JKane

Personally, I far prefer this to the way it was for a while before (where I was always signed out even though I checked 'remember' so I had to manually sign in whenever I wanted to post or read from where I'd left off. I'm also on Firefox in Win7, btw. Does the site know who you are in a 'private window'?

http://imgur.com/a/36YQg But so are the guys!

It just touches his belt buckle, I thought that was the goal?

You gotta hand it to blind prostitutes.

http://www.vice.com/read/richard-kern-on-philip-lorca-dicorcias-hustlers Book isn't cheap, but would be fun to thumb through... more-so for anybody who was around at the time, I would think.

My main concern would be susceptibility to blackmail, and this ass-clown seems to be past that, at least. The only other real concern I can think of is any hypocritical enforcement of relevant laws and/or using his position to not get busted. So I can think of no reason to automatically blanket bar somebody for such things, especially since his opponent may well have things he's managed to keep secret which gives him vulnerabilities a guy like this doesn't have at all any more. AND another positive, in America's political system at least it might make the candidate unattractive to big business donors. So either they're more responsive to average constituents or (sadly, more likely, now that I think about it) more obedient to whoever does give them money...

Ender's game is inherently about a different young boy who gets mercilessly bullied and manages to overcome and triumph. That Mr. Card wrote such an amazing book which spoke to so many of us then took the profit and notoriety to tell a significant amount of his fan base "No, you're nothing, you are an abomination who doesn't deserve to be, and since I can't do anything about that, at least I can help establish laws making you a second class citizen which you'll have to deal with for 20 years..." Now that we've gotten through that 20 years of hell in many places, he still hasn't apologized, and now says, "I don't understand why you can't just let the work speak for itself and give me more money? I'm kinda pour because I spent a lot of money and time on things like the National Organization for Marriage. Sheesh, why do people hate me???" Fuck that guy!

I take them pretty seriously, never been to Chick fil 'o hate, don't buy Russian Vodka anymore. I will see Ender's Game, but will pay for a ticket to another movie...

I'd be very hesitant to fly a 3rd world/developing country's airline anyway, but I wonder two things about the experience... On the luggage, more expensive than quoted and cash only? Any reason to believe it wasn't just going in the employees pockets as soon as you left? Was there a receipt? My business dealings with Indian companies had me thinking there was something culturally fucked up. Not some small, understandable little thing like the Japanese aversion to saying no; instead an inherent unprofessional nature where they would promise anything to get the work (unabashed YES men), even when they hadn't the slightest idea what they were promising, then outright lie and make up reasons when they couldn't meet those promises, then just start ignoring you when you pushed the issues further. Your experience makes me think that maybe our experiences aren't unique and this is why some businesses seem to be running away?

Sorry I'm late...

Reason witches have black cats...

I think some US insurance has some international benefits, but the time to check into it is before you travel, not after you get sick or injured. This kind of insurance is *very* common for Europeans to take out, as their state-run healthcare doesn't have any connections outside their country, and they've heard what a nightmare our system is for the uninsured. I think many Americans assume if they travel somewhere with a state health system they'd get the same free coverage the local tax payers get, but that's not exactly the case and should be looked into before as well.