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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)

"Billionaire donates for Washington Monument repairs" by bowser January 19, 2012 1:54 am

Yeah, this is the way it's supposed to work: by TB 2012-01-19 09:33:09
- Confiscated his wealth. Created by the private sector. A hedge fund manager, creating wealth, jobs, paying taxes. ... by bowser 2012-01-19 11:06:45

Topo Giglio by ER January 19, 2012 4:32 am

Used to be that Air Force pilots had a large turnover into the civilian airline industry. This isn't as ... by TB 2012-01-19 08:58:21
- In the US, most merchant ship's masters work their way up the ranks, they rarely come from a military background. ... by ER 2012-01-19 10:06:09
  - Good info. Thanks! by TB 2012-01-19 10:23:47
  - EDITED ( added my "Crow".) PS: 90 day wonder? I was in the Navy for about 90 days when ... by ER 2012-01-19 10:22:55
    - Apparently the guy was under the influence of some substance and hot-rodding for the benefit of his crew. A commanding officer ... by bowser 2012-01-19 10:44:10
Truthfully ER I think the guy was on something. I am serious. by Jody 2012-01-19 06:32:05
- Well, drinking wine with the 1st class passengers is part of his job. by ER 2012-01-19 07:40:39
  - Wasn't referring to alcohol. by Jody 2012-01-19 08:41:12

Ideological Fault Line! The Doom of the GOP by BuckGalaxy January 12, 2012 4:56 pm

I don't think so. Look at Bush Jr, Bush Sr, and Ronny Reagan. A very dirty and expensive ... by bowser 2012-01-12 19:29:57
The Bain Bomb fizzles by TB 2012-01-12 18:54:10
- Clearly the video is slanted politically, but while a few details are fuzzy the essential facts are Bain bought these ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-01-13 10:40:40
  - "...there has now been a seed of information planted in the minds of the GOP working class folks. Information that ... by ER 2012-01-13 11:00:17
  - The point is that the "information" is false. by TB 2012-01-13 10:51:43
    - So it's false that "an attack on ONE company is not an attack on the entire free market system"???? ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-01-13 13:08:33
      - And here come Gingrich in SC! It's working! by BuckGalaxy 2012-01-13 23:17:13
    - "I suspect there’s more to this “Super PAC” than meets the eye." An intriguing comment. Do you suspect that perhaps ... by ER 2012-01-13 11:53:06
      - I have no information other than idle speculation. by TB 2012-01-14 10:37:02
        
        Well, the conventional wisdom is that Obama fears Romney, so if you're implying Democrats are behind this, those two facts ... by ER 2012-01-14 13:04:24
        
        "Conventional wisdom" = what we're told to believe. by TB 2012-01-14 16:19:06
        
        "what we're told to believe" = things that a lot of people believe but TB does not like. by alcaray 2012-01-17 19:48:17
        
        TB is drunk on his own beer. He wants his pov to be correct so badly it has dulled ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-01-17 21:29:34
        
        Key word here: "noise." by TB 2012-01-17 21:40:14
        
        You don't have to be told to believe things that are demonstrably true. by TB 2012-01-17 21:28:08
        
        If you add up the amount of OPINION that each of us consumes, you are the clear winner, around here. ... by alcaray 2012-01-18 19:32:03
        
        I make the point on this very thread (several times actually) that attacking one man or one business is not ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-01-14 19:29:50
        
        Man, you guys are taking this pretty hard. I haven't seen you this scared since OWS got started. Oh, and ... by ER 2012-01-14 18:17:11
        
        You can keep revising the outside world, but you aren't going to have much luck revising me. by TB 2012-01-14 18:42:14
        
        There is indeed a test of legitimacy and authenticity in politics. It's called an election. Until then, everything you ... by ER 2012-01-14 18:53:03
- Oh, for God's sake, TB!!!!! (5 of 'em!!!!!) A Bain Capital source extolling Romney and Bain Capital. Just saying it ... by bowser 2012-01-12 19:34:46
- More from Politico. by TB 2012-01-12 19:01:57
The circular firing squad is fixing bayonets and preparing to charge. by ER 2012-01-12 17:45:53
- Good Lord, the irony... by TB 2012-01-12 19:22:35
  - The humanity, the humanity... by ER 2012-01-12 19:26:51

"'Corruption on grand scale' in insider trading case" by bowser January 18, 2012 4:18 pm

The TSA is both a problem and a symptom. by bowser December 26, 2011 1:13 pm

Stay out of Tennessee then...the TSA are there with their guns and dogs doing random traffic stops and searches... by Lindy 2012-01-18 16:18:47
Y'know, somehow this doesn't bother me. You have an enormous problem, protecting the traveling public from terrorist attack, and it ... by ER 2011-12-26 13:41:13
- I agree it's a huge problem. I'm suggesting it could be done professionally and competently, with continuity across the ... by bowser 2011-12-26 16:20:27
- It should not have to be done by a "massive bureaucracy." by TB 2011-12-26 15:05:17
  - Comparing pre- and post-WTC airport security is a bit like comparing kittens and lions. by bowser 2011-12-26 16:22:30
  - I hear the Israeli system is pretty effective, but then again, One of our big airports probably handles more traffic ... by ER 2011-12-26 15:39:08
    - That's a factor very few people seem to realize when pushing the "Israeli" approach. by TB 2011-12-26 17:05:20

Night of the Long Knives by ER January 13, 2012 6:56 am

Good Lord, I found the reply button! Hey ER...you see exactly the same thing I have seen for years and tried ... by Lindy 2012-01-18 16:10:14
Please, tell me, are you just baiting? n/t by RobVG 2012-01-13 20:53:58
- No I’ve just been amusing myself by drawing historical parallels between present day United States and Germany in the 1920s. ... by ER 2012-01-13 21:58:58
- The hook is empty. by TB 2012-01-13 21:09:29
History repeats.... Strategy for success:pick the tallest, richest stiff you can from Massachusetts. Don't worry that he's rich, nobody will hold it ... by Tony 2012-01-13 11:49:12
- Well, if nobody else is going to do it...Howdy Stranger! n/t by RobVG 2012-01-13 18:05:19
  - :) Thanks Rob by Tony 2012-01-17 07:58:02

The "Establishment" predictably escalates against the Occupiers. by bowser January 17, 2012 11:01 pm

The "occupiers" stopped being useful to the Democrats, so basically they're pretending they never heard of it. by TB 2012-01-18 10:10:45

Economic warfare by TB January 17, 2012 4:41 pm

The US seems to be far more vulnerable economic and militarily now. The 20th century was America's, the 21st ... by bowser 2012-01-17 17:52:41
I'm totally unqualified to comment on the validity or urgency of that article, although I haven't the slightest doubt in ... by ER 2012-01-17 17:38:05
- For what its worth... by ER 2012-01-17 18:13:36
- Re: the "call for greater financial regulation." by TB 2012-01-17 18:10:33
  - CORRECTION: I suspect this is black propaganda. At the very least, there is no mention of a sponsoring agency, ... by ER 2012-01-17 18:19:21
    - The agency that contracted for the report is on the cover. by TB 2012-01-17 18:33:36
      - Oops. Sorry. by TB 2012-01-17 18:39:56

ELECTILE DYSFUNCTION: " the inability to become aroused over any of the choices for President put forth by either party in the 2012 election year." (n/t) by Jody January 16, 2012 9:41 pm

Pfizer makes a pill for it, but you need third party insurance by Tony 2012-01-17 12:18:12
- Damn, I thought we had given you the slip. :) by FrankC 2012-01-17 17:37:48
- Good one! by TB 2012-01-17 12:27:05

Iran to return a drone by TB January 17, 2012 12:04 pm

Gotta hand it to them, the Iranians know how to give a burn. "He said he wanted it back, and we ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-01-17 12:58:08

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