Like the last two said: interesting design, but impractical. Plus it won't be built unless it can be made profitable to investors.

betamaxx - what exactly do you mean by that? Are you censuring him for using the phrase "American Jews" because you think it's a slur or because you have some beef against that particular group? Just curious. Your post is, honestly, ambiguous.

Sounds like my uncle's third wife's family. He likes to say he hosts the Jerry Springer show on holidays.

Actually, I was well aware of the horrible conditions in the banlieues for some time before the riots brought them to the world's attention. The sluggish and under-performing French economy is certainly one reason for the state of the Paris suburbs, but cultural factors *on both sides* also contribute. Blaming one party's bad behavior on another party's failure to play nice is like saying Kid A was justified in hitting Kid B when Kid B wouldn't let him on the swings.

Re: Rape in Sweden: I could spend hours finding link after link to articles from outlets like The BBC, The Guardian and The New York Times that would back up my points about Sweden, but I'm at work and I don't have time. So instead, a quick response to your second point:

I don't care how frustrated you are, there's no excuse for running around burning cars in a non-wartime situation. And if the rioters all happened to belong to the same religion, don't you think that's a significant detail? If hundreds of Christians had rioted, would you be so quick to explain it away?

I have to wonder, though . . . I've heard multiple reports from multiple sources of immigrants who claim they have the right to rape Swedish women because the women aren't wearing headscarves and "dress like whores." Plus there was the "Paris is burning" incident a year or two ago . . .

That's got to be one of the biggest sissy fights I've ever seen. What ever happened to the classic straigh punch to the nose?

Before you guys get too upset over how wingnutty Glenn Beck is, let me just point out that I've seen a lot of the exact same behavior on the other side of the fence. Neither side has a monopoly on obnoxious, selective-fact-revealing jerks. For example, have you seen Rosie O'Donnell on "The View" recently? (Link to video provided on request.)

Reminds me of Interpol for some reason. I think it's the vocalist.

I also think it's weird that if I didn't know it was 1979 and if I wasn't paying too much attention, I'd think it was recorded yesterday. (For the record: born in 1983.)

Nice touch at the end there (right before the credits). These guys have got some serious skills.

I've been doing that for years . . . or at least until I got sick of having banana under my thumbnail.

I don't . . . I ca- I can't -- I don't . . . this is . . . I can't deal with this right now.*

They're like LARPers on crack, except even LARPers manage to keep a shred or two of dignity.


*Bonus points if you can name the reference!

Which country in the Middle East hasn't constantly tried to wipe out its neighbors? If somebody in the ME is going to have this stuff, I'd rather it be Israel than, say, Syria.

This video fits my brother-in-law's family to a T.

Unfortunately, that's not a joke.

It started out cute, but by the end it was really, really disturbing. Sewing the kid's eyes shut was crossing the line.