the same chaos that Britain is going thru only much, much, larger given the size of the US economy and the US Dollar as the world's ...

Re: FATCA, anyone have some insight ?

FATCA had nothing to do with terrorism. Don't get involved in the discussion if you know nothing about it. Here's a primer. Don't be a dick. Just like most / nearly all tax laws, its complicated. Try to explain why it's a bad law instead of just berating WarRI. You yourself always complain the IRS ...

Re: Shots fired during Dallas Black Lives Matter protest...

It has been done before as you can see. Not since, I do not believe. I have no problem at all with the use of the Robot. If anyone disagrees with me, you should have volunteered to talk him into surrendering using reasoning and humanity. See how that works for you. But the police officers who did t...

Re: FATCA, anyone have some insight ?

No, because FATCA has no connection to anti-terror activities. That is not it at all as far as F-em goes. I equate this activity with the beat the system crowd, not the ordinary citizen. In my long life, trust me I have seen many changes which have affected me financially by banks, corporations and...

Re: FATCA, anyone have some insight ?

I decided to sit this thread out for a few days to see what came of it. I am an American citizen, with dual citizenship, and have lived overseas for 10+ years, while also moving back to the USA for a period of time. Sadly, FATCA is a PITA for a number of people, with various living conditions, overs...

Re: Shots fired during Dallas Black Lives Matter protest...

Dreadnought wrote:

seb146 wrote:

So the murder of nine officers proves there is no problem with guns. According to you.

I said no such thing.

THANKS FOR ONE NEW WONDERFUL FEATURE!

Hey mods/admins, I know you've been getting beat up on for the new website, but I must admit I realized in the past few days a great upgrade! (Posters:) If you add someone to your "foe" list, you won't ever see their posts again! An awesome upgrade and welcomed too! I enjoy 98% of the post...

Re: Shots fired during Dallas Black Lives Matter protest...

God-given, nature-given, inherent, creator-given...whichever phrase you prefer, it amounts to the same thing, don't be obtuse. Me being obtuse? My point is exactly what you just ignorantly reposted. You think "god", "nature", or your "creator" gave you "inherent&q...