Plan B Forum

Please Note: Trump did not win any state last nite in the Super Tuesday match. This is not a STATE contest. It is a DELEGATE contest. All selections prior to March 15 have been proportional. Each state has their own rules, but generally anybody with less than 20% gets none. So sorry Dr. Carson, but ...

Reagan's main problem was . . .

That he was a senile old man before he took the oath of office and his main adviser was his wife who took her cues from an astrologer.
He flourished via his old skills from Hollywood. He was really great at reading a script somebody handed him.

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More that 60 million guns in the hands of individuals?!? Everybody KNOWS these gun exist only to kill people. Compared to the 60M guns or whatever big number you like, how many people were shot last year? Do the math. Looks to me, if they exist only to kill, they don't work very well. Gun makers sho...

Where do I find a news program, the kind where somebody stands in front of a camera on location somewhere and tells me what is going on right there, now.? Melissa, and most of CNN, MSNBC, even Bloomberg, is a bunch of talking heads sitting around and talking about the news. I can get that there. BBC...

I have never objectively checked out my ancestors, beyond 3 generations back, but just as a thought exercise, I have decided I am Afro-asian. My mother, many times removed, was Lucy in Africa, and my father, similar generations back, was the Peking Man.

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Nice to see the bunch of pix here. The plant where I worked near Newark DE for 39 years was an industrial park with not much developed. It was on "Purgatory Swamp" which was near were the Betsy Ross flag was first displayed in battle. The Brits marched from a landing area (Now called Elkton MD) plan...

Yes, BB that brake set is odd. The Wikipedia entry for the Speidel company says nothing about any bike business. The shop where I bought it said it was quality equal to Campy, but lower price because it was mostly unknown. I got the frame from the local racing team at the end of the season. It was u...

OK, let me ask it another way. Another poster said" The thing the government wants from Apple isn't to crack the code, but to write software" Software that does not exist now. Just how does the federal government force a corporation or an individual to produce a product that neither they nor anyone ...

Was that last scene "You can take this job and shove it!"?

I experienced one of those yesterday evening. It has been a while and I had forgotten just how good it feels. A national chain bicycle store ran an ad for half off on a general spring tune-up for your bike, ending Feb 27. So I took my bike in and they ran me to the back of the store where the shop a...

Yes regrets. We have a few. The Republican Senators stand firmly on principle and demand that appointment to the Board of Supremes not be even considered until after this election cycle, when the voters have spoken. What are they gonna do if the voters have spoken and it is a Democrat sitting until ...

Me, I only wish I could remember when I was 57.

A smart dog means alot more work for the rest of the family. Sort of like having a really smart kid in the household. Both can be much more interesting and fun.

So how is the dog generally? Around here "Collie" even in a mixed breed, means lots of health problems.

I have been puzzled by all of the GOP tv debates. The moderator starts the program, like the referee on the old Friday nite tv Boxing programs--gives the participants a brief admonition to play by the rules and be nice. After describing the time allotments and light system, it is all abandoned. Rare...

Just where does Denny's have an early bird special Not around here. I go for the $4.00 breakfast with 15% AARP discount

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Well Gen'l, I have decided to reply to your question about 'what non-Christian. . . ' The officially recognized founder of this tradition answered the question of 'what do you believe?' from a reporter for the Chicago Tribune with a two word answer: All Truth. For most of our history we have been cl...

Thank you, Gal, for the post above. The religious tradition which I grew up in asserted that it was of little import what you believe. The thing that mattered was what you did. Bernie above reflects the best of the Judeo-Christian spirituality.

Ah Yes, Lord Jim, the glory days of Saint Ronnie. "They first confidently started hanging crepe for the GOP after the Goldwater Debacle in '64... Four years later we won back the Presidency, and four years after that our incumbent President won 49 states and 61% of the popular vote..." Dear conserva...

We all, to an extent fall for con artists. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0525427414?keywords=The%20Confidence%20Game%2C’%20by%20Maria%20Konnikova&qid=1456330505&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1 or http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/10/books/review/the-confidence-game-by-maria-konnikova.html Mr. Trump os a very suc...