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Tim Hurlocker's avatar

Britain and France were often at odds, but both desperately need a modern-day Charles Martel. But if such a hero arose, I'm sure he'd be detained at Heathrow.

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Christopher B's avatar

Reprising from Instapundit, if the Euros were trying to crush democracy what would they be doing differently?

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RAM's avatar

To cope in these times, just remember how much of the news is made up.

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Michael Lee's avatar

Great Calvin meme... I shudder the thought of Hollywood ever remade "10". My 15 year old memories would never recover. And yes, that film wasn't accessible to boys my age unless you figured out how to game the multiplex colored ticket system.

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David's avatar

Only one slight flaw in Aquinas's reasoning: growing up in New York, pretty much every deli had one or more "Sausage Subs" on the menu. Of course they were generally other types than hot dogs--Frankfurters--such as Italian sausage, but that begs the question--which Aquinas would surely recognize as foundational--of whether a hot dog is a sausage, the answer to which is "obviously yes," since the term "hot dog" is a colloquialization of the actual nomenclature, "Frankfurter."

Like Kleenex and Frigidaire--and for that matter Braunschweiger--Frankfurter has become a generic term for a broader class of item, in this case (and with Braunschweiger) as a certain type of...sausage.

Thus do I repudiate your Aquinas's reasoning! :-)

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Max Cossack's avatar

Buy low, sell high. That's always been my plan.

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Lynn Wyman's avatar

Steven I no longer see your posts on Powerline. What happened?

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Ben Phillips's avatar

Should have not scrolled past 1999.

And why would one call a hot dog a sandwich? It's a hot dog

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Craig Kisciras's avatar

Professor, that last picture should come with a warning.

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