I’ve also heard he had a machine that supplied Fresca on tap in the White House. Maybe the bung washer in his shower actually spewed Fresca.

I think Reagan did look at porn. His Justice Department produced the “Meese Report” on porn that itself included VERY graphic descriptions of pornography. You know Reagan had copies of the research material brought over to the Oval Office.

But neither of us, me in my speeding car or the Washington football team, are the only ones being caught. Other speeders are being caught and other trademarks have been successfully challenged or denied outright. In both cases it’s not that the law is only being applied to one person, but very few. Fewer than it…

But I’d hire George Carlin for the commentary. That man could play with language.

I use this logic all the time when I get pulled over for speeding. I refuse to hand over my license and registration and just reply to the officer’s questions. “But what about that guy? Isn’t he speeding?” or “Those windows are way too dark. Shouldn’t you ticket HIM?”

When glancing over the headlines, I thought it was going to be some Star Trek DS9 fanboys.

You’re right. I should have just stuck to my rant. I guess I felt bad and wanted to throw a bone to compromise. In the future I will maintain my zealousness.

Oh, quit your huffing and puffing. (I suspect you can’t spare the lung space). I said cultural shift and laws and regulation. Maybe I should have emphasized the social aspects more, but to even a casual observer there has been a drastic reversal of the role of smokers and non-smokers in public spaces. We have gone…

I got well deserved comeuppance for the pedantry.

My rant above aside, I do think bars and restaurants should decide on their own whether to allow smoking. The customers can sort ourselves out.

And the only reason you are courteous (that’s how you spell it, btw) is because of several decades of cultural shift and ever more aggressive regulation and laws. There is no way you or any other smoker would have given a single shit about the non-smoking population if you weren’t forced to. So pat yourself on the…

Not smoking in parks, that shit is stupid.

Total flashback to my little league football daze. My coach was a West Point testostercadet dad who smacked us around pretty good.

I can’t think of a single event the word “miracle” is applied to which is actually a miracle. It’s very common, in English at least, to call things miracles that are actually mundane, explainable occurrences. Like the “miracle” of birth for example. (No, it’s not a miracle, it happens millions of times a day and is…

The Ginger Spork.

I once had a barber that had a sideline doing rugs. His philosophy was that you should make toupees look slightly “off.” That is a little ridiculous looking, maybe with a receding hairline, maybe with weird color patches or the like. Fewer people suspect a man is wearing a wig if it doesn’t look perfect, because no…

I am sooooooooooo sick of Minions. If I were to meet one on the street I would punch its lights out. The only thing that could make MinionMania worse is if they had Pumpkin Spiced Zombie Minions. That would be the oversaturated pop culture vomit inducing hat trick.

I didn’t see the debate, but those do sound like idiotic questions. I responded directly to your claim that THIS question about DFS was irrelevant, and that’s just not right. The president has a good deal of leeway in directing the activities of the Justice Department. Black Friday did not HAVE to happen and online…

Actually I would argue that this is an important issue. Gambling maintains a very difficult position in our country. Some types are legal, some types are not. Some types are sponsored by state governments and some types are being raided by SWAT teams. This type of issue gets to the heart of the role of government to…

Nobody is.