Recent Comments

1. 15 days ago on Rudy Park

   Another word salad

2. about 1 month ago on Ripley's Believe It or Not

   Probably because nobody has sued over that.

3. 2 months ago on Rabbits Against Magic

   Fascism was also the party of socialism according to Mussolini. It doesn’t matter what you want to say, the only difference is the title, the result was the same, dictatorship and destruction of anyone who opposed the left.

4. 2 months ago on Rabbits Against Magic

   Hitler and the Nazis were self proclaimed SOCIALISTS.

5. 5 months ago on Doonesbury

   Other than the war comments, that’s the way my class in ‘71 was given our diplomas at SIU-Edwardsville, just "stand up, you’re graduated, sit down." I needn’t (and wouldn’t) have gone for the ceremony had I known it would be like that.

6. 5 months ago on The Big Picture

   Question 3 is simple to answer, the popular brand “Frigidaire” gave rise to the shorter “fridge” as a generic reference to all refrigerators. It was the best known brand and people being what they are, the term was and is shorthand for all refrigerators of any brand.

7. 7 months ago on Broom Hilda

   The Andrea Doria wasn’t upright, it was flipped on it’s side by the collision with the Stockholm, and sank.

8. 8 months ago on The Big Picture

   My phone stays at home, like it was a landline. I don’t need it constantly in my hand, pocket, car, when I’m shopping, etc. I’m not distracted from more important things by a ringing phone.

9. 8 months ago on Moderately Confused

   If everybody didn’t think they had to have the latest iPhone every time one comes out, and all the channels they can find on cable and other pay TV outlets, and the latest outrageously priced sneakers and designer labels for all their clothes, maybe they could afford to live. I don’t have any pay TV, a cheap phone, Walmart clothes, and have less than 1K SS each month. I eat well, am adequately clothed, am comfortable year round, and frankly wouldn’t know what to do with what some people think is a “living income” standard. And I never earned $15/hour when I was working.

10. 9 months ago on Real Life Adventures

    Is this ever going to change or is it just going to be dropped eventually?