They inspected the shell casings and determined they were empty. They said it would be safe to remove the remaining read more

They inspected the shell casings and determined they were empty. They said it would be safe to remove the remaining slabs. They came back today with a crew from the Crane Naval Depot and determined they were empty and harmless.

What there really wasn't [information on] was 'what do people think'. We wanted to find out what it's like to read more

What there really wasn't [information on] was 'what do people think'. We wanted to find out what it's like to live in these places from the people who live there; because they would know.

not to allow Lebanon to be a passage for conspiracy against Syria.

not to allow Lebanon to be a passage for conspiracy against Syria.

That was very popular last year.

That was very popular last year.

I think that's created a healthy environment. The comparisons to "ER" were maddening and there was this assumption that the read more

I think that's created a healthy environment. The comparisons to "ER" were maddening and there was this assumption that the two of us were looking at each other with rage and resentment, which was also not the case.

These are probably extreme cases. More often, structures are calibrated so that assets pay down while a derivative amortizes. Most read more

These are probably extreme cases. More often, structures are calibrated so that assets pay down while a derivative amortizes. Most investors, who do not want their returns squeezed, would insist that the original transactions are modified to contain risks.

If there's any drawback, it would be in terms of how higher prices would affect the margins in their refining read more

If there's any drawback, it would be in terms of how higher prices would affect the margins in their refining operations -- but that's not an issue now because of capacity constraints we have here in the United States.

[Abrams described a historically significant episode that revealed how the medical establishment -not just the government- has upheld prohibition.] In read more

[Abrams described a historically significant episode that revealed how the medical establishment -not just the government- has upheld prohibition.] In 1997 after the law was changed in California, Jerome Kassirer, who was Editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine, wrote an editorial on medical marijuana called 'federal foolishness,' saying 'We know this drug works, everybody has their anecdotal experience of people who have benefited from it, get over it, reschedule it, make it schedule 2.' Unfortunately, ... he very shortly thereafter became no longer the editor in chief of the New England Journal of Medicine.

I miss reading . . . how I'm situated, you can't read, you just can't, it's not conducive to reading.

I miss reading . . . how I'm situated, you can't read, you just can't, it's not conducive to reading.