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A Taste of Armageddon RobVG July 2, 2025 8:00 am (CurrentEvents)

We've got company ER July 2, 2025 7:50 am (Space/Science)

All Along the Watchtower ER July 1, 2025 9:13 pm (CurrentEvents)

Birthright Citizenship RobVG June 29, 2025 3:34 pm (CurrentEvents)

To be blunt, NASA is now dead RL June 27, 2025 11:56 am (Space/Science)

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

Psyche keeps its date with an asteroid BuckGalaxy June 22, 2025 5:21 pm (Space/Science)

Just for the record... ER June 22, 2025 8:59 am (CurrentEvents)

The Three Unknowns After the U.S. Strike on Iran BuckGalaxy June 22, 2025 12:58 am (CurrentEvents)

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

Not ready for prime time BuckGalaxy June 19, 2025 12:18 pm (Space/Science)

hypocrisy ER June 15, 2025 2:30 pm (Flame)

Captured drone in Iran by TB December 8, 2011 10:35 pm

An early report said it was flying over Afghanistan and suddenly turned left and crashed. If indeed the encryption was figured ... by bowser 2011-12-09 02:17:04
- There are alternative explanations, unfortunately contradictory, according to two "experts" I heard on the news. One said the aircraft might have ... by ER 2011-12-09 06:14:23
  - There are actually a lot more alternative explanations floating around. by TB 2011-12-09 10:09:56
    - Well, don't leave us in suspense! Feel free to speculate. My best guess is that the bird was spying on ... by ER 2011-12-09 10:35:46

Lunar eclipse Dec. 10 by TB December 8, 2011 12:16 pm

The atmospheric refraction effect is very real, and must be corrected for in sextant observations in celestial navigation. The ... by ER 2011-12-08 17:34:31

Almost too funny for words! by BuckGalaxy December 8, 2011 12:00 pm

Tell ya what men...a small thought experiment...actually two thought experiments. #1: Imagine yourself in a picture that went viral on the ... by Jody 2011-12-09 07:51:32
- Neither would bother me. Now, what EXACTLY what is offensive? The arm is identified as an arm, there ... by bowser 2011-12-09 14:36:44
- I can agree to a certain extent. The penis analogy doesn't work well because it would not be my penis ... by FrankC 2011-12-09 12:59:48
  - *EXASPERATED SIIIGGGHHH* one thousand two one thousand three.......rolling of the eyes for exaggerated melodramatic effect. My Band of Brothers. by Jody 2011-12-09 16:30:18
  - If somebody posted a picture where it looked like somebody's arm was my penis, I'd probably put it on the ... by TB 2011-12-09 13:04:06
    - LOL! by BuckGalaxy 2011-12-10 03:16:53
    - Well yeah, but she did specify tiny. :) Thinking further on the matter, the way I saw it, the gag would ... by FrankC 2011-12-09 15:40:36
    - Absolutely. A wallet picture would "accidentally" appear when I paid at the store. Anyone asking for ID would ... by bowser 2011-12-09 14:45:27
- In the age of Photoshop, no one need be embarassed by a doctored photograph. This is a photo that ... by ER 2011-12-09 08:44:52
  - Heh....now tell me, would *it* be Photoshopped? :P...geez ER...you won't even use your real name or a real e-mail address...I ... by Jody 2011-12-09 11:35:25
    - I hate to point this out, but this example is just one of hundreds of thousands. by TB 2011-12-09 11:53:53
      - Ah knows it Tom....you would not believe some of the pictures my son gets sent from the single ladies...however...no one ... by Jody 2011-12-09 12:05:39
        
        Hey, I don't get pictures from single ladies. You son must be quite a dude! by ER 2011-12-09 13:46:38
  - On the other hand, the characterization of the other young lady as “fat” is hurtful and cruel. I found that ... by Jody 2011-12-09 09:04:08
    - I can agree with that. As Bows said, take out the word "fat" and it's just as funny and ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-12-10 03:25:43
Offensive. by Jody 2011-12-08 22:01:42
- How closely did you look? by BuckGalaxy 2011-12-08 22:03:43
  - I looked closely at the tasteless photo. by Jody 2011-12-08 22:57:41
    - A relative sent me this in the e-mail. You really have to look twice to see that it's an ... by TB 2011-12-08 23:15:33
      - I know Tom...and ten years ago that heavy set woman could have been me. You guys should know by now ... by Jody 2011-12-09 05:13:46
        
        I find it neither offensive, amusing, or titillating. It's just an accidental visual pun, sort of like a potato ... by ER 2011-12-09 06:53:57
        
        I would not have found it offensive, amusing or titillating either...until it went on the INTERNET for all to see ... by Jody 2011-12-09 07:25:40
That nearly sent me to the emergency room (laughed til I was gasping) by FrankC 2011-12-08 17:46:30
I keep coming back to sneak another peek. A guilty pleasure. ****- by Robert 2011-12-08 16:20:26
You are right. Delightful. by bowser 2011-12-08 16:01:48

Government smothering private sector by TB December 8, 2011 10:44 am

Interesting. Don't mess with Dupont or Goldman, Sachs. Article describes private enterprise, private ownership, disgruntled employee leaving and ... by bowser 2011-12-08 14:44:39
Well, look on the bright side, Tom. Maybe they'll stop curing their drywall in formaldehyde now. by ER 2011-12-08 12:30:50

This serves no meaningful purpose...I want this in my life by Jody December 7, 2011 7:13 pm

Look me in the font, Jody. Do you REALLY need this? Do you? Side bit of geekery here: ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-12-19 17:42:14
There is a company called Stardock that specializes in desktops like this. Your example is a very nice one. I was once ... by FrankC 2011-12-07 23:46:49

70th anniversary of attack on Pearl Harbor by TB December 7, 2011 9:55 am

It was a dark day for the US, but already, a new day was dawning in the East. by ER 2011-12-07 11:03:21
- Not a complete surprise, it was half an answer to Roosevelt's problem. The US knew an attack was coming, but expected ... by bowser 2011-12-07 12:43:13

Voyager in the borderlands by TB December 7, 2011 9:44 am

A lot of information there, not the least is that a craft like those two can last 34 years in ... by bowser 2011-12-07 10:29:13

Brilliant reelection strategy, and GOOD POLICY for America by BuckGalaxy December 7, 2011 12:45 am

Wait until Karl Rove and the Swift Boat people start in. I can imagine the "Harvard Law School Graduates ... by bowser 2011-12-07 12:57:49

I have a post to Bowser that I can't edit. by RobVG December 6, 2011 11:40 am

Should I wait until it's edited to read it? by bowser 2011-12-06 13:06:03
- You have to wait until Christmas to open it up...just like everyone else. by Jody 2011-12-06 20:47:01
  - No, on Flame, it was a Pearl Harbor Day post, not Christmas or Thanksgiving. Rather like the real Pearl Harbor, it ... by bowser 2011-12-09 14:57:12
    - Actually, the classic "HZ" maneuver is when people tip the chess board over and then pretend we were playing Parcheesi. by TB 2011-12-09 15:12:58
      - Maybe more like setting up the chess board, ,someone throws the dice, the next guy cuts a card, and the ... by bowser 2011-12-10 07:23:12

"U.S. sailors finally banned from smoking on submarines (though some will be allowed to light up on deck)" by bowser December 6, 2011 12:59 am

Drinking was always banned on Navy ships, too, it was a court-martial offense but that didn't stop it from happening, ... by ER 2011-12-06 06:57:08
- The US Navy was a US leader in recognizing alcoholism as an illness and establishing treatment centers. Betty Ford ... by bowser 2011-12-06 08:17:58
  - I'll drink to that! by ER 2011-12-06 08:28:31
    - By the way. The Nav Officer who got and stayed drunk. How did he get enough booze on ... by bowser 2011-12-06 20:19:18
      - That's a very good question. My guess is he brought it aboard in his luggage (officers often carried much ... by ER 2011-12-06 21:52:40
    - Many have! by bowser 2011-12-06 20:16:51

Among the most unimaginable: "Two black holes most massive ever found, astronomers say" by bowser December 5, 2011 7:53 pm

The "event horizons" on these are 5 times the distance from the Sun to Uranus. by bowser 2011-12-07 10:25:32

580,000 bombing runs, one run every 9 minutes for 10 years, over 2,000,000 tons of bombs. by bowser December 5, 2011 4:39 pm

Sad by RobVG 2011-12-06 11:28:40
- Re: WWII. The only action I can remember criticizing is the use of the atomic bomb. It ... by bowser 2011-12-07 00:00:30
  - Firestorm bombings of Dresden and Tokyo. n/t by RobVG 2011-12-07 10:17:12
    - You are absolutely right. And those of other cities. At that point the war was won and those ... by bowser 2011-12-07 10:22:22
      - War Over? by RobVG 2011-12-07 11:27:49
        
        I said the war was won, not over. Doolittle's raid on various areas of Japan was not what one ... by bowser 2011-12-07 12:33:48
        
        The battle of Berlin began after the bombing of Dresen. Answer this against your charge. Save 911 for another day. Leave the ... by RobVG 2011-12-07 18:56:27
        
        Since when is protesting the slaughter of innocent civilians, Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, etc., "simply fucked up" except to ... by bowser 2011-12-07 23:44:28
        
        Listen, you’re not the only one capable of empathy. by RobVG 2011-12-09 20:28:30
        
        This gets more and more juvenile. You said that the Dresden firebombings of civilians helped the 6 million Jews ... by bowser 2011-12-10 00:22:02
        
        That's not what I said by RobVG 2011-12-10 11:59:11
- "Do you feel the threat of Communism was a lie? Eastern Europe and was under it’s contol and China adopted ... by bowser 2011-12-06 16:21:40

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