I am troubled by the current hive-mind notion that it is appropriate to shoot someone for stealing.

Well, Iraq cost more. So from that perspective it was bigger.

Well... hmmm... interesting. I would have expected that we would support a more moderate flavor of Sunni, but I agree that you are on the right track. This dust up is about preventing natural gas from getting to Europe. End of story.

I don’t get that.

Actually, I think Russia’s play here is simple. If they control Assad as a puppet, then the natural gas pipeline through Syria to the Europe can’t get built. They remain a sole-source of NG for Europe, and can set prices accordingly.

I liked the visual imagery - plastering the water tower with the word “Hope”. Hey, it worked for Obama, maybe it will work for Huckster.

I went shopping for a pickup in 2013. I wanted something that had enough power to handle the high altitude passes in Colorado and pull a trailer. I went in asking for a V8, but ended up with the ecoboost 6 cyl.

(white guy here, I know, I won the birth lottery)

We are actually in agreement on something. I don’t believe Israeli’s should inflict tragedy on others. But I also think the conversation is not as simple as we make it in the USA. For example, why is there no discussion of the Bedouin rights to their own slice of Palestine? They appear to hold as much title to the…

So who in that region is not an apartheid state?

I’m not disagreeing with you about the impact of radical Muslims. But I think you miss my point. In the war of public opinion between Israel and the Palestinians, Israel is losing. None of the good things that Israel does ever make the news. They are always painted as the bad guys, while the Palestinians are always…

Israel must have the worst public relations department on the planet. They should invest in better marketing!

That plan sounds ducky, but the devil is in the details. I saw one analysis that identified 19 different ‘rebel’ groups that were active against Assad. Those groups are far from a united fighting force, and it seems probable that they will still be at odds once Assad is gone.

The current proposal from John McCain is to enter the Syrian conflicts fighting on both sides of that civil war.

Hey Tyler,

Tyler,

Actually, those guys bought a boutique firm that was making car systems. It's used by a bunch of different car companies. It's supposed to be pretty decent, and one of the few good things about RIM.

If you like seeing test mules, Mt. Evans is the place to hang out. I've seen more different car companies run their prototypes up that hill.

When I was a lad, Vermont had paper licenses without pictures. I used an Xacto knife to shave the numbers on my birthday and switch them around to make me legal. Then I plastic laminated the thing. Worked like a charm. I handed it down to my younger brother when I turned 21. Kids today have it so much harder.

Gender guesser agrees with you (that the author is male, not that they are MRA):