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Probably. It is for sure that delaying the culmination of the investigation until know was a gift as well. pubby

Actually, serial killers tend to start with animals ... and progress toward bigger and more horrific things. Imagine the count if this guy were on that path? pubby

That is right around where Travis Tritt has his spread.... Anyone know where on Pine Valley? pubby

I feel the investigation was drawn out longer than it needed to be ... for political reasons ... but as to the fact of the 'investigation' ... sure, there needed to be one. Second there are a bunch more issues with 'classified material' than this. At least she didn't compromise the identity of an undercover CIA operative (for which t here was an investigation and I think we all know Scooter Libby took t he fall for the Veep) ... but this incident also recalled similar arrangements by former Secy of States. I think it is important also to remember that things like email are really relati

Are you talking about his appointment to the DOJ by Bush or his appointment to head the FBI by Obama. If you recall, his role in the Bush administration was to risk his job by telling Bush's white house counsel to shove it regarding ... I want to say domestic surveillance directives from the white house. He stood his ground and risked firing for that... I'm FBI Director Comey, never one cozy with Democrats, would have had no problem saying the same to Obama ... i.e. you hired me for my independent judgment, if you don't like what I find, fire me ... Those of you who have invited th

You don't know many spooks. BTW: There are several people other than Trump and Hillary Clinton running. Gary Johnson, as I understand it, has promised to forego use of marijuana if he is elected because he would have to be 'straight' not 'stoned' if that disturbing call were to come in at 3 a.m. pubby

You'd think the same thing about guns - after all more people die each year from gunshot wounds than automobile accidents - but, well, they Congress to give them immunity from civil suit. You don't think that the self-driving cars will be able to do the same thing. Actually the reasoning that government would give a blanket immunity for self-driving cars is that these little buggers will expand the utility of the public investment in roads allowing traffic to move in closer proximity as well as at faster speeds increasing the car carrying capacity ... meaning of course that you will be ab

Show me one time that the Democratic party in its platform and by group acclamation or other means asserting that a gun ban is a desirable move or even a constitutional move and I'll eat my proverbial hat. You can't. The only other thing is that when you promote an arms race that today has topped 300,000,000 guns of all types, the absurdity is that with that many, it is hard for criminals to not have access to guns ... there are so many of them and they are everywhere because of the 100,000,000 gun owners you got to know that 40 percent of them are irresponsible idiots who don't have

You ought to take this article to heart ... especially the lead.

almost sounded like suicide by cop. pubby

The guy was legally carrying, saw an attack and had the means to stop it. I think if the store clerk had a pistol behind the counter, he would have been justified in using it as well. I think we are all happy the guy who is lying dead on the floor with the hatchet in hand didn't choose a gun - particularly one with an extended magazine - as the story would have been different. Where you folks are obviously misguided is in thinking that I want to ban guns totally. Not at all. I would like restrict who can buy guns specifically wanting to eliminate those with violent criminal backgr

Yeah, but the cost basis would eat y ou alive on the taxes. pubby

Not at all ... an opinion. I swear if I held your position on things, I'd consider some kind of exit. Cain is not a journalist. And I know that cfcs remain in use. It is a phasing out of these "typical" refrigerants. It has been banned as propellant for hair spray, spray paint, etc. It was the influence of free-market thinkers in the Reagan Administration that conjured the cap and trade. I find the contradiction not based on partisan political grounds but on your alleged belief in markets. Cap and trade is the market based regulatory answer to the externalization of cost issue

Tundra: Here's the logic. If you pay $1000 tax on a typical house one year and the next year, you pay $1,100; your taxes have gone up 10 percent. If the reason for the increase is the house is valued 10 percent higher by the market and you didn't lower the millage rate the increase in tax is still ... an increase in tax. If the reason for the increase is not an increase in the value of the house but is because you increased the millage rate ... it is tax increase. If you pay $1000 tax on a typical house one year and the next year, you pay $900; your taxes have gone down about

GD you are so cynical I'm surprised you've not blown your brains out. First, no journalists (the folks from yahoo) said climate change and CFC reductions were t he same. The main similarity is the regulatory regime used to limit CFCs, in regard to the pollution damage created (which had teh effect of destroying the ozone) and the proposed cap and trade approach to carbon. The whole purpose of cap and trade, which is a market based system of controlling pollution for the benefit of uninvolved parties (the general public) which are not decision making players in carbon pollution, is to

With your new avatar, Dallas RED, maybe we should change your name to Dallas Orange Now, here comes the fireworks. pubby

ditto ... I thought I had made a post yesterday. Heard the dinner was great. pubby

Yes, and they have server. I think the 'unstated' reason they're raffling it off is because the bankers - those who would loan you money for it, devalued it because Micronesia is slated to be underwater within about a fifteen or twenty years. They can not only also get top dollar this way, but because they are not 'selling' the property - they are literally giving it away - they would not have to include that likelihood in the disclosures. pubby

That is the best way to say it ... Just remind them that if they get too inventive, like calling someone an asshat or worse, it might be interpreted as a personal attack. Fact is, violation of the real name rule, when the intention can be reasonably surmised to be a personal attack, will be adjudicated as such. That should clear it up more. pubby pubby

Let me remind you folks there is also a long tradition of using initials of screen names and even variations. To wit, I see nothing wrong with referring to The Postman as "TP" ... or El Zorro as "zorro" , guard dad as "GD" ... or even glassdogs as 'dogs' . I mean if you look at the urban dictionary definition of pubby ... a name that was derived from the formal user name publisher and later adopted because of widespread use ... the malleability of user names is also a tradition. I really prefer to consider the naming conventions a matter more of custom than hard and fast, black and w

It appears to be a suicide by a mid-40s white male, authorities said in an update. pubby

Actually there is progress on the dog anxiety on Independence day front ... It is in the form of a new drug that seems particularly effective in calming your pooch on those days when people blow things up ... like July 4th. Read more about it here: link While I was there I found out apparently our approach to celebrating the fourth may be hazardous to our health ... and I'm not talking about blown off hands or bullets that return to the ground in an opportune place ... rather the particulates that remain in the air after those rockets explode actually increase dramatically that day. Of c

Because the taxpayers get a break this way (costs less) ... and people who go to fireworks on the second will also go see them on the fourth and those who missed either the second or the forth ... or just like seeing fireworks ... will stop by on the 9th. Besides, politicians would like to be at all three events. pubby

Thanks for the info. pubby

No, I'm not saying that Roger is another Perry. I'm just saying that Perry, while he had a history before he was elected, didn't go hog wild until he was elected to a powerful position. You don't know how power will change someone. Commission chairman is powerful job that I've seen change people. Roger, IMO, is the type of person who, if given power, could change. How would he change? Would he change to be like Perry? Probably not. Could he change to be more like Bill Clinton? Maybe not. Could he change to be like Mother Theresa? No way. Those mild events discussed are one thing ...