Recent content by IzzyPop

And I see what side of the line you fall on. Color me surprised.

And 49% of Republicans see most blacks as racist. Next up, almost half of Democrats think water is wet...

I thought that since the IRS 'scandal' was entirely of Rep Issa's creation you were asking if we wanted him in charge of healthcare. Maybe I misunderstood.

Darryl Issa will be deciding people's healthcare?

Realize that this was written in 1996. Joe Abercrombie hadn't published yet, Locke Lamora was still an idea in Lynch's head, and Morgan was still writing Sci-fi. Dark, anti-hero fantasy hadn't really been done before on this grand of a scale. In the typical medieval fantasy series Ned would have...

Loved the first three books. I devoured them in the span of about 2 weeks. A whole lot of what Martin was doing in this series had never really been done before and he was gleefully smashing well-worn fantasy tropes. The last 2 took me over a month to read each one. They go nowhere, I almost...

Reminds me of a story... I lived in an apartment building that used an ancient system for their HVAC and the tech came out twice a year to flip the switches and reroute the flow to change from heat to air conditioning or the reverse. The last year I was their we had to wait until the middle of...

Can you go ahead and define 'kind' for me?

Vacation is part of a benefits package that various employers offer to make their employees happy. Sick days can fall under the same heading but their is a better reason. If I go to work while I am sick I am less productive and ran the risk of infecting other employees. These other employees are...

I would go even farther back and blame straight people getting married. That was the first step down this slippery slope.

I once saw a cat eat a carrot. All cats are vegetarians.

Lulz. History doesn't seem to be your strong suit.

Too bad my parents were gay and couldn't give their parents any grandchildren. Oh, wait. I guess I prove your thesis wrong.

And you can thank Glenn Greenwald for this. He currently works at the Guardian and has been pounding this drum for over 10 years now, first on his own website, then Salon.com, and now works for the Guardian.

I agree that we shouldn't be selling arms to the rebels. I do not agree that selling arms to Syrian rebels is 'just like Iran-Contra' or even warrants an investigation as stated in the OP.