Yes, because the world is full of people who believe that there was any real 'blackmail'.

It all just makes so damn much sense!

If you could/would follow the money, it would make perfect sense.

The initial allegation is quite the conspiracy theory itself! And it's playing quite well to a ready audience...

I was suspicious of the U.S. allegations the moment I heard them. The allegations are and always were entirely political with no basis in fact. How come people don't get arrested for trying to incite a war like they do for riots?

Whose god?

Even if true, you're pushing the idea that life has no true purpose and random death means progress.

You say that like it's a bad thing

"People react differently when they know they are being watched".

Yes, we are quantum beings.

Bobby Keys, Ian McLagan, and I threw in Ken Weatherwax (the original Pugsley Addams), only because of the generational thing.

2015 could be the year of the dead. Update your lists.

Nobody said they were broke. They're just being greedy fucks. It was a simple business decision that probably made the bean counters a nice bonus.

Funny, I never felt compelled to believe them. Let them say what they want. Just take extra cash and some bug spray.

In fact I'm lying right now. That's how bad it is out there.

The Italians are still pissed off about that earthquake thing.

*dead on balls accurate* - it's an industry term

I drive enough to know that keeping proper distance has always kept me out of trouble. If you rear end somebody, you were too close. It's a simple rule of physics that cannot be argued logically and sensibly.(I can cut you a small bit of slack for an unforeseen spot of oil on the road). Tailgating is simply a mild form of road rage and 'me first', and those trying to rationalize it should lose their license. I even leave space at the light. The motorcyclists and pedestrians especially appreciate that simple courtesy. And I watch the road in front of me, not the rear view mirror, it's a bigger distraction than the radio.

The camera did not cause your accident, the person behind you did. She was going too fast, too close. The camera and the traffic in front of her caused nothing. If you pay attention and keep your distance you won't hit anything.

EPROM! Otherwise the story makes no sense... If you can write to ROM (more than once), clearly it's not ROM.

Absolutely nothing! It is strictly a formality. A useless ceremonial process to pacify the public into thinking the government responds to them and not the lobbyists who put the money in their pockets.

Simply put these companies should lose access to these public goods.

Not gonna happen while people continue to reward them by putting their puppets in office. Pavlov and Skinner proved how things work many years ago.