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QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Mar 9, 2012 -> 02:08 PM) You mean engineer, conductors dont operate the train they coordinate crew and passengers. I'm guessing the MTA doesnt even have them anymore. Just sayin' Yes, you are correct. Although the PATH train does have a conductor still.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 8, 2012 -> 06:38 PM) Ok, now I'm impressed. He's running dead air instead of ads. On the online feeds, that's definitely true. On air, I highly doubt it.

If you sit in the first PATH car, you can see what the conductor sees out the front of the car, its kind of cool if you're a train nerd. Not that I would know or anything.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 7, 2012 -> 03:45 PM) How expensive are we talking to cab it? I would be looking at $50+ to cab it to WTC from LGA. You're gonna likely have a toll on one of those bridges. I would totally recommend, if you are going to eat in Chinatown - to go to Joe's Shanghai. (Specifically that restaurant and not one of the six imitators named Joe's Ginger etc.) and get the soup dumplings. It's a pork dumpling that is filled with pork and soup. It's amazing. Also, there's great Thai food in Hell's Kitchen. (There's a lot of great food in Hell's Kitchen, in general.) If you want to save money by staying in NJ, but still feel like you are in Manhattan, I'd recommend staying at the Hyatt Exchange Place in Jersey City, or the Westin Newport Jersey City. Both are 4+ star hotels with amazing skyline views because they are on the Hudson and both are steps away from PATH subway trains between Jersey City and New York. Cost is $2.00 per person to scoot across the river, and the trains run 24/7, unlike New Jersey Transit.

We're also taking more risks here. Syria has five times the air defenses that Libya had at one fifth of the size of the country. It also has a better organized military.

By the way, the charity that made this film spends nearly 80% of the money they make on costs other than directly aiding the clients they claim to directly aid.

I'm up and down with Murakami's 1Q84 right now. The concept of the book (parallel universes that you vacillate between) is really intriguing. Not so sure about the execution of it yet.

For all the talk that vegetarians have almost no issues with the diseases discussed above, this thread forgets the fact that people who eat a limited amount of meat (about 3 servings weekly) have the same health benefits. There are legitimate health benefits to limiting meat consumption, both ecologically and medically. But the difference between limiting and eliminating altogether are pretty small, actually.

Jersey Mike's? It's not bad at all. I love a Jersey sub quite a bit. Also, have love for the Wawa sub as well. OK, so it might be made in a gas station but Wawa >>>>>>> Subway.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Mar 6, 2012 -> 12:27 AM) I watched a movie once and it showed someone pissing in the sink and the whole crowd went ewww. I think i was 18 and for 18 years I had pissed in the shower. I had no idea that some people that it was a bad idea. For pete sakes, you are peeing in the only place in your house with a drain on the ground. As long as you don't pee on yourself, whats the biggie. Let's be honest, if you pee on yourself, whats the big deal? YOU'RE IN THE SHOWER, YOU CAN WASH AFTER YOURSELF.

Client states of other powers make it harder for us to intervene. Not only is Syria a client state of Russia, but it also enjoys relatively close ties with Iran, if I'm not mistaken. Ghaddafi's biggest friends were Castro, Chavez and Farrakhan. A lot less influential than Putin, China and Iran.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 1, 2012 -> 07:26 PM) lol. I'd call alluding that Breitbart led to the collapse of decency in the political system leading to the worst atmosphere in 2 centuries as some political left wing lunatic BS. You do realize that you called a speechwriter for Bush 43 and the head of the Republican Jewish Coalition a left wing lunatic, right?

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 1, 2012 -> 01:15 PM) No, I was saying the chain doesn't exactly follow since there's a defined starting point at Breitbart. If republicans want to rejoice when some dumb lefty s***head who gloats over political opponents dying dies, have at it. Frankly, I think gloating over death is never appropriate.

Shirley Sherrod

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 29, 2012 -> 10:43 AM) God am I glad Barney Frank is retiring. No more listening to him will be nice. I just hope whichever out of touch old person that will speak in his place has better fitting dentures.

I could very easily see the GOP take the Senate and lose the House this November. The math really plays into the GOP's favor. However, Snowe's departure makes it that much more difficult.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Feb 28, 2012 -> 09:49 PM) The first part is. That's no joke. The voting record is there, Mr. Rich. She voted to Disapprove the raising of the debt limit. Against having millionaires pay a surtax to extend the payroll tax. Repeal the Health Care Act Pass the Ryan Budget Against the Dream Act In this congress, she voted with the Republican leadership 74% of the time. I may not be the greatest with math, but I'm pretty sure that's not 2/3. http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/s000663/

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Feb 28, 2012 -> 09:16 PM) Pass me some of that dope. She voted with Obama 2/3's of the time over the last three years... and before that, she was basically irrelevant. That's really rich. And not true at all.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 24, 2012 -> 01:31 PM) They couldn't possibly have thought that they would have that many people attend a primary campaign stop. Edit: Was he making a speech about the American auto industry or something at Ford Field? With 5 to 10 thousand people, they could have made that event look huge, actually. If your stage is just past the end zone, the cameras only see one portion of the stadium.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 23, 2012 -> 03:36 PM) That doesn't mean building the infamous pipeline wouldn't increase global gasoline production capacity though, it would somewhat do so. Of course, that wouldn't mean a substantial decrease in price from this level, because production of the material that would travel through that pipeline would not be profitable if prices went down much from here. So would running their pipelines at capacity. But Canada isn't producing enough oil to do that currently, either.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 23, 2012 -> 11:08 AM) You say that as though it isn't the goal. It absolutely is the goal, and to think otherwise is foolish.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 23, 2012 -> 02:27 PM) You mean like having the highest level of domestic production in decades? Because we do. You mean like opening up tons of new fields, on and off shore, for drilling? Because both Bush and Obama have been doing that. The pipeline thing is indeed being turned into a political football, but keep in mind that is Canadian oil, not US oil, and much of it will be exported anyway. And Canada isn't running its existing pipelines to capacity currently.

Decoupling Mass Transit funds from Transportation funds as is discussed is an easy way to kill Mass Transit programs.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 22, 2012 -> 09:47 PM) USPS should be allowed to charge what they want. I also have to laugh at them complaining about laws that make them fund retirements. If they are going to be offered, they should be funded. It should be illegal to underfund pensions. If you can't fund them, get rid of them. These pension systems are funded. In fact, they are funded for the next 75 years. They are overfunded, not just plain old funded.

More Voter Fraud, this time in the actual legislature. http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/02/...ber.html?ref=tw