Spiders are our friends. They are awesome. Except Black Widows and Brown Recluses. They will mess you up.

OWS has also been a hotbed of rather bad behavior. Rapes, robbery, violence, drugs, filth, and general sloth (not to mention crazed ramblings) are happening all over at these protests. Middle America wants nothing to do with such unsavory behavior. People are rather unsympathetic when the police start opening up…

"2) What part of "registered independent" means "left wing"?

M'eh - it is an opinion site much like Kos, Daily Beast, Underground, et al. Such sites are what they are. However, even these kinds of sites can be good sources of information sometimes. For example, the link above references 200+ news articles from original sources. Nothing biased about the links. It's just a…

It is a repeat link, but here it is again.

"If a protest doesn't inconvenience people, then it isn't a protest, it's a polite statement"

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Well, strictly speaking capital gains is a different animal than income tax. Income is based on your wages, while CG is based on investments. In theory, investments are far riskier because they can fail completely and result in the person losing money. When that happens, it is a net loss for the entire economy. …

Not exactly. The OWS protesters have not exactly been non-violent. There are many documented cases of rape, molestation, theft, and at least one murder. In addition they are violating city ordinances, and generally making a public nuisance of themselves. Beyond that, they are also purposefully causing disruptions…

"I don't get how 99%, or even 33%, of the general public doesn't seem to let it bother them that the rich keep getting richer, along with everything else you posted."

Weeeeell... That's partly true. What is not being mentioned here is the fact that the guy who is going with stock options has a very real chance of losing his shirt. Just because you stick a wad in stock option is no guarantee that it is going to be profitable. Some years you'll do OK. In other years you'll do…

It is true that lobbyists and other people have way too much going 'on the inside', but ultimately speaking no financier can write a single law. It takes a compliant congress to do that. The true corruption is in Washington. For example, even though AIG was pushing for the change - it was Barney Frank and others…

The anger in the OWS movement was certainly justified, but it was aimed at completely the wrong target. This is one reason why most of America viewed OWS as a bunch of pathetic losers, because they were so woefully misguided and foolish. "Wall Street" and the so-called "1%" have done nothing illegal. OWS may whine…

That's your opinion. The number of @$$hats in the Democrat party is legion. Reading the Democrat roster is like reading off Batman's rogue gallery, but but much less cool.

You see - the creepy thing is that there really are people in the Warmie movement who say this kind of stuff in perfect earnest. However, I assume that you are totally in satire mode because I can't imagine any sane human being with two brain cells to rub together being serious when saying such stuff. :)

I'm already running my washing machine to clean socks, shirts, towels, and other articles of clothing - so I might as well toss my jeans in there with everything else.

"You should read the whole article..."

The images that were going to be put on the boxes were not facts. There were propoganda. No - really. Every person that picks up a ciggy or a seegar is not going to end up with holes in their throats, smoke them around infants, a face full of sores, or teeth like driftwood. These were images designed to provoke…

Quite honestly, how many people go to work in the morning, sit down in a chair, and then NEVER GET UP until they head home? Really. This just sounds like another "scare people with crappy science" study that we get 2 or 3 of every week. I'd love to see the internals, but I would bet diamonds to doughnuts that…

I remember walking into the theatre to see PM and there was an air of excitement and interest. Then the movie started and I could literally FEEL the excitement drain out of the room as palpably soda pouring out of a 2 liter bottle. At first people cheered everything. Then the cheers became fewer... And fewer... …