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Trump's namecalling is no match for the Scots BuckGalaxy July 26, 2025 2:15 pm (Flame)

Retirement home Spirit cover -- yeah, we had better music. ER July 26, 2025 7:31 am (Off-Topic)

Maxwell's Silver Hammer ER July 26, 2025 6:58 am (CurrentEvents)

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How Groupthink Protected Biden and Re-elected Trump, or put another way... BuckGalaxy July 19, 2025 2:32 pm (Flame)

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NASA says water ice may be on Mercury by bowser March 27, 2012 6:50 pm

Allow me to enlighten you on what I know here.... While ice might be found on Mercury, the Chances are slim ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-28 01:38:50

Heritage Moments by Vitruvius March 27, 2012 7:07 pm

They used to call those "newsreels." by TB 2012-03-27 21:29:47
- *Thumps self for forgetting similarities* That completely slipped past me when I posted this. Still, there are differences. These ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-28 01:17:00

Political opposition researchers dish dirt, predict long slog to November election by bowser March 27, 2012 7:02 pm

I wonder if these guys do this work as a result of a commitment to the ideology they are working ... by ER 2012-03-27 20:38:58
- I think a lot of them are pros, who go where the going is good. by TB 2012-03-27 20:49:19
  - I can't look at Dick Morris and not think about him and the prostitutes. by podrock 2012-03-27 21:36:51
    - Now do you think more about Dick, or the prostitutes? :-) by bowser 2012-03-27 21:56:48
      - I try to not think about either, if I can help it. Why I'm not a Fox viewer. by podrock 2012-03-27 21:59:50

Neighborhood Watch Shooting by ER March 22, 2012 5:16 am

It was a major mistake not revealing that Zimmerman was beaten. Now the people calling for his arrest (and worse) ... by RobVG 2012-03-27 08:35:21
- Maybe the reason it wasn't revealed Zimmerman was beaten is because he wasn't. We heard about bloody clothes and wounds ... by ER 2012-03-27 13:53:44
  - That was somewhat condescending by RobVG 2012-03-27 17:34:43
    - I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, as I am predisposed to do in general, being a kindly old ... by bowser 2012-03-27 19:08:02
      - Why thank you kind sir by RobVG 2012-03-27 20:00:32
    - If it was condescending, I'm sorry, I sincerely didn't mean it to come out that way, although I can see ... by ER 2012-03-27 18:09:44
      - It's all good ER (n/t) by RobVG 2012-03-27 18:49:43
- Yeah, I watched "the Narrative" being imposed almost immediately. by TB 2012-03-27 08:45:08
  - Narrative Check: by TB 2012-03-27 08:53:42
When two jerks meet it's often the one with the gun who walks away in one piece. by bowser 2012-03-27 00:06:31
Another shooting update: by TB 2012-03-26 18:39:42
Some updates: by TB 2012-03-24 11:40:47
- A current picture of "Trayvon". by Lee 2012-03-25 20:20:03
- Agreed. I fear this will turn out ugly. Either an innocent man will go to prison, or a young ... by ER 2012-03-24 11:59:23
  - Or most likely: it's going to be turned into a political football. by TB 2012-03-24 12:14:23
    - I think it already has. There's a great pressure to find Zimmerman guilty, and I doubt it will go ... by ER 2012-03-24 14:23:35
      - It gets worse. by TB 2012-03-24 15:25:35
        
        Yep. Someone else's address. by TB 2012-03-27 14:50:27
        
        Couple living in fear after their address listed as Zimmerman's. by TB 2012-03-27 20:24:24
        
        And still worse. by TB 2012-03-25 13:36:31
      - And guilty or not, if this guy ever goes to prison, he's toast. by ER 2012-03-24 14:37:22
I've seen other controversies like this, often involving real police and not a "watchman." by TB 2012-03-22 08:30:24
- As you know, you have to perceive a threat to your life to use lethal force. Running after someone who is ... by RobVG 2012-03-22 09:28:53
  - Tom's right, its still too early to make a judgement on this. On the surface, it looks terrible, a ... by ER 2012-03-22 10:01:29
    - Yeah, Probably by RobVG 2012-03-22 11:19:06
      - It's also possisble that maybe BOTH sides are right. Maybe GZ unwisely pursued and challenged the kid and the ... by ER 2012-03-22 12:25:13
  - meant for ER by RobVG 2012-03-22 09:29:29

Photo ID required to take SAT tests by TB March 27, 2012 2:40 pm

I give up on education. People go to such great lengths to cheat, how can those fancy certificates and assurances given ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-27 18:05:17
Do YOU have a problem with that? I think it's fine. An SAT should be taken by the ... by bowser 2012-03-27 16:45:46
Yep, people hiring doubles to take their SAT examinations for them has become a documented problem. I can see similar ... by ER 2012-03-27 15:12:00
- Some observations: by TB 2012-03-27 15:40:53
  - Your lame excuses are startlingly reminiscent of the ones for poll taxes and literacy tests southern Democrats made in the ... by ER 2012-03-27 15:47:05
    - There are no poll taxes. by TB 2012-03-27 15:54:54
      - It is YOUR party that is trying to get this travesty passed, not mine. The burden of proof that ... by ER 2012-03-27 16:00:01
        
        I laid out my evidence. by TB 2012-03-27 16:03:07
        
        Tom, we know your methods. We've learned to recognize your little sneaker posts when you're prepping us for the latest ... by ER 2012-03-27 16:32:27
        
        Florida already asks for a photo ID for voting. by TB 2012-03-27 17:02:07
        
        I have a photo ID driver's license, but I've never been asked for it. They only ask my name ... by ER 2012-03-27 17:17:09
        
        The voter ID "obscenity" was implemented years ago, after the 2004 election. by TB 2012-03-27 19:00:17
        
        I missed it. I usually vote by mail or by absentee ballot (I picked out the former by flashing my ... by ER 2012-03-27 19:12:50

Diagnostic Test by ER March 27, 2012 5:06 pm

It's tough keeping an eye on both you AND Tom. Thanks for moving the Photo ID post to Flame. ... by ER 2012-03-27 17:59:22
- I didn't move it, but you're welcome for the rest. by Robert 2012-03-27 18:31:57
  - I moved it. The list on the side doesn't catch up right away, if ever. by TB 2012-03-27 19:02:06
Diagnostic answers by Robert 2012-03-27 17:25:37
Sudenly, the Photo ID thread has beeen tagged as "Flame" on "Recent Posts". I'm sure it was tagged "Current ... by ER 2012-03-27 17:24:27
- Damn, you're too fast for me! by Robert 2012-03-27 17:26:11

I LOVE IT! by ER March 27, 2012 6:44 pm

The Wow! Signal by ER March 26, 2012 4:51 pm

Google Sky isn't the most reliant of sources either, so I've been checking star charts myself. So far, nothing ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-26 17:21:44
- Those two narrow bands are the Right Ascension boundaries of the error box of the signal. Their heights represent ... by ER 2012-03-26 17:49:33
  - Wiki? by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-26 21:34:15
    - I meant Wikipedia. by ER 2012-03-27 04:59:14
      - Thanks for the clarification, but I read it in an encyclopedia. What I was confused about was why it ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-27 13:41:08
        
        No, MY source was the Wikipedia entry on the WOW signal, and I put a link to it in my ... by ER 2012-03-27 14:32:01
        
        I still wonder if we're barking up the wrong trees. by TB 2012-03-27 14:56:14
        
        If you assume ET doesn't want to give its position away, (which is a perfectly reasonable assumption!) you must also ... by ER 2012-03-27 15:31:22
        
        Personally, I think that they'll be using quantum telephones and radios, like the ones in "Crimes and Glory" Basically, two or ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-27 18:18:38

News you can use! by TB March 27, 2012 9:08 am

And then there's this! (video) by TB 2012-03-27 13:51:04

As always... by FrankC March 27, 2012 11:53 am

That was a classic example of raw intellectual stubbornness. by TB 2012-03-27 13:20:23

Harry Potter e-books available by TB March 27, 2012 11:45 am

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