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QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Oct 10, 2013 -> 09:45 AM) How on earth did a broken website cost 635 MILLION f***ING DOLLARS to create, let alone the original bid of 94 MILLION f***ING DOLLARS. Jesus, and you people want the government to be in charge of healthcare???????? We all but eliminated polio from our society. We won WW1 and WW2. We landed a man on the moon!!!!!!!!

The ACA was passed three years ago over Republican objections. Obama was re-elected over Romney's objections and making "Obamacare" issue #1 "A referendum on Obamacare" he said. The SCOTUS ruled it Constitutional over Republican objections Now (some) Republicans are refusing to pass a CR to fund the government unless it includes delaying the ACA. How can you not give credit to the Republican party for their determination and resolve? Their willingness to fight till the end! Funny how much in common those members seem to have with the Occupy XX movement. As Democrats I believe it is important to look past partisan politics and wonder if this really is the boondoggle that will destroy America. The folks across the aisle are not stupid. It is easy to dismiss this as a ploy because if it is successful, it could destroy the party. Are they simply looking after themselves, or looking after the country?

You know who would appreciate it more than anyone? This guy http://www.leeelia.com/ I think Ozzie could do better!

I remember the Laker fans in the 1980s couldn't be bothered to show up until the playoffs, and even then, maybe the second round. So I'm happy to see fans excited early. Plus the Cardinals are the team that Cub fans love to hate.

I've been reading some mid 1800s stuff and really enjoying it. Jude the Obscure, Therese Raquain, Madam Bovary . . . Really geeky just finished Tony Trigillo Historic Diary a long poem about the JFK assassination and starting on Zaprudred.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 9, 2013 -> 01:12 PM) No. To which part of the question? My post is poorly written.

I believe there is some irony that advances in helmets that were suppose to protect the brain may actually contribute to more brain injuries than leather and no face masks.

http://www.npr.org/2013/10/08/230519762/sc...ey-and-politics I have really mixed feelings on this. While I believe reducing the money in politics is a good thing, I find it hard to justify limiting the total number of candidates a person may donate to. The problem becomes when you have to have the support of the wealthiest 500 donors or your campaign ends before it gets started. That seems like it will limit speech, not increase it. I was listening to an NPR report with Alabama businessman Shaun McCutcheon who brought the suit and I had to agree with his assertion that challengers, not incumbents have the roughest time raising funds. I am skeptical about his claim that this could help expand ideas in the arena with more candidates funded. I think it is equally plausible that the incumbents will just receive even more money, locking out new ideas and candidates.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Oct 9, 2013 -> 05:50 PM) Well, one person who got backed into a corner. And who doesn't have the courage to fight. As I've said, people back here know me well enough to know I almost never blame one party for some political issue. But this is 100% Republican. No other way to look at it. And worse of all, the Dems will do it when they have a cause they believe in.

I'd start suspending players and coaches before eliminating the practice.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 9, 2013 -> 01:15 PM) Yeah I'm not entirely sure why a tasting room wouldn't just fall under the local liquor license. Because they sometimes "taste" products that are not for sale or packaged for regular sales. Plus there are federal inspectors already coming into the manufacturing side. (As I understand it from manufacturing). There has been a push by manufacturers to reduce the number of different agencies they have to deal with. So if the Feds are already going to be there, have them inspect as much as possible and keep the local inspectors out.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Oct 9, 2013 -> 01:30 PM) Most of the breweries i've been to have been. It's normally a tour and a beer or a flight of beer for free. And then you can stick around and drink like you're at a bar. We use to pre-game at the Miller Brewery before hanging with some friends at UWM. It was all you can drink, then they would give you two tokens, but there were always people giving up their tokens.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 9, 2013 -> 01:03 PM) There are times where you are sympathetic to the idea of Hammurabi's Code. Yeah.

One factor in some of those awards is has it happened before and what has been done to correct it. Courts see a series of $50,000 settlements and nothing being done to change the situation will jack up the award to fulfill the idea that the award should be punitive to change the behavior.

That is brutal.

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 9, 2013 -> 12:51 PM) Giving away what they sell? Tasting rooms aren't free. Depends on the facility. When I was in California a few years back at least half were free.

Should we even continue the restriction on natural born American? If voters are willing to elect someone born outside the US shouldn't they be allowed to do that? We allow it in all other elected offices.

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 9, 2013 -> 11:49 AM) Why the hell should a tasting room need a permit from the federal gov't? How about republicans pass CR in exchange for making less stupid alcohol regulations on books (like wine across state lines). Because states do not want the expense and shifted it to the feds. Other sellers of alcohol, (bars) don't like competitors giving away what they sell. Anytime you are serving food and beverage in this country it is inspected in some way. The closer to the production, the more likely it will be the feds. This way a company does not have to deal with mutiple inspectors looking at basically the same thing.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Oct 7, 2013 -> 01:22 PM) He is American, regardless of where he was born. So try again. There are two different standards here. American and eligible to be President of the US.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Oct 8, 2013 -> 02:08 PM) Not to discount research, but why is that the responsibility of the tuition paying student? If I was paying tuition, I am paying it to be taught, not so he can go publish papers, research things and add a little to his prestige. Wouldn't you rather be a physics student at the University of Chicago and doing research using a particle accelerator or learning about it in a book later? Which employee would you rather hire?

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 8, 2013 -> 10:00 AM) Good thing they dumbed down the touchscreen phone then. Otherwise we would still be using these: Dumb down is a poor choice of words, the marketing people at Apple prefer things like "making it more accessible" or "user friendly" possibly even "intuitive".

I wonder if food producers are thinking, hey we need to be extra careful during the shutdown because the government isn't fully supporting and watching over us -or- what can we slip by while no one is watching?

http://www.khou.com/news/texas-news/Report...-226744931.html Close to death after being forced from the national park by the shutdown. (hyperbole, I can't really blame the shut down)

NSS, it isn't Hollywood, yet our world views are shaped that way. Thank you for two excellent posts.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Oct 7, 2013 -> 06:00 PM) But is the person who spills hot coffee in their lap worthy of a 7 figure settlement because they are idiots? When McDonalds had already settled many, many lawsuits over their too hot coffee while continuing to serve coffee many degrees hotter than anyone else? Yes. Their rational was their customers did not drink the coffee in the car, but waited until they were at work. Further causing the McD trouble was their employees initially refused the woman napkins while laughing at her. Read up on it. It really is a fascinating case and miles different than was portrayed in pop culture.