So really, they are doing him a favor by ignoring him.

If they acknowledge it, they have to kill his account and possibly report him to the authorities.

Dammit, we had an unbroken thread running down the stupid people. And now you go and point out a plausible explanation.

How am I supposed to pretend to know everything if you bring your open mind to the forum?

I thought I knew the difference between a bakery and a church. Except maybe when the church does a bake sale...

So, the pastor can abstain from doing business with a paying customer due to his religion, but the baker cannot abstain from the same due to his religion. Seems like an arbitrary distinction to me.

Here's a real question:

What if your mosque was selling pencils?

"shoot outs on planes over control is more secure than screening people"

He never said that. You really are a politician.

So the pastor gets an out, but the baker doesn't?

What's your logic there?

"She would be making a lot better living if she did."

Perhaps in the short term. It could be that she is smart and thinking of the long term.

Surrounded by employees that enjoy coming to work, and customers that feel like they are getting a good deal, is a good and secure place to be in business.

"... a lot of money in the market looking for homes"

Yeah. That's what happens when interest rates are zero.

Analyst/consultant type smells money...

Okay, but at some point Uber has to make money, and at that point, it is then a net loss for the driver and his co-conspirator.

If that's not the case, then that is what is wrong with Uber's business model, and a problem that is easily fixed.

"As long as cryptography is only used for authentication and integrity purposes"

Which means you can't encrypt the content of a message.

Yes, somewhat like that.

Live free or die.

Yes. While he's in Russia, the CIA is most vested in keeping him safe.

I can't think of a safer place for him on the whole planet.

Hm. Predict again:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T...

"...hurricane-force winds and rough seas in London"

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-297...

"The woman died in central London..."

A lib's answer to every issue. A tax.

"They could require ... all sorts of things to force the change"

You've put your finger on the main difference between the US and Europe. Europe seems to have no problem with top down forced changes, while the US is fairly resistant to that.

Yes, I remember.

They did change soda pop bottles. Well, the big ones.