TBD

nice new ear plugs in a cool 930 case
it'd be nice if we could get them with FWB points

"Someone please rescue me from a creepy religion that forces me to dress like this when I take my kids to a community water spray park on a 95 degree day and my husband gets to frolic with the kids wearing shorts, a t-shirt, and his "Ireland" baseball cap."

James wrote:
"Someone please rescue me from a creepy religion that forces me to dress like this when I take my kids to a community water spray park on a 95 degree day and my husband gets to frolic with the kids wearing shorts, a t-shirt, and his "Ireland" baseball cap."




Were you listening to the NPR piece this morning regarding the women only beaches in Turkey?
I missed that, but I'm sure my more NPR savvy wife can fill me in.
I heard that…i believe they call it 'Halal Travel'.
chaz wrote:
I heard that…i believe they call it 'Halal Travel'.


Correct!
Are you with me yet?

Julian, wrote:
James wrote:
Alright, it's time we start taking out some of these militant Islamists. Enough is enough, right? Who's with me?
To answer your questions in order: no, it's not. And not me.
James wrote:
Are you with me yet?
I'm even less with you than I was the other day.
Care to elaborate?

Julian, wrote:
James wrote:
Are you with me yet?
I'm even less with you than I was the other day.
James wrote:
Care to elaborate?
Sure. How many American soldiers and foreign civilians do you think is acceptable collateral damage to avenge one reporter's death?

The US is not the world's police. ISIS has, literally, no effect on the general American's life. It's the very definition of "not our problem." It is a catastrophic waste of life and money to go deal with some nuts who are taking part in a religious uprising in another country.

Should we go into the DPRK next? Hundreds of thousands more people are being killed and repressed there than in ISIS controlled territories. Should we go into Columbia? I mean, at some point, you just have to go "this has nothing to do with us." I'm sad a journalist was murdered but I don't think the appropriate response is a multi-billion dollar action that will kill tons of innocent people.
Did you have the same thoughts about al-Quaeda pre-9/11?

Julian, wrote:
James wrote:
Care to elaborate?
Sure. How many American soldiers and foreign civilians do you think is acceptable collateral damage to avenge one reporter's death?

The US is not the world's police. ISIS has, literally, no effect on the general American's life. It's the very definition of "not our problem." It is a catastrophic waste of life and money to go deal with some nuts who are taking part in a religious uprising in another country.

Should we go into the DPRK next? Hundreds of thousands more people are being killed and repressed there than in ISIS controlled territories. Should we go into Columbia? I mean, at some point, you just have to go "this has nothing to do with us." I'm sad a journalist was murdered but I don't think the appropriate response is a multi-billion dollar action that will kill tons of innocent people.
James wrote:
Did you have the same thoughts about al-Quaeda pre-9/11?
Yes, because the documented scope and ability of ISIS vs al-Qaeda pre-9/11 are totally equivalent. That's such a legitimate equivalency you're making there. You know, I heard about these Irish teenagers who scribbled anti-American rhetoric on a building and robbed a cornershop; I suppose we should invade the United Kingdom too. 
Julian, wrote:
Should we go into Columbia?


Are the students acting up again?
vansmack wrote:
Are the students acting up again?
They will not countenance Oxford's dismissal of the serial comma, and they're not going to take it anymore.
Julian, wrote:
They will not countenance Oxford's dismissal of the serial comma, and they're not going to take it anymore.


Fair enough.  I'll grab my quill….
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/01/merkel-isis_n_5747976.html


Julian, wrote:
James wrote:
Did you have the same thoughts about al-Quaeda pre-9/11?
Yes, because the documented scope and ability of ISIS vs al-Qaeda pre-9/11 are totally equivalent. That's such a legitimate equivalency you're making there. You know, I heard about these Irish teenagers who scribbled anti-American rhetoric on a building and robbed a cornershop; I suppose we should invade the United Kingdom too. 
Yada wrote:

This is "When Reality reflects The Onion" material. lol.