What was the net impact now that your mortgage payment tax deduction is no longer available? Or is it essentially a wash?

“I think the people who rely on the UNHCR, UNICEF, people whose land was cleared of land mines by the UN and the people who have been saved from preventable disease by vaccination programs run by the World Health organization, as just a few examples, would disagree with you that the UN has outlived its usefulness.”

“If we are to cap our greenhouse gas emissions, some oil will have to be left in the ground. Tar Sand oil would be the best candaidate for that.”

One rail car is 30,000 gallons. A derailment or crash will lose multiple cars. The most recent pipeline spill (up in Alberta) was 52,000 gallons. Pipelines are not only safer from an incident rate perspective, but they’re also far less damaging when the spills occur.

Even an entire train of oil is nothing compared to a pipeline failure.

“The most environmentally damaging method of extraction.”

Counter-point: The UN building sits on prime real estate. If you’re a NYC developer would rather have a bunch of UN employees on civil servant pay or the equivalent in number of people worth A LOT of money. Not to mention the taxes reaped.

“Or VW is scared one of their cars will become the next Toyota Hilux and every gun runner from Tripoli to Mogadishu will turn these TDI’s into a fleet of DShK technicals. The wagon’s in particular with the roof chopped off would do nicely.”

The existence of a natural resource there is irrelevant. Their claim is absurd regardless.

“Economic growth is as important for them as national security.”

Not a bad article, but I think this is more of a foreign policy take (State Dept) than a defense take (DoD). Of course they work hand in hand, but I would have rather enjoyed a comprehensive defense policy write up from FA.

I bought this stone a bout a year ago, and highly recommend it. One word of caution though. Watch out for cheese or sauce staining. Once it hits, it’ll be there forever.

I bought this stone a bout a year ago, and highly recommend it. One word of caution though. Watch out for cheese or…

I have this same stone, and it’s huge. So we just leave it in there as well covered with aluminum foil to keep it clean. It also has the added benefit of helping the oven maintain temp better over longer cooking times.

I have this same stone, and it’s huge. So we just leave it in there as well covered with aluminum foil to keep it…

“BTW, commercial pizza ovens heat from the top down. Sometimes the crust is undercooked, if there are too many toppings if the oven door is left open for too long and the stone “floor” is allowed to cool.”

“BTW, commercial pizza ovens heat from the top down. Sometimes the crust is undercooked, if there are too many…

“There goes my gas bill. Pass.”

“There goes my gas bill. Pass.”

It makes me think a bit of the Bryan Stork trade that fell through recently from the Pats to the Skins. He passed the Pat’s physical, and the skins agreed to the trade, but ultimately was sent back to NE because he failed the Skin’s physical. It sounds like there’s no set standard for physicals (save for concussion…

Taylor has a clause in his contract that guarantees him his full $27.5 million base salary in 2017 if the Bills release him, “due to a professional football injury suffered while performing his services under this Contract [and] Player is unable, in the sole judgment of Club’s physicians, to perform his playing…

“But that’s really an old marketing trick/logic fallacy, I forget the name of, where you intentionally create a comparison against an unfavorable option that no one would choose, to make your option seem much more appealing.”

“No maintenance either, though that shouldn’t be an issue for a new Cadillac - routine maintenance is free for 3-ish years still?”

“The usual practice has been to allow families with school-aged children to complete the current term before moving back.”