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Spin Zone / Is Donald Trump a Democratic Secret Agent?
« on: May 05, 2016, 04:45:43 AM »
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35066940

From December of last year, but reinforces a suspicion I've had for quite some time.

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Spin Zone / Chuck Norris vs. Communism
« on: April 19, 2016, 08:37:44 AM »


This little gem is available streaming on Netflix.

Not at all what we expected, but I have a feeling many here would enjoy it.

Just try to watch when it can have pretty much your full attention - it is subtitled.

If you do watch, I'd be curious as to your take on it.

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Spin Zone / Back and forth sniping...
« on: April 18, 2016, 04:53:11 PM »
...and name-calling is really diminishing the value of this site.

Since I don't think moderation is the answer, could everyone try to up their game a bit and address the argument without attacking the arguer?

Unless this petty bickering is what you come to this site for, in which case so be it.

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Spin Zone / Trump step on it again
« on: March 30, 2016, 03:42:46 PM »
Lead story on CBS Evening News is Trump saying women should be jailed if they have an illegal abortion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1Jpoecf0xY

He's backtracked now, but seems to have inflamed both sides on this one.

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Spin Zone / Obama in Cuba
« on: March 20, 2016, 07:23:17 PM »
Karen and I both think it's about time to heal old wounds, and we're eager to vacation there when it becomes feasible.

Don't much care for Obama in general, but we think this is the right move at the right time.

Flame suit on!

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Spin Zone / Nice day for a ride!
« on: March 16, 2016, 03:51:27 PM »
Made nicer for the fact that...

...I live in and around some of the best motorcycle roads in the country...

...and it was nearly 80ยบ...

...and I was coming off a lower back sprain that had dragged on for about 5 weeks...

...and I have a fabulous little bike for this sort of thing!



Buell XB9R Firebolt that I bought new in 2003!

Not the newest or fastest or most powerful or lightest or glitziest bike in the world, but the power and torque and handling are well suited for these roads - roads I moved from S FL to N GA to be near!

Things are usually hazier in this part of the Appalachians, but today it looked like about 100 mi visibility!

Anyone else ride today or want to share their rides?

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Spin Zone / Trump vs. Clinton
« on: March 15, 2016, 07:10:53 PM »
I'm a registered Republican, fiscally conservative and I don't care for Hillary. At all.

But I think this may be a case of "the devil you know", and I would hold my nose and give her my vote as a vote against Trump, more than a vote for her.

How about you?

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Spin Zone / The People vs. O.J.
« on: March 02, 2016, 12:27:54 PM »
Karen and I are generally not at all into police procedural dramas. Only recent exception was "Making A Murderer" which we found worthwhile.

Revisiting the whole O.J. fiasco did not sound very palatable to either of us. But we went ahead and watched the first episode and now we're actually kind of hooked. I guess it's been long enough that there's now some element of nostalgia involved. And the casting is, for the most part, inspired, and the acting quite decent. John Travolta was an interesting choice to play Robert Shapiro.

Anyway, it's on FX every Tuesday, and the first four episodes are now up:

http://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/the-people-v-oj-simpson-american-crime-story/episodes

Anyone else checked it out?

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Spin Zone / Republican Debate 2/13/16
« on: February 13, 2016, 08:09:24 PM »
Watched the first 15 minutes or so.

Blah blah blah blah blah.

I just reached my saturation point and turned it off.

I guess I'll find out tomorrow if anything momentous happened.

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Spin Zone / Republican Debate 2/6/16
« on: February 06, 2016, 06:40:10 PM »
My opinion is that Rubio is certainly not winning any converts so far, repeating rehearsed talking points repeatedly.

Disappointing.

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Spin Zone / Cool example of paraedolia!
« on: January 25, 2016, 09:49:24 AM »
Paraedolia is the tendency to see faces or other patterns where there are none. Man in the moon, Jesus on toast, that sort of thing.

Saturday Karen and I were driving near Jacksonville Beach. The sign below looked like a demonic face to me.



Karen said it looked like Frank Zappa to her.

Today we stopped and took a closer look:



Anyway, we both thought it was a good example of paraedolia!


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