Thank you for the information.

I don't think the American public would have tolerated the disintegration of those companies and the loss of those American brands. That would have been political suicide for practically every politician in office at the time. Daydreaming about a libertarian utopia where social darwinism determines the success of…

"Rattner is a first class pinhead that is single-handedly responsible for the greatest number of layoffs during the auto crisis"

"Carrying a bunch of stuff around with you looks terrible." Maybe so, but sometimes you need to have stuff wherever you go.

Uh, wow, your post is full of way too many stupid stereotypes to even begin to address them. Good job.

If you have excessive WWE musculature, sure, but if you are a regular fit person, then they'll look fine on you.

So, you're saying a messenger/laptop bag is a "purse for dudes"? What does that even mean? Is there some sort of gender statement you're making about carrying stuff in a bag when it wouldn't otherwise fit in 4 small pockets in a pair of pants? That just sounds dumb.

I have friends who race professionally, are messengers, or do regular weight-lifting and a lot of them wear "skinny" jeans and they look just fine. Of course, if you have bulging WWE muscles, then you'd look a little cartoony in tighter pants, but then again I find that look a bit silly myself. I'm fit, stocky, work…

Messenger bag doesn't equal a purse any more so that a backpack is a purse. I don't even wear skinny jeans, but the only things I feel comfortable having in my pockets are my wallet, cellphone, and some loose change. Everything else (books, laptop, camera, pens, notepad) go in my sling bag.

Immunity on the body surface is actually mostly by the physical barrier created by layers upon layers of dead epithelial cells and sebum released by glandular cells. Cell-mediated immunity plays somewhat of a role, but it is usually non-specific. It's only when a pathogen makes it through to the underlying connective…

Definitely. I'm in vet school and have been learning how often the use of drugs in animals require little to no medical supervision/authorization at all because of the market push to reduce costs. In the end, cutting costs hurts both animals and humans.

That actually doesn't sound like much of a stretch to me.

"A gun rack... a gun rack. I don't even own *a* gun, let alone many guns that would necessitate an entire rack. What am I gonna do with a gun rack?"

Not bad. Though not entirely on the same wavelength, I'd recommend bands like Kylesa and Baroness over Mastodon.

Here's the link if anyone's interested:

My point was about anecdotal evidence, which you clearly ignored.

Because Rainman.

I was actually wondering about this. I know it's terribly un-PC to think about, but when I was a kid I don't remember a lot of the "slower" kids being called "autistic". However, there was another term used back then. If there's just increased refinement of the medical jargon, then good, but I don't know if that…

Yesterday, I had a PB&J sandwich for lunch and today I found a dollar in my jeans pocket. If you don't think there's a connection between those two instances, I don't know what to tell you, brother.

Dear TSA,