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  1. Italy spent about 15 years trying to prosecute someone - anyone, on extremely tenuous grounds, for the death of Ayrton Senna who died in a single car racing accident during the San Marino GP at the Imola circuit in 1994.

    The Italian judicial system is extremely tenacious and the "captain" - who is clearly culpable - is TOAST. Looks like it's going to be over 30 counts of manslaughter.

    James

  2. After many years with Comcast Internet, TV and VOIP phone, I dumped it and got AT&T UVerse.

    Boy, talk about the lesser of two evils.

    Comcast and AT&T are probably the two most reviled companies in US for their (lack of) customer "service."

    Sad that those are your choices. Good luck with AT&T.

  3. The "institution" - be it bank, university, government, religious, or other corporation is more important than you or your kid - and protecting the institution over the interests of you or your kid is paramount. In reality, all of these categories are "corporations", and in the current zeitgeist it's "corporations above all", and will be defended and protected at any and all costs.

    As someone smarter than me recently said, "I'll agree that a corporation is a 'person' when Texas executes one."

    James

  4. Having grown up in PA, I know that "JoePa" is considered a GOD, but let's be real - this is all about money. Penn State reaps (rapes?) ~$70 million annualy from it's football program.

    Paterno was told that Sandusky was raping kids years ago. He had a moral, ethical, and legal duty to report this the police.

    Not only did he not report what he knew to the cops, but he continued to employ Sandusky and, thus, allowed the abuse to continue - just like the F'ing Catholic Church. Enablers are not part of the problem, they are the problem.

    Paterno is not the victim here.

    James

  5. Yeah, "a stay at home dad and sunday school teacher" - stopped a hour before the crash with a 15 year old girl, a can of beer and marijuana in the car. Good thing the cop had the girl's father come and pick her up or she'd be dead.

    Guy's a real shining example.

    James

  6. Don't know if they really qualify as sleepers, but here are a few that have knocked me out over the years....

    Something Wild - by Jonathan Demme - starring Jeff Daniels & Melanie Griffith

    Brother From Another Planet - by John Sayles - starring Joe Morton

    Badlands - by Terrence Malick - starring Martin Sheen & Sissy Spacek [:)]

    James

  7. Sorry, but that cable won't work.

    B&K requires a 3.5mm mono cable - which can be a bit difficult to find anymore. I can occasionally find them at an electronics surplus store. Don't know if Monoprice carries them, but it's worth a try.

    James

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