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Trump's impulsive, ill-advised war has screwed the world BuckGalaxy May 19, 2026 1:46 pm (CurrentEvents)

Blue Origin's Blue Ring Asteroid Prospectors BuckGalaxy May 19, 2026 12:19 pm (Space/Science)

Europe unveils the RLV C5, a partially reusable rocket designed to rival SpaceX Starship BuckGalaxy May 19, 2026 2:06 am (Space/Science)

Dividing up the World RobVG May 15, 2026 12:56 pm (CurrentEvents)

Foundation RobVG May 15, 2026 11:56 am (Science Fiction)

Przybylski’s Star: Still Bizarre After All These Years ER May 15, 2026 8:09 am (Space/Science)

Starship V3 set to make its first launch 6:30pm ET on Monday, May 19 BuckGalaxy May 12, 2026 4:52 pm (Space/Science)

Good idea, for what it's worth... BuckGalaxy May 11, 2026 11:00 pm (CurrentEvents)

Consequences of the Orange Moron's idiotic war BuckGalaxy May 11, 2026 1:36 am (CurrentEvents)

How are you supposed to win a war when you avoid killing people RobVG May 8, 2026 5:47 pm (CurrentEvents)

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Trump had to be stopped from using nuclear weapons on Iran (edit - no evidence for claim... BAD RL!) RL April 21, 2026 7:57 pm (CurrentEvents)

Mitt lies an awful lot by BuckGalaxy March 15, 2012 10:06 am

One thing don't like about the wealthy by RobVG March 15, 2012 9:46 am

Time moves on. by TB 2012-03-15 10:03:33

Snob, and proud of it. by ER March 11, 2012 7:29 am

"Y'know," I heard a person last night who said "y'know" once every 2 seconds, and even stacked them up. "Y'know, ... by bowser 2012-03-12 15:52:00
- I find when it comes to slang, it should be used sparingly at best - usually to accentuate a point. To ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-12 16:51:28
  - Well, I was at a Spanish-speaking meeting about 12 years ago in Argentina. I wanted to tell a person ... by bowser 2012-03-12 18:10:32
Biggest example of this (in my life and in general): Ghetto speak. Have you ever even TRIED to listen ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-11 18:25:27
- I can't understand it. Somehow, speaking unintelligibly and in a fashion that is perceived by most as uncouth and ... by ER 2012-03-11 20:01:41
  - It's not just black people, white, hispanic, and even asian people do this too. It's an pandemic! Also, how did ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-12 15:38:36
    - What I meant was that the needs of industrialization changed the nature of education. History, philosophy, ancient languages, literature, ... by ER 2012-03-12 18:37:58
      - That's... not right. It's not right that the newer generations learn less than their predecessors, it's not right that ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-14 14:05:25
        
        It's not a matter of black and white, or good and bad, its more subtle than that. I've talked to you ... by ER 2012-03-14 19:15:38
        
        I never said it was a black and white scenario, and I don't think I ever made it out to ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-14 21:11:52
        
        You're right of course. I guess the important thing to keep in mind is that much of what happens in technology ... by ER 2012-03-15 08:54:43
      - Adaptation is part of education like it is everything else. by TB 2012-03-12 19:43:24
- "Oh no you dih ent" by Jody 2012-03-11 19:21:15
Phrasing a statement as a question. That one seems to have gone over my head. I assume you mean, I ... by FrankC 2012-03-11 15:56:03
- "Phrasing a statement as a question" is a bit strong, what you actually hear is a slight upward lilt at ... by ER 2012-03-11 16:17:42
and then there is this.... by Jody 2012-03-11 13:41:23
Ouch. by TB 2012-03-11 12:18:49
- Not "Ouch". "Gross". Like, totally. by ER 2012-03-11 12:30:49
  - Verbal Pause by FrankC 2012-03-11 16:11:55
"We have a situation here." by Robert 2012-03-11 12:02:48
Indubitably. by Jody 2012-03-11 09:10:08
- From Urban Dictionary dot com by ER 2012-03-11 12:52:54
  - :) by Jody 2012-03-11 15:23:49
Redundancy. Like, "Snob, and proud of it." Actually, isn't proud of it part of being a snob? ... by bowser 2012-03-11 08:17:13
- Don't even get me started on 'cop-speak'. They can't just say "We went to the house." It's "We responded to ... by ER 2012-03-11 09:49:50

*Unmanly squeal* by Vitruvius March 14, 2012 12:16 am

Political compass by Robert 2012-03-14 11:48:58
The methods used by astronomers to detect exoplanets around nearby stars all have severe limitations. These methods include 1)Transit. ... by ER 2012-03-14 04:40:27
- I wonder if the detected planets so far have any pattern to their orbital planes relative to the galactic plane? by TB 2012-03-14 07:37:26
  - There is no "up and down" or "back and forth" in space, Only tilted toward or away from us. ... by ER 2012-03-14 14:23:25
    - I was thinking local perspective, as seen through a telescope. To be more precise, any number of extra-solar planetary ... by TB 2012-03-14 16:17:46
      - Its a reasonable question, but the galaxy is very old, almost as old as the universe itself, about 14 Gyr ... by ER 2012-03-14 18:14:19
        
        I'd say that's probably a pretty accurate take on it. by TB 2012-03-14 20:04:37
  - No. As you surmise in your last post, the two have absolutely no causal relation to one another. by ER 2012-03-14 13:54:03
  - Hmmmm. by TB 2012-03-14 09:35:26
    - An ellipse tilted relative to our line of sight is still an ellipse (of different apparent shape). So there ... by ER 2012-03-14 14:01:31
    - Our own solar system has no alignment with the galactic plane. by TB 2012-03-14 10:01:13

Hoo boy.... by Vitruvius March 13, 2012 7:58 pm

Unfortunately, the US is exceedingly casual about "collateral damage" and "rogue" troops and mercenaries blowing away locals. Lt. Calley ... by bowser 2012-03-13 23:09:10
- .... Would I be considered a traitor if I moved? by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-13 23:16:13
  - We need to get out of that part of the world. Our only valid mission for being there, punishing Al-Quaeda ... by ER 2012-03-14 05:10:02

Arachnophobes, stay out... by TB March 12, 2012 8:43 pm

Replace "Somewhere" with "Anywhere", and you probably have a more accurate picture. Plus, spiders are the least of your ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-14 02:24:29

Cleaning up crime by TB March 12, 2012 8:33 pm

Crime always has a tendency to ebb and flow. by ER 2012-03-12 21:06:04
- Like time, it waits for no man. by ER 2012-03-13 04:27:23
  - When they had the old Arm and Hammer making small ones out of big ones it was better. by bowser 2012-03-13 23:43:35

They used to have Bill Buckley and William Safire. by bowser March 13, 2012 11:31 pm

"How Engineering the Human Body Could Combat Climate Change" by TB March 13, 2012 8:38 am

(EDITED): That's like saying "Now that we know how to do lung transplants, you can smoke cigarretes all you want." It seems ... by ER 2012-03-13 10:58:30
- Engineering the human body would be easier than educating many human minds. by bowser 2012-03-13 23:10:57
- A "print" link to the article here. Might load better. by TB 2012-03-13 11:14:10
  - Ok. I read it. Maybe it would just be easier to move further north than to alter the human ... by ER 2012-03-13 13:38:39

James Cameron's Deepsea Challenger by TB March 8, 2012 10:42 pm

Interview with Cameron, here. by TB 2012-03-13 18:30:01

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