Plan B Forum

Per Rubato: Scalia said that "Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached." I share Rubato's opinion of Scalia. But there is no need to ascribe to him things he never said. Snopes and various others have made it clear that this quote is a long way from what...

Was that the one with the square steering wheel? I had forgotten how bad cars were in those days before the Japanese and Deming taught us how to do it.

And it would not surprise me if Trump turns out to be the voice of reason tonight, saying that the President has the right and in fact the obligation to appoint a successor. Of course I could be wrong. According to my wife it has happened before but I don't remember.

I agree with LJ (never thought I would say that) and yes, it's a massive rock thrown into the election pond.

From the CNN report: Soon after news of Scalia's death surfaced, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called for the vacancy to be filled "The American people‎ should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice. Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new...

I reckon BoSoxGal got it - could be a picture of him.

This morning, 730. Most of us getting in a workout before heading to the office. "Fuck!" Roots through bag. "I've left my hair gel at home. Now I'm going to look like Super Emo all day." I think I can be forgiven for not knowing who Super Emo is, and Google isn't a lot of help. But when did men star...

One of the advantages of being British that we had Maggie Thatcher. It meant that had the opportunity to get past the 'love her because she is the first woman PM' and that she had broken through the glass ceiling (although we did not call it that then). And some of us went quite quickly to the 'hate...

I'm with Rube on this, and I use graphs every day. Why the dotted red line which is apparently DC? I was trying to figure out why it should be different from the rest until I went to the source and found it had been added with no explanation. I still don't know what it means. The X axis is obviously...

Something is missing from that picture Meade posted.

I can't quite put my finger on it . . .

From Ms. Chisholm: 'But in the next breath they have told me they consider that I dress too nice for work. Us staff have a dress code and the children have a dress code too. It's about us all feeling part of a team. I really think that Ms. Chisholm should concentrate more on the English language tha...

Donald Trump has made me support Fox News. This cannot end well . . .

They are scrolling random tweets across the screen. A propos of two US players:

Keys and Sock should get together for the mixed doubles, We'll call the The Lost Items.

Well I thought it was funny.

Thanks for the explanation about standing. A minor quibble - Hollander filed that suit in NH because he was (by his own description) a McCain supporter who wanted to forestall birther-type lawsuits. (Birther was not then a word.). Democrats did not IIRC raise it as an issue. It could be that the imp...

I heard the same Gulf War II era joke but slightly differently. SecDef to GWB: "Three Brazilian troops were wounded last night." GWB looks suitably saddened. "Remind me: exactly how many is a brazillion?"

I don't think it has ever been settled. McCain of course was born in Panama to US parents on military duty and there was never any hint of an argument from Democrats that he was ineligible. The Constitution, if it means born within the 50 states (or however many there were at the time of the birth) ...

The first clue that the man is a mental pygmy (apart from anything else) is the statement on his faculty web page ( https://www.kent.edu/history/profile/julio-cesar-pino ) that he is "listed in Who's Who in American Education and Who's Who in America." I have been invited to be in any number of thes...

I thought about that. They will send me a copy of the receipt which I will post here. It's the least I can do to let everyone know that you do, in fact, pay your debts and that what they say about you just isn't true. You're a gent, LJ. (Doffs cap.)

LJ I'm sorry - I didn't know you had planned to send the money all along. I don't have a PayPal account, so if you wouldn't mind it would be very convenient if you could send a check to these folks - http://www.voteberniesanders2016.com/donate/ - they look after stuff for me and they will make sure ...

I said earlier: Of course, if you read the blogs it's Obama's fault. Sorry, I forgot about LJ. LJ are you still working on that $20 you owe me? I know I gave you a few years to save up but come on, it's 12 years now and you should be getting close. I have a long memory . . . . Trouble is nowadays I ...