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Forum: Off Topic Forum 27th December 2014, 01:22 PM
Replies: 57
Views: 3,369
Posted By LarryC
Re: The Interview- Review!

So we should see an awful movie just because somebody told us not to? Isn't that kind of an adolescent notion of freedom?
Forum: Off Topic Forum 25th December 2014, 08:31 PM
Replies: 266
Views: 7,140
Posted By LarryC
Re: Two More Major Movie Chains Drop The Movie "The Interview"

Well, whether it was intended as a publicity stunt or not, that was the effect.

Sony Should Send A Thank You Note To North Korean Dictator Kim Jong-un - Forbes...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 25th December 2014, 02:36 PM
Replies: 266
Views: 7,140
Posted By LarryC
Re: Two More Major Movie Chains Drop The Movie "The Interview"

<< This is where rational thinking comes in handy. Separating the nonsense from the plausible. It isn't the "Mainstream media". It's the most extreme commentators on FOX and MSNBC. It's conspiracy...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 24th December 2014, 09:21 PM
Replies: 266
Views: 7,140
Posted By LarryC
Re: Two More Major Movie Chains Drop The Movie "The Interview"

<< Typical archetype of a coward and bully.., love to go hunting for things that can't fight back or fire back, because if you ask some of these jokers, fighting someone in a wheel chair is a fair...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 21st December 2014, 09:49 PM
Replies: 266
Views: 7,140
Posted By LarryC
Re: Two More Major Movie Chains Drop The Movie "The Review"

Someone will probably make a documentary about the phenomenon of the Interview which will turn out to be much more entertaining than the original movie.
Forum: Off Topic Forum 21st December 2014, 12:49 PM
Replies: 249
Views: 6,326
Posted By LarryC
Re: I hate "Happy Holidays"!

You and Bill O'Reilly.

Bill O'Reilly declares victory in the 'War on Christmas' (http://news.yahoo.com/bill-oreilly-war-on-christmas-over-165232438.html)
Forum: Off Topic Forum 19th December 2014, 01:08 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,279
Posted By LarryC
Re: It is time to GAIN RESPECT!

Playing the banjo may get you some attention, but if you really want respect you need the kind of strong, manly body that only Charles Atlas can give you!

The INSULT that made a MAN out of "MAC"...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 17th December 2014, 02:48 PM
Replies: 266
Views: 7,140
Posted By LarryC
Re: Two More Major Movie Chains Drop The Movie "The Review"

Yes, this will make it tempting for trolls and pranksters everywhere (forget hardcore hackers and terrorists) to try to create similar outcomes.

On the other hand, this will probably end up making...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 12th December 2014, 09:11 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,203
Posted By LarryC
Re: People don't like the police

https://scontent-a-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/1546379_909128995794626_5076983564091502124_n.png?oh=59edfeed6f7108d9674c2c2f831fafdb&oe=550D081C
Forum: Off Topic Forum 26th November 2014, 06:25 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 2,368
Posted By LarryC
Re: A Romanticized View of the 70s?

Anyone who says there is no great disco music must never have heard this one:

disco duck - YouTube
Forum: Off Topic Forum 24th November 2014, 07:17 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 2,368
Posted By LarryC
Re: A Romanticized View of the 70s?

<< The bit that really jarred for me though was the idea of kids grabbing Pop Tarts before sitting down to watch Saturday morning telly, although it might well have been true in America. If Pop...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 4th April 2014, 05:23 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 740
Posted By LarryC
Re: Cha Ching! ATM Mistakenly Gives $37K to Homeless Man

Yes, I don't think I'd lose any sleep knowing that a bank spat out some extra money to me. But at the same time, I'd be aware that there are always cameras and, even more to the point, if I were...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 13th March 2014, 07:15 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 528
Posted By LarryC
Re: Snakes in a Cab

I don't have a snake phobia. I once had a pet snake and I've even held large snakes I knew were tame. But I'm not a snake expert either, and some are deadly. And some people are nuts, so if someone...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 12th March 2014, 04:13 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 765
Posted By LarryC
Re: Crazed Pet Cat Holds Family Hostage and Forces Them To Call 911 For Rescue

I saw this story yesterday and it made me laugh. The sad part is that the cat is likely going to be put down, if this hasn't already happened.

I have to say that while an angry cat can do some...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 9th March 2014, 09:48 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,289
Posted By LarryC
Re: Huge Cigar Shaped UFO Flying Over Ukraine! MSM

One theory is that UFOs intervene to prevent nuclear war. I actually find this quite credible. Looking at human history and all of the explosive situations of the last few decades and there's no way...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 4th March 2014, 06:13 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 691
Posted By LarryC
Huvr Board: Elaborate Hoax?

It's getting harder and harder to tell what's real and what's fake. Take, for instance, the supposedly new invention, Huvr Board. Someone went to a lot of trouble to make this look real, complete...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 4th March 2014, 05:22 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 407
Posted By LarryC
Re: Are these "weasel words?" - I think so...

It's definitely misleading if they're publishing reviews for a production from 20 years ago to promote a new local production.
Forum: Off Topic Forum 3rd March 2014, 06:27 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 654
Posted By LarryC
Re: Meanwhile, in Washington, D.C.

Now you're making this about Ron Paul. I only mentioned him as an aside as an example of a Republican who might respect the rights of protesters. That doesn't mean I endorse everything he ever said.
Forum: Off Topic Forum 3rd March 2014, 04:49 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 654
Posted By LarryC
Re: Meanwhile, in Washington, D.C.

That's right, to me it's not really about Obama. I only mentioned his name because he's the spokesperson who's making all these statements about the rights of people to protest around the world. I...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 3rd March 2014, 04:04 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 654
Posted By LarryC
Re: Meanwhile, in Washington, D.C.

Of course it's on a different scale and the issues are totally different. The point is that Obama and Kerry talk as though they support free expression while they have a record of suppressing it at...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 3rd March 2014, 03:49 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 654
Posted By LarryC
Meanwhile, in Washington, D.C.

While hypocrites in the White House self righteously speak out in favor of the rights of people in the Ukraine to protest, hundreds are arrested for doing the same thing (though in a more peaceful...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 14th January 2014, 10:20 AM
Replies: 81
Views: 2,183
Posted By LarryC
Re: U.S. Cops Out of Control?

<< Could it be there is more to these stories - outside the view of a quick video? A helpless, homeless man? - whose mother had to take out a restraining order to protect herself from him? She...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 13th January 2014, 11:53 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 633
Posted By LarryC
Re: What Did Viking Really Find on Mars!!!

I know that forum though I haven't been there for a while. Even many people into conspiracy theories distrust them or think it's a disinfo project. But just to clarify, Anonymous Coward is the...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 13th January 2014, 11:49 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 633
Posted By LarryC
Re: What Did Viking Really Find on Mars!!!

Anyone interested in this topic should check out the claims of Andrew Basiago. No idea if any of it is true (unlike some people, who "know" such things are false just because they sound too...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 12th January 2014, 10:07 AM
Replies: 53
Views: 1,369
Posted By LarryC
Re: Aliens already walk among us...

This is all very logical sounding. However, all this essentially means is that life as it is currently defined probably doesn't exist nearby. Furthermore, technology as it is currently understood (or...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 11th January 2014, 09:37 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 516
Posted By LarryC
Real Reason For UFO Coverup

Abby Martin, who is obviously skeptical of the issue, interviews Dr. Steven Greer on Breaking the Set. Even in UFO/conspiracy circles, Greer is controversial. However, I think he makes some good...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 2nd January 2014, 08:48 AM
Replies: 253
Views: 5,954
Posted By LarryC
Re: 40,000,000+ Americans in Poverty

I doubt if even "liberal Americans" advocate paying workers the same as CEOs. One of the issues here is just how extreme the gap has become. Apparently, Peter Drucker, hardly a member of the...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 31st December 2013, 05:31 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 551
Posted By LarryC
Re: Gun to your head -- how to respond

That's not necessarily the best advice in all situations. You have to use your judgement. There was a video recently -I think it was posted in this forum- of a man on a Seattle bus pushing the gun...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 31st December 2013, 03:29 PM
Replies: 167
Views: 3,491
Posted By LarryC
Re: Interesting Look At Gun Control

People are taught by the media to react in a kneejerk way to labels like "militia," "extremist" or "terrorist" without thinking what these words really mean. It's similar to the way some people...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 30th December 2013, 08:52 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 533
Posted By LarryC
Re: new year is special day or not?

That's what I was going to day. Here too everything happens New Year's Eve. I usually like to go out somewhere that night, to a party or just a bar or club where there's a celebration.

New Years...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 18th December 2013, 11:24 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 826
Posted By LarryC
Re: In America, You Must "Win the Right" to Have a Garden on Your Own Property

I guess that's why I never wanted to live in the suburbs. I just don't get a mentality that values things like "curb appeal" over nutrition, economics and the environment.

Lose Your Lawn...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 18th December 2013, 10:37 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 826
Posted By LarryC
Re: In America, You Must "Win the Right" to Have a Garden on Your Own Property

Yes, I realize it was about the front yard rather than the right to have a garden per se. Still, the whole idea that people have been brainwashed into thinking of lawns as aesthetically preferable to...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 18th December 2013, 10:35 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 398
Posted By LarryC
Re: Road rage shootout leaves two drivers dead

This is sad, but I have to admit it made me chuckle. Two guys, both over 40, get into a shootout over a tailgating incident. Now they're both dead. People live for decades only to have their lives...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 15th December 2013, 08:14 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 695
Posted By LarryC
Re: Lawrence Of Arabia Is Dead.

He was in one of my favorite films - The Stunt Man (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081568/)
Forum: Off Topic Forum 14th December 2013, 05:31 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 1,823
Posted By LarryC
Snow in the Middle East!

No matter what you think about manmade global warming, it's hard to deny that the climate is changing. It's snowing for the first time in over a century in the Middle East. I especially like the...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 4th December 2013, 03:47 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 1,186
Posted By LarryC
Re: Hospital worker infects 46 people with hepatitis C. Or why I favor the death penalty.

If I'm following you here I don't agree with your conclusion at all. Are you saying that because there was only a 3% chance that people would get sick that this means it shouldn't be considered...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 1st December 2013, 04:44 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 1,137
Posted By LarryC
Re: has Black Friday gotten out of control

This article has gotten a lot of views today. At first I thought it was real, but then it became obvious it was a parody. At least I hope so, lol. I'm not familiar with the site, but I assume it's an...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 23rd November 2013, 10:30 AM
Replies: 79
Views: 2,044
Posted By LarryC
Re: What Large Retailers Can Learn From Henry Ford...

We can debate about the politics and economics of Walmart, but what better place is there to experience some old fashioned holiday spirit, especially on Black Friday?

Black Friday Walmart Stampede...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 19th November 2013, 10:04 PM
Replies: 152
Views: 3,630
Posted By LarryC
Re: If You Aren't Sure Walmart Needs to Pay Higher Wages, This Photo May Erase All Doubt:

<< This was maybe 25 years ago. Of course, Wal-Mart came. Some small businesses went away, because they had taken advantage of the fact that the locals had no choice, but to buy from them. And now,...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 19th November 2013, 08:24 PM
Replies: 152
Views: 3,630
Posted By LarryC
Re: If You Aren't Sure Walmart Needs to Pay Higher Wages, This Photo May Erase All Doubt:

The bottom line is that WalMart is corporate welfare.

New Study Finds Wal-Mart’s Miserly Wages Cost Taxpayers | Institute for Local Self-Reliance...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 19th November 2013, 02:01 PM
Replies: 152
Views: 3,630
Posted By LarryC
Re: If You Aren't Sure Walmart Needs to Pay Higher Wages, This Photo May Erase All Doubt:

WalMart represents the worst of corporate state-sponsored capitalism. The reason it survives is that most of the people who shop there can't afford to go anywhere else. They sell goods made by...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 12th November 2013, 12:44 PM
Replies: 211
Views: 4,269
Posted By LarryC
Re: 40 Armed Gun Advocates Intimidate Mothers Against Gun Violence In A Restaurant Parking Lot

I'm not very passionate about this issue one way or the other, and I think it's one of those left-right issues that the media likes to divert people with. That said, I find the above statistics very...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 8th November 2013, 08:32 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 2,496
Posted By LarryC
Re: How Ayn Rand ruined my childhood

I just came across this article that has some interesting, and a few funny quotes by Ayn Rand. Apparently she briefly had a column near the end of her life. The final few paragraphs were written...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 5th November 2013, 07:21 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 2,496
Posted By LarryC
Re: How Ayn Rand ruined my childhood

I think the idea of a perfectly rational society is a misguided ideal that can never be realized. Rand was, more than anything else, a utopian. This is most clearly revealed in Atlas Shrugged.

I...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 5th November 2013, 10:33 AM
Replies: 73
Views: 2,496
Posted By LarryC
Re: How Ayn Rand ruined my childhood

I went through an Ayn Rand phase that lasted for a few years when I read all of her major works, fiction and nonfiction. Today, while I still agree with many of her political points I am almost the...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 4th November 2013, 12:31 PM
Replies: 120
Views: 5,461
Posted By LarryC
Re: Should They Legalize Marijuana In All States

Either way, legalizing marijuana and making it legal to drive under its influence are two entirely different things.
Forum: Off Topic Forum 25th October 2013, 07:35 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 587
Posted By LarryC
Re: Very Different Branches, Same Company

Kind of like the two main parties in the U.S.
Forum: Off Topic Forum 22nd October 2013, 11:55 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 897
Posted By LarryC
Re: No Mas Roberto Duran Sugar Ray Leonard

Not to take anything away from Leonard, who was definitely one of the all time greats, but Duran's greatest years were as a Lightweight. As he got older, he had trouble with his weight and often let...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 18th October 2013, 03:19 PM
Replies: 111
Views: 2,908
Posted By LarryC
Re: Health Care Website Cost You 292 Million Dollars

It sounds like possibly the most bloated, inefficient, costly and confusing government program ever. And that's really saying something!
Forum: Off Topic Forum 14th October 2013, 05:50 PM
Replies: 189
Views: 3,834
Posted By LarryC
Re: Are Conspiracy Theorists Really The Sane Ones?

I assume this refers to my post even though it's addressed to Steve. Thanks for saying that I don't sound like a total loon...I think :confused:

As I said, I don't claim to know exactly what...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 14th October 2013, 11:51 AM
Replies: 189
Views: 3,834
Posted By LarryC
Re: Are Conspiracy Theorists Really The Sane Ones?

I'm not following this logic. I don't see why so many people would have to be in on it. The fact that real people were on the planes and died doesn't mean there wasn't a conspiracy as well.

Most...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 12th October 2013, 04:39 PM
Replies: 189
Views: 3,834
Posted By LarryC
Re: Are Conspiracy Theorists Really The Sane Ones?

I've seen that. "Fire alone brought down the building" they say. Curious how seldom we see fires causing a building to collapse in that manner. In fact, I can't think of a single other instance of...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 9th October 2013, 02:15 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 965
Posted By LarryC
Re: Eben Pagen is poor?

<< The apartment Eben rents costs about $4,000 a month. Not very much.>>

I think you must watch too much TV, especially shows like Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous. There's no requirement that...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 25th September 2013, 05:52 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 780
Posted By LarryC
Re: Are you Stucked?!!!???

I think what they really mean is "stuck when it comes to," though that may not be the catchiest of slogans. "Stuck at" or "stuck with" implies something a little different -as in "I'm stuck at the...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 24th September 2013, 05:58 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 754
Posted By LarryC
Re: Are The Carlos Castaneda Books Real Or Fiction?

Dennis? Anyway, I'm interested in shamanism but I wouldn't say I'm deeply involved in it. In some ways it's the precursor to all religions. The word shaman comes from Central Asia, but it's now used...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 24th September 2013, 05:46 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 754
Posted By LarryC
Re: Are The Carlos Castaneda Books Real Or Fiction?

Actually, the question of whether the books or real or fiction may not be so straightforward -at least if you know anything about shamanism. Since the world of shamans and sorcerers largely concerns...
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