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• FACT CHECK: Debate over 'ghetto language' ad

  Fri Jan 27, 2012
  • You guys don't know how to REALLY support your political party. "My party to the death," just doesn't hack it.

• Priceline killing off William Shatner character

  Mon Jan 23, 2012
  • This was just Captain Kirk posing as Shatner on this, our earlier Earth. Scotty, as always, transported him out of there just in the nick of time. The Enterprise has returned to the future with its Captain, and all is well with the universe.

• How common are cruise ship 'salutes?'

  Thu Jan 26, 2012
  • There are two apparently different kinds of sail-bys. One is the approved, planned and safe sail-by, wherein the ship comes closer to shore than usual, but still far enough away to avoid danger.

• Madonna recovered from Costa Concordia

  Sat Jan 21, 2012
  • I think that the Madonna in her blanket should be given to the people of the Isola del Giglio in commemoration of the community's openhearted aid in the rescue of so many.

• Cruise ship captain says he was told to perform fatal maneuver

  Sun Jan 22, 2012
  • Regardless of orders, a captain is absolute Master of his ship while at sea, and is 100% responsible for the safety of its passengers, crew and cargo, as well as the vessel itself. His first and last responsibility is to bring all of the above safely to port.

• IE 6 deep-sixed in Microsoft browser overhaul

  Thu Dec 15, 2011
  • My computer harasses me regularly to upgrade to IE9. I did upgrade to IE9, then discovered that my gigantic famous national bank's on-line service didn't support it! In order to access my accounts, I had to go back to IE8. I'm still awaiting the bank upgrade.

• 'Hillbillies'' Elly May settlin' suit over Barbie

  Thu Dec 29, 2011
  • Even if CBS owned the show and the name "Elly Mae," they did NOT own Donna Douglas' FACE; her face belongs to her alone.

• Stallion castration plan on hold until court rules

  Sun Dec 25, 2011
  • I don't expect BLM would ever take a single moment to determine the worth of any Mustang. To BLM, Mustangs are just trash to be gotten rid of so the land can be put to "better" use, as in grazing privately owned cattle. They'd just as soon kill all the wild horses.

• Bedside test finds awareness in vegetative brains

  Wed Nov 9, 2011
  • The autopsy on Terri Schiavo proved that she did not have any sort of conscious, intellectually functioning brain at any level. The thinking parts were atrophied; only the brainstem kept her involuntary bodily functions going.

• (Incandescent) lights to go out in China

  Fri Nov 4, 2011
  • I reduced my electricity costs significantly when I had my house fully insulated with foam on all exterior walls and under the roof. But to the point of this discussion: Besides the horrible color given off by CFL bulbs and all the other problems connected with them, they are UGLY.