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Democrat says "carry it if you've got it." by mcfly December 4, 2015 6:27 pm

You guys are still looking at this through the lens of gun control? Unbelievable. nt by RobVG 2015-12-04 19:33:16
- Yeah Rob, we want to take away all guns just like the sheriff in the video said... by mcfly 2015-12-04 21:14:30
How many mass shooting events were ended by a civilian 'good guy' with a gun...? by RL 2015-12-04 18:37:59
- And how many citizens are killed accidentally per day by a gun...? by RL 2015-12-04 18:46:40
  - Not disputed by mcfly 2015-12-04 18:56:49

How will history judge those who enable and promote butchery? by bowser December 4, 2015 6:28 pm

I don't know bud, I think you're off topic.......:/ by RobVG 2015-12-04 18:34:51
- Raise your hand, gun owners! by TB 2015-12-04 19:08:07

Its not just guns by ER December 4, 2015 6:17 am

Amazing. Get rid of Republicans and you're rid of most of those. by bowser 2015-12-04 16:48:32
"We Didn't Start the Fire" by Robert 2015-12-04 13:26:34
Pish posh. by Jody 2015-12-04 06:58:59
- Do you disagree with any of those points? by ER 2015-12-04 07:04:57
  - She's just taunting you for fun, ER by mcfly 2015-12-04 15:01:25
  - I am Flame Retardant today. by Jody 2015-12-04 07:28:11

Mosquitoes do not cause malaria. by bowser December 3, 2015 9:33 pm

Excellent Analogy!! Lets form an organization called the MRA... by RL 2015-12-04 15:40:01
If there were no such things as guns, then it wouldn't be a problem. by RobVG 2015-12-04 08:05:17
Ummmm....I would like to bring up a little tidbit I just found... by Jody 2015-12-04 07:32:49
Well by Jody 2015-12-04 07:30:45
Mosquitoes aren't a business. by ER 2015-12-04 06:40:12

Resettlement of 25,000 Syrians in Canada set in motion by mcfly December 1, 2015 12:49 pm

Good for Canada by Robert 2015-12-03 18:38:45
You have no idea how wrong I hope I am and about all of this. by Jody 2015-12-02 10:02:35
A bit of trivia for ROBVG et al by RL 2015-12-01 16:45:25
- I guess we're just risk adverse n/t by RobVG 2015-12-02 08:21:20
  - Obviously we are not... by RL 2015-12-02 14:49:35
    - I don't see the connection n/t by RobVG 2015-12-02 17:04:21
      - I guess I am not surprised... by RL 2015-12-02 17:08:15
        
        Those are just "mass shootings". by ER 2015-12-02 18:20:45
        
        A few points: by TB 2015-12-02 19:07:06
        
        C'mon, Tom. We're talking apples and oranges. by ER 2015-12-02 19:42:16
        
        Meanwhile in australia by RL 2015-12-02 19:25:02
        
        Another view of the data by mcfly 2015-12-03 19:30:46
        
        I see Slate has apparently shifted the "mass shooting" definition back again. by TB 2015-12-02 20:08:18
        
        I moved no goalposts- you just simply substituted the goalposts you wanted to talk about... by RL 2015-12-04 15:00:53
        
        They were talking about you... by RL 2015-12-03 18:02:37
        
        I presented some facts. by TB 2015-12-03 19:36:27
        
        But facts are not allowed on this topic... by RL 2015-12-03 18:30:14
        
        Vietnam every 2 years... by RL 2015-12-02 18:57:17
        
        1) On one side we have ISIS attacks that kill Parisians. The response is to call for a ban on ... by RL 2015-12-02 18:03:30
The last laugh, eh? by ER 2015-12-01 12:57:11

"First Live Look Inside Attacker's Apartment" by ER December 4, 2015 10:47 am

Enter the Mucker by ER December 3, 2015 11:44 am

I'm a John Brunner fan by Robert 2015-12-03 18:34:05
Universe 25 by podrock 2015-12-03 13:28:17
- Human beings are highly adaptable. by ER 2015-12-03 14:09:27
  - So are rats. by podrock 2015-12-03 17:23:22
    - Thanks for the tip by Robert 2015-12-03 18:16:51
    - "...and there is no more want." by ER 2015-12-03 17:45:29

Yo, RL. You're our laser expert.... by ER December 2, 2015 7:24 pm

Typical laser pointers have a power under 5mW. These do not pose a realistic risk of permanent eye damage under ... by RL 2015-12-03 14:37:55
- Thanks. by ER 2015-12-03 15:10:09
  - Go ahead and use a pointer by RL 2015-12-03 15:27:06
I am about to hit the bed, and will answer in more detail tomorrow evening. .. but it depends what ... by RL 2015-12-02 19:47:25

Bleak November by ER December 3, 2015 7:29 am

Defining fascism--a little light reading by Robert November 25, 2015 2:02 pm

A superb description of the Republican Party with their goosestep members of Congress. by bowser 2015-12-01 20:20:31
- Hey, Bowser, grab some popcorn! by TB 2015-12-01 20:31:21
  - Can't argue the facts, can you. Remember the pledge they had to sign? by bowser 2015-12-02 20:59:32
  - Who's up for a Mobius award? n/t by RobVG 2015-12-01 22:12:32
It's funny, even you guys have to look up the definition of fascist.....n/t by RobVG 2015-11-25 20:00:35
- Do you already know one? by Robert 2015-11-25 22:40:43
  - Please.. by RobVG 2015-11-26 10:43:11
    - OK, the long way round, you're saying you don't think Trump is a Fascist by Robert 2015-11-26 14:20:05
      - I think you're just a little too gleeful. by RobVG 2015-11-29 11:24:46
        
        "Glee" is the wrong word by Robert 2015-11-29 20:16:23
        
        I'm sorry you took offense Robert by RobVG 2015-11-30 19:08:56
        
        If you are really asking a question: by TB 2015-11-30 09:45:51
        
        Racism was more of a prominent example than the sole characteristic by Robert 2015-11-30 18:24:14
        
        Excellent post. by ER 2015-11-30 14:27:22
        
        It wasn't that Eco, or even Robert, were wrong. by TB 2015-11-30 20:09:07
        
        Your ideology is showing. by ER 2015-12-01 06:59:18
        
        I should hope so. by TB 2015-12-01 10:31:48
        
        A Wikepedia citation? by mcfly 2015-12-01 14:15:06
        
        Hear that ER? by TB 2015-12-01 16:31:57
        
        Pick that cherry! by mcfly 2015-12-01 17:09:52
        
        Heh, sorry. ER uses Wikepedia a lot, too. by TB 2015-12-01 17:25:31
        
        Read my post again and think about it. Sorry it was so subtle. by mcfly 2015-12-01 17:40:17
        
        Or you could just explain it. by TB 2015-12-01 17:46:13
        
        I have a problem with *your* methodology by mcfly 2015-12-01 18:33:16
        
        C'mon McFly by RobVG 2015-12-01 22:21:07
        
        I'm curious about something by Robert 2015-12-01 11:41:27
        
        Waiting for links on the "economic studies." by TB 2015-12-01 13:23:49
        
        ding! ding! ding! by Robert 2015-12-01 16:10:17
        
        raga man by ER 2015-12-01 18:06:25
        
        Cute. by TB 2015-12-01 18:05:07
        
        Did you know your data removed capital gains from the equation in order to look like that? by RL 2015-12-01 19:08:17
        
        I don't think that changes it being flat. by TB 2015-12-01 19:37:53
        
        You KNOW it does... by RL 2015-12-01 19:58:12
        
        Dude, I quoted the paper you handed me. by TB 2015-12-01 20:29:08
        
        The very first place I looked, right at the top of the stack... by ER 2015-12-01 14:26:13
        
        Well... by TB 2015-12-01 16:58:08
        
        Don't patronize me, Tom. by ER 2015-12-01 18:38:55
        
        Heh. Don't you mean "Tommy?" by TB 2015-12-01 18:49:13
        
        And... by RL 2015-12-01 16:35:55
        
        There is a methodology problem... by TB 2015-12-01 17:21:27
        
        I am curious, TB by RL 2015-12-01 18:04:44
        
        That's just insulting by mcfly 2015-12-01 17:38:37
        
        Bringing engineers in probably wouldn't hurt. :) by TB 2015-12-01 17:57:09
        
        Do we have any? by ER 2015-12-01 18:37:16
        
        Do Lasers count? by RL 2015-12-01 19:37:05
        
        Lasers definitely count! by TB 2015-12-01 19:46:05
        
        I dabble a bit... by TB 2015-12-01 18:56:21
        
        I used to draw maps. by ER 2015-12-01 19:06:16
        
        That's tech, too. by TB 2015-12-01 19:48:40
        
        And yet another insult by mcfly 2015-12-01 18:35:19
        
        I'm sorry. Didn't know you were a social scientist. by TB 2015-12-01 18:39:25
        
        A rising tide lifts all yachts by mcfly 2015-12-01 14:46:53
        
        They want more. by ER 2015-12-01 12:43:31
        
        In the wild west... by ER 2015-12-01 11:21:33
        
        Thanks for that by mcfly 2015-11-30 15:44:20
        
        I'm tending to agree with TB on this by Tony 2015-11-30 12:37:30
        
        Have you read this whole thread? by TB 2015-11-29 22:14:57
        
        Are you nuts? by Robert 2015-11-29 22:23:58
        
        Unclear answer. by TB 2015-11-29 23:58:56
        
        Its perfectly clear to me, by ER 2015-11-30 06:00:02
    - They're in the "furious gibbering" phase. by TB 2015-11-26 11:45:41
      - Who's in "furious gibbering phase?" by mcfly 2015-11-26 19:15:55
      - Tommy tries desperately to hold back the liberal flood by ER 2015-11-26 11:58:39
    - I don't think Trump is making any effort NOT to be shoehorned. by ER 2015-11-26 11:20:22
    - Be honest Rob... by RL 2015-11-26 11:17:01
  - I don't think Trump has a political ideology... by RL 2015-11-26 08:54:13
    - Liberals should also beware of spending too much effort fighting Trump. by ER 2015-11-26 09:24:21
- That's because there IS NO definition of fascist. by ER 2015-11-25 20:19:57
  - Look up number 14 in Eco's list. by TB 2015-11-26 09:34:36
    - Precision of language? by ER 2015-11-26 09:50:49
      - Wow... just...WOW by RL 2015-11-26 10:05:09
Fascism is the dictatorship of the middle class. by ER 2015-11-25 16:42:39
Definitions by ER 2015-11-25 16:00:06

Church readerboard. by bowser November 24, 2015 5:38 pm

The bible is a story told by men. n/t by RobVG 2015-11-24 20:16:44
- I think the account of the Gospels is essentially correct. by ER 2015-11-24 21:49:10
  - There are no contemporaneous accounts of Jesus outside the Bible. by bowser 2015-12-02 20:51:12
Not going there. by Jody 2015-11-24 18:50:28
- It's okay now to have giant statues of Jesus in Poland. by TB 2015-11-24 20:09:52
  - Ah, but Jesus was a communist. by bowser 2015-11-24 20:46:07
  - "Might want to ask the Poles." by RL 2015-11-24 20:18:01
    - There's a ring to it. by bowser 2015-11-24 20:47:57
  - That's right. Jesus invented Communism. by ER 2015-11-24 20:12:30
What they mean by podrock 2015-11-24 18:43:09
- And Jesus is not contemporaneously referenced outside the Bible. by bowser 2015-11-24 20:43:21
  - Well, that's true... by podrock 2015-11-24 20:55:52
    - The red print in the Bible. by bowser 2015-11-24 21:15:58
- Irish, Catholic, atheist. by bowser 2015-11-24 20:37:09
  - Yeah, that whole Irish Catholic thing. by podrock 2015-11-24 20:46:17
"King of what"? by RL 2015-11-24 18:25:37
- Has anyone here read George R.R. Martin's "The Sand Kings"? by ER 2015-11-24 18:58:12
  - Outer Limits did a TV version in the 90s by FrankC 2015-11-24 21:04:15
  - Good story. Creeped me out good years ago. by TB 2015-11-24 19:05:17
    - I remember reading it in "Omni" magazine when I lived in Mountain View. by ER 2015-11-24 19:23:10
      - That's where I read it as well by mcfly 2015-11-25 09:52:33
      - "Omni", that brings back memories n/t by RobVG 2015-11-24 20:17:42
  - Wich kings are those? by RL 2015-11-24 18:59:35
    - Its an SF novella by the author of "Game of Thrones".. by ER 2015-11-24 19:20:59
      - Never read it... by RL 2015-11-24 19:43:36

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