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

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

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Santorum surging in Iowa by BuckGalaxy December 29, 2011 11:03 am

...and down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. by Robert 2011-12-29 14:34:47
The reason that there are so many idiots running for the GOP nomination isn't because there are no smart Republicans, ... by ER 2011-12-29 13:23:29
- Again, you give them too much credit. You are assuming "they" have the same interest as the Dems for ... by bowser 2011-12-30 04:16:05
  - I think they live in their own little world, where they only need compete with each other in pointless acquisition ... by ER 2011-12-30 07:40:48
    - Did you read my "A bit more crony capitalism" comment in the ethanol thread below? by TB 2011-12-30 10:44:41
      - Actually, I couldn't agree with you more. In fact, I could go you a step further--that virtue and greed ... by ER 2011-12-30 13:55:59
- Do you have any idea how many times I've heard this kind of lament during economic downturns? by TB 2011-12-29 17:54:08
  - Ever wondered why you hear this lament? Ever wonder where the smart ones are? Let me help. The smart ... by bowser 2011-12-29 23:35:50
    - You hear this lament when miserable failures in government are trying to defend the power they won a few years ... by TB 2011-12-29 23:45:17
  - Night Thoughts of a Baffled Humanist by ER 2011-12-29 18:28:32
    - Much of the article describes her own ideology, no less divorced from reality. What's the point here? by TB 2011-12-29 18:49:17
      - It's a meditation on the seductiveness and limitation of ideology. by ER 2011-12-29 18:56:59
        
        The essay covers a lot more territory than that. by TB 2011-12-29 19:01:51
        
        And incidentally: by TB 2011-12-29 19:19:20
        
        My original post wasn't about economic downturns. It was about why smart Republicans were staying out of this election ... by ER 2011-12-29 19:43:53

"Gunsmoke", and some memories. by bowser December 27, 2011 11:22 pm

I found myself in a lot of fights early in my life. In my mind I never started them but ... by FrankC 2011-12-28 18:49:29
- That puts you in my class, or a bit better. I didn't have the killer instinct. After the ... by bowser 2011-12-29 01:21:51

Good news on the ethanol front by TB December 27, 2011 9:12 pm

An ethical issue. Let's say there are two villages with a large farm harvesting corn in between. South Village, pop. ... by bowser 2011-12-28 09:40:53
- Just to drag a small clue across your path: Government subsidies of corn ethanol to benefit crony industries is not capitalism. In ... by TB 2011-12-29 09:41:45
  - Wow. Deserves a new thread. One interesting point. "In a socialist country, all companies are cronies. Their CEOs ... by bowser 2011-12-29 12:12:54
  - Related: A bit more crony capitalism here. by TB 2011-12-29 09:57:21

Why don't they leave Tim Tebow alone? by bowser December 27, 2011 6:03 pm

Probably the best college football player since Roger Staubach. I doubt he will have a long or illustrious pro career. There is ... by FrankC 2011-12-28 01:49:52
Maher is basically a dick. by TB 2011-12-27 20:45:43
- Maher can be a dick. He isn't a dick, but can be. by bowser 2011-12-27 21:41:29
Matt 6:5-8 by ER 2011-12-27 19:30:30
- No, Tim 15 by bowser 2011-12-27 19:49:54
  - ... by ER 2011-12-27 22:07:32

Ben Nelson is retiring by TB December 27, 2011 1:12 pm

He was already a republican in everything but party title. If his seat goes to the gop, I'd gladly ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-12-27 19:30:52
Who is Ben Nelson? I'm sure he was an interesting guy and this is an interesting post. However, ... by bowser 2011-12-27 13:27:04
- Sorry, it's enough work doing my own thinking. by TB 2011-12-27 14:04:15
  - And when you post like that we can see you don't. :-) A post which just references something without the ... by bowser 2011-12-27 15:21:26
    - If someone posts on a subject I don't know about, by TB 2011-12-27 15:35:55
      - You do have a legitimate point. And I believe if the guy were well known, it would be a ... by bowser 2011-12-27 19:03:00

Answers by johannes December 26, 2011 3:38 pm

Ahh... ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-12-27 01:12:26
- Thingamabobs I think that if there are “thingamabob” (Higgs bosons) they still must be composed of “something” and I suppose that ... by johannes 2011-12-27 15:24:47
That question is used as the ultimate proof of God by evangelicals. How that leads to the Old Testament ... by bowser 2011-12-26 20:45:40
- Quantum Electro Dynamics, yes Bowser that leads directly to the Old Testament, if the following translation is used as a ... by johannes 2012-01-01 21:32:15
- "Nonetheless, the greatest carnages this world has seen have been in the name of religion. And oil, or oil and ... by TB 2011-12-26 21:53:26
  - Cause of war: I suspect that there are many reasons that people will start a fight with each other. Some reasons ... by johannes 2011-12-27 15:27:34
  - Well, TB, I'd say they were. Here's a little factoid about WWII in the Pacific, which I'll bet you ... by bowser 2011-12-27 01:59:23
    - Plus, y'know, Pearl Harbor was a major strategic naval base in the Pacific. They probably thought that by taking ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-12-28 12:34:38
    - One data point hardly makes your argument for you, particularly if you're tallying "carnage." by TB 2011-12-27 10:10:39
      - One data point serves very well as an example of my point, which is all I was trying to do. ... by bowser 2011-12-27 12:23:58
        
        You made a broad statement that was patently false, by any method of counting. by TB 2011-12-27 12:38:36
        
        "Patently false", eh. "Patently"! "Any method of counting". "Any". Well, last I looked there was no demonstration I ... by bowser 2011-12-27 18:22:23
        
        Yeah, I made a pretty broad statement myself. by TB 2011-12-27 18:55:06
    - So what you're saying is that Japan was determned to promote her commercial interests by securing her sources of raw ... by ER 2011-12-27 08:05:06
      - Well done. Exactly. I would only add that Japan regarded the Asian colonies of the Nazi occupied countries ... by bowser 2011-12-27 11:56:29

When a special interest is too powerful, too irresponsible. by bowser December 25, 2011 8:23 pm

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