K-9

http://www.diebytheblade.com/2016/6/15/11943104/are-pegulas-hiring-for-western-new-york-regional-sports-network Just a matter of time.

I thought DAESH was an Arabic acronym that is also an insult that ISIS finds offensive. John McCain needing to clarify something. Again. And to think I would have voted for him in 2000. One reason he may use ISIL instead is to distance himself from his "accidental" (as he put it on FOX news a couple years ago) meeting and posing with ISIS leadership in those infamous photos.

LOL! But only if both offenses are clicking that day.

Kid has a future in comedy. Very funny. https://youtu.be/X5CcU-kbxuU EDIT: If anyone cares to embed the video, it would be much appreciated. I gave up trying. http://youtu.be/X5CcU-kbxuU EDIT: Never mind. I read some good advice in a customer service thread, removed the S and it worked.

You can't sugarcoat that one. You may want to take a powder.

I see Eichel's team (Harlow) won 9-3 last night in their first game of summer league action. I don't see a place to find the stats, though. Anyone know if our boy fed Vesey for some goals? GO SABRES!!!

The president has named the enemy on too many occasions to count since assuming office and yet you insist that he hasn't named the enemy. What other conclusion can be drawn that you think he doesn't know who the enemy is? That is not a straw man argument; it's the logic your own argument presents. To your great pleasure I'm sure, I've had enough of arguing this point with you. It's not conducive to anything positive. I'll try to ignore your inevitable objections, notices to tone it down, and threats of banishment simply because we disagree. Have a nice day.

I'd be interested in more specifics here. How does the use of "Islamic terrorists" or "Islamic extremists" etc., fundamentally change things on the ground, strategically and tactically? Here's an uncomfortable truth: in addition to swaying peaceful people in cultures we don't understand, we, as a nation, will have to forge relationships with many who would wish to do us harm as well, some that could be considered terrorists themselves, if not for the common enemy we share. It's ugly, but it's a reality. Not using inflammatory rhetoric helps in that endeavor. Nothing has changed since George W advised the exact same thing.

Please enlighten. I understand how one can confuse simple use of language with "name calling" because that's what getting ultra defensive does to people. But please point to my straw man arguments and I'll be happy to explain. I'm fascinated by how one can ascribe levels of "dishonesty" to any straw man arguments. From where I'm sitting, it must be because some of us simply piss you off more than others. The onus isn't on me or the president to address the "core reasons" why people might be "troubled" by his refusal to "name the enemy." The onus is on you and the detractors to explain how it makes any bit of difference AT ALL to the prosecution of the war against an enemy that couldn't be more blatantly obvious if he called you up and announced it himself. Do you honestly feel people are that ignorant? Or are you and everyone else just so much smarter?

Look it up, Thurman.

Why would the NRA be willing to give such an important concession to Trump and not the current legislators trying to actually do their jobs? Important legislation is important legislation, after all.

Well, that counts out the Donald. He has NEVER shown an ability to stay above the fray, going back to when he first rose to prominence in the early 80s. Indeed, he loves the fray, lives for it; and if there isn't a fray to muck around it at the time, he will create one. Megalomaniacs like him need to be kept as far away from nuclear codes as possible.

Regulation is going to impede the ISPs' advances in technology as much as it did to the phone companies when they were first regulated. Regulation is going to promote the continued boom in the myriad of content that numerous providers have been steadily innovating all along. And it will insure a level playing field vs. ISPs who will seek to provide their own content. When it comes to what made the internet great, the ISP pipelines were great. But it's what ran through them that made it.

That was you sitting behind me?

Ted Nolan is all about applied analytics.

Conversely, do boys like the term "turgid?" (that is an actual sabre sentence no one has ever spoken)

Sobering indeed. Thanks for sharing this link. I don't know how anyone could possibly disagree that guns are an exacerbating element when it comes to our propensity for violence to ourselves or others.

I wasn't including TASER. Presto makes ammo. Olin manufactures both guns and ammo, and their website sure touts the Winchester lines of guns and ammo. Anyway, it doesn't matter. Arms stocks going up after mass shootings is an interesting phenomenon. And there are pension funds being invested in those stocks. There is nothing wrong with that. I'm just saying there are anti-gun proponents who would be surprised.

That was kind of what I was trying to say originally, that most people who invest in certain hedge funds wouldn't be aware that OLIN Corp owns Winchester, for example. Or that National Presto makes ammo.

I counted five on the invsestnips link alone. Which three are no longer producing guns or ammo or both? http://money.usnews.com/money/personal-finance/mutual-funds/articles/2015/10/22/why-gun-sales-are-powering-investors-portfolios

I see more than two publicly traded companies.

Nobody is being fooled by any of the rhetoric in this country or any other civilized country in the world for that matter. Do you really need certain words to be said to know exactly who the enemy is when the enemy has been well known by words and action for so long now? There is absolutely no upside to using the precise language the right insists upon in their efforts to score political points. Indeed, something tells me that if Obama did exactly that, the rhetoric from the right would morph to, "See, he's painting all of Islam with one broad brush." It's political bullschit, nothing more. We can pooh-pooh the language all you want, but it matters in other cultures and the cultures within those other cultures. Cultures we have to curry favor with if we are EVER going to achieve the political solution to the problem. And like Patraeus said, a political solution is the only way to solve it. It is prudent to be discreet when dealing with Middle Eastern countries because the majority of their populations aren't privy to the nuances of certain words. And words matter, especially in cultures where words, syntax, and context have COMPLETELY different meanings and applications and clarity of translation is difficult if it translates at all. I used the example of the word "jihad" in an earlier post. That is just one example of many.

http://investsnips.com/list-of-publicly-traded-firearm-companies/ Nearly all of the major manufacturers have been sold several times and are owned by large conglomerates that, on the service don't have anything to do with firearms.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2015/12/10/investors-firearms-guns-profit-holdings/77062356/ Something to get you started.

Yeah, a fiction writer could have a field day. For me, it just underscores how much market mood or speculation moves the needle. Supply and demand can remain stagnant for long stretches so the market enjoys other impetuses. Hmm. More material for the conspiracy oriented.