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It is the cowardice that has doomed us.... RL January 11, 2026 1:07 pm (CurrentEvents)

An opinion from our neighbors up north, eh... podrock January 11, 2026 9:14 am (CurrentEvents)

Murdering moms in mini-vans in Minneapolis Minnesota RL January 10, 2026 2:01 pm (CurrentEvents)

Have Republicans lost control of the House already? BuckGalaxy January 8, 2026 11:35 pm (CurrentEvents)

Who deleted my Grammar post? BuckGalaxy January 8, 2026 11:06 pm (Off-Topic)

In the park Homer ER January 8, 2026 3:05 pm (Off-Topic)

66 Global Organizations the US is Leaving BuckGalaxy January 8, 2026 11:21 am (CurrentEvents)

Well, there goes the Nobel Peace Prize ER January 6, 2026 6:39 am (CurrentEvents)

Trump’s Attack on Venezuela Is Illegal and Unwise BuckGalaxy January 3, 2026 12:04 pm (CurrentEvents)

MAGAlomaniac BuckGalaxy December 30, 2025 2:39 pm (Flame)

Mark your calendars for February 6 BuckGalaxy December 22, 2025 11:24 pm (Space/Science)

The answer is blowin' in the wind BuckGalaxy December 22, 2025 6:05 pm (CurrentEvents)

More journalistic excellence from CNN by TB January 11, 2012 10:21 pm

Rumble on the Right or 'The Bain Mutiny' by ER January 11, 2012 9:18 pm

On Tactical Nuclear War by ER January 11, 2012 11:10 am

In a real sense all nukes are strategic. No country, except the US, with nukes has ever used them ... by bowser 2012-01-11 16:52:45
- When even the tiniest tactical nuke, one comparable to a large conventional explosive, goes off on the earth's surface, it ... by ER 2012-01-11 17:32:07
The military boffins are always looking at small nukes for tactical needs. by TB 2012-01-11 11:23:41
- Using a nuke does have some aspects of losing your virginity, doesn't it? There's no such thing as a ... by ER 2012-01-11 13:08:45

Going back in time... by Jody January 11, 2012 12:12 pm

Pontius Pilates, and gotten to see and know all the hot chicks who exercise. by bowser 2012-01-11 16:57:02
The guy in charge of the Babel Project. Yes, I'm an architectural geek. No, I don't understand why ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-01-11 14:32:19
- awww...my li'l Fountainhead. by Jody 2012-01-11 15:39:30
  - Careful, if does't get his way he'll blow the place up. by ER 2012-01-11 16:13:17
My favorite Bible Dude was Uriah the Hittite. Although I don't think I would have wanted to be him. by ER 2012-01-11 13:36:23
- Sorry your wife cheated on ya Uriah...but you were a workaholic...never home... by Jody 2012-01-11 15:38:11
  - Yeah, he was a loyal soldier, and the chickenhawk politician was rogering his wife. by ER 2012-01-11 17:20:01
Of all the research I have done over the years, I firmly believe Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene. I ... by Jody 2012-01-11 13:07:31
- The Republicans would have demanded to see a marriage certificate. by ER 2012-01-11 13:16:18
  - HAH!!! by Jody 2012-01-11 15:38:41

White House Chief Of Staff Daley Resigns by Jody January 9, 2012 10:16 pm

Another article on Daley: by TB 2012-01-11 11:05:03
"Mr. Daley... whose original mission was to reach out to business and congressional Republicans..." I was wondering how long it would ... by ER 2012-01-10 08:00:40
- Really? That's what you've rewritten history into now? by TB 2012-01-10 11:27:16
  - History is meant to be rewritten, that's why we have so many historians, because no single one can be trusted. ... by ER 2012-01-10 12:00:10
    - ER, I don't need "historians" in this case. I watched it happen. by TB 2012-01-10 12:41:58
      - Yeah, Tom. Ive been watching it too, but I don't see it. All I see is a Republican party ... by ER 2012-01-10 15:12:21
        
        Your stock just dropped by RobVG 2012-01-10 18:32:57
        
        To me it is self evident that Obama's first two years in office stopped the hemorrhage of the Bush Crash. ... by ER 2012-01-10 19:09:02
        
        I'll give you that one by RobVG 2012-01-10 20:30:50
        
        No need to roll over, Rob, believe me, I've got my gripes about Obama too, and I think he's made ... by ER 2012-01-10 21:21:41
        
        Very nice ER! by Jody 2012-01-11 13:11:34
That's an interesting development. The analysis of it is also fascinating. He may just be able to turn ... by bowser 2012-01-10 01:44:09
- ...and we wait as our fate deteriorates by Jody 2012-01-10 09:20:18
Curious...Jacob Lew was a former Citigroup Hedge Fund Manager... not that there is anything wrong with that by Jody 2012-01-09 22:25:28

Ultimate drop test for IPad case by TB January 10, 2012 10:24 pm

Don't everybody start posting at once...n/t by RobVG April 24, 2011 8:55 pm

testing by podrock by visitor 2012-01-10 22:10:01
LMAO!!!!! by Jody 2011-04-25 12:07:54

"How Art History Majors Power the U.S. Economy" by TB January 6, 2012 11:21 pm

Another article on college and the economy, by TB 2012-01-10 13:25:19
Good points, all. And there is a flip side. The founders of our country who got a higher ... by bowser 2012-01-07 10:03:55
An excellent analysis, by ER 2012-01-07 06:42:30
- "College taught me to think, how to learn..." by TB 2012-01-07 10:28:31
  - 1 Corinthians 13:11 St. Paul: "When I was a child, I used to talk as a child, think ... by bowser 2012-01-07 12:01:06
    - Now that you've got this evil world all figured out... by RobVG 2012-01-07 15:32:49
      - I'm not sure what you meant by that, except that the idea the world isn't what children are taught bothers ... by bowser 2012-01-07 23:12:08
        
        Just attempting a bit of levity Bowser. n/t by RobVG 2012-01-07 23:48:11
  - One of my bosses told me the same thing your Dad told you. by ER 2012-01-07 11:44:03
    - In places I've worked, an Honorable Discharge looked pretty good on a resume, particularly in aerospace. by TB 2012-01-07 12:21:54
      - The loss of human capital, like the nuclear workers we referred to, is what really hurts. This is how ... by ER 2012-01-07 13:26:11
        
        To be fair, there are skills that outlive their usefulness over time as technology changes. by TB 2012-01-07 13:43:31
        
        That's the argument we usually use to reassure ourselves. But most jobs, even medieval peasant, require some skill. In our ... by ER 2012-01-07 14:58:27

More Pointless Philosophizing by ER January 6, 2012 6:02 pm

Where is Marcus Aurelius when you need him? by FrankC 2012-01-07 19:11:05
- Perhaps the "good emperor" is an outmoded concept. by Robert 2012-01-07 23:15:22
  - Why stop there? by ER 2012-01-08 11:11:13
    - I noticed the gentle merging of "GOP" and "corporals of industry" again. by TB 2012-01-09 10:24:10
      - Tom, as you yourself love to point out, "no one put a gun to their heads." You can't blame the regulators ... by ER 2012-01-09 12:50:14
      - You've got a point. The Democrats can't win without corporate support, and the suits in the suites aren't shy ... by ER 2012-01-09 12:41:55
        
        My philosophy says that you aren't going to get rid of human failings, such as greed, corruption, and power-lust, so ... by TB 2012-01-09 13:29:01
        
        Your view of history may be very realistic, but your expectations for it are adolescent fantasy. Businessmen do not want ... by ER 2012-01-09 14:49:25
        
        Polar bears in the South Pacific again. by TB 2012-01-09 16:55:04
        
        I stop in the mid 1800s because things only got worse between then and the beginning of the 20th century. ... by ER 2012-01-09 17:19:08
        
        Most of what you know about the "Gilded Age" is mythology. by TB 2012-01-09 20:36:39
        
        Like most Americans, you're provincial and apparently unaware of developments in the rest of the world. Those people ... by ER 2012-01-09 21:55:32
        
        Your first theory fell flat, so you came up with a different one. by TB 2012-01-09 22:58:25
        
        Post withdrawn. by ER 2012-01-10 06:06:56
    - Did you read my condemnation of party politics by FrankC 2012-01-09 00:30:07
      - I can't attribute the quote, it's not mine, but I can't remember who said it. "The Democrats don't have any ideas, ... by ER 2012-01-09 07:18:56
        
        Oh, the Democrats have ideas. Very specific ones. So does their opposition. by TB 2012-01-09 10:02:23
        
        Its like team sports. The teams are different, and they play very hard for the prize, but it really ... by ER 2012-01-09 12:34:41
Well we all know something... by RobVG 2012-01-06 20:37:58
- I'm surprised it hasn't hit yet. Here's my reasoning. Inflation destroys the value of cash, so people with savings ... by ER 2012-01-06 22:11:59
  - Usually the first thing that comes to mind is TARP and the stimulus by RobVG 2012-01-07 12:02:13
    - Most of that stuff is out of my pay grade. Whether or not 'tis better to let a business, ... by ER 2012-01-07 13:05:47
      - "A lot of problems just go away on their own”. by RobVG 2012-01-07 15:06:21
        
        I never had any illusions of ever using my house as a cash cow. If there is an economic crash, ... by visitor 2012-01-07 15:44:42
        
        Take heart.. by RobVG 2012-01-07 15:55:39
      - An analogy by RobVG 2012-01-07 13:56:21
        
        I don't dispute your figures, but I do have a question. Just who is all that money owed to? ... by ER 2012-01-07 14:23:22
        
        Last time I checked, the majority of US debt is held by US corporations and individuals. It'd be interesting to ... by RobVG 2012-01-07 15:12:01
        
        You can find ownership of Federal Securities in this PDF document, page 51 (internal document numbering). by TB 2012-01-07 19:50:13
        
        Look it up? by ER 2012-01-07 16:08:21
      - Corrected for inflation, the Federal government is spending more than the amount of the entire WWII debt every single year. by TB 2012-01-07 13:21:49
        
        That was my point too. If you borrow money or sell stock to build a factory, that factory will ... by ER 2012-01-07 14:01:36
        
        I'm well aware of how the mortgage industry created pretend money. It was aided and abetted by people who ... by TB 2012-01-07 14:48:22
        
        Shorter version: by TB 2012-01-07 14:49:28
        
        If you want to keep skunks honest, throw them in jail. by ER 2012-01-07 15:02:26
        
        They didn't do that either, did they? by TB 2012-01-07 18:12:53
        
        Start with this by RobVG 2012-01-07 18:59:24
        
        So what you're saying is they knew this crash was coming as early as June, 2008? by ER 2012-01-08 06:14:27
        
        I'm just saying that someone should have gone to jail. by RobVG 2012-01-08 11:04:05
        
        Information is power. Even if you don't illegally profit yourself from insider trading, you can use your inside knowledge, ... by ER 2012-01-08 11:38:52
        
        The struggles are what seem to get the publicity. n/t by RobVG 2012-01-08 12:34:07
        
        √ by RobVG 2012-01-07 15:23:37
Bowser's Rule: Things will never be better than they are right now. by bowser 2012-01-06 18:32:11
- "We are, by definition, at the center of the observable region." Or, we are suspended precisely at the intersection of past ... by ER 2012-01-06 18:53:24

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