>>>>>>This message at least gets the zero out of today's (search) calendar.
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>>>>>Maybe the religious arguments have settled down.

DD seems to be busy... still waiting for the Tom vs Jerry part VIII. IOW, he didn't reply the last batch. Sorry for the inconvenience :)

>Ah the commercialization of Christmas. The real meaning is found in the Bible and a Charlie Brown Christams Cartoon. :)

Long live MP3! That's the only way I can get (at least partially) away from the imbecile-targeting advertisements and the accompanying music they occasionally insert between the ads (radio or tv, no difference). In mildest terms, the whole month calls for a redefinition of the word kitsch.

>>Interesting how a problem with one transportation industry can affect many systems! I am sure all our problems will be over if a republican majority finds its way into congress. Of course that may create World War III but that is a minor point.

In Italy they mention "the time when trains went on time" - that was Mussollini's time. In Russia, Stalin got the subway to go on time by installing the third complete crew, after shipping the first two crews to Siberia.

For some reason, I prefer the trains to be slightly off schedule.

>Keep us up-to-date on this as I only hear what NPR has to say and they are about as slanted reporting news as they come.

This brings warm feelings of home. In Milosevic times, I got most of my informations from online forums. Not from the mass media. At some crucial moments (like bombing), I was the source of information for the whole street - because I was web-connected.