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Merry Christmas, Canadians! by TB December 19, 2011 10:54 pm

Merry Christmas McFly, wherever you are...n/t by RobVG 2011-12-22 18:28:35
- Lindy too. by podrock 2011-12-22 18:55:01
  - You're right. I'll let her know. n/t by RobVG 2011-12-22 19:27:14
    - Please tack me on. And "Hi", McFly. by bowser 2011-12-22 20:11:31
      - Done. n/t by RobVG 2011-12-22 21:56:54
Thanks TB. Merry CHRISTMAS to you and yours and to everyone on the HZ. I have been surfing the net ... by johannes 2011-12-22 13:12:01
Thank you. I have been too busy to pause at this topic page lately. All the best to you and your ... by Jeff-Wash 2011-12-21 18:22:21
Hey, they left out the butter tarts. by ER 2011-12-20 05:20:20

Fifty things I've learned about the literary life by TB December 19, 2011 10:45 pm

"15. You don't have to read every book you buy, and you certainly don't have to finish the book you've ... by bowser 2011-12-20 18:06:06
- Not finish your books? Blasphemy!!! When I buy a book I intend to finish it. Granted, ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-12-20 18:34:17
  - There is a huge gulf between "like to read that book" and" like to have read" that book. Applies to a ... by bowser 2011-12-21 07:29:25
    - So, climb there mountain, read the book, get the girl, save the day. Am I right? by VelociraptorBlade 2011-12-21 13:35:14
      - Oh, wrong. Buy the mountain climbers book, read it while he's climbing the next mountain, meet his GF in ... by bowser 2011-12-22 20:14:28

Discovery Powers Down by RobVG December 19, 2011 10:06 pm

Photos from the Battle of the Bulge by TB December 18, 2011 9:24 pm

I've known a few people who were there, more or less well. Even with time not one of them ... by bowser 2011-12-18 21:55:10
- Most of the people who were there were probably nice guys. Even the Germans. by ER 2011-12-19 03:33:00
  - The longest conversation I've had with someone who was in the Winter campaign of '44 - '45 was with a ... by bowser 2011-12-19 15:29:53
    - Yikes..... 350%? That sounds hellish. ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-12-19 18:02:23
      - American ground strategies since the Civil War have been willing to take massive casualties. Infantrymen are sacrificed rather than ... by bowser 2011-12-19 20:07:02

Il dead. by podrock December 18, 2011 7:27 pm

The North Koreans I've seen in the papers, on the internet and TV seem genuinely upset. They can't all ... by bowser 2011-12-20 12:03:46
- Brainwashing does wonders. Not to mention something akin to Stockholm Syndrome. by VelociraptorBlade 2011-12-21 13:28:56
- C'mon, Bowz. Not even Elvis had mourners like that. by ER 2011-12-20 12:39:07
The Glorious Successor looks dangerously unstable. by ER 2011-12-19 18:17:43
- Dangerously unstable indeed. by TB 2011-12-19 22:00:30
  - Caligula redux? Where is the Praetorian guard when you need them? That guy in the middle looks likely, but they are ... by FrankC 2011-12-20 23:39:17
  - There's a pattern here. Fidel Chavez Ahmadinejad Kim (2) Ghaddafi All dangerously unstable in the propagandized minds of Americans. All demonized by those ... by bowser 2011-12-19 23:34:17
    - What good have those leaders done for their own people by RobVG 2011-12-20 09:09:40
      - Both sides here are delusional in my opinion. Those people you mentioned bowser? They aren't unstable but they are threats ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-12-20 19:21:55
      - You don't know, do you? Well, try this. And wonder why you didn't know this. A Libyan ... by bowser 2011-12-20 09:16:45
        
        That’s the biggest sidestep I’ve ever seen on the Zone by RobVG 2011-12-20 18:50:05
        
        You are making a fool of yourself, deliberately I think. Did you know that about Libya? Have any ... by bowser 2011-12-21 02:12:25
        
        It's pretty obvious a lot of people know more about Libya than you care to. by TB 2011-12-21 09:25:01
        
        "Demonizer"? Look in the mirror. n/t by RobVG 2011-12-21 09:05:32
        
        Now that was a thoughtful, erudite reply. Devastating in its logic, followed up with a powerful prose rebuttal with ... by bowser 2011-12-21 11:00:01
        
        I feel I was entitled to that. by RobVG 2011-12-21 18:22:31
        
        Everything you don't want to believe is the Work of the Devil. by TB 2011-12-21 11:41:01
        
        C'mon, Bowz. Libya could afford to be generous to its victims. The country is awash in oil money. Castro ... by ER 2011-12-20 10:03:01
        
        And how much of that was publicized as Ghaddafi was demonized? by bowser 2011-12-20 11:30:55
        
        Well, Cuba is a small nation off the southern coast of America. There was a revolution which threw corrupt ... by bowser 2011-12-20 11:29:47
        
        The Soviets gladly stepped in to fill Cuba's needs by RobVG 2011-12-20 19:00:55
    - These nut cases are basically bullies. They don't pick on foreign countries that can fight back. They just ... by ER 2011-12-20 04:56:53
      - In the decision tree on going to war in Iraq, which took place before 9-11 and determined Iraq needed to ... by bowser 2011-12-20 09:22:12
        
        You forget, Bowz, I supported Bush I's decision to invade Iraq. He was punishing Iraq's brutal invasion of Kuwait, ... by ER 2011-12-20 10:24:41
      - You're not even going to call him on the accuracy of his statement? by TB 2011-12-20 09:06:06
        
        Don't need to, arguing court cases is not why I come to this board. I did tell Bowser I disagreed with ... by ER 2011-12-20 09:58:16
        
        Can't. As one who has never questioned the right-wing propaganda propagated by the mega-corporations and right-wing politicians, regarding it ... by bowser 2011-12-20 09:20:45
        
        All right. by TB 2011-12-20 09:30:33
        
        Well, to be fair to Bowser, none of the totalitarian lunatics he mentioned in his post have actually started a ... by ER 2011-12-20 11:03:39
        
        Gaddafi attacked Egypt in 1977 and invaded Chad, annexing the Aouzou Strip for 18 years. Bowser carefully trimmed the first Kim ... by TB 2011-12-20 11:17:38
        
        Tom, remember the example I used? The junta DID invade the Falklands, as I pointed out. I never claimed dictatorships never ... by ER 2011-12-20 12:27:20
        
        Sorry about getting "technical." by TB 2011-12-20 12:46:46
        
        So what you're really saying is that even though I am disputing Bowser, and actualy agree with you, I don't ... by ER 2011-12-20 13:31:37
        
        Didn't say that. I said that by any measure of a "rogue" country or an "unstable" leader, the US ... by bowser 2011-12-20 10:31:53
  - I wonder what they learned from his time at that Swiss school. Otherwise, I don't see how they could ... by ER 2011-12-19 22:09:34
- Cold. If they don't raise sheep they could import some. ON the serious (more serious) side, it looks ... by bowser 2011-12-19 19:40:30
"The dictator is dead, long live the dictator." North Korean political slogan. by bowser 2011-12-18 22:06:48
Well, with his diabetes and heart condition he was sort of asking for it. Not to mention all the ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-12-18 21:49:53

"Why young evangelicals are leaving church" by bowser December 18, 2011 7:05 pm

Vaclav Havel, RIP by TB December 18, 2011 6:24 pm

Penn Jillette: Why I am a Libertarian... by Jody December 18, 2011 4:23 pm

Quick question: If someone tries to proselytize me without my consent, would making a counter-preach of my viewpoint ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-12-20 20:26:19

One of many places the profit motive is obscene. by bowser December 18, 2011 2:45 am

According to one source, by TB 2011-12-18 13:03:06
- "The utopians create a government money sugar fountain". Not for profit hospice is not a "government money sugar fountain". ... by bowser 2011-12-18 13:34:21
  - What I meant is that when government money is flowing from the tap, and competition for customer money isn't part ... by TB 2011-12-18 14:59:13
  - Walked right into that one TB n/t by RobVG 2011-12-18 14:24:04
    - Yep. That's what's called a "broadside". by ER 2011-12-18 14:41:10
The profit motive IS obscene, but we are stuck with it. At best we can manage it, to mitigate its ... by ER 2011-12-18 05:37:42

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