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Highly recommended ER May 23, 2025 9:20 pm (Off-Topic)

At least they didn't waste a perfectly good bottle of champagne BuckGalaxy May 22, 2025 10:31 pm (Flame)

Re-writing history ER May 22, 2025 8:24 pm (CurrentEvents)

Taking a fresh look at terraforming Mars BuckGalaxy May 20, 2025 11:07 am (Space/Science)

the v and d correction ER May 19, 2025 9:49 am (GeekSpeak)

Clearly threatening language BuckGalaxy May 16, 2025 3:43 pm (Flame)

Most common planet type in the Galaxy BuckGalaxy May 16, 2025 1:51 pm (Space/Science)

Large Loathsome Legislation fails in committee BuckGalaxy May 16, 2025 1:14 pm (CurrentEvents)

Large Hadron Collider Eureka! BuckGalaxy May 15, 2025 11:44 am (Space/Science)

Plan(et) 9 from Outer Space BuckGalaxy May 13, 2025 10:58 am (Space/Science)

Shouldn't there be an Afrikaaner-American studies department in our universities? ER May 12, 2025 2:59 pm (CurrentEvents)

The April numbers ER May 8, 2025 5:59 am (Space/Science)

Let's you and him fight! by bowser January 27, 2012 2:30 am

Israel can be totally ruthless and unprincipled when it comes to matters of her own security. Considering her present ... by ER 2012-01-27 06:38:59
- There are quite a few accounts of what happened to the USS Liberty. Israel is beneath contempt for what ... by bowser 2012-01-27 11:42:48

The Newt Fusillade (link added) by TB January 26, 2012 11:08 am

Hmmm... by Robert 2012-01-26 21:03:57
- Make things easy. Don't change the original rule. n/t by RobVG 2012-01-27 10:44:46
- Rather than debate every appropriate word, I'd just ban all possible. The loss is negligible. by bowser 2012-01-27 00:15:12
- No problem here by podrock 2012-01-26 22:13:21
- I'm not that limited in my vocabulary. by TB 2012-01-26 21:21:43
It's funny how all these guys who hate Romney have decided to take Newt down. by alcaray 2012-01-26 20:25:27
he’ll tell you what you want to hear. He has an uncanny ability, sort of like Clinton, to feel your ... by FrankC 2012-01-26 19:40:06
Would I lie to you, TB? 8) by ER 2012-01-26 19:22:32

"Obamacare" by bowser January 27, 2012 3:46 am

Got a few comments but no time now. n/t by RobVG 2012-01-27 10:28:51

Why does Gingrich want audiences to be able to disrupt debates? by bowser January 26, 2012 8:55 pm

Gingrich is a bully, and bullies need an audience. And don't forget, his audience sees themselves as victimized and abused, disrespected ... by ER 2012-01-27 07:56:40
The phrase "Are you not entertained?" comes to mind. without the crowd, he can't rise to the occasion. and without the ... by Tony 2012-01-27 05:47:57

Gingrich Ideas on twitter by FrankC January 26, 2012 7:23 pm

Fuuuuneeee liked a lot by Tony 2012-01-27 05:45:29
Ship some IKEA furniture to Iran and tell them it will make a nuclear bomb if they follow the instructions. These ... by Jody 2012-01-26 21:36:08

Galileo Roller Coaster by alcaray January 21, 2012 10:45 pm

OK, how do you do links, now? by alcaray 2012-01-21 22:47:04
- WYSIWYG editors require you to use a special form for entering links, or switch to naked HTML mode to enter ... by Robert 2012-01-22 12:37:00
  - The first thing I tried was the "link" button (I think you were referring to this when you said "WYSIWYG ... by alcaray 2012-01-22 14:35:13
    - What I said to Tom, plus, I think that alternating between visual and raw HTML depending on what you're trying ... by Robert 2012-01-22 16:06:11
      - You got the part where I said the link button was greyed out, right? I had no intention of ... by alcaray 2012-01-22 16:50:16
        
        Nope, missed it. by Robert 2012-01-22 17:11:39
        
        Ahh, that works. Never seen it like that before (or if I did, I probably couldn't figure out how ... by alcaray 2012-01-22 18:14:39
        
        How many zoners does it take to change a lightbulb?....................................... ................................................................. I don't know either, I just thought it was a ... by alcaray 2012-01-22 18:35:59
        
        The poisonous ones or the black market incandescents? by TB 2012-01-22 22:25:04
        
        Obamabulbs. by bowser 2012-01-27 03:21:45
        
        The poisonous zoners. by alcaray 2012-01-24 00:06:51
        
        Poi Zoners? by Robert 2012-01-24 11:46:06
        
        Or maybe that gray crud they serve in Hawaii. by TB 2012-01-24 11:55:42
        
        Swing the poi, fling the poi, potaytoe pototto. by Robert 2012-01-24 12:31:57
  - The link form doesn't work as nicely as it used to. I could highlight text, and just paste a ... by TB 2012-01-22 12:58:00
    - Yep. All these HTML "WYSIWYG" editors are a snake's nest of compromises and kludges. by Robert 2012-01-22 16:03:02
- As far as I can tell, you did everything right. Granted, your quotation marks are backwards on my screen, ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-01-21 23:51:18

8 years into it, Opportunity still operating on Mars. by bowser January 25, 2012 1:53 am

Amazing! I hope Oppy holds out through the winter 'cause there's a whole lotta rocks that need looking at in ... by podrock 2012-01-26 23:05:22
Got our money's worth. by alcaray 2012-01-26 03:07:28
- I wonder how a privatized, free enterprise space program would have justified this expenditure. Maybe they would have sold ... by ER 2012-01-26 20:56:08
  - The first thing they'd do is look for subsidies and tax breaks, taking a lesson from the free market farmers. ... by bowser 2012-01-26 22:15:48

Add the ghost of Lee Atwater, the reality of Karl Rove, and $3 billion. by bowser January 26, 2012 8:35 pm

Another Apple manufacturing story by TB January 26, 2012 3:42 pm

re: Another Apple manufacturing story by Robert 2012-01-26 19:32:43

So Romney's paying... by alcaray January 24, 2012 12:04 am

Romney paid over $6 million in Federal taxes in the past two years. by TB 2012-01-24 09:27:22
- Amazing. by alcaray 2012-01-24 12:06:11
- Just for fun by RobVG 2012-01-24 09:54:22
  - Be careful of the terminology. (EDITED FOR CORRECTION) by TB 2012-01-24 10:56:30
    - One more time if you don’t mind by RobVG 2012-01-24 17:54:46
      - define:progressive tax rate, define:regressive tax rate by Robert 2012-01-24 18:37:27
        
        What? by RobVG 2012-01-24 21:39:52
        
        "Regressive" is not a perjorative. It is just a word that economists defined to have a certain meaning. ... by alcaray 2012-01-25 21:29:48
        
        Those are standard definitions, and I had to look them up. I hope you don't expect me to defend them; I'm no economist. by Robert 2012-01-25 20:00:54
        
        Regressivity by RobVG 2012-01-26 10:22:55
        
        Seems a reasonable example. by Robert 2012-01-26 12:33:21
        
        A flat tax is a proportional tax. by TB 2012-01-26 10:50:30
        
        There is indeed an upper limit imposed on all flavors of payroll taxes: you need to earn a salary to ... by alcaray 2012-01-26 16:58:02
        
        Warren Buffett pays a lower rate than his secretary because his income is taxed as capital gains, and hers isn't. by TB 2012-01-26 17:39:44
        
        You seemed to repeat back some of what I said, expanded, added some touches of rudeness. You did ... by alcaray 2012-01-26 18:56:27
        
        Go here. Look at the charts and tables. Maybe just once something will stick. by TB 2012-01-24 19:13:18
        
        You do love that red herring, don't you? by Robert 2012-01-24 20:34:59
        
        About the definitions, you were right and I was wrong. by TB 2012-01-24 20:41:08
        
        And I spoke too soon by Robert 2012-01-24 21:10:24
        
        I was primarily concerned about the tax brackets everyone's arguing about, not the "wealth gap," so inflation didn't really come ... by TB 2012-01-24 21:48:42
        
        Yeah, those look like "my" numbers. by Robert 2012-01-25 11:30:39
        
        The problem with defending markets here is that too many people can't think outside the "managed economy" box. by TB 2012-01-25 16:59:11
        
        Ah gee, and you were doing so well up to this point. by Robert 2012-01-25 21:52:33
        
        In other words, you've got nothing. by TB 2012-01-26 09:01:33
        
        posts shortening width/ in death star trash compactor/ best answer haiku by alcaray 2012-01-25 18:36:20
        
        Burma Shave. by Robert 2012-01-25 19:36:06
      - I don't mind wealthy people paying more taxes than people who aren't. I never did. by TB 2012-01-24 18:27:29
        
        Good answer- Thanks n/t by RobVG 2012-01-24 22:56:31
- Tax rates of presidential candidates by TB 2012-01-24 09:41:25
  - I see you misunderstood the point: the wealthy pay at a lower rate than many of us in the lower ... by alcaray 2012-01-24 15:39:59
    - I understood the point. You didn't understand the response. by TB 2012-01-24 16:48:54
      - TB, either you are stupid or you consistently and deliberately spin your responses away from the point of the poster. ... by bowser 2012-01-24 18:42:30
      - I understood your response perfectly: "How many Democrats here were up in arms about Kerry’s tax “rates” back then?" ... by alcaray 2012-01-24 17:38:42
        
        "Rates" was in quotes. It's your bugaboo and the Post's, not mine. by TB 2012-01-24 17:55:59

Should, but doesn't, belong on Space. Gingrich promises US moon colony by 2020 by bowser January 26, 2012 12:04 am

That certainly does sound a lot more "big government project" than the low-key "prize" based concept I linked in an earlier post. by TB 2012-01-26 08:54:47
- "One of Gingrich’s downsides is that he’s a bit too spontaneous." In other words, he'll say anything to get votes. ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-01-26 10:46:04
  - "He'll say anything to get votes" is one of those comments where everyone who throws that rock is living in ... by TB 2012-01-26 11:10:19
    - Well, that was my impression by RobVG 2012-01-26 17:52:50
Nah. It's because he was making a speech in Florida before the fla primary. He will probably do ... by alcaray 2012-01-26 00:49:20

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