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Well, yet another mega-airline is created. Only a couple of years ago, American Airlines was the largest in the world. Now, since Delta merged with Northwest, US Airways merged with America West and now this latest United-Continental thing, AA has been relegated to #4. The new ***** of this...

This is extremely interesting from my viewpoint because it points out how much more polarized (I actually didn't think it was possible) the republican party is becoming. Charlie Crist was very nearly McCain's running mate in 2008 (I would have seriously considered voting for him had he chosen...

This is all over the tabloid sites today. Evidently, when Tiger Woods was undergoing "sex addiction" therapy, he had to give Elin a list of the women he had screwed behind her back. He handed her a 4 page document with a list of 120 women on it (amazing he could remember them all!!) and that...

There are times when all of us would have wanted to do what this dog did to this cop car in Chattanooga, TN: http://www.necn.com/03/26/10/Dog-takes-a-bite-out-of-a-police-cruiser/landing.html?blockID=204663&feedID=4215 :glugglug::bowdown::glugglug:

OK....here I go again with another semi-controversial topic.... So I'm on the road in California this week....sitting at a hotel sports bar near the airport in LA. Half the people who work there and half of the patrons are Hispanic. No problem with that....hell I live in fucking Texas for...

I had the "privilege" of entertaining a client tonight who is a rap "music" aficionado. Enduring the featured entertainment at the club we attended was quite likely the worst 3 hours of my life. I couldn't wait to get the fuck out of there. I know I'm going to come across as an old angry...

My old Magellan 350T is finally shot and I need to replace it. Actually, I'm glad because I don't really care for its features very much but back in the day, it was the **** for under $300 (US). I've been looking around and I'm really taken by the Garmin Nuvi 700 series units....the Nuvi 755T...

Certainly wouldn't be my list but Billboard somehow determined that these are the top 10 sexiest songs ever.... http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/news/article_1533587.php/Olivia-Newton-John-s-Physical-named-sexiest-song

Remember all those new jobs the stimulus money was supposed to bring? Well, it sure is! Jobs overseas that is!!! :mad: I'm so pissed right now I shouldn't make any more comments here. The rest of you can feel free to chime in as desired. I'm going to have a few stiff drinks instead. :mad...

I'm no big fan of Harry Reid by any stretch, so please don't take this as a liberal slant. These types of obstructionist tactics are a huge part of what's wrong with this fucked-up American system of government....where one single, solitary asshole like Richard Shelby can hold up action (argue...

Any other space enthusiasts out there like me have got to be bummed about this. We HAVE to keep exploring space. It's what mankind has always done....push the frontier. Can this be an opportunity for private enterprise to pick up the baton? I don't know. Not happy about it tonight that's...

This is absolutely sickening and very frightening. http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-01-26-wildlife-thrill-killing_N.htm Have our youth become so desensitized by all of the mindless ******** that surrounds them that they can so easily resort to this type of abhorrent behavior...

President Obama makes his State of the Union address tonight and it has been approximately one year since he has taken office. How would you rate his performance and the performance of his administration thus far? I voted for Obama and, personally, I am disappointed in the results at this...

Instead of taking some lurid pleasure over Bush or Obama being heckled....this is the way America SHOULD work: http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gV1FXDi6nsLJmR0EJn4rywYf5EDQ

As if ****** Nature deliberately picked on this incredibly destitute nation....the poorest in the Western Hemisphere. Communications are almost non-existent right now but the death toll is likely to be staggering. http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/01/12/haiti.earthquake/index.html If...

Confession is always good for the soul and part of the healing process. As a Cardinal fan, this whole episode has been extremely painful for me but at least Mark is admitting his guilt and that takes a lot of balls. He's a cheater but at least he's owning up to it at last (like Jason Giambi...

OK y'all....gather 'round to hear ******* Jagger's tale of woe. I have been employed by a California-based company for a fair number of years. Like a lot of companies, we have had some tough times in the last couple of years and there have been all kinds of layoffs and cutbacks in an effort to...

Here's a little hot-stove league baseball chatter. These MLB players become eligible for the Hall of Fame this year. Are any of them deserving of first-ballot induction? You can pick more than one in the poll. I say out of the 4, only Alomar would deserve consideration. Any opinions? If...

Let us never forget. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor

....sounded a lot like something George Bush would have made (without the inevitable malaprops and mispronunciations that is). I think it is a mistake to deploy more troops there. The enemy is not in Afghanistan any more than it is or was in Iraq. Bad call from my perspective, Mr. President...

When my *** and I went out to West Texas 2 weeks ago to go mountain climbing, we saw a sign in the small town of Van Horn that advertised a restaurant at a truck stop that proudly called itself "Diesel Fried Chicken" http://farm1.static.flickr.com/136/351842743_f833e36758.jpg I don't know how...

After watching the umpires blow 2 really critical calls in the Phils-Yanks game last night (Utley was clearly safe at first on the double-play that ended the 8th and the called strike on Howard was easily 6 inches off the plate) that literally may have determined the outcome of the game, it made...

This will absolutely infuriate Red Sox nation but will horrify anyone who considers themselves to be human. This story is almost beyond belief: Ted Williams' frozen head for batting practice at cryogenics lab: book BY Nathaniel Vinton DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Workers at an Arizona cryonics...

This is a sad commentary on the tough economic times in which some people are finding themselves these days. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6643986.html A policeman buddy of mine told me that robberies, muggings, burglaries and thefts of all sorts are WAY up the past year...

Seattle Mariners color announcer Mike Blowers made this pre-game prediction for a home run for pretty much nobody Matt Tuiososopo and called his shot....exactly down to the pitch count and precisely where the ball would be hit. I don't know what the odds are on this but they have got to be off...

Not which one do you **** the most....which professional sports franchise in the USA is the most poorly-run, mismanaged and fucked-up? I have to say it's the Pittsburgh Pirates. They just clinched last place in the central division of the National League....31 1/2 games out of first and their...

I've been a fairly decent (*****-league) rock-climber and a serious hiking enthusiast for years but have never made an actual ascent on a mountain before. This fall, my *** and I are planning on fulfilling a lifelong ***** of mine by ascending the highest peak in the Guadalupe Range in West...

A steel cage match....no holds barred....who walks out at the end? I'm betting on Jack. He's smarter than any of the others and he'd find a way to win. ****....it didn't give a poll option for some reason (maybe I fucked up? nahhhh.....). Nevermind..... Mod....please delete this thread.

Yet another icon of my youth is gone. The music of Peter, Paul & Mary paved the way for many who followed in the turbulent '60s. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090917/ap_on_en_mu/us_obit_mary_travers RIP Mary....thanks for the great music.

I am totally against ***** driving but this trampling of the U.S. and the Texas constitutions by the Texas legislature has really got me wondering how much longer either one of those documents will continue to have any validity. I will be greatly reassured if and when the courts throw this new...

French photographer Thierry Legault used special filters to take this amazing picture of the International Space Station and the docked space shuttle Endeavor as they are silhouetted against the background of the sun: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/07/suntransit/ Very cool if you're a...

Well, at least the Nittany Lions are #1 in something these days! http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20090727/US.Party.Schools/ Rest of the top 5: Florida (Surprise! :rolleyes:) Mississippi (Ever been to Mississippi? Nothing else to do but party!) Georgia (Wow....the SEC is dominant...

I'm going to put together a CD of headbanger songs for a friend of mine but, not being a headbanger myself, I need a little help from some of you who are. I know 2 songs specifically that he likes a lot because they were both featured in The Wrestler. One is "Bang Your Head" (appropriately...

And even though Faux News is downplaying the importance (and, in all honesty, probably true), anything that can be done to hurt bin Laden is a victory by the good guys in my opinion: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,534608,00.html?test=latestnews

Self-explanatory. I'm a medium-rare guy myself. How about you, fellow carnivores???

Well, I guess this was bound to come out sooner or later.... From the article: WASHINGTON — The Bush administration authorized secret surveillance activities that still have not been made public, according to a new government report that questions the legal basis for the unprecedented...

This is unbelievable. This will literally turn the cabin of an airliner into a cattle car. Strapped in standing up on a transcontinental flight? Sounds like fun to me! http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090708/BUSINESS01/907080373/Airlines+consider+standing-room-only+fares I've got to get...

A buddy of mine and I are making a pilgrimage to Wrigley at the end of August to see the Cubs/Mets game. After the game, we're splitting town for St. Louis to catch the Cardinals/Brewers game 2 days later. We don't want to fuck with renting a car or taking a cab. Can we take the CTA directly...

OK, I am considering buying a ****** for home protection. Other than having a .22 rifle when I was a teenager, I have never owned a *** in my life. I'm getting older now, **** are gone and I'm thinking it might be a good idea to have a weapon available "just in case". Actually, I have been...

Another icon of the not-too-distant past fades away. 86 is a pretty ripe old age. Rest in peace, Ed. http://www.comcast.net/articles/entertainment-eonline/20090623/b130609/

Of course, maybe he's lying. Perhaps we should waterboard him again? http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6481871.html

OK....calling all my aviation and aerospace brethren here! I have company visiting this week and we went to the Johnson Space Center here in Houston yesterday. I've been there a number of times and, although the entire tour is very interesting, I never cease to be absolutely awed by the...

Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman makes some excellent references to events during the Reagan administration that set the stage for the economic disaster we are now experiencing: We Can Thank Reagan For This Mess By PAUL KRUGMAN June 1, 2009, 8:09PM In 1982, Ronald Reagan signed...

I **** to keep giving attention to this guy but we've heard more from him in the 4 months since he has left office than we ever did when he was acting as the Rasputin of the Bush administration. He's in the news again today, this time spouting off about "freedom for everyone" and how he...

Only reference I have seen calls her Alexa. http://77.247.179.161/full/getimg.php?img=1619549845.jpg Any help much appreciated!

Only in America....:rolleyes: http://www.postchronicle.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=82&num=161001

Ok, my aviation brethren, your opinions please. What was the greatest fighter plane of World War II? If I left one off, please make a case.

Maybe a haven for us when we've used up all the resources here on ****** Earth? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090421/ap_on_sc/eu_britain_new_planet

If you are an aviation and aerospace geek like I am, you'll love this site. Real-time tracking of all kinds of satellites....default link tracks the ISS. I used this to spot the ISS go right over my house a couple of nights ago....very cool. http://www.n2yo.com/?s=25544

The chief strategist for John McCain's presidential campaign this past fall is suggesting that the republican party change its stance and support the right for gays to be married....just as if they were real human beings like the rest of us! It's very refreshing to see a significant personality...