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A Taste of Armageddon RobVG July 2, 2025 8:00 am (CurrentEvents)

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Birthright Citizenship RobVG June 29, 2025 3:34 pm (CurrentEvents)

To be blunt, NASA is now dead RL June 27, 2025 11:56 am (Space/Science)

Musk trashes his own AI after it chose a liberal worldview. RobVG June 23, 2025 9:56 am (CurrentEvents)

Psyche keeps its date with an asteroid BuckGalaxy June 22, 2025 5:21 pm (Space/Science)

Just for the record... ER June 22, 2025 8:59 am (CurrentEvents)

The Three Unknowns After the U.S. Strike on Iran BuckGalaxy June 22, 2025 12:58 am (CurrentEvents)

There are only nine meals between mankind and anarchy. BuckGalaxy June 22, 2025 12:29 am (Flame)

Not ready for prime time BuckGalaxy June 19, 2025 12:18 pm (Space/Science)

hypocrisy ER June 15, 2025 2:30 pm (Flame)

*Unmanly squeal* by Vitruvius March 14, 2012 12:16 am

Political compass by Robert 2012-03-14 11:48:58
The methods used by astronomers to detect exoplanets around nearby stars all have severe limitations. These methods include 1)Transit. ... by ER 2012-03-14 04:40:27
- I wonder if the detected planets so far have any pattern to their orbital planes relative to the galactic plane? by TB 2012-03-14 07:37:26
  - There is no "up and down" or "back and forth" in space, Only tilted toward or away from us. ... by ER 2012-03-14 14:23:25
    - I was thinking local perspective, as seen through a telescope. To be more precise, any number of extra-solar planetary ... by TB 2012-03-14 16:17:46
      - Its a reasonable question, but the galaxy is very old, almost as old as the universe itself, about 14 Gyr ... by ER 2012-03-14 18:14:19
        
        I'd say that's probably a pretty accurate take on it. by TB 2012-03-14 20:04:37
  - No. As you surmise in your last post, the two have absolutely no causal relation to one another. by ER 2012-03-14 13:54:03
  - Hmmmm. by TB 2012-03-14 09:35:26
    - An ellipse tilted relative to our line of sight is still an ellipse (of different apparent shape). So there ... by ER 2012-03-14 14:01:31
    - Our own solar system has no alignment with the galactic plane. by TB 2012-03-14 10:01:13

Hoo boy.... by Vitruvius March 13, 2012 7:58 pm

Unfortunately, the US is exceedingly casual about "collateral damage" and "rogue" troops and mercenaries blowing away locals. Lt. Calley ... by bowser 2012-03-13 23:09:10
- .... Would I be considered a traitor if I moved? by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-13 23:16:13
  - We need to get out of that part of the world. Our only valid mission for being there, punishing Al-Quaeda ... by ER 2012-03-14 05:10:02

Arachnophobes, stay out... by TB March 12, 2012 8:43 pm

Replace "Somewhere" with "Anywhere", and you probably have a more accurate picture. Plus, spiders are the least of your ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-14 02:24:29

Cleaning up crime by TB March 12, 2012 8:33 pm

Crime always has a tendency to ebb and flow. by ER 2012-03-12 21:06:04
- Like time, it waits for no man. by ER 2012-03-13 04:27:23
  - When they had the old Arm and Hammer making small ones out of big ones it was better. by bowser 2012-03-13 23:43:35

They used to have Bill Buckley and William Safire. by bowser March 13, 2012 11:31 pm

"How Engineering the Human Body Could Combat Climate Change" by TB March 13, 2012 8:38 am

(EDITED): That's like saying "Now that we know how to do lung transplants, you can smoke cigarretes all you want." It seems ... by ER 2012-03-13 10:58:30
- Engineering the human body would be easier than educating many human minds. by bowser 2012-03-13 23:10:57
- A "print" link to the article here. Might load better. by TB 2012-03-13 11:14:10
  - Ok. I read it. Maybe it would just be easier to move further north than to alter the human ... by ER 2012-03-13 13:38:39

James Cameron's Deepsea Challenger by TB March 8, 2012 10:42 pm

Interview with Cameron, here. by TB 2012-03-13 18:30:01

New from ABC TV by TB March 7, 2012 2:33 pm

Amazing, but not everyone will be offended by this. by Robert 2012-03-08 11:01:14
- "That type" by Lee 2012-03-11 15:18:00
  - We need another board. One for "Humor". And Lee could start it. The fellow with more stereotypes than Sony's ... by bowser 2012-03-12 16:29:01
    - Poor Lee. by ER 2012-03-13 11:27:46
  - A little perspective: It's television. by Robert 2012-03-12 10:33:44
    - Doesn't really answer his question, does it? by TB 2012-03-12 11:34:22
      - That's not a valid analogy. Hispanic Bastards are Hispanics. There's nothing they can do to avoid being Hispanic. In many ... by ER 2012-03-12 13:39:19
        
        Does this mean it's okay to ridicule or satirize any group that's a matter of personal choice? by TB 2012-03-12 14:11:40
        
        Isn't that the very definition of satire? You can poke fun at New York Liberal Jews (like Woody Allen ... by ER 2012-03-12 14:20:46
  - Well, I stereotype. I just don't vocalize it. Stereotypes come about for a reason. by Jody 2012-03-11 18:24:24
  - I don't know 'bout no stereotypin', but I'm from that part of the world myself, and "that type" is as ... by ER 2012-03-11 15:45:00
    - In the past, whether or not a stereotype was actually "common" or not usually had little to do with how ... by TB 2012-03-11 16:42:58
      - The point I'm trying to make is that stereotypes are always less appropriate when applied to people like us, than ... by ER 2012-03-11 16:50:31
- Hah! Try being a newbie 23 year old hippie hairstylist being baptized by fire into that mindset, at her first ... by Jody 2012-03-08 13:01:31

As time goes on there is even more info regarding Saudi Arabia and 9-11 by bowser March 12, 2012 4:12 pm

And more. "The final 28 pages, regarding possible foreign support for the terrorists, were censored in their entirety -- ... by bowser 2012-03-13 06:20:31
- None of this is really all that surprising, Bowser. There are other reasons besides covering up mistakes or criminal ... by ER 2012-03-13 06:48:39
  - Politics and economics make for poor bedfellows, true. And simple corruption should be exposed for what it is. $1.4 billion ... by bowser 2012-03-13 10:12:28
    - If it wasn't for oil, the Middle East would have as much significance to Americans as equatorial Africa does now. by ER 2012-03-13 11:16:20

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