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Have Republicans lost control of the House already? BuckGalaxy January 8, 2026 11:35 pm (CurrentEvents)

Who deleted my Grammar post? BuckGalaxy January 8, 2026 11:06 pm (Off-Topic)

In the park Homer ER January 8, 2026 3:05 pm (Off-Topic)

66 Global Organizations the US is Leaving BuckGalaxy January 8, 2026 11:21 am (CurrentEvents)

Well, there goes the Nobel Peace Prize ER January 6, 2026 6:39 am (CurrentEvents)

Trump’s Attack on Venezuela Is Illegal and Unwise BuckGalaxy January 3, 2026 12:04 pm (CurrentEvents)

MAGAlomaniac BuckGalaxy December 30, 2025 2:39 pm (Flame)

Mark your calendars for February 6 BuckGalaxy December 22, 2025 11:24 pm (Space/Science)

The answer is blowin' in the wind BuckGalaxy December 22, 2025 6:05 pm (CurrentEvents)

Damn the Defiant! ER December 22, 2025 4:31 pm (CurrentEvents)

The gecko in the mailbox ER December 18, 2025 4:54 pm (Off-Topic)

Ancient footprints RL December 16, 2025 5:28 pm (Space/Science)

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

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

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