"Can I change the subject now?"

Similarly, when you post a comment on a public website, it's essentially an "email" to anyone who might read it, subject to rebuttal from other commenters.

My comment has nothing to do with whether she will read this thread, which she obviously won't. My comment reflects my own thoughts in response to what I was reading.

Hey, whatever I can do to amuse you.

The glee with which so many of you are mocking Littlefield's mother's comments is really appalling. I obviously don't care if you share her outlook or not, but what kind of person gets off on taking shots at the way a person copes with the murder of her son? Grow up.

No complaints here.

Kirby was pretty cute too.

Most people know that the government/military were instrumental in creating the initial framework of the internet. But rather than focus on that technicality, why not focus on what we both know the commenter was trying to say? That is, that the internet as we know it, and as we use it, was in fact "created" largely…

Interesting. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the net neutrality regulations, which I managed to find on the FCC site, does not include the actual regulations, though it does include the "proposed elements" of those regulations. Knowing that the devil is always in the details, it doesn't seem unreasonable that…

Well, my intention wasn't to get into a discussion about John Thune, as I don't know a ton about him, but here's a press release of his I found on the topic from 2010:

I'm not sure he has seen them actually, but I could be wrong. I do know that certain FCC commissioners who would like to be able to talk about them publicly are barred from doing so. My understanding is that Thune would prefer that Congress take up the issue and arrive at a solution in an open, bipartisan manner…

Fair enough. I wasn't really sure.

Much easier said than done. Just because Congress commissions these agencies via statute doesn't mean they can easily control them once they're entrenched. By their very nature, administrative agencies make their own rules within the realms they occupy, which is how we end up with a handful of unelected officials…

Nor have you seen the actual regulations in question. Nor have I, nor have the signers of this letter. That's my main issue.

I know "dems da rules," otherwise the document would be available. I don't like the rule in this case. Are you saying you're pleased that the "fourth branch" of the US government, i.e the various administrative agencies, is often allowed to operate at a level of secrecy the other three aren't, given how much their…

I don't know the full history of the Lumineers, but I know they've been around for ten years and that this song blew up largely because one DJ loved it and promoted the hell out of it, which is often how it worked back in "the good old days."

Yeah, but the key word is "presently." Oil has probably cost twice the current price over the last ten years or so, on average. People who know a lot more about the topic than I do have said OPEC is driving the price down temporarily to put as many of their relatively new North American competitors (many of whom…

My thoughts on this topic:

Let's just say that when the chips are down in his marital relationships, Ben folds.

Apparently, he's currently dating Alicia Witt, making him the second best pianist in that relationship.