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@TheSalmonfan I did. I disputed your "So you think..." linkage between my previous comment and your inference. Your inference didn't follow from my comment.

As for whether China "should be" broken up, that decision is above my paygrade. But it would have no bearing on the fact that, say, Sha...

@GreatDarkSpot Fine, actually. He didn't get the job, but he did fine-- HE wasn't the one screwed by Reagan.

@alitosbigears That's a silly argument. ALL of the presidential candidates are cordially invited to beat all of the others and win the plurality of electoral votes. You might as well say that Clinton and Bush cost Perot the election. Think about it: if both Clinton and Bush had withdrawn in O...

@Veritas699 No, you're wrong. If it were "unnatural", then interracial couples wouldn't need birth control.

Get it?

You're confusing two things. Being good at articulating oneself is not the same thing as having an accent.

She DOES have an accent, though: it's California valley girl. It's certainly not Asian.

@ilhpsmed If we're sticking to offense only, then Rondo's 10.6/ 11.2 loses on BOTH counts to Nash's 14.7/ 11.4. But nothing wrong with expecting a point guard to play defense, too.

You gotta hand it to the Heat. They had a great game plan at the end of game 2: Let Nowitzki try to beat us with an uncontested lay-up. On paper it makes sense, right? How were they supposed to know it wouldn't work out?

Weird chick. She's Arab, and yet she uses "Arab" and "Muslim" interchangeably. Even the dumbest person knows that most Muslims aren't Arab. And she says in 1979 "the Muslim world" declared war on the USA before the USA did "anything" to the "Muslims in the Arabic world". But by "1979", she's ...

Zombies say: "If we have a surplus, we should cut taxes to give it back to the people. If we have a deficit, we must cut taxes in order to stimulate growth. If we are at war and the only way to pay the bill is to raise taxes or borrow from the Chinese, we must cut taxes anyway. If we can't aff...

@AyyJonny Um... you do realize, I hope, that this was made before D Rose got to the NBA?

I have a better idea, instead of Rose or Marbury, they should get the guy from 2037. He's awesome.

@tjdussen @tjdussen Yeah, well, this is the NBA. And the Heat, Lakers, 1996 Bulls and 1986 Celtics all get the same number of steps as the Mavs.

But if you prefer to watch high school ball, then go for it.

This is literally the nicest and kindest thing, really, the classiest thing, Bynum has done in his whole life. I'm not being sarcastic.

If anyone here can name anything better that Bynum has ever done, let's here it.

New dynasty? It really wasn't a bad prediction, even though it didn't work out. A bit of luck and they'd have gotten the dynasty going. Oh well. No biggie; someone else won, and that's fine.

@NiSaReYTa

No, it was fine. The ball hit the board *after* the block, not before.

True dat! Ya gotta love a president who deliberately tried to lower working class wages, and succeeded. Before Reagan, the working class was uppity; but Reagan showed 'em!

Full disclosure: I collect dividends. It's what I do.

It's a matter of definition: if you don't touch the rim, it isn't a dunk.

Or do you have a different definition of "dunk" than that?

All of these plays are great-- this guy is unbelievable.

But on a separate note, did anyone else spot that the #1 play (i.e., the last one) isn't actually a dunk? Check out the very last angle; he throws it down hard, but doesn't touch the rim.

@lb1309 Michelle Kwan is American.

@redart912 You left out the crucial first three words: "The only time...". Put that in front of your quotation. It's "The only time McCain doesn't have to pee is when he's peeing."

@hushg2000 Jordan was infinitely smart as a player. To say Bird was "smarter" is to betray ignorance of what the word infinite means.

@RayNails71 Nonsense. Unethical is when a soccer player uses his hands on purpose without the referee seeing, or when an offensive tackle at the bottom of a pile-up gouges his opponent's eyes, or when a pitcher uses sandpaper on the ball.

What we're looking at here is nothing more than a fake. ...

@deertay13

Shooting? Seriously? Even with Jordan's 2 Washington years he's .01 better than Bird from the field for his career (.497 to .496). You must be referring only to 3 point shots and free throws. Jordan was routinely the best defender at his position and one time Defensive Player of Y...