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  1. Mike Sixel
    Limited pop: the occasional izzy at work or home, less than 1 a week the occasional dark and stormy sometimes an izzy gets added to a mixed drink (less than a full one) or sometimes trader joe's limeaid
  2. Mike Sixel
    I think he's reached his peak.....not sure i"m a believer. Some days I am, some I am not......so I'm not sure I would use their resources on him, but I wouldn't crucify them if they did....
  3. Mike Sixel
    That Atlantic argument sums up the issues well.......but it's way harder to understand than "any muslim that denies ISIS is a liar".......
  4. Mike Sixel
    Wasn't Bard hurt in college? That is my recollection of why I hated the pick.....he was already seriously injured. If not, well, I'm old, I forget things.....
  5. Mike Sixel
    I find Monopoly tedious, no thanks. I do have a nice Alesmith stout with coffee in the fridge......that counts, yes, yes it counts.
  6. Mike Sixel
    The more successful a secular nation made up primarily of Muslims, the better radicalism can be fought. Education is also key, if everyone around you "knows" that Israelis eat Muslim children at Passover (actually taught in parts of Saudi Arabia, IIRC), you aren't likely to view them as something that should exist......
  7. Mike Sixel
    One person's opinion.... http://www.abigslice.com/bisqueorchowder.html
  8. Mike Sixel
    So, we agree he's conservative.....phew. That seemed really hard for some reason.
  9. Mike Sixel
    I do agree that they should let players know that is an option that they are willing to allow....that seems like a good thing to do as an employer. OTOH, baseball players and teams aren't like the rest of us when it comes to freedom to switch employees/ers (either way)......so while it might be admirable, I wouldn't condemn a team for not doing it.
  10. Mike Sixel
    I think everyone is scared about terrorism and ISIS (and other things) to some degree. It certainly scares me what kind of world my sons will be living in over the next 100 years or so......but to me, and I'm not saying others are wrong, but to me, I can't be so scared that I can condemn thousands to die by outlawing them coming here on the chance (likelihood, frankly) that one or more of them is a bad person that will do harm here. I just can't see that as the most right thing to do. Maybe I'm wrong, and US lives are more valuable (my view on how some are viewing this, I could be wrong) than Syrian lives. But I just can't see that. I don't blame others for being more scared, and wanting to do SOMETHING to feel safer. But just as we were wrong to fear the Irish immigration, the Jewish immigration, and that fear caused us to intern Japanese....I am certain we are wrong to condemn innocent people to death by saying they should stay in the Middle East.....but I don't blame people for disagreeing with me. But as long as I can vote, I'll vote for those with me, that have looked at our past, and tried to learn to be compassionate even in the face of fear.
  11. Mike Sixel
    The Mets traded for Cespedes......a HUGE move for them. That's exactly what I would want TR to do if he really thought they were contenders. Exactly.
  12. Mike Sixel
    I was just waiting for someone at work. Fox Business was on the tv. The vitriol aimed at the President (from the channel that worships the Bush presidency, you know, the one that f'd up Iraq and was in charge when 9/11 happened) that Paris is Obama's fault.......I can see why those that watch Fox believe Obama is evil. They don't even try to have a dissenting voice on. The fear and anger, I had to go back to my office and tell the person to meet me here....
  13. Mike Sixel
    So chowder isn't soup? what percent of soups are broth based? Broth is also the basis for gravy.....does that make gravy a soup?
  14. Mike Sixel
    Of course a hot dog served on a bun is a sandwich......but this is one area where people argue with KLAW online, I'll have to re-check his answer someday.
  15. Mike Sixel
    Mauer is still a Twin. There are actual reasons to talk about Mauer......IMO, of course.
  16. Mike Sixel
    1800 slavery was wrong, even if "Christian" churches said it was ok. Denying basic rights to gays is wrong, even 10 years ago. There is right, and there is wrong. Regardless of what some book might or might not say. I don't expect everyone to agree on this....
  17. Mike Sixel
    I'd rather keep potential RP than potential utility INF any day of the year.
  18. Mike Sixel
    Cool, another Ortiz thread. These are even more annoying than Mauer threads, imo....
  19. Mike Sixel
    it does reek of hubris, but I think he said it from hope for tolerance, and to fight against the fear mongering from many others......and not out of hubris. Who else could say "we should be tolerant and recall the bill of rights maybe".....
  20. Mike Sixel
    I don't agree there is no correct interpretation of texts.....any interpretation of a text that says it is ok to kill innocent people is wrong, because killing innocent people is wrong. I am certain there is right and wrong in the universe......but, you can argue I might be wrong about that, therefore we can't be sure I'm correct. But, that's like saying that just because I can't prove some things scientifically they are wrong, which would blow up science......
  21. Mike Sixel
    I would also put Duffey in the top 5........huge positive.
  22. Mike Sixel
    While I agree with that.....I do have a question. If, say, 95%* of Muslims think the interpretation ISL is making is wrong.....and not true....what is the "most true" Islam? If almost every Christian church says it is ok to eat pork.....isn't that the "most true" Christianity, no matter what the book might say? * I don't know what the number is, that's not the point of the question, is it?
  23. Mike Sixel
    They are on a continuum of things that are broadly the same....but not the same. Like chimps and gorillas.
  24. Mike Sixel
    Uh, seeing thru a lens isn't a political thing, it is basic communications research. You are the one trying to paint a basic understanding of how communications work in a political way, not me.
  25. Mike Sixel
    Some righties? that's an understatement..... I re-read it. I don't know that I agree (and I don't know why you can't understand I am saying OTHERS are saying it was a bad article, I am NOT, even though I keep typing that) that it paints all Islam as bad as some are saying it does. But, I'm not Muslim. I don't see through their lens of hatred and prejudice. I can imagine what it is like, but I read that article as a white, wealthy, atheist. IF I was reading that as someone that had been treated badly for being Muslim, my lens would be different, and I might interpret it differently. Despite what the article tries to say, communication is a two way street*. *actually, given there are millions (or thousands) of readers, it is like a crazy intersection......where you can take its meaning many different ways. It largely depends on you....not on the author.
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