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Why hasn't a hacker already gotten ahold of this document, and posted it online?? They don't have a problem with obtaining and posting other sensitive documents, like Trump's taxes. I would think that getting ahold of this document would be easy for “them”...

That 200 inch reflector is the Hale Observatory. It is on Mt. Palomar, closer to San Diego.

Soo-gah Yo-shee-hee-day

Double vowels above get their English “long” pronunciation (“soo”, like the American girl’s name Sue, “hee” like the English word he or we).

The “day” above would be pronounced more like “deh” by us Americans, but the Japanese sound is half-way between our “day” and “deh”, so flip a coin!!

agreed. This situation is unusual and deserves anthropological study. Study of an up close, personal and detailed nature. In a professional sense a town name could be helpful.

Yes, of course. My "friend" is also asking for purely scientific reasons.... ;)

I knew a guy who had lived in a remote part of Kentucky where 18-year old girls chasing 50-year old men was apparently a “thing”.

What town was that??? Asking for a friend.... : )

Airbnb created a new policy last year, which stated that anyone who uses their platform (home owners who rent rooms, or travelers who rent rooms) must accept a new “policy” in which they agree to not discriminate against the usual left-wing protected groups in any way (gays, moslems, etc....). It is their new so-called inclusion policy.

The first time any registered Airbnb user logs into their account since this policy went into affect last year, they are immediately presented with the text of this new policy (it is short). The user must then click “I Accept”, or “I Decline”. If you click “I Decline”, your account is immediately cancelled. You are given one chance to change your mind after you are told that your account will be cancelled. Furthermore, you are also told that if you change your mind at a later date, and decide to accept their policy after all, you will be permitted to once again re-join Airbnb and have an account on their platform.

This is pure left-wing hatred and bigotry. I have used Airbnb in the past, had read about this new policy, but had forgotten to log into my account since it went into affect. When I saw this story posted here tonight, I was reminded of all of this. Hence, I just got done logging into my Airbnb account for the first time since this policy went into affect. I was presented with their new policy, and I clicked “Decline”. I am happy to report that my account was immediately cancelled, and I am now an EX-Airbnb account holder!! I never want to to do business with such an evil company ever again.

I was given an opportunity to write feedback about their new policy after they cancelled my account. At first, I wrote a short diatribe against them, their site, their politics, and their new policy. However, since they have all of my personal identity information, I decided it would be better not to have such statements on file with them, and I deleted what I had written without posting it. Given that they are probably a part of a high-tech network of left-wing fascists, and given what liberals in general might start doing to Conservatives in the future, I decided it was better not to leave them an obvious weapon that they can use against me if they ever start their persecutions. Why make it easy for them??

They found a piece of pottery that was stamped “12,000 BC”.

So, the killer is Paul Bunyan ??

Why is that when someone puts up an anti-Obama, or anti-Hillary, or anti-Bernie sign, it sparks “outrage”, but when someone puts up an anti-Trump, or anti-Bush, or anti-Conservative sign, it merely sparks “debate”??

Taking notes...

I have trouble taking seriously any President who is named “El-Sissi”. Of course it is equally difficult to take seriously a President who is named “Putin”. What a combo!!!

The president and his family were renting a vacation home near Honolulu, Hawaii, where he was born, and they decided to...

Why is it that multiple articles I have read about this over the past week or so, from different sources, have all included the exact same phrase - "where he was born" - after mentioning that the president was vacationing near Honolulu?? Not only are they all pathetic lapdogs, but they even use the exact same wording - they can't even be original (or maybe that's a part of the point they are making, a bit of "wink wink, nudge nudge" among themselves).

I echo what the poster said above, take a look at hushmail.com.

They are ad-free, claim they do not scan your e-mails, and you can encrypt the messages you send. They offer free accounts with some restrictions (max storage limit, and you must log in every 3 weeks or your account becomes inactive). They also offer pay accounts with no restrictions.

Wow. With Catholic teaching like, that, why go to any church?

Well, this is not Roman Catholic teaching. Please note that this is not the Roman Catholic Church that most people think of (in union with the Pope in Rome, etc...). This is a Church that simply calls itself "Evangelical Catholic Church", whatever THAT is. However, they are not affiliated with the actual Roman Catholic Church, who would take great exception to what this guy said. It seems they chose the name of their church deliberately - probably in an attempt to confuse people and make them think they are Roman Catholic. Who knows??

It woke me up here in the Pleasanton / San Ramon area of the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area. It woke up my daughter too, but not my wife, it seems. It didn’t feel like a 6.0 here, though. However, it was rolling and rocking back and forth for what felt like a long time, though. At least 15 seconds, maybe longer.

And don't forget how much political traction is obtained these days within the popular entertainment culture, where homosexuals are most certainly not a small minority. It's a huge megaphone and we're on the other end of it.

Yes. Which circles back to my original post - how is it that we have allowed such a small percentage of the total U.S. population seize control of that megaphone?? Why does the rest of the 80% of the population allow it to continue??

They have a common enemy. Us.

True enough. But still, why did the other 90% of liberals suddenly decide to allow the homo's to take control of their movement, just within the past few years?? The left has a LOT of non-homo Type-A personalities within it's ranks, who will do anything to be the one's holding the reigns of power. They FAR outnumber the homo's, and are highly motivated to remain in control. They have been leading the movement for decades. Now all of sudden (relatively speaking, of course), they give up all of their control to the homo's?? It does not seem likely. These are not people who would easily cede power once they have it. Look at all of the in-fighting within the GOP between the Tea Party-types, and the RINO's. It is a REAL fight. But that is nothing compared to the all out war that happens within the ranks of the left, and the Democrats. The news media just doesn't report it. I am having trouble seeing the reason all of the Stalinist control freaks at the top of the movement would suddenly give up the power they have had for decades, and simply let the homo's take over the leadership. That is why I think that has NOT happened. Not anymore than the women had taken over the movement when they were pushing women's rights, or the blacks had taken over when they were pushing civil rights, or the environmentalists had taken over when they were pushing globull warming. I think that the entire homo thing is simply what is getting them traction with the entire U.S. population right now, so the leadership of the left is using them to advance the liberal cause in general. Once the entire homo thing has run it's course, the homo's will be thrown to the back of the bus once again, and whatever cause takes their place will be moved forward to replace them. And so it goes.

It is worse than that. Homosexuals make up a recently measured 2.3 % of the population and they determine the liberal agenda domestically and whatever foreign policy interests them.

I don't get that either. If 20% of the population is left-wing liberal, and 2% is homo, almost all of those 2% are already included in that 20% because they are most all liberals. That means the political agenda of the 20% of liberals is being largely determined by just 10% of their membership. Not even close to a majority. Something does not add up. How can the homo's, as such a small percentage of even the liberal population of the U.S., basically drive the agenda for the entire left?? Why does the rest of the left-wing movement allow them to do that?? Plus, the major homo advancement has only been going on for the past few years. So, if the homo's are in control of the 20% of the U.S. population that are liberals, how did THAT happen?? There are not enough of them. To me, it seems like homosexuality is the current cause of the moment for the left in general. Like abortion and global warming before that. It seems more likely that the homo's are the current tool of choice for the liberal movement in general, rather than the other way around.

What a sad state of affairs. The President of the United States is worse than the President of Russia (and the President of the U.S. is probably more of a liberal too!!). Who would have ever thought something like THAT would happen....

Well, for some reason, we are letting them get away with it. No one is stopping them. As Rush pointed out yesterday, liberals make up only about 20% of the U.S. population (whereas somewhere around 30% to 40% identify as Conservative, according to various polls), and yet they are still having their way with all of these things. For such a small minority of the population, they have taken control of the news media, the entertainment industry, and all forms of mass communication in general (except for one or two cable TV channels, AM talk radio, and a portion of the Internet). They also control the public education system, the judiciary, organized labor, a portion of Christian churches, and few other major things. Why is it that the rest of the population is not standing up to them, and putting a stop to all of this?? Why do they, as such a small minority, continue to get away with this??