Recent content by Mavrick

City’s Next Taxi: A Nissan Van Short on Looks, Perhaps, but Full of Comforts This is the article in the NY Times. It’s a little more in depth than the Fox News article. It is in the Times backyard so I guess it would be. City’s Next Taxi: A Nissan Van Short on Looks, Perhaps, but Full of...

As for our economy these events provide nothing. As far as our troops coming home this brings them one step closer but your right, the fight is not over. It is, however an important time in this countries “war on terror” time line. It is a possible turning point. Look at it like the battle...

I got to say, I think that there is enough credit to go around on this one. First goes to the members of the US intelligence services and military. Brilliant planning and execution, the more I see and hear really brings home how extremely dangerous this mission was. Even if you hate...

Reagan: The "60 Minutes" Interviews, 1975-1989 A blast from the past some of you may like. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504803_162-20030705-10391709.html?tag=contentBody;listingLeadStories

Fact Check: Obama and House Republicans From the NY Times http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/29/obama-squares-off-with-house-republicans-on-health-care/?scp=6&sq=obama%20republicans&st=cse...

Taiwan is getting $6 billion in weapons systems. I don’t know if it’s an aid package or if Taiwan is paying. Either way, China’s pissed off.

I thought this thread was about idea of having parents pay an extra $360 per kid per year while they are in school was stupid or not. Not the woes of the public school system. That’s a subject that I’m sure we could fill two or three more threads with and I think that’s good. I don’t think that...

I do think that the $360 should be based on the ability to pay. You are absolutely correct that not being able to pay the $360 shouldn’t keep anyone from being able to get a basic education. In the first post I placed on this subject that was one of the reasons I wouldn’t have had a problem with...

Using the assumption that the better educated our countries children are the better prepared they are to enter adulthood as productive members of our society. Doesn’t it stand to reason that the more of them that enter adulthood prepared that it’s that many fewer drawing public assistance or...

I only have two issues with this. One is the word stupidity in the thread title and two I say bump it to $500. We have woefully under paid teachers buying supplies out of their own pockets and increasing class sizes now. This way the people with kids would be helping to fill that funding gap and...

I’ll bet it’s a dash for the cash. She’ll soon be coming to a radio or TV near you with some sort of talk show.

I checked out The Cybercast News Service (CNS) web site after I read the story at the start of this thread and I checked out the “about us” section at that time. I especially enjoyed the in depth reporting they did in reporting Cher’s extreme disdain for Bush and great affection for Obama in her...

Shagdrum, Just out of curiosity are you more comfortable with the source of the story that started this thread? CNSNews.com whose motto is “The Right News. Right Now. Gee, I wonder why they use the word “RIGHT” twice in five words. I would love to see one other source for that one as well.

Banned Techniques Yielded ‘High Value Information,’ Memo Says Sorry, I can’t find the link to this story. It was on the New York Times site a day or two ago. This is the full text of the story. This one has a little bit for everyone. Banned Techniques Yielded ‘High Value Information,’ Memo...

My Tortured Decision OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR My Tortured Decision By ALI SOUFAN Published: April 22, 2009 FOR seven years I have remained silent about the false claims magnifying the effectiveness of the so-called enhanced interrogation techniques like waterboarding. I have spoken only in...