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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)

DARPA discovers improved radiation exposure treatment by TB January 7, 2012 12:55 pm

Hmmmm. I wonder if the type of radiation matters. I imagine that the type of ionizing radiation, alpha, beta or ... by ER 2012-01-07 15:58:05
- The DARPA website had basically the same news release. by TB 2012-01-07 22:42:42

Observation. by bowser January 6, 2012 8:49 pm

Be sure to give us their response. Then I'll give mine. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-01-07 00:40:46
If you want to know the party of Oregon candidates, start here. It took me twenty seconds to find this information. by TB 2012-01-06 22:31:19
- Republican attempts to hide their affiliation from the casual observer are just one more example of deceit and deception. One candidate ... by bowser 2012-01-07 12:59:29
  - I see. by TB 2012-01-07 13:09:34
    - Do you know the difference between not at all and not blatantly? The difference between hiding something and not ... by bowser 2012-01-07 14:05:32
      - If we're going to be slicing terminology to molecular thinness, there is no real difference in the "blatancy" of the ... by TB 2012-01-07 14:42:06
- By the way... by TB 2012-01-06 22:38:24
Portland is liberal. Staunchly. Do you think that a Republican candidate could get his views even considered by liberals if ... by RobVG 2012-01-06 21:06:07
- If a politician does not represent the views of his constituents, then maybe he shouldn't be running at all. ... by ER 2012-01-06 21:33:53
  - I think it would be fairly easy to discern the candidates party by the context of his website or "Poster" ... by RobVG 2012-01-07 00:04:54
    - And there is always Wikipedia. by ER 2012-01-07 07:09:21
      - Wikipedia can be unreliable, but it's pretty good about numbers and dates. by TB 2012-01-07 10:31:22

Rock stars and brown M&Ms. by TB January 7, 2012 10:55 am

Rock promoters are notorious scumbags. Ted Nugent once related that he had an aerial photographer overfly one of his ... by ER 2012-01-07 14:19:31

Ink - A great indie film by FrankC December 26, 2011 7:06 pm

Saturn eclipses Cassini by RobVG December 10, 2011 2:03 pm

I believe Cassini is able to see the dark side of Saturn by reflected light off the rings. The ... by ER 2012-01-06 10:37:38
The Darkside by RobVG 2012-01-06 10:03:25
- The post above addresses your question about how the dark side of Saturn's disk could be illuminated by reflection off ... by ER 2012-01-06 13:20:43
  - Interesting effect isn't it? n/t by RobVG 2012-01-06 18:31:44
    - It's glorious. by ER 2012-01-06 21:35:55
What is it about astronomical photography that we find so captivating? It's not just color or form, like in ... by ER 2011-12-11 13:59:24
- Sometimes it is the viewport effect. by Robert 2011-12-11 14:35:05
Beautiful. by Robert 2011-12-10 22:26:55
- It is. And Raoul size to boot. n/t by RobVG 2011-12-11 13:22:32

"National hospice company accused of fraud" by bowser January 5, 2012 9:25 pm

"Corporations are people, too." by ER 2012-01-06 04:35:57
- None of the free enterprise people are on board for this. Or those who complain about the cost of ... by bowser 2012-01-06 18:27:43
  - Try to put yourself into their head, see it from their point of view. For example, I used to ... by ER 2012-01-06 21:25:26
  - I hope you didn't expect comments from "free enterprise people" after your "sentiments". n/t by RobVG 2012-01-06 18:47:55
    - Well, my sentiments are simply that, my sometimes rash opinions. And have no bearing on my crude attempt to deny the ... by bowser 2012-01-06 20:28:09
      - Your points about medicare fraud and patient victims are valid n/t by RobVG 2012-01-06 21:01:35

On a Philosophical Note by ER January 4, 2012 12:04 pm

Science, knowledge and technology are indeed cumulative. Wisdom has to be learned by each individual, and usually isn't. Therefore the ... by bowser 2012-01-04 12:44:46
- Taking a slightly different tangent. Let's assume for the moment that "science" can and does establish that homosexuality is ... by bowser 2012-01-04 15:20:08
  - Hubble actually brings up that same point, immediately after the quote I presented. Nevertheless, the atmosphere of scientific research--the disinterested curiosity, ... by ER 2012-01-04 16:30:42
    - Solidly Buddhist. The Universe "is", neither right nor wrong, not in the realm of that determination. Science is ... by bowser 2012-01-05 17:55:18
      - Heavy, dude. by ER 2012-01-05 19:04:20
        
        And another one. Adam and Eve ate from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. by bowser 2012-01-06 00:57:22
        
        And Odysseus had his men lash him to the mast so he could hear for himself the Sirens sweetly singing. It ... by ER 2012-01-06 04:41:28
        
        Well done. One further thought. The concept of "God" is an attempt by Man's ego to extend Man's ... by bowser 2012-01-05 20:10:08
        
        Hey Bowser, your thoughts about God are a lot different than mine. Your question of, “(One is left to ... by johannes 2012-01-06 20:52:06
        
        What you are really saying is that Western Man would rather be a slave to god than free in an ... by ER 2012-01-06 06:51:15
        
        Exactly. It's human nature. As an example, consider the current state of affairs in the US. The ... by bowser 2012-01-06 14:15:23
        
        Consider the connotation if we had used the word *Universe* all along, instead of the word *God* by Jody 2012-01-06 07:44:17
        
        At first blush that sounds just fine. There may be more to the matter, however. What is "God"? A ... by bowser 2012-01-06 12:30:32
        
        Consider this: I am God. You are God. We are God. We make God whatever we choose. Freewill. by Jody 2012-01-06 13:23:36
        
        We discussed that above. That is exactly what Man has done, define "God" in whatever way meets Man's needs. However, ... by bowser 2012-01-06 14:07:23
        
        Predictability is in the religion Man creates to explain God. Collectivism. If every man and woman defined God according to our ... by Jody 2012-01-06 14:20:56
        
        Frankly, I'm not smart enough to follow your train of thought. Going back a ways, the "Universe" was defined ... by bowser 2012-01-06 14:58:11
        
        What will the preachers do when the Devil is saved? by ER 2012-01-06 15:29:33
        
        They are very, very versatile, much like neutrinos. Remember the Inquisition? Where the Roman Catholic Church was indistinguishable ... by bowser 2012-01-06 17:02:28
        
        Good point. My idea of god IS the universe, nature, the world, reality, the Laws of Physics, whatever you ... by ER 2012-01-06 09:32:05
        
        I agree with you ER...and as of late I have come to appreciate even *more*, the intricacies of the Universe, ... by Jody 2012-01-06 11:34:12
- You may very well be right, Bowser, (or at least, you may have little trouble getting others to agree with ... by ER 2012-01-04 14:21:38

One of your better soccer saves by TB January 5, 2012 1:01 pm

Wow. And one of the worst, too. by bowser 2012-01-06 17:16:50

Hell hath no fury, dept. by ER January 6, 2012 5:05 am

Good Lord! by bowser 2012-01-06 17:15:47

Logged in as test user (FrankC) by Rita Book January 4, 2012 3:33 pm

I was refering to the "taxonomy list", and I still don't grok it. by podrock 2012-01-04 22:28:15
I've been looking into it. by Robert 2012-01-04 21:32:38
- That seems to have fixed it. The add new post is now on the author page and the taxonomy list ... by FrankC 2012-01-04 23:41:59
  - Sounds about right. The "editor" thing is an artifact like an appendix (deja vu?) that I'll clean out evenetually but ... by Robert 2012-01-05 22:15:45

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