It's interesting that the biggest disagreement in this thread is between the pro-cat and anti-cat forces. Perhaps the ability to block -- or highlight -- all cat posts would be a useful addition.

I'm one of the adblockers. I appreciate that this hurts the revenues of my favourite sites, but if I had to sit through animated ads, ads with sound, and ads that delay the loading of the page -- I wouldn't visit here at all.

I would be prepared to declare an adblock truce for any site that only uses static ads that don't detract from the reading experience. There might be a market for an advertising company that does this.

Where's Geekazoid when we need him?

Obviously mutated by radiation from evil Iranian nuclear weapons project. Soon, nearby countries will be invaded by giant spiders.

I know for a fact that Prescott's father, Lucifer K. Bush, started World War I. Also, he was a Jew.

You do have a point. I'd hate to see the universe go BSOD.

This is Google Earth in reverse!

Obviously it was the cardiac health benefits of cat ownership that gave Ms Butterworth the strength to punch out a python.

In this thread, we see that state-school-indoctrinated children have been successfully indoctrinated to promote state-school-indoctrination for everyone.

SuperJdynamite:

Your link lists 17 countries that practice affirmative discrimination.

There are over 200 countries in the world.

Consequently, your claim that "Most of the countries of the world have some kind of affirmative action" is invalid.

How about mandating that 40% of the prison population has to be female? Or adjusting educational outcomes so that males get equal scores and equal graduation rates?

Funny how it seems so unthinkable to consider forced equality in areas where men are disadvantaged.

When Larry Summers dared to suggest that boys might be better than girls at math and science, he was drummed out of his job.

I wonder if these researchers will get the same treatment?

I have two words for Jitterbuggery: Quack quack.

Whoa, I love it!

But I still think the original Star Wars intro (including the opening sequence) is the best ever.

I think Ali S has the right idea.

Kids who just scrawl mindless tags everywhere are vandals. But those who want to express themselves artistically should have a space in which to do so.

There is no need to put a positive spin on things in Iraq. The fact is that for the vast majority of Iraqis, life has improved since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, in areas such as political freedom, life expectancy, the economy, infrastructure, education, women's rights, crime, suicide, utilities, and freedom of religion.

That's what happens when a dictatorship is replaced by a democracy. Your personal choice to believe the misreporting of the left-wing mainstream media doesn't change the reality on the ground.