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Norman Edmund, RIP by TB January 28, 2012 10:11 pm

He lived a long and useful life, and touched many people in a positive way, including me. What better epitaph ... by ER 2012-01-29 06:35:47

1960: America's "golden age." by TB January 25, 2012 6:35 pm

It was, indeed, America's "golden age". As a country there was no realistic threat to us, the "American ... by bowser 2012-01-28 12:55:22
- Yeah, nothing much happened between the Soviet Union and the Free World between WWII and the Vietnam War. by TB 2012-01-28 13:10:04
  - A real problem with conservatives is that they already know history without ever learning history. TB, the headlines of ... by bowser 2012-01-28 13:18:35
Federal transportation spending: by TB 2012-01-28 12:43:30
Yeah TB, if it was a golden age it was because all our people were finally getting their freedom, and ... by ER 2012-01-28 12:29:11
- Do me a favor. Read the associated posts first. by TB 2012-01-28 12:41:58
  - I'm not disputing your facts, Tom. It's your priorities I have a problem with. by ER 2012-01-28 12:46:20
    - Okay. by TB 2012-01-28 12:58:33
      - They're irrelevant to you, and that's precisely the point. To people who are denied their rights, who are economically ... by ER 2012-01-28 13:13:57
You can keep your "golden age" by ER 2012-01-28 10:05:50
- It wasn't my premise, was it? by TB 2012-01-28 12:16:51

Rethinking "Out of Africa" by TB January 19, 2012 4:38 pm

All we have is what we know of the end result, and what we've dug up of the fossil record. ... by alcaray 2012-01-22 14:44:55
How did the Orangutans get out of Africa? by Lee 2012-01-22 14:25:10
- Joan of Ark. by bowser 2012-01-28 02:12:48
- Orangutan walking by Robert 2012-01-27 09:46:20
- Maybe God put them there by magic so we wouldn't have to believe in Evolution. by ER 2012-01-27 07:13:02
- Before the end of the last Ice Age, all those islands were a peninsula, and I suspect this was true ... by TB 2012-01-22 14:53:17
- Yeah, and how did they get to America? I've seen orangs myself! by alcaray 2012-01-22 14:40:29
It is interesting. I think the role of experts is to make things more complex, more complicated. I ... by bowser 2012-01-19 19:28:19

Robert, your pending reply post by FrankC January 27, 2012 9:04 pm

Man, that was a moldy oldy. Trashed it. Thanks Frank. by Robert 2012-01-27 22:08:00

For an intellectual exercise... by Jody January 27, 2012 9:57 am

I hate exercise :) by FrankC 2012-01-27 21:09:51

For Robert by bowser January 25, 2012 12:06 pm

I read that post by RobVG 2012-01-25 17:11:25
- In general, thanks. And as I said, "I trashed it as a non-productive post, provocative without being thought provoking, ... by bowser 2012-01-25 17:35:51
- Didn't really say much. by Robert 2012-01-25 17:25:50
Thanks bowser. by Robert 2012-01-25 12:51:34
- Any discussion here of "Nazi" political tactics is wrapped in such complete obliviousness about what those tactics actually were, that ... by TB 2012-01-25 17:28:45
  - Wow, a self-referential rant. Brilliantly ironic to parody rightwing extremism and knee-jerk smears as a vehicle to claim that the left is smearing the right. by Robert 2012-01-25 20:08:36
    - A perfect example. I referred to the Senators who pledged to block any Obama initiative as "Brownshirts", in reference ... by bowser 2012-01-25 23:50:50
      - How about a nice link to that "pledge" you seem so obsessed with? by TB 2012-01-26 09:47:12
        
        Here's enough to generate an apology from a reasonable person. Google "pledge 42 senators" and read for hours. ... by bowser 2012-01-26 14:04:11
        
        Now, you want to address anything at all in the rest of my comment? by TB 2012-01-26 16:14:20
        
        I did. You asked for a link to my post, and I provided one with a trail to many ... by bowser 2012-01-26 20:14:50
        
        Your link (thanks!) was dated December 1. by TB 2012-01-26 15:36:26
        
        Here's another one. Hitler was well known for breaking the treaties other countries had with Germany. Well, I'll ... by bowser 2012-01-26 20:38:58
        
        Mitch McConnell's pledge by Robert 2012-01-26 12:03:44
        
        Sorry, that's not what Bowser's been plugging. by TB 2012-01-26 12:52:02
        
        Didn't look very hard, did you? by Robert 2012-01-26 20:54:57
        
        I was looking for something significant, something that justified Bowser including it in almost every other post for months. ... by TB 2012-01-26 21:04:20
        
        You were attacking the very existence of the pledge to rebut bowser. The pledge turns out to be a fact. ... by Robert 2012-01-26 23:15:46
        
        I asked for a link. I got one. And it's obvious now why there wasn't one before. by TB 2012-01-27 15:06:20
        
        You lost me. Why wasn't there one before? by alcaray 2012-01-27 19:20:45
        
        TB: 'Nothing was “blocked.”' Good grief! by alcaray 2012-01-26 21:20:07
        
        Senate Republicans intend to block action on virtually all Democratic-backed legislation unrelated to tax cuts and government spending in the ... by alcaray 2012-01-26 20:10:04
    - That response wasn't even coherent. by TB 2012-01-25 20:35:30
      - Yes, that's what I was saying. It was a rant, not a coherent argument. by Robert 2012-01-25 21:50:47
  - Hmmm. Similar to references to "planned economies" I think. by alcaray 2012-01-25 18:41:56

Ghost Adventures tonight on the Travel Channel... by Jody January 21, 2012 7:32 pm

How was the show? My opinion: Ghosts: do they exist? The scientists would say no, but then, they do not know ... by johannes 2012-01-25 11:16:47
- For me, different dimensions is different vibrational energy. Yes, to me, that is where they exist. We are energy. Energy is ... by Jody 2012-01-27 15:45:14
I know quite a bit about them, but I don't post here... by Lindy 2012-01-23 12:02:56

Science question about explosions by alcaray January 26, 2012 4:16 pm

For gunpowder without residue the weight of the gas will be the volume of the powder. However, the weight ... by bowser 2012-01-27 00:18:26
- How can the weight of something equal the volume of something else? The units aren't comparable. by alcaray 2012-01-27 00:39:18
  - At the risk of putting words in Bowser's mouth, what I think he means is that a certain weight of ... by ER 2012-01-27 07:05:43
    - Exactly. The weight of a solid will equal the weight of the gas into which it is turned. ... by bowser 2012-01-27 12:09:24
      - The amount of gas produced by the 9mm bullet charge I described will occupy about a pint at STP, ... by ER 2012-01-27 14:28:44
I can't give you a straight answer, but I can give you some real thermodynamic run-around! The energy for the ... by ER 2012-01-26 18:36:44
- PS Just for a quick cocktail-napkin calculation--assume 1 gram of carbon propellant combines with oxygen to form CO2. I ... by ER 2012-01-26 18:54:17
  - 6.023 x 10 2 the 23rd n/t by RobVG 2012-01-26 21:14:16
    - Avocado's number! by ER 2012-01-27 06:49:17

How Iran could thump superior US military by bowser January 26, 2012 11:01 pm

Modern ships are not equipped to handle threats from low-tech targets. They are designed to fight high-tech opponents by ... by ER 2012-01-27 10:34:15
- The most effective hunters on the African plains are the wild dogs. When they start after their prey they ... by bowser 2012-01-27 12:31:30

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

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