Sturgeon's Law "Ninety percent of everything is crap". Derived from a quote by science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon, who once said, "Sure,...
same here - thanks for posting it.
The example cited was one of pure capitalism, assumedly where everyone has an equal opportunity to charge for passage. Obviously if that...
Ahh... the delightful combination of academic elitism and idealistic socialism... I assume someone of your educational prominence has read...
or, maybe, neighboring landowners in a truly capitalist system like that would start competing with each other for traffic, having price wars,...
That is not the reason for US withdrawl. "The US and Israel walked out of the conference earlier in the week in protest against Arab attempts...
:) try as I might to stay away from the damned thing, I admit I can't resist political/talking-head shows -- if it were up to me McLaughlin and...
I certainly support closing threads that are abusive, slanderous, derogatory, etc. (with regard to anyone, sponsor or not) -- but when a mod...
I heard an interesting comment last night: the IRA bombed and terrorized London for 30 years (rightly or wrongly - no opinion on a justification...
Only that management is going to be EXTRA careful in the selection for the next round of layoffs... :D
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I'm not a corporate law expert but something to consider here is personal liability of the executives. There are some instances when personal...
LOL :D
Do you mean like "Sodom" as in "Sodom and Gomorrah" and "sodomize"? That would make sense -- being given the name of your arch-enemy's most...
Candle - be careful with that perspective-shifting... very volatile stuff. Putting oneself in another's shoes can lead to lots of unintended...
The First Amendment only restricts STATE action (the Fed. Gov't and later extended to the states) -- it does not apply to individuals. So while...
The First Amendment was written to protect unpopular speech -- speech everyone agrees with doesn't need protection. IMO, you protect your own...
The entire subject of official titles is asinine - you can even buy them online now: http://www.nobletitles.com/ I love this line:...
Out of curiosity, are specialist seats sold openly? are there any "membership requirements'' or criteria for buying one?
Even after allowing for inaccuracies, statistical errors, and ideological manipulation of data in these numbers, they are really astounding if one...
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