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StoneAndSky

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    Comment #47449955

    I will never forget, and neither should you, that the last time we had a budget surplus, instead of doing _anything_ useful with it, the Republicans decided the best thing to do wa…

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    Comment #47038982

    I don't remember it being a "sleeper"; I recall it stirring quite a bit of controversy at the time. It came out in the pre-Columbine "Going Postal" era. But agreed: it's worth a wa…

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    Comment #46938089

    In 1995, our art teacher used a full week of class time to screen this for us, for no other reason than she felt it was an incredible film that deserved a wider audience. She was r…

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    Comment #46727474

    Agree with everything being said here. However, it is no longer even remotely paranoid to be concerned that the current administration plans to do one or more of: 1. Put its thumb …

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    Comment #46594891

    Thanks to Roberts and McConnell, the United States has a Presidential "Purge" window: The President can "officially" suborn the murder of anyone, and as long as there is insufficie…

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    Comment #46279343

    I love Squoosh. I have used it since it launched. However, IIRC, Squoosh was built largely by Surma and Jake; or maybe they were just the "face" of the project. Either way, at one …

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    Comment #46157072

    The People have spoken, and they want squircles.

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    Comment #46126604

    Would that the mainstream press had treated the Gawker episode as the five-alarm free speech fire that it was.

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    Comment #45498346

    It exists: XMAG https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/XMAG/ > The index aims to provide a comprehensive and balanced representation of the U.S. equity market by including the largest 500…