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I read another version of this story yesterday. Of particular note was Jack Kingston's comments, broken up tho quoted in this story, as well. Kingston has been for some time voicing the statistics. Saying that in a country of 308 million, 48 million people a year are sickened by the pathogens...

Thumbs up, Dave. :)

Wilson Mag mount, on the roof just behind the radio's antenna. I've seen a lot of single and duals mounted to the Sprinter's mirrors, though. And there's also a hook-over mount you can get that allows one to be mounted to the body along the seam where the hood closes, like just in front of the...

Remember back, a long time ago, when Autozone was called Auto Shack? Radio Shack sued, and won, because people might confuse an auto parts store with an electronics store.

Not even close. He was relieved because the Navy had to put a politically correct face on something that never should have been made public, because the public at large would not be able to understand it (as clearly evidenced by some of the posts in this thread), and it became public. You...

There was a 5-day period last week where an area the size of Texas got half a meter of rain. That's more than 19.5 inches, of half the annual rainfall of Cleveland, except this was the size of Texas, in 5 days. Holy crap.

Exactly. When political correctness runs amok, the mere mention of racial, ethnic, gender, sexual orientation or religion in any way, shape or form, even within harmless humor, becomes outright ridicule, even where ridicule doesn't exist, since by definition ridicule must stem from a base of...

"I haven't followed this story other than a soundbite on the news but I wonder why, in this day and age, would they make these videos? It doesn't seem to be a smart decision." Excellent example of being on the outside looking in. They make the videos to lighten the tension on board a nuclear...

Well, I do think there are plenty of people in the higher ranks of the Navy and the Pentagon that absolutely understand this, but know they have to handle it a certain way from a PR perspective. There is no way that they will be able to explain to an overly sensitive, politically correct public...

I've never been in the Navy and have never served on a boat. I have no experience and no context, and therefor should not be able to understand any of this.

The problem with things like this, and this situation in particular, is when viewed by the public from the outside looking in, it all looks bad, and some people are outraged by what they see in the video. It's like gallows humor when viewed by someone on the outside, it's not understood and is...

A couple of interjections here, if I may... The above does two things. One, it removes the context of diplomacy (which cannot be ignored or dismissed) and moves it into the realm of broad philosophical hypotheticals, and two, it assumes that what the other one or more parties is doing is in...

1/3 means whatever you want it to mean. If you lump maintenance into the cost of operations, then I guess you're 1/3 will be more than 1/3. :D But generally, "operating expenses" are those expenses you need to operate on, needed to pick up and deliver loads. Chiefly, that means fuel and oil and...

Oh, good grief. I didn't say the US was invoking the Fifth Amendment, I said that what they were doing was the same principle. No, it's not OK because everyone is doing it, it's OK because it's part of the treaty that everyone signed. I never made a judgment as to whether it's OK or not, I...

Yeah. And "award winning" also comes to mind. :D

While I appreciate the formality, Mr. Turtle is the name of Crabman's close, personal and longtime friend on My Name is Earl. Darnell "Crabman" Turner and Mr. Turtle

Like most laws, the underage drinking laws treat the symptom, not the problem.

No, just the opposite. You'll never catch a snipe on a snipe hunt. You have to move very slow, or be still, act like sculpture, and let them come along without them knowing you are there. Then you reach out and grab 'em. Snipe's good eatin'. Better than turtle soup, I hear.

It's the Fifth Amendment. You are not obligated to cooperate in the investigation that you are the subject of, nor are you obligated to turn over or say anything that would incriminate you. That's exactly what the government is doing here. Do keep in mind that the US wasn't the only signatory to...

Well, understandable, sure, but it's still over the top. It's more of an overreaction than a reaction to correct something. Personal data privacy is zealously protected throughout most of the EU, much more so than in the US, but no place guards it like Germany. That's why a particular court...