Open Thread – Velvet. I wasn't going to tell you this, but I find myself feeling compelled to, simply because it was so alarming, and such a close call for our friend. I almost killed Brian. At least that's what it felt like at the time. ...... “In 1999, Koch Industries was indicted on 97 counts of violating the Clean Air Act, and related criminal laws. Why? Because Koch's Corpus Christi oil refinery had dumped 91 tons of benzene, a carcinogen, into the environment. ...

The administration proposed extending the Making Work Pay (MWP) credit, as it is known, it in its FY2011 budget, but there has been relatively little discussion of extending it, perhaps because many taxpayers never realized they received it in ..... The copies of the e-mails Schundler provided shed light on the storm that the discovery of the error created in Christie's office. They show officials scrambling to craft a response for a Star-Ledger reporter who first called ...

With no open thread earlier this started a discussion up in the taiwan video thread….moving it down here. Thanks boyz! As I said earlier….my very first, first thought was this is just WAAAYYYY too coincidental….isn't it? .... I make no apologies for trying to make these guys' lives a little better during football season. They need the camaraderie of being together, in a common area, watching the games on a big, bad TV. Sure, they each have a small TV in their bedrooms, ...

Welcome to Making Light's comments section. Moderator: Teresa Nielsen Hayden. Comments on Open thread 146: #1 ::: Lee ::: (view all by) ::: August 31, 2010, 04:09 PM: I thought it was "delenda est". However, I hasten to say that (1) I ...... Pendrift@97, about 15 years ago we had a large-group work meeting in Chicago, and went on the architecture boat tour. It was definitely worthwhile, though it helped that it was a beautiful evening and one of my coworkers was also an ...

30 Weekly Open Thread. by Chris Hafner on August 30, 2010. As always, this is the place for random conversation that doesn't really belong anywhere else. This weekend I had the opportunity to drive a rental Chevy Cobalt and was surprised ..... noises coming from it are generally unpleasant), the shifter is in my opinion excellent, and the engine is peppy, though the extra tall gears for the XFE package are noticeable (as is the "shift" light), especially with the A/C on. ...

News Roundups will all now officially be Open Threads as well. Feel free to discuss anything from the list of news items or anything else that comes to mind. The Broken Sidewalk Forum is also now online. .... I am probably being too critical, it is great that we are recognized for our diverse and high quality food options as well as the farming initiatives, but when I moved here in 1997, that was the same thing I heard about (as far as great restaurants). ...

Open thread 145. Posted by Teresa at 06:19 PM * 941 comments. Battle Injuries and First Aid in the Norse Era: Both the saga literature and forensic studies of skeletal remains suggest that battle injuries could be horrific. ...... Ginger, # 97: That's interesting. I knew that caffeine withdrawal causes headaches, but I wasn't aware that it could go the other way (except that I would have assumed it to if the headache in question was a caffeine-withdrawal headache). ...