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• Commented on Netflix CEO: Pay-Per-View Not In Company's Future
  "Hastings also shot down the idea of a tiered pricing plan that would give users access to different kinds of content depending on how much they pay each month." Why the hell not? You do that today with DVD and...
• Commented on More Research Proves Vaccinations Don't Cause Autism In Kids
  What (or who) is "Hannah Polling"? I found a facebook page that is anti-vaccination that said: "Official findings of the Hannah Poling case Vaccines RESULT in AUTISM!" and all I can think is "what is this I don't even"......
• Commented on This Is How You Debate Health Care Reform, Brooklyn Style!
  It's ever so much better for a gov't bureaucrat instead of an insurance company to decide that the treatment for that child is too risky, has little chance of working, or could pay for a lot more vaccinations instead....
• Commented on Oregon Woman Sues McDonalds Over Too-Hot Coffee
  She placed the coffee cup between her knees and pulled the far side of the lid toward her to remove it. In the process, she spilled the entire cup of coffee on her lap.[9] Liebeck was wearing cotton sweatpants; they...
• Commented on Oregon Woman Sues McDonalds Over Too-Hot Coffee
  She wore sweatpants which helped retain the hot liquid next to her skin. Holding McDonalds liable for the burns would be like holding her clothing manufacturer liable because her sweat pants weren't like gore-tex....
• Commented on Supreme Court Guts Corporate Campaign Spending Limits
  Eugene Volokh said it better than I. "The Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision simply means that other corporations, and unions, will enjoy much the same First Amendment rights that media corporations have. "...
• Commented on Should Yelp Remove Reviews By Non Customers?
  This also happened a lot to businesses that donated money to prop 8 last year; some taco joint in LA was boycotted and yelp-bombed....
• Commented on FCC Proposes New, Awesome, Net Neutrality Rules
  #1 sounds to me like it sets the stage for ISPs to monitor usage more closely; if those bittorrent feeds are for warez, then the traffic shaping is permissible? And if that's the bulk of the traffic.......
• Commented on What Should I Do When Redbox Has Indigestion?
  Gotta love some of the comments here. You are seeing some of the shortcomings of the Red box model. You sought it out because it seemed very convenient and cheap, but here's the pitfall- if the kiosk is full or...
• Commented on Black Blogger Alliance Hits Talk Show Host Where It Hurts
  @carlosdelvaca: yes all the time. They protested against ABC and disney throughout the 90's because of their support for gay rights or gay civil unions or tv shows that either had gay themes or portrayed gays prominently or positively (ie...
• Commented on Black Blogger Alliance Hits Talk Show Host Where It Hurts
  If you don't like a given tv/radio show, don't watch/listen. When you make an effort to get it pulled off the air, that's not "free speech" but an attempt to silence opinions you don't like. It doesn't matter if it's...
• Commented on Best Buy Shrinks Reward Zone Program
  "and any remaining points under 250 will be forfeited" So if I buy something that costs $300 (300 points) I lose 50 points when the certificate is sent? This makes it totally not worth my time to buy anything at...
• Commented on First-Time Home Buyers: Use $8k Tax Credit For Down Payments Or Closing Costs?
  If I had sold my condo in 2006 and not rebought another place, I could've taken advantage of this (even though with a pile of cash from that hypothetical 2006 sale, I wouldn't exactly need help)....
• Commented on NY AG: AIG Paying "Retention" Bonuses To People Who <em> Left The Company</em>
  Those frakking idiots voted for that piece of shite bill without reading it: From page H1412 of the Final Stimulus Bill, "SEC. 111. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: '(iii) The prohibition required under clause (i) shall not be construed to...
• Commented on NY Attorney General To AIG: You Have Until 4:00 PM To Give Us The Names
  "The fact AIG took tax payer funds is irrelevant in my opinion. It shouldn't have been offered." Wake me up when they go after colleges who give bonuses to presidents, deans and the like after raising tuitions to 30-40k a...
• Commented on Help! This Email Says Various Cold Medicines Will Kill Me!
  What about the emails about the evils of formaldehyde in nutrasweet sweetened drinks....
• Commented on
  None of the people who voted for (or against it) read the entire thing. If you really want any kind of change in Washington, this practice must stop....
• Commented on Coke Finally Removes "Classic" From Its Label
  Why didn't they do this in ~1990 when New Coke vanished?...
• Commented on
  Dear pepsi & coke. Frakking sell Sucrose versions of your sodas and this will go away. You can charge a premium too and people will buy it. kthxbai....
• Commented on What's The Matter With GameFly?
  I've been on gamefly for about 4 years and it used to be a really good service, especially with Rapid return. But rapid return doesnt seem to work anymore. If I return a game tomorrow, they will not receive it...
• Commented on What Purchase Do You Regret The Most?
  My HD DVDs. I regret not selling my condo in 2005/2006; with the market the way it was, if I could've found a decent rental since then, I'd be in killer shape right now in buying a new place....
• Commented on Beware Items Without Pricetags At Liquidated Circuit City Locations
  Like I've said about the liquidation sales. If you buy an item that isn't usually or ever discounted, you can find decent sales, but these items almost always are the first to go....
• Commented on Few Deals To Be Had At Circuit City Liquidation Sales
  I will add though... on items that don't get discounted, or whatever is leftover when the prices are 30%+ off, liquidation deals can be pretty good. But you have to know what you're looking for and hope the items don't...
• Commented on Few Deals To Be Had At Circuit City Liquidation Sales
  "In fact, some liquidation companies actually raise prices before slapping clearance stickers on the merchandise. Circuit City may not resort to that tactic, but don't assume you're getting a good deal just because the store is closing." Thats because they...
• Commented on How Can We Save Our Debt-Swamped Government?
  Step 1 has to be elect politicians who are serious about reducing the deficit/debt the federal government has. That should also include throwing out the ~468 clowns in office we have today that are running for re-election this year. If...
• Commented on Which Store Has The Worst Return Policy?
  Fry's used to accept returns without receipts but I have had no luck with that in the past year. Walmart only allows 3 such returns in a calendar year. I'd gotten some blu-ray discs for Xmas that I didn't want...
• Commented on TSA To Stop Being So Crazy About Liquids
  How about food? If I take another trip somewhere, I want to be able to buy hard to get food (frozen, cooked, unopened or whatever) to bring back....
• Commented on California Declares Free Market Broken, Recommends Price Controls For Phone Services
  @opsomath: Not to mention that abortion that was referred to as "deregulation" of the power companies earlier this decade. @Shadowfire: And whenever there's a budget crisis, what do you think is the first thing to be thrown under the bus?...
• Commented on Settlement: Sara Lee Agrees To Change Misleading "Whole Grain" Packaging
  Well luckily for me I have a loaf of soft & smooth bread and aside from the "dietary fiber 2g" per slice of bread which is usually where I focused my attention on, the ingredients say: whole wheat flour, water,...
• Commented on Settlement: Sara Lee Agrees To Change Misleading "Whole Grain" Packaging
  I always looked at the amount of fiber in a typical serving and figured on a slice of bread needing at least 2g and if it didn't, I'd pass. Or should I be focusing more on ingredients instead?...