charrob
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I love the idiotic auto braking commercials where the ass fuck driver is tailgating. But lo and behold, the automatic braking system totally overcomes the laws of physics, inertia, and a car traveling at 100 feet per second. It magically stops the car before it slams into the logging 18 wheeler in front of it.

Truex better on the long runs. Logano better on the short runs. I was hoping the Truex would deal some payback to Logano for Martinsville, but that never came to pass. Logano just drove away. Harvick and Busch just didn't have the cars. I thought Busch would have been better. Well, congratulations to Logano. That was fun to watch.

Upon further review, it appears he was holding up his index finger. NCL charged with a timeout.

Harvard player flips off Yale defender as he runs for the end zone. TD was nullified. LOL

Newman looks exactly the same. lol

I'm guessing they just put that clip together as a joke. I've never seen another show like that with such imagination. They weaved together subplots in an uncanny way. That was incomparable. I once looked up their writers. They actually had more than a handful. Larry David was a genius, but I'm surprised that he hadn't written more episodes.

Good article. Some really interesting (and worrisome) points in it. Also a nice summary of the despicable evil Hildabeast; her corruption is astonishing:

But Zip still lies about himself on here.

No balls.

Well, I stand corrected.

In B4 paid trolls from the Open Society Foundations with their usual contrary and negative postings.

Thanks; just sent the message to merge threads :).

No problem Goldenequity :). I'll ask a moderator to merge the threads if that's all right with you?

Yes I understand the tenth amendment. And you are right: this would have to be a constitutional amendment. I hold no illusions that it will ever happen. That doesn't mean I don't think it should. I believe all sentient beings have an inalienable right to be free from unnecessary torture by humans. I also believe gray wolves who attack livestock can be shot by owners of that livestock. However gray wolves are not a significant threat to livestock:

I know you're right according to the Founders. But I don't see sentient beings as being property -- whether they were slaves or other. I suppose like the 13th Amendment, what would be needed is a Constitutional amendment to ban the torture of sentient beings. So in that, yes, you are right. It should not be a Federal Law -- what, imho it should be, is a Constitutional amendment.

I think private sanctuaries are very important. Many species like the white rhino are already extinct. The problem is finding people willing to fund private sanctuaries as more and more of the natural world becomes extinct at a faster and faster pace. The other issue would be that if the gray wolf is no longer part of the natural ecosystem (and only exists in private sanctuaries) it will affect the rest of the ecosystem: I remember reading an article a few years ago: I think it was about for some reason people obliterating opossums. Not sure why, but they did. And many believe that is why we now have such an infestation of lyme disease and deer ticks. Just like blow-back in foreign policy, there is blow-back in nature/ecosystems when humans destroy species. It's outside the scope of this argument, but I'm also opposed to unnecessary cruelty to any sentient live being. It's one thing to shoot a deer point blank between the eyes so its suffering is minimized. It's quite another to put traps out and have wolves, deer, and other live beings get their paws in one of these traps and linger for days and weeks in agony before they finally die. And, yes, this does happen. I think this cruelty should be outlawed by States, but if it's not, this is where I have no problem with a Federal law outlawing this kind of torture. I do believe animals have rights. Maybe not the same rights as humans. But a right to be treated humanely.

Yes, here's the list of Republicans who voted with the Democrats on this: Amash Biggs Blum Brat Duncan Gohmert Griffith Jordan

Yep. Unfortunately. And with each year of U.S. foreign interventions -- millions killed -- millions more maimed for the rest of their lives, because of blow-back the American people become less safe and less secure; just the opposite than what the powers that be tell us these wars are for.

I'm not going to argue on this forum about this because it's not the place. But, for what it's worth, I don't want to see the gray wolf become extinct. They are a natural part of the ecosystem and if they become extinct, the rest of the ecosystem will be affected. I have no problem with people killing deer or fowl for food: indeed it's much less cruel than what factory farm animals endure on a daily basis. But to work toward the extinction of an entire species seems just plain wrong to me.

I'm sure they'll mention him Miami this weekend. It's the last race with four drivers left: Kyle Busch, Harvick, Truex, and Logano. I picked three of the four, but that was hardly a feat since there were the big three all year. I'm going with Kyle Busch. He is younger and will just outduel Harvick.