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I'm glad this Kennedy stayed out of politics: http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2015/04/08/robert-kennedy-jr-compares-vaccine-debate-holocaust-california-lawmakers-banning-exemptions/

I'm not a cop, but I would assume that descriptions are based upon witness reports. Whatever the nomenclature, if the race of the suspect is known, it is relevant in the search.Stuff like this is jus politically correct nonsense: http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/smartpolitics/2015/02/university_of_minnesota_to_sto.php

Even that term has been overused to the point that it's become politically incorrect to mention the race of a wanted suspect. That's not racial profiling, it's called a description.

Prejudice is a part of our daily lives and much of it takes place unconsciously. When I come to a green light and my gut tells me that the other car isn't going to stop, I'm prejudging him/her. If I'm walking down a deserted street and I see 3 guys with shotguns in hand, I'll take another route, although it's possible that they're just getting ready to head to the skeet range. If a cop pulls over a pickup with an ATM in the bed, he's prejudging the driver, but it's reasonable to do so. As I said, we've overused the words racism and -phobia so much that a lot of people have lost track of thei

Do you think a particular race is superior to another? I don't and it seems pretty straightforward to me. We've all seen racism and our experiences may have been affected (I almost said colored) by race, but that doesn't make someone racist. I think it's a bit overreaching to say that every person in this country is racist in some way.

Even gun haters seem to enjoy the occasional bit of shooting. It's fun!

I don't believe any race is superior to another. In our polarized and politically correct world, we've twisted words like racism so much that they're almost meaningless. And don't get me started about all the -phobias...

That should have read "no-rinse." It's a food-safe, acid-based product used to sanitize equipment and containers. No-rinse means that it can be left in place without removing it. For instance, you'd sanitize a fermenter or bottle with it prior to filling, but a small amount of the sanitizer will still be in the vessel as it's being filled. StarSan is a commonly used product. http://www.fivestarchemicals.com/wp-content/uploads/Star-San-HB4.pdf

Interesting. It seems their biggest target is silicone-based anti-foam agents. I've sometimes used them in the past to control kettle boil-overs (I typically have 13.5 gallons of wort boiling in a 15.5-gallon pot, so there's not much room to spare) but it's only a drop per gallon and I usually forget to even bring the bottle out of the fridge. I wonder what their take on sanitizers is? Home brewers use non-rinse sanitizers, so there's always a bit of sanitizer left in the bottle/keg/fermenter. I've read that yeast will actually consume the sanitizer, but I don't know if that's actually true.

A lot of vegetarians and vegans don't realize that isinglass (fish bladders) and gelatin are sometimes used to clear beer. There aren't many alternatives other than filtering, but that can strip away flavors and yeast. I don't mind cloudy beer, so it's fine if no finings are used. Moss, I use Irish Moss in the boil kettle to help haze-causing proteins settle out. It works fine and it's made from algae, so it's not a problem for the veggies.

Although I made it very clear that I am in no way a racist, you are still demanding like a modern-day McCarthy that I submit to your questioning about something that was rightly relegated to the trash heap of history 50 years ago. I will reply to whatever I want, when I want, and you are free to do likewise without any goading from me. And you can rest assured that I wouldn't still be mentioning it (or even caring about it) 10 days later if he chose not to respond.

This whole conversation borders on the ridiculous. Someone else implies that the entire south is filled with racists eager to throw us back to an ugly era, yet I am the one from whom clarification is demanded? I find it very easy to be polite to people, even when we're disagreeing about something. I've asked questions that have gone unanswered, and made statements that were not responded to, yet I feel no need to demand answers and responses from anyone. It may be "the Internet" but I have no intention of being "one of those people on the Internet." Would VC be a better place if my posts w

I'm pretty much middle of the road. Whenever I've taken the online political compass tests I've come up squarely at the center, but I just took it again to generate the graph and it seems I've strayed into lefty libertarian territory. https://www.politicalcompass.org/test

It most certainly is true and it has been so for decades. It is also against the official rules for many message boards and is even a ban-able offense on some. What exactly did add to the discussion? Nothing at all. And why was it necessary for someone to include this sentence in a discussion about Ted Cruz that I hadn't even participated in? My best friend is prone to posting politically charged, conservative stuff on Facebook. I rarely agree with the content, but I don't say anything because he has a right to voice his opinion and, most importantly, he's my friend. About a year ago

We were "inches away" from a deal, yet they performed their first test 5 years after Bush took office? And 2 of their 3 tests have taken place during Obama's presidency, so what does that say? They're a rogue regime that can't be trusted. The same can be said about Iran.

As I've said before, calling people out on the Internet is bad form.

Someone posted this video on Facebook: http://youtu.be/6TcbU5jAavw A decade later, North Korea tested their first nuclear weapon. Promises aren't worth the paper they are printed on and inspections only take place when/where/if a country decides to allow them.

I only posted as a response to your post.

Wow. That may be the most epic ass kissing of modern times. If I were Drudge, I'd copy the whole design and replace it with a photo of Chamberlain.

Netanyahu had no influence on me. My views are based upon 35 years of watching the Iranian regime in action. I've watched them take Americans hostage (a friend of a friend is still being held there), kill American Marines in Beirut (including a friend of mine), kill Jews all over the planet, kill Americans in Iraq, build secret nuclear facilities deep under a mountain and lie, lie, lie. I've seen enough government-organized "Death to America" demonstrations to realize that they are not capable of being trusted. http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/03/23/iaeas-yukiya-amano-says-organiz

I've been saying that the law would be reworded and the show would go on since the beginning.

That's a rather cartoonish post. Trust me, if a Republican president had forged the same deal I would be just as sceptical. And there's also skepticism from his own party: http://thehill.com/homenews/house/237809-top-dems-voice-great-skepticism-over-iran-deal

Iran will not destroy any centrifuges. They'll be temporarily mothballed. Iran will still be able to develop new centrifuges and centrifuge technology. None of their facilities will be shut down. At best, the deal kicks the can down the road a few years. At worst, the Iranians ignore the deal at the time of their choosing. And, yes, the sanctions are working. That's the main reason that the Iranians even sat down at the table. My response to Iran or any other wannabe nuclear state would be this: waste all the money on nuclear weapons that you'd like; defensive weapons don't scare us. But

President Obama is touting his deal with Iran, but even the Washington Post sees that it's anything but a deal: If you listen closely, you can hear the sound of the Saudi nuclear weapons program spinning up. It may not take them long, because for years there have been whispers that the bankrolled the Pakistani nuclear weapons program, with the understanding that they would be provided with warheads and delivery systems upon demand. Another quote from the Post: If you think the Middle East is a shit show now, wait until you see the next 5 or 10 years. (Maybe the next 12 months, if Israel ge