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A Taste of Armageddon RobVG July 2, 2025 8:00 am (CurrentEvents)

We've got company ER July 2, 2025 7:50 am (Space/Science)

All Along the Watchtower ER July 1, 2025 9:13 pm (CurrentEvents)

Birthright Citizenship RobVG June 29, 2025 3:34 pm (CurrentEvents)

To be blunt, NASA is now dead RL June 27, 2025 11:56 am (Space/Science)

Musk trashes his own AI after it chose a liberal worldview. RobVG June 23, 2025 9:56 am (CurrentEvents)

Psyche keeps its date with an asteroid BuckGalaxy June 22, 2025 5:21 pm (Space/Science)

Just for the record... ER June 22, 2025 8:59 am (CurrentEvents)

The Three Unknowns After the U.S. Strike on Iran BuckGalaxy June 22, 2025 12:58 am (CurrentEvents)

There are only nine meals between mankind and anarchy. BuckGalaxy June 22, 2025 12:29 am (Flame)

Not ready for prime time BuckGalaxy June 19, 2025 12:18 pm (Space/Science)

hypocrisy ER June 15, 2025 2:30 pm (Flame)

Cruise ship runs aground, tips over by TB January 14, 2012 12:32 pm

I cannot imagine how something like this can happen: for a ship to capsize in water that shallow. Perhaps ... by ER 2012-01-14 13:31:35
- I don't know how much inherent stability a cruise ship has. by TB 2012-01-14 17:15:56
  - I can't speak with total authority on this; I am just speculating. Perhaps these ships are seaworthy, perhaps they ... by ER 2012-01-14 17:59:49

Ten 100-year predictions that came true by TB January 14, 2012 5:27 pm

"Town, cast as Romney's victim, says, 'Huh?'" by TB January 14, 2012 5:01 pm

The only universal quality of "God". by bowser January 12, 2012 7:15 pm

I agree with you in the sense that, any God that does not contain the concepts of a creator and ... by johannes 2012-01-13 14:37:47
- It's clear that God must have some cognitive abilities, some neurological organization. First, He created man in His own ... by bowser 2012-01-13 18:42:09
  - It seems that we are reading the Bible at different places, you seem to be reading about the creation of ... by johannes 2012-01-14 12:26:38

Ideological groups in the U.S. by TB January 12, 2012 7:38 pm

You forgot that to conservatives there is no such thing as a "moderate." Anyone one nanometer to the left ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-01-13 13:15:08
- That, like many other things I'm seeing here, is not true. by TB 2012-01-13 13:44:15
  - Just noticed this. "A leftist has to do a lot of lying about what he is to get elected ... by bowser 2012-01-13 23:06:22
    - Read the sentence again. by TB 2012-01-14 10:44:15
  - Remember, those are self-reports, and the "conservatives" haven't passed the purity tests. And the moderates couldn't. So these charts are meaningless when ... by bowser 2012-01-13 23:02:40
    - Doesn't matter. by TB 2012-01-14 10:47:25
And yet the President and House of Representatives are Democrat. Go figure. by bowser 2012-01-12 21:06:19
- The President is a Democrat because the last Presidential election was in 2008. by TB 2012-01-12 21:40:09
  - Nevertheless, - - - by bowser 2012-01-12 23:15:30

Nine European nations get their credit ratings cut by TB January 13, 2012 3:47 pm

Without saying the ratings aren't warranted, isn't that the same S & P that was giving high ratings to low-grade ... by bowser 2012-01-13 18:45:30

12 Skywatching events of 2012 by TB January 12, 2012 7:59 pm

#13 - 12/21 Sky falls by FrankC 2012-01-12 23:46:53
- Astrological calculations place that towards midnight on November 6. by bowser 2012-01-13 02:06:14

Setting up for war. by ER January 12, 2012 7:50 am

Iran getting nuclear weapons would be the best thing for stability in the Middle East since the Neanderthals left for ... by bowser 2012-01-12 10:32:32
- Maybe you're right, Bowz. I've thought it over and I think I'm shifting my position. I think the Israelis ... by ER 2012-01-12 16:01:02
  - Quite right. Israel is the tail wagging the US dog. Some interesting facts about Israel. Israel has never defaulted ... by bowser 2012-01-12 23:40:06

Before asking if God exists one must define God. by bowser January 10, 2012 10:22 pm

Apparently "God" is that ineffable being to whom those who believe in him credit all responsibility for that which Man ... by bowser 2012-01-12 00:22:00
From The Edge of the Sea by ER 2012-01-11 23:10:28
- ER...that is beautiful. by Jody 2012-01-12 10:07:13
  - Be careful who you share that sentiment with. Although she died some time ago, to this day, Rachel Carson ... by ER 2012-01-12 11:30:26
    - I Goggled her...she sounds like an amazing woman. A strong woman. An enlightened ahead of her time woman. I would have ... by Jody 2012-01-12 21:09:52
Some things we must accept on faith alone. There are times when we have some reason to suspect that the ... by johannes 2012-01-11 20:52:33
- unless of course our galaxy is simply an atom in the man’s big toe.;-) ...don't laugh j....I have actually thought about ... by Jody 2012-01-11 21:19:43
Fantasy by RobVG 2012-01-11 17:44:44
- Assuming God has not ascended to higher plane, he is probably pondering a gigantic black hole at the center of ... by FrankC 2012-01-11 19:20:28
  - In a sense dying is life’s greatest adventure. SWEET by Jody 2012-01-11 21:22:05
- I love that Rob. I do believe in re-incarnation...long before it was *fashionable* and I come up with that realization after ... by Jody 2012-01-11 19:17:45
  - I believe reincarnation has been fashionable for thousands of years. by bowser 2012-01-11 23:46:32
    - Not *fashionable*...I should know, I was one of the founding mothers. It has been a rocky road. Eventually others will understand. by Jody 2012-01-12 10:05:06
      - Leslie Lemke by RobVG 2012-01-12 16:35:27
        
        Stories such as this abound...and don't forget Mozart! What began my thought processes in this area was an absolutely *took my ... by Jody 2012-01-12 21:05:05
At the risk of you not following my train of thought again, and blowing me off,...I offer, and I must, ... by Jody 2012-01-10 22:47:52
- I certainly don't mean to blow you off. There are several things you said I understand, and some I ... by bowser 2012-01-10 23:03:07
  - What else would make us look beyond ourselves ...It would have to be something greater. We begin by ... by Jody 2012-01-10 23:15:17
    - As a reference of time...maybe this would help my communication: By referring to creating God, I am talking about since ... by Jody 2012-01-10 23:33:05

There are as many planets as there are stars by RobVG January 11, 2012 8:22 pm

Do I hear 1.6 ? by RobVG 2012-01-12 19:23:23
- Actually, I don't think astronomers are very surprised. Even when I studied astronomy 40 years ago, it was understood ... by ER 2012-01-12 19:42:31
At least. :) by FrankC 2012-01-12 14:50:27
And there's another coefficient in the Drake Equation with a realistic value. by ER 2012-01-11 21:21:25

Golden showers by ER January 12, 2012 9:48 am

Well,you get a sense that it is a bad thing to get caught doing, but I have a hard time ... by FrankC 2012-01-12 14:45:18
- I'm not as much morally outraged by this as I am astounded at their stupidity. I don't care what ... by ER 2012-01-12 15:19:13
  - I didn't realize they made the film themselves. That is high stupidity and enhances the offense by a magnitude, To do ... by FrankC 2012-01-12 16:07:24
I come down on this very firmly, with one foot planted deeply on each side of the fence. After ... by bowser 2012-01-12 10:54:04

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