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Large Hadron Collider Eureka! BuckGalaxy May 15, 2025 11:44 am (Space/Science)

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Brandy and cigar anyone? by Jody December 1, 2011 6:34 pm

Not me! I prefer the company of women. by FrankC 2011-12-02 11:56:33
- Hah! :) Now *that* is what I am talkin' about!!! by Jody 2011-12-02 11:57:26
Looks like a fire hazard there to me. by TB 2011-12-01 19:24:46
Is that where they keep the drawers? by ER 2011-12-01 19:08:36

Where's the fleet? by TB December 1, 2011 3:15 pm

OK. STRATFOR says that one Carrier Task Force is on the way back from the 5th Fleet Area of ... by bowser 2011-12-01 20:31:05
That usually means they are all refitting for an important occasion. Any time the normal rotation is interrupted there's ... by bowser 2011-12-01 16:13:44
- What's a "normal" rotation? by TB 2011-12-01 16:19:25
  - A third to a half of them out. Don't be coy. by bowser 2011-12-01 16:28:39
    - Serious question. I didn't know. Others here might. by TB 2011-12-01 16:30:07
      - My ship spent half of the 13 months I was aboard underway, half in port, and that period fell between ... by ER 2011-12-01 17:08:53
        
        I'll stand by what I said, AND, and allow that what may be happening is long delayed maintenance and retrofitting ... by bowser 2011-12-01 17:36:44
        
        Fear not, war clouds may be gathering up yet. Although we've heard some small talk here of bombing Iran, ... by ER 2011-12-01 18:07:06
        
        There may not be war, but a lot of things in Iran seem to be spontaneously blowing up. by TB 2011-12-01 18:56:06
        
        Far be it from me to make excuses for the Iranians, Tom, but you have to admit, they really do ... by ER 2011-12-01 19:05:08
        
        It wouldn't be spontaneous. Re the carrier task forces, Bill Clinton wrote that whenever there was trouble in the ... by bowser 2011-12-01 20:27:48
        
        The leadership of Iran thinks the Apocalypse will raise a great Imam for his people. by TB 2011-12-01 19:23:55
        
        One suggestion. Give equal time to Israeli rhetoric. by bowser 2011-12-01 19:43:06

"China's superior economic model" by TB December 1, 2011 2:28 pm

We did have "a government that could do any damn thing it pleased." Remember? Bush-Cheney? 2000 to 2008? ... by bowser 2011-12-01 15:52:02

Quotes of the Day by TB November 30, 2011 9:23 pm

"The self entitled monsters" by RobVG 2011-12-01 00:47:23
- The war between the useless and the useful by TB 2011-12-01 12:21:35
- Reynold's Law: The government decides to try to increase the middle class by subsidizing things that middle class people have: ... by TB 2011-12-01 12:19:00
  - What Reynolds obviously never considered is that unless the middle class feels secure, and the lower class feels it can ... by ER 2011-12-01 13:58:11
    - No, there's a lot of clever people with plenty of self-discipline and delayed gratification that have been told they can't ... by TB 2011-12-01 15:08:05
      - "We can see who is trying to make us “pissed,” Well, TB, just who is trying to make us "pissed"? ... by bowser 2011-12-01 16:26:08
      - Not pissed? We've got the Tea Party, OWS, 9% unemployment, economic distess world-wide, a deadllocked Congress, and a country ... by ER 2011-12-01 15:18:41
        
        I didn't say nobody was pissed. by TB 2011-12-01 15:32:51
        
        The Defined Benefit Safety Zone is not my safe harbor. It's the end of the line. I'm not ... by ER 2011-12-01 15:55:22
        
        Well, by TB 2011-12-01 16:12:38
        
        Yep, the suits always get the big bonuses, just like in the business world. Believe me, I couldn't survive ... by ER 2011-12-01 16:37:07
        
        What, teachers and cops are "suits" now? :) by TB 2011-12-01 16:56:29
        
        County Administrator? No, that's a bit beyond my pay grade. And cops and firemen got paid a percentage ... by ER 2011-12-01 17:50:56
        
        Interesting. I had heard about the Sheriff. Most of the top salaries on that website don't have overtime on their ... by TB 2011-12-01 18:55:15
- This is why people like Clarke need to be tossed out of power. They have no brain. by TB 2011-12-01 10:26:40
  - You were able to find a job, too. Education was much less expensive. It's a fraud now, expensive ... by bowser 2011-12-01 15:56:42
    - If education is a "fraud" now, blame the people who have been running our higher education system for decades. by TB 2011-12-01 16:18:16
      - No, I blame the Tea Party and other Conservatives who have pretty much destroyed the American Dream. by bowser 2011-12-01 16:27:32
- I was very lucky when I went to college, my folks helped when they could, even if it was only ... by ER 2011-12-01 09:57:20

Egyptian election results coming in by TB November 30, 2011 9:28 pm

Well, to paraphrase the Great Yogi; If the people don't want a secular democracy, there's nothing you can do to stop ... by ER 2011-11-30 21:56:04
- To paraphrase Mustafa Kemal Ataturk: Wanna bet? by TB 2011-11-30 22:04:14
  - Good point. But Ataturk was one of history's truly remarkable men. They don't always show up when they're ... by ER 2011-12-01 05:49:34
    - First two paragraphs, total agreement. by TB 2011-12-01 10:13:32
      - My third paragraph was not a proposition, but a question. by ER 2011-12-01 10:41:43

What level of inequality will the US find sustainable? by bowser November 30, 2011 5:10 pm

I have some of the same feelings but talk like yours will dry up if and when unemployment returns to ... by RobVG 2011-11-30 23:06:47
- I couldn't agree more with you. What I don't see is any dynamic which will lead to 5% unemployment ... by bowser 2011-12-01 16:01:31
It's not just in our society and time, but in any civilization and age, being rich has always been considered ... by ER 2011-11-30 17:46:11
- The "snail" curve. I can't import images but when the Bell Curve morphs into the "snail curve" there's problems. ... by bowser 2011-12-01 16:10:03

My definition of reality...On Ron Paul.... by Jody November 30, 2011 3:40 pm

As always, it portrays a false choice. Somehow, providing healthcare to all our citizens will take away out freedom. ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-12-05 21:04:42
- It is not my choice to provide healthcare to all our citizens because I am not willing to pay for ... by Jody 2011-12-05 21:24:14
  - You are ALREADY paying for every citizen to have healthcare. For many it is simply emergency room care when ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-12-05 23:04:41
    - If that is truly the case then why is it not more widely embraced? by Jody 2011-12-06 14:16:07
      - It IS truly the case, and the answer is because many, like yourself, are unaware of it. by BuckGalaxy 2011-12-07 00:41:16
        
        If insurance would be run by the state...as is my understanding of single payer, what is NHS? by Jody 2011-12-07 08:59:21
        
        NHS is the UK's national healthcare. It is one of many national healthcare systems that exists in every major ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-12-07 23:26:38
        
        You don't see the government taking control as a threat? God knows Insurance in and of itself is a racket...but how ... by Jody 2011-12-08 10:43:39

Newt not "technically" a lobbyist by RobVG November 30, 2011 12:07 pm

Of course not. Technically. If he were, he'd be in jail now for breaking the law by not registering ... by ER 2011-11-30 12:39:42

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