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It's not only clothes that are junk. It's sprayers for the hose, it's coffee filters, it's knock together furniture, it's many electronics, it's dog leashes--they're all junk. It's hard to find quality merchandise (even a brand new mercury contaminated CFL light bulb failed right out of the package) that works as advertised. I tossed a new stapler at work years ago because it simply would not staple papers together. I scrounged one that looks like a WWII survivor that looks rough, but works like a champ.

#1 Mark on 2012-08-01 07:15 (Reply)

Bird Dog: Anti-Semitic Statement: Nancy Pelosi Claims Jews Care Only About Money

That is not what she said, but it won't stop it being bounced around the right-wing blogosphere as if she did.

Pelosi: "You know, as many of the Republicans are using Israel as an excuse, what they really want are tax cuts for the wealthy."

#2 Zachriel on 2012-08-01 08:19 (Reply)

I have one thing to say to Nancy Pelosi and to you: if you think that American Jews don't care DEEPLY about Israel and are using the security of Israel as a pretense to get a tax cut (damned greedy Kikes), then to you both I say goyishe kop.

Nancy Pelosi has an "excuse" for her offensive remark: she's a pig with lipstick. What's yours?

#2.1 Agent Cooper on 2012-08-01 17:56 (Reply)

Agent Cooper: I have one thing to say to Nancy Pelosi and to you: if you think that American Jews don't care DEEPLY about Israel and are using the security of Israel as a pretense to get a tax cut (damned greedy Kikes), then to you both I say goyishe kop.

Except that's not what she said. Her comment was that Republicans were using Israel as a pretext for support, when their primary goal was tax cuts for the rich. In other words, exactly the opposite of what you stated.

#2.1.1 Zachriel on 2012-08-02 07:49 (Reply)

I went on-line to find a first-hand rather than second-hand quote of what Pelosi is supposed to have said, and while her syntax is so garbled as to be nearly incomprehensible, I concede it is not only possible but probable that your interpretation is correct. I made a mistake in accepting someone else's interpretation and drawing a false conclusion from that. But I also understand why some people might have wildly misinterpreted her statement.

#2.1.1.1 Agent Cooper on 2012-08-02 18:42 (Reply)

Bird Dog: Globull Warming, Class Warfare, Last On List Of American’s Concerns

Yet a majority still consider addressing environmental concerns a very important issue.

#3 Zachriel on 2012-08-01 08:22 (Reply)

"Yet a majority still consider addressing environmental concerns a very important issue."

Well, of course they do. Nobody likes unclean drinking water and smog-laden air. And it's good that more and more people are waking up to the problems of over-fishing. And we've seen lots of articles recently on the possible dangers of fracking. Yep, all in all, I'd say it's pretty obvious that people care about addressing environmental concerns.

So, why did your sentence start off with "Yet"?

#3.1 Dr. Mercury (Link) on 2012-08-01 12:13 (Reply)

Best way to move those up the concern list? Economic growth.

Best way to get economic growth? Free market capitalism.

Best way to get free market capitalism? Stop trying to use globull warming and class warfare to take over the economy and discourage business creation and growth

#3.2 JKB on 2012-08-01 12:35 (Reply)

Most of what passes for environmental concerns are either phony/exaggerated or poorly disguised attempts to destroy our economy. The majority of work/regulation that actually improved the environment was done years ago and today we are spending billions and billions to squeeze out less then 1% improvement of the environment often without regard to the hidden environmental disaster it causes (corn top ethanol is an example of this). We have gone from rational maintenance of the environment to irrational throwing money away and denying citizens the ability to work, use the environment, build their homes or travel.

#3.3 GoneWithTheWind on 2012-08-01 19:20 (Reply)

Commutes, tradoffs and the limits of urban growth is for old people. The youngins aren't all that crazy about face to face contact when it requires meeting in the common room.

So while there may be a move to engulf the suburbs, there are characteristics developing that will allow even further movement from the old urban cesspools.

#4 JKB on 2012-08-01 12:28 (Reply)

"Japanese robot update"

Well, at least they saved money on eyelashes.

thu-dump!

Thankyew...thankyew...me and my racist jokes will be here all week...try the veal.

Otherwise, bah! These guys are way behind the times. My girls are a lot hotter and bustier -- and that's not to mention the internal heating coils.

#5 Dr. Mercury (Link) on 2012-08-01 13:55 (Reply)

Re Suburbs: They're going to raze black neighborhoods, again?

#6 Alan Kellogg (Link) on 2012-08-01 15:24 (Reply)

In case anyone is interested, I was told by a guy who knows a guy that so far there's no evidence Harry Reid is a pedophile.

#7 Agent Cooper on 2012-08-01 22:39 (Reply)

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