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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

Some optimistic SETI material by ER March 27, 2012 11:22 am

No more new coal plants by TB March 27, 2012 9:29 am

Total Information Awareness, continued by TB March 23, 2012 4:36 pm

What were you expecting- Outrage? Dire predictions? (n/t) by RobVG 2012-03-23 20:15:32
- What I'm always expecting for some silly reason. Consistency and integrity. by TB 2012-03-23 21:32:20
  - Tom, its your agenda that is unyielding, non-negotiable and consistent. Your partisan ideology demands that any questioning of that agenda ... by ER 2012-03-24 09:29:24
  - You are, I'm sure, just fine with this. It seems to be legal. I don't know why you ... by bowser 2012-03-23 23:01:18
    - What I am finding interesting is that it doesn't bother you any more. by TB 2012-03-24 10:58:55
      - I did not say this didn't bother me. You posted it on Flame, why should it bother you after ... by bowser 2012-03-26 14:34:52
        
        I repeat: by TB 2012-03-26 15:11:14
        
        I am truly sorry for you. If I were incapable of accountability, of even understanding accountability, of being responsible ... by bowser 2012-03-26 16:11:34
        
        Good. Now that you've done your official Random Babbling response, are we done with the thread? by TB 2012-03-26 16:41:17
      - You posted this on Flame. Why does this bother you when years of illegal Bush-Cheney activity didn't? by bowser 2012-03-25 19:28:41
      - You posted it, on Flame. Why does this bother you when years of Bush-Cheney illegal activity didn't? by bowser 2012-03-25 00:18:44
      - I did not say it didn't bother me. I asked why it bothered you. by bowser 2012-03-24 12:54:57
      - Jello, meet nail. by RobVG 2012-03-24 11:17:35
        
        Ya pound enough nails into that Jell-O, some of it will stick. There was a reply, finally, if no ... by bowser 2012-03-26 16:16:04

What's really needed to combat climate change by TB March 25, 2012 3:04 pm

From the Union of Concerned Scientists by ER 2012-03-26 06:35:53
- The paper tallies about $16 million from 1998 to 2005 (8 years) that Exxon spent on its message. by TB 2012-03-26 08:32:31
  - The old TB smoke and mirrors. According to the table on your link, the government spent 32.2 billion on ALL its ... by ER 2012-03-26 10:24:34
    - You want to know who's raking it in from burning gasoline? by TB 2012-03-26 11:00:02
      - Tobacco and cancer all over again. Who profits from denying climate change? We all know. The Conservative agenda. by bowser 2012-03-26 12:38:54
      - So then, even by your logic, the government would benefit by higher and more expensive gasoline sales, and they would ... by ER 2012-03-26 11:12:19
        
        You tell me. by TB 2012-03-26 11:37:04
        
        A rise in gasoline prices does not translate to a rise in gasoline tax revenues. In fact, due to ... by ER 2012-03-26 15:25:20
        
        Good point. by TB 2012-03-26 15:53:53
        
        Well, for sure somebody's lost. by TB 2012-03-26 14:04:02
        
        And one more thing. by ER 2012-03-26 15:10:34
    - One's propaganda, the other is payoffs. by TB 2012-03-26 10:30:33
  - And a response from the George C. Marshall Institute here. by TB 2012-03-26 09:59:19
    - Fun facts about the George C Marshall Institute. by ER 2012-03-26 10:50:45
The question I've been pondering for many years is, by podrock 2012-03-25 19:06:06
- It bothers me that we are told that the solution for almost every problem, planetary or otherwise, is to accrue ... by TB 2012-03-26 00:13:06
- If the question is can a species act in the best interests of all species, I'd agree the answer is ... by bowser 2012-03-25 19:21:27
  - It wasn't a metaphor for goverments. by podrock 2012-03-25 20:47:37
    - I left out a step. Sorry. What I should have added is that this species could act in ... by bowser 2012-03-25 21:28:45
  - Here you go Bowser... by RobVG 2012-03-25 20:23:24
    - Wow. Absolutely correct in it's basic premise, I wonder what the purpose is. Talk about a futile exercise! by bowser 2012-03-25 21:40:57
Moved from the Space Science Board by podrock 2012-03-25 18:28:31
- My mistake. I thought I was putting it somewhere else. by TB 2012-03-26 00:05:07
  - Weird, I thought I read it on flame first. (n/t) by RobVG 2012-03-26 10:00:53
    - In fact, you did. When I moved it last night, I clicked the wrong box. When I double checked I ... by podrock 2012-03-26 11:07:25
    - That's where I thought I put it, but since I don't remember, I'm taking Podrock's word for it. by TB 2012-03-26 10:06:40

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