Hamilton Saint

Really? I spoke to a salesman in an electronics store about six months ago. He told me that, in the previous year, their shop had sold more turntables than CD players. Yound kids are either downloading their favourite music as digital files, or discovering the joys of analogue sound on vinyl LPs. ME? I still have my Dual turntable, and I bought a new turntable about a year ago - a Rega P3 - and still have my entire LP collection (about 1000 LPs). Do you have children, or grandchildren to bequeath them to? Do that. Don't throw those LPs away!

In the "swing" state of Ohio alone, Obama has spent $57 million; Romney has spent $34 million. In one month (Sep 24 - Oct 24), there have been 58,235 presidential-race TV ads broadcast in Ohio. That's about 2,000 per day! Ohio has 18 votes in the Electoral College. The last time the winner was elected President without winning in Ohio was 1960 - hence the candidates' interest in that state.

Feel better now that you've put the OP down?

How a man treats his dog says a lot about the man. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitt_Romney_dog_incident

He tried to establish a new sense of bipartisanship. He wanted to raise the tone of debate and establish a reasonable consensus on some of the more contentious issues. The ultra-right-wingers in the Republican Party (Tea Party types) had absolutely no interest in that approach. In hindsight, Obama's hope for compromise seems naive (given the attitude he was faced with), but you can't balme him for trying, can you? Or must politics always be a highly adversarial enterprise?

You're not familiar with the way Republicans campaign then? In North America, right-wingers claim the moral high-ground, but behave in the most sleazy, underhanded way. And these sorts of Republican tactics are being imported into Canada by our Republican-loving Prime Minister. One example: during the last federal election here in Canada people working for the Conservative party on election day used automated phone systems to call people and tell them that their polling station had been moved to another location. They were hoping that when these people arrived at the wrong place and found out they'd been misdirected, they would give up in frustration and not bother to vote. These sorts of right-wingers think that any means justify their ends. To them it's all part of the all-out-war that is modern politics.

Yes. But there is an extra element at work here. The US has always considered ALL of North and South America (including the Caribbean) as its sphere of influence. It has never tolerated communist governments within that sphere. Thus, the continuing embargo against Cuba. They invaded Grenada when Maurice Bishop (a Marxist) took over. They engaged in a long covert war (funding and training the "contras") against the Sandinista government in Nicaragua. They also covertly toppled the elected governnent in Chile because Allende was a Marxist. The Cuban Missile Crisis was a double whammy - inside the zone the US considered "its own" (cold-war thinking) AND being pushed by Castro (a Marxist).

In the Guardian! Bit of fun? Or bit of drivel? [i came out as teutonic! Jawohl!]

So, your objection to two particular columnists makes the entire paper drivel. Interesting logic.

Who I Am by Pete Townshend. Excellent (he really knows how to write) autobiography. Searingly honest. Very informative. A must-read for any Who fan.

New Van Morrison CD - Born To Sing: No Plan B. Very jazzy. Three-piece horn section. Lots of improvising. Morrison fully engaged this time. Best album by him in many a year. If you're a fan, don't miss this one!

Silly comment. Just because you don't agree with the political stance doesn't make it drivel.

Well, I disagree. Good or bad leadership can have a tremendous effect on the morale and, therefore, the performance of any group or team. Just look at the Saints. The lack of strong leadership on the pitch has been a long-standing weakness of the team. A good captain is usually a key element in a highly-successful team.

Rooney is not worthy to be captain, because of his on-field behaviour (lack of effort, lack of self-control, and lack of leadership attributes) and his off-field conduct (lack of moral fibre - an old-fashioned attitude, I grant you, but one I still believe in).

Man, don't you read? As I already said, I'm not moaning!

I'm not moaning - just giving my opinion! Guly may have given us "a little bit extra", in your opinion, but no goals. So how is that essentially a major improvement on Lambert, who came much closer to scoring than Guly did?

I thought replacing Lambert was a mistake; he looked most likely to be the one to score. Puncheon held on to the ball too long - attacks broken up often when he was caught in possession. Hope Ramirez gets back soon!

Look again; he mentions him in the last sentence of the large paragraph.

And forming plurals with an apostrophe is f.ucking annoying too, eh?

Not worrying at all, if you understand the difference between the two sets of phenomena! It's not the distance that matters, here; it's the size and speed.

Noodles and Chalet are wrong! He received the goods; he was provided the service; he's morally obliged to pay.

Come on, Saints!

"I have nothing to offer but blue, tilsit, toma and stilton."

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire. I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones, and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.

"A prominent climate change skeptic’s about-face on the subject is causing a stir in the world of environmental science." http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1238554--climate-change-skeptic-causes-a-stir-with-his-about-face And the climate-change project this scientist, Richard A. Muller, conducted was funded, in part, "by the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation. Koch and his brother David are the billionaire owners of Koch Industries Inc., the conglomerate with annual revenues estimated at $100 billion, and are known for bankrolling conservative causes."