We bought our house in 2006 right at the peak of the housing bubble only to see the value drop more than 50% at the lowest point. So I'm glad to see home prices increasing again. After 14 years the appraised value of our home is now only 19k more than we paid for it. I'm now in the process of refin...

I don't know about wearing a wire but someone suggested that he might have been given some of the questions beforehand and I find that believable. Especially since it happened during the last debates. Joe just seemed too ready to go with the first question citing all kinds of facts and figures to m...

Over at the National Review everyone is agreeing that the debate was "unwatchable" and Trump was awful but Stanley Kurtz disagrees and I share his opinion. I think it might have been the first and only presidential debate I have watched to the end. https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/act...

I don't know about wearing a wire but someone suggested that he might have been given some of the questions beforehand and I find that believable. Especially since it happened during the last debates. Joe just seemed too ready to go with the first question citing all kinds of facts and figures to ma...

We bought our house in 2006 right at the peak of the housing bubble only to see the value drop more than 50% at the lowest point. So I'm glad to see home prices increasing again. After 14 years the appraised value of our home is now only 19k more than we paid for it. I'm now in the process of refina...

When the debate first started and Biden was sounding coherent while Trump was being a dick and interrupting I thought to myself OMG Biden is going to eat his lunch. I think that would have been the case too if he hadn't resorted to the over-the-top rhetoric of saying Trump was responsible for all th...

The Vietnamese were subhuman dinks. Brings back memories of my first night in the Danang compound. We got attacked that night and several times through the night we had to jump in the bunkers when the alarms went off. The first thing that was said was "any Vietnamese girls come out". As I...

There was a girl in Olongapo in the Philippines I thought I was in love with when I was in the Navy until she stole my camera. When I went to retrieve it her Filipino boyfriend was there as well as another Navy sailor who was her new American boyfriend. Both were incensed, but the Filipino actually ...

An outstanding post on top of a bunch of other great ones of late ahrunforthehills. Thanks! Taken as a whole your comments and those of mathjak107 here reflect approaches that are deeply informed by Browne’s work while responding to realities he’d never encountered. I know some view any departure f...

I'm sure. The tax code is a disgrace. The American public has been totally screwed by insider elites and special interests for decades. Trump embodies this blind anger. Americans know something is wrong but have no idea where to stick the blame. Trump is a big middle finger to everything...unfortun...

Obviously you aren't seeing the humor in the story yet. Give it time.

And to I Shrugged , my apologies for derailing your thread. To get back on topic I wonder if a multicultural country is more or less susceptible to a communist revolution? Russia, China, Cuba, Vietnam - not exactly multicultural. And as is the case with China and Muslims they apparently intend to s...

As I predicted in another thread somebody on twitter has already tried to paint her adoption of two Haitian girls as something sinister. My advice to the Democrats would be to ask tough questions about judicial philosophy if you must but avoid the smear tactics and personal attacks that they have em...

Cold fusion is fun but getting back on topic.... Suicide of the Liberals - the Russian revolution... https://www.firstthings.com/article/2020/10/suicide-of-the-liberals Anyone wearing a uniform was a candidate for a bullet to the head or sulfuric acid to the face. Country estates were burnt down (“...

For example, states don't count their mail-in or absentee ballots at all unless there's a race where they could make a difference. Please tell me more. This would suggest the in-person votes are given priority over mail-in or absentee ballots? I hadn't heard this before. What if the race looked lik...

On any given day, when I put on my suit and bow tie, I’m great. But when I put on a baseball cap and a jogging suit, I could be George Floyd at any point in time. That line is the "tell" on this author's bullshit. George Floyd didn't get killed from just putting on a baseball cap and a jo...

Cold fusion is fun but getting back on topic.... Suicide of the Liberals - the Russian revolution... https://www.firstthings.com/article/2020/10/suicide-of-the-liberals Anyone wearing a uniform was a candidate for a bullet to the head or sulfuric acid to the face. Country estates were burnt down (“r...

75? That just gives me 4 more years.

AFAIC right now my benchmark is when I can no longer wipe my own ass.

This is another very sad story of a "mostly peaceful protest". Apparently this man named Jake Gardner chose suicide over being the next George Zimmerman. https://www.indystar.com/story/news/nation/2020/09/20/jake-gardner-james-scurlock-shooting-omaha-nebraska-suicide/5848139002/ Gardner sh...

My parents lived to 92 (Dad) and 98 (Mom). Neither one had Alzheimer's despite high carb diets with non-diet coke being their favorite drink and a bowl of ice cream every night before bed. Grandparents on both sides had the same longevity with my paternal grandmother dying a few days before her 100t...

I see that Biden has promised to nominate a black woman. So there you have it. Are the Republicans going to continue to perpetuate systemic racism by putting a white woman on the court in a seat that should rightfully belong to a woman of color? I guess it wouldn't be 2020 if the race wasn't all abo...

I think a confirmation hearing would be a very entertaining and enlightening spectacle for the American people to watch just before the election. It will be interesting to see how they are planning on sliming Amy Comey Barrett if she is nominated, which it's sounding like she will be. She has adopte...

Does anybody here believe for one minute that if the Dems were in control they wouldn't be doing exactly what the Republicans are? Of course they would. They're all politicians and hypocrisy is the name of the game. Exactly. Shame on them for what they would probably do. Speaking of hypocrisy I jus...

There is industry chatter that the Netflix pipeline of productions was stopped a few months ago after the George Floyd killing. The reason - to re-shoot scenes for introduction of "woke" content and diversity. This comes at the same time as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ...