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2025 Humans to the Moon & Mars Summit May 28 and 29 BuckGalaxy May 28, 2025 2:52 pm (Space/Science)

C'mon a little closer gonna do it to you BuckGalaxy May 27, 2025 9:46 pm (Off-Topic)

Watching SpaceX Starship flight 9, 7:30pm EST BuckGalaxy May 27, 2025 3:59 pm (Space/Science)

Same old song and dance BuckGalaxy May 26, 2025 10:02 pm (Flame)

Russia and China agree to build a nuclear power plant on the moon BuckGalaxy May 26, 2025 2:03 pm (Space/Science)

Dune books 2-7 BuckGalaxy May 26, 2025 12:46 pm (Science Fiction)

Highly recommended ER May 23, 2025 9:20 pm (Off-Topic)

At least they didn't waste a perfectly good bottle of champagne BuckGalaxy May 22, 2025 10:31 pm (Flame)

Re-writing history ER May 22, 2025 8:24 pm (CurrentEvents)

Taking a fresh look at terraforming Mars BuckGalaxy May 20, 2025 11:07 am (Space/Science)

the v and d correction ER May 19, 2025 9:49 am (GeekSpeak)

Clearly threatening language BuckGalaxy May 16, 2025 3:43 pm (Flame)

Is Facebook taking over the entire web? by bowser March 18, 2012 10:32 am

I thought Facebook was pulling friend suggestions out of my email contacts by RobVG 2012-03-18 12:26:29
- If you go to "find friends" on Facebook, it openly asks you if you want to mine your contact list ... by TB 2012-03-18 13:47:08
  - Damn Tom by FrankC 2012-03-19 12:24:02
I try to avoid Facebook. by Robert 2012-03-18 11:48:36
- I am not in Facebook or Myspace, and I do not Twitter, but I am constantly being bombarded with messages ... by ER 2012-03-18 13:51:18
  - One of those "LinkedIn" messages tried to slap a Blackhole Toolkit virus on me when I stupidly clicked the "log ... by TB 2012-03-21 09:07:44
  - The fundamental thing is, do I get to say "no thanks?" by TB 2012-03-18 14:07:05
    - I never got a chance to say "no thanks". I don't recall ever communicating with them. I think they just lie. ... by ER 2012-03-18 14:52:41
      - Over time, I've trained my e-mail to filter most of that stuff. by TB 2012-03-18 18:04:07
        
        You've got a point. Why would anyone want to buy a product from someone who was deliberately and obviously ... by ER 2012-03-19 08:28:53
        
        Everybody needs at least a virus protection system to stop some of the spam that comes with nasty payloads. by TB 2012-03-19 08:51:15
- The day this place links to FB is the day I leave forever. (n/t) by podrock 2012-03-18 13:21:13
- I know that some people on the Zone have proposed opening the gates to this Borg network. Something tells ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-18 12:58:18
  - I didn't say "link to Facebook." That would suck. by TB 2012-03-18 13:41:46
- It's not like "free" advertiser-supported services are anything new. by TB 2012-03-18 12:07:11
Step one is to go through Facebook's privacy functions (extensive) and start changing settings. by TB 2012-03-18 10:53:24

US serviceman kills 16 Afghanis - US does not let Afghan police talk with him. by bowser March 16, 2012 11:51 pm

If we had a couple of divisions full of men just like him, this war would've been over years ago. by Lee 2012-03-20 15:28:24
- Wow... just wow. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-20 23:18:01
- Talk about stereotypes... by ER 2012-03-20 17:00:53
- Yeah, shoot a bunch of women and kids. That works. by TB 2012-03-20 16:30:17
A bit old, but still fresh. The circumstances around the shootings are brow-raising at the very least. A man with ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-17 10:42:09
- I think your instincts are right on about this. A man with a sterling record going berserk in such ... by ER 2012-03-18 05:31:48
  - The point I was trying to make is that he killed 16 Afghanis and the Afghani police don't even get ... by bowser 2012-03-18 10:22:51
    - You're preaching to the choir, Bowz. by ER 2012-03-18 13:12:18
      - One feels a great deal of sympathy for the guy, and can understand him. So what is justice for ... by bowser 2012-03-18 13:34:11
        
        It will be interesting to track the parallel cases of this shooting and the Fort Hood shooting. by TB 2012-03-18 14:02:32

Breaking News: Invisible Children is doomed by Vitruvius March 19, 2012 1:29 pm

It's a little more involved than that YouTube. by TB 2012-03-19 13:40:55
- Still, I'm cautious as to their actual cause. Everyone's known about Kony for years - What was this video ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-19 19:45:00

The distribution of relief by ER March 20, 2012 1:05 pm

I remember those "relief" globes they used to have in school, and when you looked at the labeling they would ... by TB 2012-03-20 16:20:10
- Yep. From Everest Summit to Challenger Deep is only about 13 miles, and Earth has a 4000 mi radius. If you ... by ER 2012-03-20 16:50:52

Unprovoked Purely Partisan Rant by ER March 18, 2012 7:23 am

The change in the Republican Party has been dramatic, and can be exemplified easily. Their intellectuals used to be ... by bowser 2012-03-18 10:11:33
- There are still a few Conservatives who have not succumbed to the plague yet; Will, Rove and Krauthammer come to ... by ER 2012-03-18 19:42:11
  - While an order of magnitude above Limbaugh and Coulter, I don't regard any of them as being close to Buckley ... by bowser 2012-03-19 20:54:26
...I strongly doubt I will be voting this year...first time ever for me. My husband feels the same way. by Jody 2012-03-18 08:37:17
- There are a lot of people working very hard right now to get you to feel that way. by TB 2012-03-18 08:39:39
  - I have decided to vote for Ron Paul. by Jody 2012-03-20 06:13:34
    - Ick. by TB 2012-03-20 08:23:36
      - :) by Jody 2012-03-20 11:33:10
  - "lot of people working very hard", etc. Yep, look at the list at the top of my post. Those guys ... by ER 2012-03-18 08:53:15
    - Q.E.D. by TB 2012-03-18 09:20:27
      - Like I said, no Democrats nominated any of those knee-walking turkeys. Republicans did. This meme's all on your people, not ... by ER 2012-03-18 09:43:20
        
        Keep in mind, they don't have to defeat George Washington. They just have to defeat Obama. by TB 2012-03-18 18:37:21
        
        The problem is that each of them exemplifies some part of what got the US into the mess we are ... by bowser 2012-03-19 12:55:39

Laser sings "Still Alive." by TB March 20, 2012 9:31 am

Afghan Murder Suspect Bales 'Took My Life Savings,' by ER March 20, 2012 4:17 am

Unfortunately there are no psych evaluation tests for the military that a cracker jack hell bent for election person ... by Jody 2012-03-20 06:35:33

The ultimate "blonde" joke by TB March 19, 2012 3:08 pm

....*Forwards to everyone at my college* by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-19 22:56:49
She's not the real dummy. He married her. by ER 2012-03-19 18:03:14
Dear God...she couldn't think her way out of a sleeveless undershirt. by Jody 2012-03-19 17:09:23
- That's not it. Her brain is going a mile a minute (so to speak). by TB 2012-03-19 18:49:02

California's disgraced politicians, and where they are now by TB March 19, 2012 6:58 pm

Two term limit - one in office, one in jail. Old bumper sticker. by bowser 2012-03-19 21:03:03

SpaceX on "60 Minutes" by TB March 19, 2012 7:14 pm

Saw it. Touching when Musk teared up talking about Armstrong and Cernan and their criticism. (n/t) by RobVG 2012-03-19 20:59:35

Sweden moving toward "cashless" economy by TB March 19, 2012 3:44 pm

......John Pinnete was a freaking prophet..... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-19 19:59:40
I pity the drug culture, and barter will replace "under the table". (n/t) by RobVG 2012-03-19 18:32:23
- That is an aspect, isn't it. by bowser 2012-03-19 20:56:03

Obama and the war against women by TB March 16, 2012 9:10 am

So there's an equivalence between the chauvinistic attitudes some young Obama supporters in 2008, and the systematic nationwide efforts by ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-03-16 20:09:47
- A drunk 27 y/o with a hand on a cardboard boob has completely scandalized these folks. Evidence of a ... by bowser 2012-03-16 22:26:09
  - This is truly one of the most laughable talking points TB has tried to make in a while... and that ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-03-17 09:31:25
    - You're flailing. by TB 2012-03-17 10:08:17
      - TB sees it. NOW doesn't see it, HRW doesn't, National Woman's Law Center doesn't, neither does AAUW. We ... by bowser 2012-03-17 12:50:37
- There is no "systematic effort to deny women reproductive healthcare" and there never was. by TB 2012-03-16 20:45:07
  - Stunning denial of reality! Yes Tom, the Democrats have simply made up the fact that there have been dozens ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-03-17 09:24:07
    - Excuse me? This whole flap was about access to contraception, not abortion, remember? by TB 2012-03-17 09:44:24
      - The title to the OP is "Obama and the war on women." Not "let's only talk about contraception." ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-03-19 19:24:09
        
        This started when your side tried to force a religious organization to pay for something it shouldn't have to. by TB 2012-03-19 20:29:06
If I read this correctly, you are offended by a perceived liberal bashing of Hilary Clinton, a woman, wife of ... by bowser 2012-03-16 09:23:37
- 100 What does offense have to do with it? This was about yet another piece of the long history of rank liberal hypocrisy. by TB 2012-03-16 09:35:16
  - I'll concede you are an expert in both hypocrisy and bashing Hilary. Knowing that I'll read the stuff more ... by bowser 2012-03-16 10:41:38
    - The perception of hypocrisy requires the ability to connect two concepts or events. by TB 2012-03-16 11:00:46
      - Let's look at this. I don't see any "war", against anyone. Your April, 2008 citation was about two ... by bowser 2012-03-16 13:39:57
        
        The original Instapundit title was "Remembering Obama's War Against Women." by TB 2012-03-16 14:37:24
        
        Still waiting. (By the way, there's a post where I demonstrated to you how one can admit they were ... by bowser 2012-03-16 15:07:44
        
        Waiting for what? by TB 2012-03-16 18:20:41
        
        A relevant response. Any evidence of a "war against women". How a 27 y/o guy with a hand on a ... by bowser 2012-03-16 19:26:59
        
        GOTO 100 by TB 2012-03-16 19:51:30
        
        Man up. by bowser 2012-03-16 22:09:54
      - Pass the margaritas, please. by ER 2012-03-16 11:14:14
        
        Need a refill? by TB 2012-03-17 10:17:52

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