DC Tom

Mandatory spending is 70% of federal expenditures, and the remaining discretionary expenditures are half the total tax revenue the US government brings in. You asked why the budget deficit is huge. I answered. Period. That you then asked a ridiculous leading question that inferred something I never stated or implied says more about you than it does about me. A better question would be: now that you know the answer, what's your solution?

The first known reference "Buffalo" related to the northeastern shore of Lake Erie was in the mid-1600s, some Englishman referencing, in writing, "Buffalo Creek." If that's derived from beau fleuve, it's the first, last, and only time anyone referred to Seneca Creek as "beautiful." It's probably as simple as the Englishman who named "Buffalo Creek" saw American Wood Bison drinking there (yes, WNY was historically in the American bison's range), and said "Look, buffalo drinking from a creek! A buffalo creek!" Because at the time there was no distinction between buffalo and bison or scientific naming of animals, being some 100 years before Linnaeus.

Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and debt servicing.

What about them? "Forecastle" comes from the early days of sail, when they would build up the fore and aft of the ship into high-walled strongpoints from which archers (or early cannon) could dominate nearby ships and which could be defended easily in case of boarding from the waste. They were literally "castles" at the fore and aft of the ship - Henry VIII's Mary Rose being an excellent example of such: And yes, "aftcastle" was a term at the time, too. "Gunwale" was simply a horizontal reinforcing beam used to stiffen a ship. Nowadays it's a generic term for where the strength deck meets the side of a ship; a couple hundred years ago it was literally a beam - a wale - at the level of the gun deck, so literally a "gun wale."

It's nothing like that. Bison and buffalo are completely different genera - of the family bovidae, bison are Bison bison (or the European Bison bosanus). Buffalo, on the other hand, are of the genus Synercus (African cape buffalo - Synercus caffer) or Bubalus (Asian water buffalo - Bubalus arnee). The Pennsylvania Dutch were actually the Pennsylvania Deutsche - the Pennsylvania Germans, literally. So they're nothing alike.

Because the etymology of "clipboard" comes to us via old English "clyppe bred" - literally, a "fastener board.." Cupboard, on the other hand, comes from the proto-Indo-European "kewp bherd." A place of boarding (i.e. maintaining or storing) cups. So they're obviously completely different.

Fun fact: the European wood bison is also known by science wags as the "Higgs Bison." For reasons known only to those that enjoy really bad puns.

He's clearly playing hurt. They say he's not - he clearly is.

I wish Foster would make just one mind-boggling catch and run, so I can say "That was bananas Foster!"

Fitz has nothing to lose. He knows he's going to be cut in the offseason, be playing with another team next season as a backup, made the starter in mid-season, then go on another winning streak. So why not just let it fly?

NFL Red Zone just cut to Pats-Eagles highlights. Pats-Eagles starts at 4. The highlights are literally Belichick getting off the team bus. GET THIS PATRIOTS FELLATING OFF MY TELEVISION!!!!

You can't imagine being a Bills fan?

Hauschka also missed the tackle. He probably tripped Poyer, too.

I still blame Zay Jones.

On the bright side, there's enough time to score another TD before the half...

Oh, ***** you Miami.

There's something appealing about not only Hillary not being the first woman president, but Bill not being the first "First Gentleman" or whatever they'd call him.

Precisely how big a moron are you that you think people hide things with the IRS, not from them?

There are no links about Pearl Harbor being an inside job anywhere in there.

No. I've heard Baby Driver described as several things: "What The Fast and Furious franchise should be," "A post-modern musical." The latter is particularly apt, as the action is not just set to the soundtrack, but is set in time with the soundtrack (watch the clip again - all the action is timed to the music, including something as prosaic as the wipers moving to the beat of the song. Throughout the movie. the gunshots emphasize the beats of songs - the ultimate set-piece, to Queen's Brighton Rock, is spectacular.) And all the driving effects are practical effects, some of which are downright mind-blowing. I hesitate to say it's a good movie - it's too atypical to make that general a statement. But it's an extremely well-made movie, and if you're someone who routinely complains that there's no originality in Hollywood anymore, it's worth seeing.

Where? I don't see links, I see crazy talk.

Link?

Already mentioned. Bullitt, Ronin, Blues Brothers. So I'm going to throw the opening of Baby Driver in the mix:

I play my games, and you play...well, my games.

Precisely. If he could have demonstrated focus on the game of football in this workout, he would have done himself a great service. He didn't. And I hasten to add: it may not even be his fault. I was careful in my post to say "the circus that trails him," not "that he brings with him." Whether he invites the attention or not at this point is irrelevant, the circus is unavoidable.