>>>>This is also a gamble for the banks, and the reality is that the banks are more clever gamlers than private persons. The net result is that the banks give you a higher rate for fixed rate mortgages since they are forced, by their owners, to earn money. But I guess the free press coverage/advertisements ratio is very different in the US than over here, so we get to hear more from "both sides".
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>>>On the contrary. Only the concentrated ownership of all media in the hands of a handful of corporations are a guarantee that the press will be free from government influence!
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>>Thanks Dragan, you just made me snort my tea through my nose
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>That's strange. Never done it with tea. Coffee, yes, often.

Doesn't burn nearly as much as hot coffee...or even Coke, for that matter (I'm talking the drink, not the nose-candy), but not an experience I put high on my list of 'things to do today'