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For Vietnam veterans by TB April 14, 2012 9:12 am

Thanks, TB. There was someone I had to look up. PFC HWM, US Army, aged 20. He didn't have ... by ER 2012-04-14 09:28:33
- About two-thirds of Vietnam veterans were volunteers, not drafted. by TB 2012-04-14 10:47:43
  - Does that statistic apply to ALL who served? I know a lot of guys volunteered so they could get ... by ER 2012-04-14 12:44:15
    - Without a mandatory draft they would have had a very, very hard time finding ground combat people or Army pilots ... by bowser 2012-04-14 13:41:12
      - As far as I know, the fixed-wing flyboys were all commissioned, in all services. the chopper pilots in the Army ... by ER 2012-04-14 14:08:30
        
        Many commissioned officers were there because of the draft. GWB comes to mind, had he gone there. They ... by bowser 2012-04-14 16:29:33
        
        I can't take full credit for that. As a Reservist, I already had a year of drills, an abbreviated boot camp, ... by ER 2012-04-14 17:21:16
        
        "I could not believe how well the military had their s**t together by the time we went to war in the Middle East." by TB 2012-04-14 14:26:10
        
        They had it together only for the first phase, and they had a long time. The didn't, and don't, have it ... by bowser 2012-04-14 16:33:36
        
        I think ER was talking about the first Gulf War (Desert Storm). by TB 2012-04-14 17:46:27
        
        I don't doubt that my not being there had a lot to do with my opinion of what was going ... by ER 2012-04-14 15:03:53
        
        Agreed on the merits of the volunteer army. Conscription has always gone against my grain. by TB 2012-04-14 15:55:01
    - Good questions and good points. by TB 2012-04-14 12:53:42
      - Check out the "Cold War" and "Vietnam War" sections of this Wikipedia article, which addresses some of your points. by TB 2012-04-14 12:59:31

Here we go again! Another 'artifact' imaged on Mars. by Jeff-Wash April 13, 2012 7:35 pm

20 years later: Ground Control, we have discovered life on Mars. I repeat, we have discovered life on Mars. It appears ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-14 01:32:23
That is the box the elephant stood on. The only mystery is how it got so far away. by bowser 2012-04-13 20:47:53
Bingo! It's probably a flat rectangular rock. Podrock can fill you in on the details. Here's the link: http://www.livescience.com/19636-monolith-mars-2001-space-odyssey.html by Jeff-Wash 2012-04-13 20:25:19
- A block o' Talus, as the article suggested, would be my first explanation as well. Watch that link, though, it ... by podrock 2012-04-14 05:31:17
Another fellow comes to mind too from the old BBS site. He or she went by the username: "Mars Revealer". ... by Jeff-Wash 2012-04-13 19:41:07

US cancels food aid to North Korea after missile launch, warns of more sanctions by bowser April 13, 2012 12:03 pm

There was an agreement that NK would halt nuclear tests and the development of ballistic missiles. by RobVG 2012-04-13 15:50:11
Well, think of it this way. If we DID send food aid to North Korea anyway, would it ever ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-13 12:22:14
- Even if it did get to the people, it would still allow the NKs to maintain their army and the ... by ER 2012-04-13 13:08:23
  - Sanctions against the people don't seem to work. They simply unite the country. North Koreans would be very aware of ... by bowser 2012-04-13 13:42:03
    - I don't agree with you, Bowser. I think the NK regime is a bunch of brutal thugs that have ... by ER 2012-04-13 14:00:15
      - Looks as if I'm not going to be signing your name to the Christmas card. by bowser 2012-04-13 22:27:18
- How is that relevant to the rocket launch? Clearly the kind of food we'd send would get to the ... by bowser 2012-04-13 13:07:57

Wind Map of the United States by podrock April 12, 2012 9:13 pm

Duly bookmarked. That is fun. by bowser 2012-04-13 20:51:00

Business Insider - "15 Mind-Blowing Facts About Wealth And Inequality In America" by bowser April 13, 2012 1:10 am

My first thought about the disappearance of the middle class is outsourcing of jobs. Shit isn't something like 42,000 factories that ... by Jody 2012-04-13 17:55:49
What JimH said. (A commenter to the article Bowser linked to) by ER 2012-04-13 09:09:22
- Comments are closed now. Too bad. by TB 2012-04-13 09:50:30
  - I would suggest you aim your rebuttals at the devastating facts and statistics in Bowser's original post instead of squandering ... by ER 2012-04-13 10:21:43
    - What, refute the numbers, methodology, sources, or premises? by TB 2012-04-13 11:13:37
      - I think you're starting to catch on. by ER 2012-04-13 11:25:41
        
        Did you care to address any of the points I made? by TB 2012-04-13 11:27:09
        
        TB, this is about the point I made. You really aren't involved in this. You unabashedly advocate a ... by bowser 2012-04-13 11:50:22
        
        Did you care to address any of Bowser's? by ER 2012-04-13 11:37:26
        
        We really can't expect that. As I said, he supports the idea of a plutocracy, and I was asking ... by bowser 2012-04-13 13:20:25
        
        Oh for cryin outloud Bowser...I will answer your Flame the way I see fit...when I have the time. It won't be ... by Jody 2012-04-13 15:26:56
        
        You don't need to be religious, and you don't need to be black to love gospel music. by ER 2012-04-13 13:35:43
        
        Always liked that song, and it just isn't done well by whites. by bowser 2012-04-13 13:44:15
        
        After the past few days, you need yet another demonstration? There's nobody home. by TB 2012-04-13 11:44:00
        
        I'll let Bowser argue his own case. My comment on his post is below. by ER 2012-04-13 11:48:40
In any highly complex system, like a national economy, all sorts of unexpected or emergent behaviors may arise. Some ... by ER 2012-04-13 05:47:06

Our tax dollars at work by TB April 13, 2012 3:38 pm

Capital flight in Europe by TB April 13, 2012 1:46 pm

Political microtargeting by TB April 11, 2012 10:33 am

I don't use any myself, (except the Zone) but I fear that in the future you may have to use ... by ER 2012-04-11 19:52:04
- I still like paper bills, in the mail. by TB 2012-04-11 22:00:02
  - A couple of other examples of "the old ways are still good:" I have an old touch-tone phone in the house. ... by TB 2012-04-12 08:54:01
  - I used to have a friend whose grandmother was from a little village in the old country (Italy) and she ... by ER 2012-04-12 03:37:16
    - Yipes. I've never run into anyone like that Italian lady. by TB 2012-04-12 07:56:34
      - Probably watching the porn that code square brings up XD by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-12 14:20:09
- You might want to sit down for this... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-11 21:46:35
- Should be below VRB's post. by ER 2012-04-11 19:55:59
Even better rule of thumb: Don't use social networking sites in general. To me, they're nothing more than ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-11 19:32:44
- Another reason to avoid social media. http://blog.zonealarm.com/2012/03/employers-requesting-usernames-and-passwords.html You knew it was only a matter of time before they started taking advantage of ... by ER 2012-04-13 10:38:35

So, we should be hypochondriacs vs paranoid by FrankC April 12, 2012 2:48 pm

Meh.... these are less fears for me and more annoyances. Almost everything on that list is avoidable in some ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-12 21:32:00
We should fear, fear. by Jody 2012-04-12 17:41:48
- The only thing we have to fear...etc. by ER 2012-04-12 17:50:08
  - I am not afraid of etc. by Jody 2012-04-13 07:26:21
    - Really, that's what I'm MOST afraid of...the things I don't know can, and will, hurt me. by ER 2012-04-13 07:28:59
      - Yea...me too actually. Incompetence at my expense comes to mind. by Jody 2012-04-13 09:06:24
  - Fear can be a wonderful tool. It's honest and tells us what we truly value. And, fear plus ... by bowser 2012-04-12 18:24:57
  - The Litany Against Fear by ER 2012-04-12 17:52:41
    - Lucky for him he never had to sit through Shark Week on the cable channel... by FrankC 2012-04-12 18:26:52

South Korea reports North Korea has launched orbital rocket by TB April 12, 2012 4:14 pm

They should never have launched on Friday the Thirteenth. It was still Thurs 12 Apr when we heard about it, but ... by ER 2012-04-13 08:54:05
Yo TB, Career Opportunity! I hear the PDRK is reorganizing and staffing up its space program. Lots of jobs, jobs, ... by ER 2012-04-12 17:48:40
- What makes you think I'm not already involved? by TB 2012-04-12 17:56:06
  - lol by RobVG 2012-04-12 22:00:43
Apparently broke up. by bowser 2012-04-12 17:04:04
- So North Korea blew up its deal with the U.S. for nothing. by TB 2012-04-12 18:25:06
  - Yeah, they're stupid like that. Didn't their last rocket break up mid-flight too? by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-12 21:28:53
    - Rockets occasionaly fail even for the most skilled practitioners of space tech. I cannot imagine why they would bet ... by ER 2012-04-13 07:42:52
- (Overheard while playing solitaire, no citation.) by bowser 2012-04-12 17:05:11

Bankrupt Kodak requesting more money by Vitruvius April 10, 2012 7:12 pm

Sometimes companies need a few months to shut down. by Robert 2012-04-11 13:58:14
- An informative response. Thanks! by TB 2012-04-13 08:36:44
What's happening to Kodak is sad. They used to be an innovative and responsible high-tech company, one of the first. ... by ER 2012-04-11 08:53:04
They're not expecting more money, as in a bailout, actually, they just want to give their suits (who drove the ... by ER 2012-04-11 05:28:49
- That was an easy swipe by RobVG 2012-04-11 09:03:21
  - First, you know perfectly well those millions aren't going to be divided equally. A few at the top will ... by ER 2012-04-11 09:23:27
  - Stock goes up, big bonuses. Stock goes down, big bonuses. Object and it's "prejudice" to a Conservative. Look at ... by bowser 2012-04-11 09:18:30
    - Both of you are everything you've ever accused Tom of being. n/t by RobVG 2012-04-11 19:58:39
      - I missed anything of substance in your succinct reply. Anyway, when stock goes up management makes big bonuses based ... by bowser 2012-04-12 10:49:21
        
        Mangers were paid in stock. Now the stock is worthless. They effectively sustained a large cut in pay. Kodak feels ... by RobVG 2012-04-12 16:51:27
        
        More likely they were paid with stock options, allowing them to buy the stock at a later date at a ... by podrock 2012-04-12 18:51:32
        
        When you accept your pay in stock you are allegedly taking a chance. You are sharecropping. If there ... by bowser 2012-04-12 17:08:28
        
        You just cant' get past the "bonuses". by RobVG 2012-04-12 21:16:08

"Naked woman questioned at Denver International Airport" by bowser April 12, 2012 5:03 pm

Someone needs to hook her up with MR SKIN! by ER 2012-04-13 08:09:14
It was a bitch getting that sweater off though...but I managed. by Jody 2012-04-12 18:29:45

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