The Hall of Fire

If only I was wealthy ...

I'd start a charter airline service that bypasses the TSA, allows peanuts on the airplane, allows weapons, etc.

And the Traveler Sex-abuse Agency (TSA) thought they had it good before.

There is no alternative that would be worse. The alternatives, as I see it, I either a) leaving the Japanese Empire intact, letting them continue to commit atrocities in China and South-East Asia and leaving them posied to launch another war when they recover b) fighting to the bitter end over year...

My opinions on public schools are already well known, I don't think I need to go into great detail, but with regards to Cerin's kid ...

Why do the schools always blame the student who is ready to move on to the next subject for not being interested in the current subject?

Ironically, Obama's biggest draw is his lack of experience. There are fewer votes for candidate Hillary to attack him with versus a more seasoned opponent. Hillary has to live down the whole Clinton administration AND the fact that a three week dead fish has more charisma than her. But pick him apar...

But surely a group of people from diverse cultural backgrounds is more likely to provide that "diversity of thought and opinion" than a homogeneous group. Even if the homogeneous group has some variations in political views, all their other views, especially the ones that don't often get ...

I have a problem with diversity discussions, which is why when I ran for college board I was pleased when I was the last one among the several candidates to be asked my opinion on diversity. After all the rest of the candidates made the exact same empty praise of diversity, I pointed out how they we...

Part of the problem, as always, is a complete lack of knowledge of exactly what the fascists stood for. Well, everyone knows their racial policies, and that they were a police state, but that's about it. Nothing else. For some the knowledge that they were evil is enough knowledge and they don't need...

There was an exchange on b77 that infuriated that demonstrates how silly Godwin's Law is. While discussing gun control somebody said something like gun control policies are leftist policies. Another person came in and pointed out the Hitler was pro-gun control and was not a leftist. What was intend...

Hi Yovi!

Hi right back at you!

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The Book of Mormon dissected.

It would be difficult for a new abiogensis event to happen today, with or without oxygen. More firmly established life would eat it.