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Cities can say no, you know. Some actually do it. If it is such a bad deal for cities, why do they do it? And why should federal government stop it? When should they step in? What if the city told the feds to shove it? Take your nanny state nonsense and shove it.

Really? You think the federal government needs to be involved in municipal deals like this? That we all need protection from each other by an omnipresent federal government? Nothing would ever get done if every deal had to wait for federal approval.

Hard to see the interstate part of a deal between a city and a team that is moving there. All transactions would happen in state. The local and state governments might have a concern, but the federal government shouldn't be interested.

Monopolies in and of themselves are not illegal and require heavy regulation. But yes, I guess monopoly status does grant them some oversight. However, I can't imagine why the feds should give one iota about a deal between a sports team and a city.

Municipalities don't need the federal government to protect them from sports franchises. If a deal is good or bad for a city, then they can figure it out for themselves. And their citizens can agree or disagree at the next election cycle.

Thankfully the feds stayed out of this. What possible reason could the Federal Government give in having a hand in determining franchise locations? Campaign contribution shakedowns is the only reason I can think of. And I'm sure the appropriate campaign contributions were given to ensure the bill never made it to a…

Apple //c with 512K RAM upgrade. Oh, and remember hole punching disks to use both sides?

When I was in Mexico City in 2011 I was quite surprised by the coverage good old American Football got there. TV coverage even included a redzone type channel. However (and this could be that particular weekend), coverage completely cutoff for the late Sunday afternoon games. Sunday night football was on, though.

Nope. I've never been stressed out by one. Guess I'm lucky. I see deadlines as a challenge to be met. I suppose a lot of it depends on work environment, though. I can definitely see how some people stress over it. The trick is, if you miss it, have a good reason why you missed it. Also, if you know you will miss it,…

They settled in Europe, too. So really, they just don't like the terms of the Justice Department settlement...

Just be honest. Also, don't say you're an "expert" in something...unless you can back it up. And I mean really back it up. Expert means you wrote the RFC or implemented the protocol in an operating system. Hopefully the interviewer will limit his or her questions to your actual experience. I hate it when interviewers…

It would be annoying if he was withholding something important (like, uh, a cancer cure or something). Withholding information about a Trek flick hardly rates a rant. Have some fun with it. JJ is.

There was a blond in the Gary Mitchell episode. She also got god like powers, if memory serves. Similar haircut, too. I think the Japanese bonus shot is definitely mis-direction. That JJ Abrams is one sneaky bastard. Good trailer. I think the Gary Mitchell story is perfect for a movie and could provide the same kind…

They have teams playing at home at 1pm this week. That game gets shown without competition. If you are a cheap NFL fan (not willing to spring for DirectTV or Redzone), it's actually better for you to live in a town with no team as you generally get all three games every week.

If it has already gone to collection, just paying is a bad idea especially if you really don't owe it. The only way you should ever agree to pay it is if you get the collection agency to remove it altogether from your credit report. Paying it is akin to admitting you owed it. It's already a blemish on your credit…

Definitely Sci-Fi (or I hope it is anyway). PoI is one of the better things on TV right now, but the competition isn't very good. It's definitely the best procedural in TV right now.

This one is easy. Each week either Fox or CBS get to be the double-header. This week it's Fox.

Stephen King is really good at the slow creep. Which is why his stuff doesn't translate very well to the screen. I remember The Stand actually giving me nightmares. Bag of Bones looked silly on TV but was another one that worked very well on the page. Duma Key is another very creepy novel.

I grew up a Cowboys fan and will probably die one. I no longer live in Dallas, but there is just something about rooting for the team you grew up loving that no adopted home team can replicate. The problem for the Cowboys is fewer people have been growing up loving them. That's happens when you got almost two decades…