I didn’t ignore them; those links are talking about stock ownership. NOT the distinction between if it is owned privately or by government.

I will repeat,

You are talking about the difference between their stock sales; quite different than how the ownership rights.

It is owned privately EVEN if they sell stock to the public. You are confusing two completely different concepts.

Wrong - they are publically TRADED companies. NOT the same thing as a PUBLIC company. A PUBLIC company means it is owned by the state.

That is basic economics.

YES companies traded on the stock market ARE private companies BY DEFINITION.

NOT BEING owned by government - that is the DEFINITION of private. Sorry to burst your bubble.

Anything that is created on a voluntary basis, NOT through the force of government is private. It does NOT matter if it is owned by 1 person, 500 people, or a union that allows people to buy in to. ALL THAT MATTERS for it to…

They ARE A private company. Just because they are NOT FOR PROFIT, does not make them NOT private.

Didn’t ruin my point. They are private. SOME of their funding comes from government but they could survive without government support.

Here is their mission statement (to prove you wrong), “Formed as an independent, nonprofit organization in 1936, Consumer Reports serves consumers through unbiased product testing and…

See this is why we need government. Wait, no this is private company that does this. Odd

Yeah that’s not a creepy comment, keep up the good work.

my s5 galaxy updated and did a strange “im going to do this for you automatically” on the smart lock. I love it.

I’ve had both charcoal and electric smokers in my short smoking history, and I have to say that unless you’re going all out, electric is the way to go. Lower cost charcoal units are extremely hard to manage the temp. Electric suffers slightly in the taste dept (or I just haven’t gotten it dialed in yet) but the ease…

You’re a public servant. Stop.

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Nope. Thanks, but I’m pretty sure if I followed your advice I’d still be overweight.

It’s true, but we still need to deport this unfunny moron.

My biggest pet peeve is when they have interviews with “experts” that have no background in science or relation to the field (An example of the latter being Bill Nye speaking on Fukushima. He was a “science guy” so people thought what he was saying was correct. Little did they know there was a lot of incorrect…

Yeah I was starting to feel like a slacker. That’s way too much trouble for sneakers. I throw them in the washing machine every once in a while, and when they get too bad, I just buy new ones. Problem solved.

Please show me someone not on a tennis court who doesn’t look ridiculous in toothpaste-white sneakers.

When I'm driving I do what everyone else who is driving should be doing... paying attention to the road. Most of my issues come from distracted drivers who are intently listening to a podcast or book, or who are on their phone be it transcribing a blog post or calling someone. It would be nice to be doing other…