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• ‘Pagan Pride Day’: Kentucky Residents Celebrate Their Polytheistic Beliefs

  October 6, 2011 at 1:02am

  In reply to capitalismrocks.

  Here here.

• ‘Pagan Pride Day’: Kentucky Residents Celebrate Their Polytheistic Beliefs

  October 6, 2011 at 1:01am

  In reply to mikee1.

  Many Pagans I know (mostly Wiccan or Astaru) are more charitable than people at my church.

  Paganism is NOT satanism – Pagans have no joy in other’s suffering. Mikee1 your statement is pretty ignorant.

• The Heartland’s Financial Distress Dictatorship: Decaying Michigan Town on Verge of ‘Democratic Collapse’

  June 28, 2011 at 9:16am

  In reply to TRONINTHEMORNING.

  You do realize the Gov of MI is a pretty conservative republican, right? The union protests in Detroit a few weeks ago were against his take over of the city of detroit.

  Basically the policy set forth by the state is to manage programs which are funded from predominately state-sources. So they’ll control mostly education and transportation infrastructure. It’s not a blanket take over of the city.

• Update: Scientists Release Depressing News in Search for ‘God Particle’

  June 11, 2011 at 8:23pm

  In reply to RN MOM.

  Maybe there’s more scientists out there whom are christian than you think?

  Hawkings doesn’t speak for the entirety of the scientific community, and applying his beliefs as a broad stroke is quite… antithetical?

• Bachmann Reveals Plans for Presidential Announcement in Iowa Next Month

  May 27, 2011 at 6:08am

  In reply to checkit.

  If a woman is elected president, can we start calling left-wingers sexist?

• Focus on the Family Boss Says ‘We’ve Probably Lost’ the Gay Marriage Debate

  May 24, 2011 at 3:44am

  What I don’t get, is if there is some legitimate discrimination – why don’t the hospitals, insurance companies, or whomever is denying gay couples benefits, etc, face discrimination charges?

  Fighting for gay marriage to correct those gaps isn’t really at the heart of what I presume the issues to most gay couples is.

  It’s like going to a dog show. I want to enter my cat, so I lobby the government to legally call cats a dog just so I can enter the dog show.

• Rep. Allen West Learns the Trick to Pumping Gas Into a Jaguar

  May 18, 2011 at 2:03am

  In reply to M_Jennings.

  Finally, it’s importaint to note that nearly all gas stations which have a non-ethanol-blended mid-grade (89) only stock two types of fuel (87 and 91) and are doing the exact same thing as the app is suggesting (mixing premium and regular to obtain an 89~ octane fuel). So the theory behind the app is sound – except midgrade is not always better for your fuel economy or your engine. Again, I HIGHLY suggest reading the Octane Rating article on Wikipedia (esspecially the section on Effects of Octaine rating – it explains this all better than me).

  I don’t know where the DOE stat of refiners shipping out xxx gallons of mid-grade came from – generally refiners ship premium premium and regular and then blend it at the gas station – as the post even notes – the $0.10/gal cost savings is probably accurate, but it’s not coming from the refinery level.

• Rep. Allen West Learns the Trick to Pumping Gas Into a Jaguar

  May 18, 2011 at 1:49am

  In reply to farmerpat42.

  oops, meant to be a reply to an earlier thread…

• Rep. Allen West Learns the Trick to Pumping Gas Into a Jaguar

  May 18, 2011 at 1:49am

  In reply to M_Jennings.

  (which can use 87 or 89 per owner’s manual). My wife’s car (2.4L Toyota) sees a smaller difference, but I wonder what the long term effects of the 89 octane has on her car (esspecially being an Ethanol blend).

  Don’t trust me about all this though – ask your local mechanic or any gear head that understands the gas-engine relationship.
  (sorry for the multiple breaks in the posts)

• Rep. Allen West Learns the Trick to Pumping Gas Into a Jaguar

  May 18, 2011 at 1:45am

  In reply to M_Jennings.

  There’s a way to test this without trusting this iphone app for vehicles that require 87 octane, depending on your region there’s two scenarios based on what type of 89 octane fuel you have available:

  1) your region has non-ethanol blended gas
  2) your region has ethanol blended 89
  (something to note – E85 blended ethanol is really mid-90 octane (see explaination above), but it’s rated E85 for the perception of being cheaper).

  1) for non-ethanol blended regions – try a long distance trip with 89 and 87. You’ll see a 5-10% mpg difference. Making the 89 octane fuel not only more expensive, but less efficient for your engine. 89 octane fuel is not cleaner or more efficient (in fact, it can be dirtyier for your engine if it’s not meant for it).

  2) For ethanol blended regions – try the long distance trip (Easy through KS, IA, NE where this blend is common). There is a ‘break even’ point because the 89 octane (w/ethanol) is cheaper than the pure-gas 87 octane. This can differ from car to car. For example, in my Pontiac G6 (3.5L) I get about 10% better mpg w/87 octane than with 89-ethanol. So, for price comparison – if 89-ethanol is 10% cheaper, it’s worth it. If it isn‘t then I don’t bother. Right now 87 is the way to go for raw mpg (~$4.00 for 87 and 3.80 for 89). That isn’t considering the potential engine wear that is occuring from using the 89 (and ethanol) blend, though I’m not worried about it for my engine (which can use 87 or 89 per