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Yesterday was the 332nd day of the year 2025 ER November 30, 2025 1:41 pm (Space/Science)

All I know is what I see on the Internet. ER November 30, 2025 7:21 am (CurrentEvents)

I'm a California Man BuckGalaxy November 27, 2025 2:35 pm (CurrentEvents)

Collapse of the service access platform at Site 31 in Baikonur? BuckGalaxy November 27, 2025 12:54 pm (Space/Science)

Why the reflections? ER November 27, 2025 8:16 am (GeekSpeak)

So you Millennials think the world has given you a raw deal? ER November 25, 2025 5:27 pm (Off-Topic)

This is not a drill. NOT a drill. General Quarters, General Quarters. All hands man your battle stations. ER November 24, 2025 4:58 pm (CurrentEvents)

Xi called Trump RobVG November 24, 2025 10:26 am (CurrentEvents)

I thought this was fake news when I first saw it online BuckGalaxy November 23, 2025 10:13 pm (Space/Science)

And the worms ate into his brain BuckGalaxy November 23, 2025 7:37 pm (CurrentEvents)

Cracks propagate podrock November 22, 2025 8:54 pm (CurrentEvents)

Debunking simulation theory with more simulation theory RobVG November 20, 2025 3:09 pm (Space/Science)

You heard it here first. by ER March 22, 2012 9:49 am

Heh...actually I already knew...I have a friend that sells real estate....he lives on Merritt Island. My husband subscribes to Florida ... by Jody 2012-03-22 16:34:00
Construction in office and residential has picked up in recent months here too, but this is kind of an exceptional ... by TB 2012-03-22 16:10:12

In conjunction with Bowser's post.... by Jody March 20, 2012 6:29 pm

Calley was a scapegoat, was not set up. He ordered the shootings and participated. There is evidence he ... by bowser 2012-03-20 21:22:41
- I know I'm probably missing something here, but could you elaborate on your point? First you say he was ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-20 23:14:51
  - I'll try. In Vietnam there were "free fire zones", areas where everyone was regarded as a hostile and it ... by bowser 2012-03-21 00:52:58
    - Ok, THAT, I understand. Thanks for clearing it up. If you ask me, this "Free fire" thing is illegal. ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-21 17:14:59
      - Consider US troops moving into Germany in WWII. Artillery shot at everything, troops shot at anything, the entire country ... by bowser 2012-03-22 12:25:48
      - "Free fire zones" are fairly common. All of Germany and Japan were such, but that changes when the territory ... by bowser 2012-03-22 09:45:46
      - I understand that before they declared a "free fire zone" they air-dropped leaflets over the area warning the villagers they ... by ER 2012-03-21 17:25:15
        
        That was early on. The "strategic hamlet" idea was akin to moving Native Americans onto urban reservations. ... by bowser 2012-03-22 02:04:13
        
        By the way, more recently, Fallejuh in Iraq was similar. US forces dropped leaflets on a city of 350,000 ... by bowser 2012-03-22 09:41:40
        
        Apparently this idea goes way back. My Cuban cousin Rudy, who also served in the US Army during the ... by ER 2012-03-22 05:36:51
Hmmm.... they did try to embellish Thompson's intervention after the fact (He reported the incident, and led the rescue of ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-20 20:36:09

This is hard to believe. by bowser March 20, 2012 10:07 pm

Heh. by TB 2012-03-21 15:29:33
Evidence of testicles by RobVG 2012-03-21 08:26:01
- Evidence of either lying or ignorance. Probably the former. Romney knows the healthcare issues in depth and he ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-03-21 14:39:31
  - If insurance companies are "good" with something, you shouldn't need to point a gun at their face to make them do it. by TB 2012-03-21 16:19:44
    - The compromise which does not force religious organizations to do anything, but allows for insurance to reach out and offer, ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-03-21 17:36:02
      - Accepted by major Catholic health groups? Which ones? by TB 2012-03-21 21:31:34
        
        Catholic Health Association of the United States. I'm not opposed to plural marriages. Do you think this will ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-03-21 22:39:18
        
        The CHA is still reviewing it. That's not "accepting." by TB 2012-03-22 06:33:50
- I think she was a plant. Even if someone actually felt that way, they wouldn't go to the enemy's ... by ER 2012-03-21 09:53:07
  - Not a plant. This was a college audience. by TB 2012-03-21 16:10:05
    - Out of all the people there, Romney points to one lady. A person sticks a microphone in the face ... by bowser 2012-03-22 00:48:24
    - Poor Little Dutch Boy by ER 2012-03-21 17:14:44
  - Yep. by bowser 2012-03-21 14:22:49
You and this guy would get along well. ^Candidate shown: Rick Santorum^ by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-20 23:19:16
- Yo, 'Blade. Are you old enough to remember Floyd Turbo? by ER 2012-03-21 09:55:37
  - Had to look him up.. He went off the air the same year I was born, so No, never ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-21 16:49:11
    - contrast and compare by ER 2012-03-21 17:40:13
      - Carson as Reagan: No politics, just great comedy. by ER 2012-03-21 17:49:12

National debt update by TB March 19, 2012 9:06 pm

That's shameless. Obama inherited an economy in free-fall due to 8 years of GWB's unfettered paws on the economy. ... by bowser 2012-03-19 22:31:37
- "Bush did it" isn't working any more. by TB 2012-03-20 08:20:39
  - The debt Obama has piled up might have something to do with the $.5T less in annual government revenue that ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-03-21 18:03:29
    - Revenues for 2012 are estimated at about $2 trillion (2005 dollars). Estimated deficit will be $1.12 trillion. Revenues for 2004 ... by TB 2012-03-21 20:50:24
  - You think a few years of Obama sweeps the Bush era collapse under the rug? by RobVG 2012-03-20 09:12:45
    - Cut taxes, start two wars, drop interest rates, loan printed money to anyone who asks, run incredible trade deficits, and ... by bowser 2012-03-20 12:32:37
    - I notice the Bush tax rates are still in place. by TB 2012-03-20 09:47:57
      - You don't think "potential revenues" can be quantified? by RobVG 2012-03-20 10:02:25
        
        I have never absolved Republicans (not just Bush) of their part in our bloated government. by TB 2012-03-20 10:31:04
        
        And one more thing: The "Buffett Rule." by TB 2012-03-20 10:43:27
        
        You know what would be telling, the tax rates required to balance the existing budget. (n/t) by RobVG 2012-03-21 08:17:22
        
        Interesting question. If I fold in payroll taxes to nail it down tight, it takes a bit of work. ... by TB 2012-03-21 10:21:28
        
        You know what? No. by TB 2012-03-21 15:58:54

Just in case you missed it on Flame by ER March 21, 2012 6:48 pm

Thanks for that, ER. Hmmmm. 1982. I'd have been about where VRB is now. by podrock 2012-03-21 20:23:58

And now, for something totally different. by ER March 21, 2012 7:34 pm

If it wasn't so sad it would be funny... by BuckGalaxy March 21, 2012 12:14 am

The sad does kill the funny.... And since i'm a black comedy buff, I find this utterly hilarious. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-21 16:26:19
EDITED: by ER 2012-03-21 06:05:30

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

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