I have to wonder if this might cause problems for some women? It's a sure bet no one will be ording pizza in the 1st quarter.

NFL debuts chilling anti-domestic violence Super Bowl PSA - Money - TODAY.com

Bang under Cottesmore Airfield, apparently, where the Vulcans used to fly from.

Did anyone feel the ground move? Half an hour ago, this was.

U.S. retail sales drop biggest in 11 months, but seen as a blip

By Lucia Mutikani

WASHINGTON Wed Jan 14, 2015

The Commerce Department said on Wednesday retail sales fell 0.9 percent, the biggest decline since last January, after increasing 0.4 percent in November.

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US technology giant Apple has reported the biggest quarterly profit ever made by a public company.

Its phones aren't that bad but, shouldn't they pay a fair bit of their tax ?

iN Apple's case, 60% of its profits are managed through three businesses based in Ireland where tax rates and the "double Irish"... [Read More]

I always told my wife that I would never own a dog that could out eat me or out crap me. Well apparently I do now. My wife has wanted a Golden Retriever for many years, I finally decide that it's not my job to keep her from having something she really wants. We only live once (i think). So I succumbed to her womanly ways and agreed to get a new puppy.

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Some people paint, some make music, I create movies. See what you think about this, my latest creation. It's a dodgeball tournament for charity I filmed last weekend. It came out better than I expected. The hard part was keeping it moving along, and adding the human interest angle.

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On the way home from work, just approaching the final stretch at the mini roundabout before my turn off I slowed down (as is proper), then as I went to accelerate the engine went into high revs, but with no drive to the wheel. It might be something fairly straightforward, but I think the time has come to call it a bad job, as it's no longer financially viable to keep getting it fixed.

So, as soon as I got home I phoned my Lne Manager to let him know that I might be late in... [Read More]

When I read this article and then the comments attached to it, I was amazed once again at the comments people feel perfectly fine about throwing at fat people. And I have no trouble saying 'fat people'. I am one. Obese is a word folks use to pretend we aren't.

What cracks me up is that a lot of these folks act like they are making the comments to be helpful. I think that in order to make negative comments about someone elses appearance, folks should be required to post a current... [Read More]

First we had two weeks of earthquakes now blizzard up to 28 inches of snow or more. We could also get thundersnow tonight lucky us. so how is everyone else?

“If people believe their voices are omnipotent and can harm and control them, then they are less likely to cope and more likely to end up as psychiatric patients,” says Eugenie Georgaca, a senior lecturer at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the organiser of this year’s conference. “If they have explanations of

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Anyone interested in playing? Hopefully we can come up with say 10 participants.

Good? Bad?

I think it is definitely time to warm up relations with Cuba.
It's been a long time since all of the animosity started and it is past time it ended and everyone starts acting like adults.

What I'm NOT sure about is how this move will affect the Cuban American vote. Who will end up benefiting politically from this move - those in favor or those opposed?... [Read More]

The King of the Kaftans is no longer with us.

He was never English, he was one of those foreigners who came to England and got flung out for overstaying, or never having had, his work permit.

He and Vangelis then built, in Paris, one of the greatest proto-rock European bands of the time, Aphrodite's Child, and put out three of the most influential progressive albums I can bring to mind. And all we derisive English can remember him for is his taste in kaftans.
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I guess they can't very well disqualify them because seriously, what happens to all the money won/lost on that game?

And to be frank with you , I've suspected the fix was in all season to get these two teams to the Superbowl... how else to explain the miserable and unexpected performance of my chicago bears?

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We live in the most peaceful time in history. Is war over? Watch this:

Anti-austerity left-wing party Syriza is heading for a substantial victory in Greece's general election.
The party is projected to win about 150 seats, just one short of an absolute majority, though officials say that number could change.

A European swing to the Left........now thats refreshing.

Queen Elizabeth II would be evicted from Buckingham Palace and moved into a council house in plans to abolish the monarchy and build more social housing, as suggested by the Greens leader.

I thought she lived in a Council House already.

Have they been banned permanently?

It was the KKK (Ku Klux Klan) which was formed during Re Construction after the Civil War 1866 and unfortunately lasted almost 100 years. To the best of my knowledge it was the only-organization that could truly be called Terrorist that the U.S. has ever had.

What terrible news. Edgar Froese, of Tangerine Dream, has gone. The Grand Architect of Krautrock has left the arena. Really. Seriously. I've been playing his music ever since Richard Branson placed the group where I could see it. My phone has some of his albums for when I'm travelling. A ten second clip from Tangram was at one stage my ringtone (replaced eventually by a more insistent phrase from the Yellow Magic Orchestra).

Thank you Mr Froese, you made the world a better place.