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Experimentum crucis? by ER April 25, 2012 9:51 am
  • Please don't tell me you support Romney... pretty please? by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-25 20:07:02
    • No, I don't support him. I used to think he was a moderate Republican and competent administrator, a man ... by ER 2012-04-25 21:00:11
      • Wow. Total nuclear warfare by the Republicans. by TB 2012-04-25 21:53:58
        • In other words, the Republicans first proposed a stimulus package under Bush...it was his idea, remember? Until Obama embraced it. ... by ER 2012-04-26 05:31:28
          • The Republicans had nothing to do with the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. by TB 2012-04-26 09:54:27
            • Q: When did the Great Recession begin? A: December 2007, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research, a private, nonprofit ... by ER 2012-04-26 10:16:46
              • What does that have to do with anything I just said? But whatever. by TB 2012-04-26 10:31:06
                • What does that have to do with anything I just said? by ER 2012-04-26 11:10:09
                  • My original point: The Republicans didn't actually manage to sabotage anything, by TB 2012-04-26 11:46:45
                    • When those people signed the pledge to not support anything Obama proposed, what do you think they were doing? Did that ... by bowser 2012-04-26 12:10:26
                      • This is probably a futile question, but did you ever actually read that thing? by TB 2012-04-26 12:24:44
      • You might be out of luck: by TB 2012-04-25 20:50:01
        • How very convenient that you leave out the rest of the article, TB. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-26 02:35:29
          • Which says what? by TB 2012-04-26 09:39:52
            • You got caught, TB. Be gracious about it and admit it. by ER 2012-04-26 10:22:04
              • Caught doing what??? Seriously. by TB 2012-04-26 10:32:21
                • Republicans have a different definition of American Exceptionalism than Democrats do. Democrats believe America is special because of what it ... by ER 2012-04-26 10:55:17
                  • What ER said. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-26 20:25:06
                  • "Our president doesn’t have the same feelings about American exceptionalism that we do,” Romney said Saturday. “And I think over ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-26 10:42:17
                    • So you believe Romney, even if Obama disagrees with him? by TB 2012-04-26 11:06:17
                      • Obama's saying that the United States has the capacity to do great things, and that he has pursued such goals ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-26 20:27:40
              • You learn quickly, grasshopper. by ER 2012-04-26 06:11:00
          • The Austerity Debacle by ER 2012-04-25 12:54:59
            • A commentary on Krugman's article here. by TB 2012-04-25 13:33:39
              • To be perfectly fair to Dr Hayek and Dr Friedman, neither of them comments on Dr Krugman's article. And neither ... by ER 2012-04-25 14:04:17
                • What's his bio got to do with it? by TB 2012-04-25 15:31:57
                  • What did Friedman and Hayek have to do with it? Were you just name- dropping Nobels to counteract Krugman's, ... by ER 2012-04-25 15:46:31
                    • Of course I was name-dropping, same as you. by TB 2012-04-25 16:35:57
                      • Oh, so only libertarian economists use numbers? by ER 2012-04-25 16:45:22
                        • It's not about using them. It's about being willing to show them, and think about them. by TB 2012-04-25 17:16:42
                          • Tom, astrologers use numbers, and charts and graphs and scienterrific-sounding terms too. And not only do economists disagree, aren't ... by ER 2012-04-25 17:57:20
                            • You know, there's a certain amount of amusement value to this, by TB 2012-04-25 18:05:53
                              • Gee, I tried to meet you half-way. 8) by ER 2012-04-25 18:20:36
            • You're not seeing an experiment beginning. You're seeing the results of one that has been completed. by TB 2012-04-25 11:22:22
              • Certainly worth watching, as you suggest. And their economies are a bit different than ours. What is appropriate ... by bowser 2012-04-25 10:53:45
                New allegations of Secret Service misconduct surface. by bowser April 26, 2012 5:19 pm
                • It will eventually be blown out of proportion, if it hasn't been already. It looks like this is spreading ... by ER 2012-04-26 17:56:03
                  • If the truth comes out, which I doubt, you will find a lot more than blowing off steam. I've been told ... by bowser 2012-04-26 20:02:13
                  • Here's a link to the original story. Has anyone heard any older stories like this? by TB 2012-04-26 17:47:19
                    Illinois: reality closing in by TB April 26, 2012 6:16 pm
                    • Ain't it wonderful we have such an example of fiscal responsibility as the Bush-Cheney Administration of 2001 to 2009? ... by bowser 2012-04-26 19:57:08
                      What are these clowns up to? by bowser April 24, 2012 2:35 pm
                      • My problem with all this "strategy" crap is that the end goal is always more power for the US. ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-24 16:14:13
                        • The problem is, the choice "nobody controls the seas" isn't available. by TB 2012-04-24 16:40:58
                          • Would anyone here support a UN option? by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-25 09:41:41
                            • The goal of the US would be to create as much of a puppet government as possible. A very ... by bowser 2012-04-25 11:21:57
                              • Answering for myself: No. by TB 2012-04-25 09:54:56
                                • The US lost it's leadership position on Human Rights during the Bush Administration. The US tortured routinely and just ... by bowser 2012-04-25 11:28:06
                                  • Then why doesn't a good "progressive" treat the U.N. like it treats Bush? by TB 2012-04-25 11:39:49
                                    • "these would be the same “progressives” that spent the entire Cold War worshiping the ground the Soviet Union and its ... by bowser 2012-04-25 12:25:35
                                      • Paranoia? by TB 2012-04-25 13:06:09
                                        • Rabid paranoia. You'd do well to listen. To call all who protest Bush's abuses of human rights people ... by bowser 2012-04-25 13:34:31
                                          • I note the "crimes" don't get much press nowadays. by TB 2012-04-25 16:05:42
                                            • Oh, my. I call BS. I call it loud, and long. BS. You're too young to remember Joseph ... by bowser 2012-04-26 00:35:39
                                              • By the way, McCarthy did his bit in 1950. How old are you? by TB 2012-04-26 16:55:07
                                                • 71. And I read the local newspapers from cover to cover from the time I was 9. At ... by bowser 2012-04-26 18:48:24
                                                • I know how the Left uses McCarthy, Bowser. by TB 2012-04-26 16:49:13
                                                  • "Stalinism". Mean anything? "McCarthyism" does too. For a long time it's seemed as if some people stick ... by bowser 2012-04-26 18:41:47
                                                    • Repeatedly insulting me doesn't change anything. by TB 2012-04-26 19:43:07
                                                      • P.S. by TB 2012-04-26 19:45:01
                            • Yemen doesn't have any oil, does it? by ER 2012-04-24 15:24:14
                              • They control one of the transportation choke points into the Red Sea. by TB 2012-04-24 15:39:04
                                • They also border the Saudis. by ER 2012-04-24 16:47:37
                              • Good point. When did the FBI suddenly become globetrotters? by TB 2012-04-24 15:17:40
                                Secrets of Vesta by TB April 26, 2012 6:19 pm
                                • I wonder what the gravitational acceleration is at the surface. Is it enough to allow a spacecraft to land, ... by ER 2012-04-26 19:00:06
                                  • Vesta and Ceres are pretty big for asteroids (Ceres is the largest). by TB 2012-04-26 19:23:09
                                  Breathing Earth by Vitruvius April 24, 2012 1:43 am
                                  • What amazes me is how some people are more concerned about the growth of the budget deficit than they are ... by ER 2012-04-24 09:54:54
                                    • In the Cambrian Period, the CO2 level was about twenty times what it is right now. by TB 2012-04-24 11:40:59
                                      • No, but corn didn't grow in Iowa, either. by ER 2012-04-24 12:45:13
                                        • You mentioned Venus. I didn't. by TB 2012-04-24 12:52:23
                                          • Did you actually read my last sentence, or did you just shoot from the hip again? by ER 2012-04-24 13:22:25
                                            • "We have every reason to believe it won’t be as high as Venus." I read snark and hyperbole. But you can explain ... by TB 2012-04-24 13:43:50
                                              • You know perfectly well I have always rejected the idea of a runaway greenhouse effect on earth as untenable due ... by ER 2012-04-24 13:51:23
                                                • Then why bring up Venus at all? by TB 2012-04-24 14:17:46
                                                  • We have every reason to believe it won’t be as high as Venus. by ER 2012-04-24 14:33:04
                                          • Now, now, TB might just be joking. Right, TB? by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-24 12:47:45
                                            • TB knows exactly what I was saying, but for ideological reasons, he must reflexively ridicule any mention or discussion of global ... by ER 2012-04-24 13:26:33
                                              • You may be wrong, you stated that: “As the earth heats up from the effects of the sun, there is only ... by johannes 2012-04-26 17:29:56
                                                • "According to TB’s politics, we’re supposed to do nothing about it until it can be definitely proven. Unfortunately, there’s only ... by TB 2012-04-24 13:59:14
                                                  • You're not trying to avoid unnecessary surgery. Your posts on this thread prove you can't tolerate anyone even suggesting ... by ER 2012-04-24 14:16:38
                                                    • The only thing the doctor has been waving at me is a machete. When he puts it away, we'll talk. by TB 2012-04-24 14:19:02
                                                      • Go talk to your machete-waving doctor, then, if you even know who he is. It ain't me. I don't ... by ER 2012-04-24 14:24:11
                                        North Korea parade missiles fake? by TB April 26, 2012 12:11 pm
                                        • They might very well be fakes, but that proves nothing, one way or the other. Fake missiles are used to ... by ER 2012-04-26 12:48:12
                                          • PS. A close look at the launch/transport vehicles tells you a lot about a potential enemy's capabilities. How ... by ER 2012-04-26 12:59:44
                                            • Interesting. I wish I'd known that, I would have watched the May Day parades in the Kremlin with different ... by bowser 2012-04-26 14:53:19
                                              • Good info. Thanks! by TB 2012-04-26 14:24:03
                                            • Might be. Might well be. There's an ironic aspect to it, though. If at the moment the drums were ... by bowser 2012-04-26 12:27:37
                                              Both Sides Now by ER April 25, 2012 7:42 pm
                                              • Water is so more efficient than air in transferring heat that very small changes in sea temperature could have profound ... by bowser 2012-04-26 12:14:33
                                                • When water gets warm, it evaporates, and water vapor is even more efficient a greenhouse gas than CO2. The ... by ER 2012-04-26 13:37:44
                                                Service to the Community by ER April 25, 2012 8:27 am
                                                • Why don't you invite him to the Zone? by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-25 20:16:43
                                                  • Fun. Great post, well written, interesting. by bowser 2012-04-25 16:23:34
                                                    What do you think; is this true? by johannes April 25, 2012 6:52 pm
                                                    • I call bullshit on that story, and whoever wrote it by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-25 20:12:46
                                                      Question of the day! by Vitruvius April 25, 2012 3:07 pm
                                                      • More on Prof. Deudney here. by TB 2012-04-25 15:43:29
                                                        • from your link... "So, once and for all -- what is a negarchy?" "...We didn't have a term that's abstract like ... by ER 2012-04-25 16:14:44
                                                          • The guy does seem like a patriotic nutjob, but it's not his views I'm concerned with. Though his introduction ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-25 17:56:29
                                                            • Well, according to Deudney... by TB 2012-04-25 18:20:42
                                                              • Useful hint: I wouldn't spend the money if I were you. by TB 2012-04-25 18:43:09
                                                                • Silly TB.... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-25 19:31:52
                                                              • I think I get what he said. And its not particularly outrageous. The rule may be of their own ... by ER 2012-04-25 18:12:34
                                                          • I think that's the best we can hope for; a stable condition due to the exact balance of opposing ... by ER 2012-04-25 15:34:22
                                                            Does anyone have big ears? by bowser April 25, 2012 2:30 pm
                                                            • I looked it up on Google Earth. Miles and miles of mountains. Frankly, I'm surprised the road is ... by TB 2012-04-25 16:51:48
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