John Galt comments

That was a HUGE tree! I saw the pictures on the news. No wonder the poor driver lost his life. RIP and sincere condolences to his family.

"Beijing has repeatedly engaged in “dangerous actions” in the East China Sea."

I'd say that's a fairly accurate statement.

Let's see it then!

Even CNN 's Fareed Zachariah commented that the Vice-President would have been an appropriate person to send. Where was Mr Biden? No mention of his whereabouts.

"Religious extremism of ANY faith has NO place in any society. Are we as a species doomed to repeat the atrocities of the Dark Ages, crusades, Inquisition, and Nazis? I should hope not. But, until the major Islamic leaders unequivocally denounce all such terrorist acts in the name of Islam, little or nothing will change for the better. "

Notice any major national leader missing?

I'm glad no innocent person was injured or involved.

No one's religious beliefs trumps the inalienable rights of any other person.

How many battles and wars have been fought over religious beliefs? And that includes the religion of Statism. We are all human. Let us all respect each other.

Je suis Jean ValJean."

Elvis was amazing. He was and is The King. And he was very human, imperfect. He often forgot lyrics, long before his Vegas days. And he took care of his Mom. Good man.

I agree with Trevor Peace. The original was excellent. A remake would likely do a disservice to the original.

"- his comment about the 47% certainly wasn't well received, and he didn't do much to limit the damage."

It was, however, the truth.

Mitt Romney would have been a FAR better president than the present and previous buffoons. But, I don't think he should run again. If he does decide to run, I hope he wins.

Governments never let a tragedy go to waste. Like davestrousers said.

Since the people at Charlie Hebdo were known to be unarmed, they were simply sitting ducks.

I wish Dunkin' would come back to Japan. I'd love to have a jelly donut! Mister Donut is boring, too many cream/custard filled.

Mourad Hamyd was reportedly in his school classroom with other students at the time of the attack, according to tweets by his classmates. I've yet to hear the teacher confirm that, however.

I hope the actual assassins are captured soon.

"Threatening a veto: Obama is not threatening a veto. This lie is Republican Talking Point Number One on this issue. And It is a lie."

You, apparently, haven't read the statement that the White House mouthpiece Earnest made very clearly.

However, from an economic perspective the pipeline itself is not viable, especially considering the current oil glut and falling oil prices.

"What is the temp on Earth right now?"

57°F

"While this massacre is outrageous, this magazina has been playing with danger for a long time. Do they really need to be satyrical by disrespecting different beliefs? It should have not been this way, but this attack was coming their way"

Disgusting victim blaming. "Coming their way"? Just like blaming a rape victim for not dressing in burlap head-to-toe.

Religious extremists prove their religion is evil. We all know which religion is responsible.

One of the many benefits of Android phones is that the owner is not restricted by the built-in storage limitations as in apple products. Android phones have user-accessible uSD slots so the owner can expand or change the memory card at will.

Glad they were all found alive. Note to newbies, don't go out of bounds unless you are very familiar with the terrain and always know the way back to the courses.

"All three of the organizations blacklisted in the Sony case are already under U.S. sanctions for the country’s persistence with its nuclear weapons program, its alleged provocations on the Korean peninsula, and other “continued actions that threaten the United States and others,” as Obama said in his letter."

Sanctioning the already sanctioned? Must have been proclaimed by the Ministry of Redundancy.

Then, there'll also be separate rooms for men and women?

Whatever happened to "When in Rome, do as the Romans"?

I agree that this is a frivolous lawsuit, as much as I dislike Apele and the products.

Good on you, MS Swift!

Plenty of tools, indeed. Some of the fools are named in the article. And, yes, they are tools of voodoo economics.

Good post LHQM! You tell the truth despite your moniker. ;p

RIP Ms Douglas! She was a true sweetie. Good luck finding one half as nice these days.

After the high comes the hangover. Highs always "correct" on the downside. With the roller-coaster ride of autumn we saw the speculators and analysts running to and fro like headless chickens. The winners were the traders;they get their commission whether win or lose.

China, belligerent as usual.

As for the splitting hairs over the communist/socialist term,

States run by Communist parties that adhere to Marxism-Leninism, or some variation thereof, refer to themselves as socialist states. The Soviet Union was the first to proclaim itself a "socialist state" in its 1936 Constitution and a subsequent 1977 Constitution. Another well-known example is the People's Republic of China, which proclaims itself to be a "socialist state" in its 1982 Constitution of the People's Republic of China. In the West, such states are commonly known as "communist states" (though they do not use this term to refer to themselves).""

A horse apple, by any other name, would smell the same.

Some dusting of snow in Sagamihara Kanagawa, as well.

More congratulations to the happy couple!