Speaking at a fundraiser Saturday night about the emergency landing that occurred while his wife was aboard.
“When you have a fire in an aircraft, there’s no place to go, exactly, there’s no – and you can’t find any oxygen from outside the aircraft to get in the aircraft, because the windows don’t open. I don’t know why they don’t do that. It’s a real problem. So it’s very dangerous.”
Joe Biden, or Uncle Gaffey as some of us like to call him, is known for his congenial nature; his ability to mingle with the regular folk, sip a beer, riff with the working man about his life in Scranton, PA, while getting real up close and comfortable. He likes to have your undivided attention when he’s sharing all his stories. Anything less, apparently, just won’t do. Well, this all may be a little too much for one senior citizen. Behold. Continue reading
Well, the thrice winning Louis C.K. had nothing to worry about so it seemed, even if he so eschewed the whole “awards thing.” Which became a hilarious meme in itself, right? Why so serious, Louis?! Yeah, we know, the Emmys. But for Amy Poehler, perhaps the night should’ve gone another way. Continue reading
There are no cats in America and the streets are paved with cheese. Continue reading
Romney’s fundraising comes down to Earth, lessons from video games, when extremism goes mainstream, voting wrongs, the GOP’s national security fail, Romney’s buses, life expectancy, Homer votes, reverse-secession, and undecided voters. Continue reading
Another installment in our series on abandoned places in the world. Continue reading
It’s that time again for expats, jetsetters, and people who are still registered to vote in a state they haven’t lived in for over six years for reasons involving some minor insurance fraud but that’s not what we’re talking about right now to submit their absentee ballot application. Continue reading
Last night, stars of the small screen (and Nicole Kidman) lit up the red carpet to celebrate themselves and promote their new projects. There were plenty of fashion risk-takers by both men and women, so let’s get right to it. Continue reading
Yesterday, we visited penguins. Today, we go trout fishing! Marge (not my wife’s real name) booked a guide to take us out. When I found out the price for the day trip (equivalent to what I spent over eight days during my solo bus trip), I was pretty peeved, to say the least. While we waited for our guide to pick us up at the hotel, I sarcastically said– For that price, he better pick us up in a Land Rover Defender 110.
When I created Crasstalk.com on a whim one night late in 2010, I had no idea what it would become. All I knew was that we had an extended network of interesting people who all had a lot to say and wanted a new place to say it.
Ever since then, I’ve been continually amazed at just how important our authors, commenters and readers are to the growth of Crasstalk — and how important Crasstalk is to them.
Over the past year, The Grand Inquisitor, Dogs of War and I have spent a lot of time thinking about how we wanted to grow this amazing community. Our first goal was to put Crasstalk on a solid financial footing – those of you who donated to the site early made amazing contributions but that’s no way to run a website of this size. So we worked hard to drive enough revenue from advertising to support the site without detracting from the commenter experience. We’re certainly not getting rich anytime soon but we’re now earning enough revenue to keep the lights on and even have a little left over for development of new site features and new projects. Continue reading
