Those were remnants of the weapons program from the 1980s. Those were absolutely NOT the WMDs or WMD program that Cheney et al so adamantly claimed was in place and were posing a real, imminent threat to our country. Some old canisters of mustard gas or whatever in unused arm caches is about a million miles away from…

That, in some ways, is more fascinating than the actual villain. Are most of these people relatively normal folk, who hitched their wagon to KJ before they knew the extent of his alleged moral failings, and now don’t have the moral courage to leave and transition to a different career/job? Are they in denial? Or are…

Most people don’t get the day off though, unless they work the government.

1. Cobra Commander (faceplate)

I agree. 99 out of 100 people in her situation at her age would not have the courage to do what she did. I know I wouldn’t have.

Irish Republicanism and the Catholic Church have long been antagonists, going back to the pre-Fenian secret societies that were ubiquitous in rural Ireland during the worst days of English rule. Irish Republicanism touted secular government (though vast majority of followers were Catholics) and was seen as a rival to…

I would strongly urge anyone who has not done so to read 1984. A truly great book on so many levels. I’m not into S/F, and it’s still one of my favorite.

My post was somehow deleted. Anyway, not wasting anymore time on what can truly be called mental gymnastics, but I will leave this...

You do realize, right, that the actual army (Army of Northern Virgina) that fought under that flag captured and sent back to the South as slaves any blacks they came across, whether they were escaped slaves or free blacks (who had been born free and lived free their whole lives)? During their invasion of the North in…

You may find at least a little satisfication from knowing that on General Sherman’s march through the South, his officers and men’s behavior changed markedly when they entered South Carolina. They knew South Carolina was the heart of the Confederacy, with fire breathing racists and die hard slave owners, whom they…

Yet an extremely blatant and deliberate handball that puts in France over Ireland in the final minutes of the 2010 Qualifying campaign only elicits a snorty chuckle from those fat, corrupt bastards who run FIFA.

That’s not sports. And unless we kept federal troops in the South for far longer, I doubt we could have avoided much of what happened. Southern whites were just too violently racist and southern blacks were very vulnerable.

Then baseball nerds couldn't write multiple columns about the topic and make up new stats to use.

In 1982, UVA and Ralph Sampson were the #1 Seed in the Mideast region. They ended up playing the sweet 16 game against #4 seed University of Alabama-Birmingham. The game was played in Birmingham, in UAB's home gym. UAB won a close game, 68-66, in an arena dominated by hometown fans. UVA fans complained of the…

Murphy's Irish Stout all the way. Up Cork!

Yes. Truly disturbing movie, but worth watching to get a feeling of the absolute evil perpetrated regularly in the occupied areas in the Eastern theater.

Oh okay. Very cool. I'm sure it's a great place to get away and relax.

What do you do on Jura? Do you visit the distilleries?

You seen that new show "Fortitude"? Takes place on an isolated Norwegian island.

I think you meant prisoner's dilemma. Not spanish prisoner