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Elementary My Dear Watson BuckGalaxy November 7, 2025 9:39 pm (Space/Science)

Removing 50 objects from orbit would cut danger from space junk in half BuckGalaxy November 6, 2025 9:35 pm (Space/Science)

Posting just a title line sometimes links to an empty body. RobVG November 5, 2025 1:02 pm (GeekSpeak)

Trump nominates a NASA chief — again BuckGalaxy November 4, 2025 10:28 pm (Space/Science)

Muskfinger - and other evil space billionaires BuckGalaxy November 4, 2025 10:19 pm (Space/Science)

New Glenn set for its second launch on November 9 BuckGalaxy November 4, 2025 9:15 pm (Space/Science)

Spanberger projected to win VA BuckGalaxy November 4, 2025 5:10 pm (CurrentEvents)

The destruction of Goddard is illegal RL October 31, 2025 9:41 am (Space/Science)

Weighing the scales on Elon Musk BuckGalaxy October 30, 2025 9:28 pm (Flame)

Bunker Envy ? podrock October 30, 2025 6:18 pm (CurrentEvents)

Message in a bottle BuckGalaxy October 29, 2025 10:55 am (Off-Topic)

According to some, we're a nation of illiterate dependents looking for a handout RobVG October 27, 2025 8:56 pm (CurrentEvents)

Terra Nova season finale (spoiler) by FrankC December 21, 2011 12:10 am

Yep by Robert 2011-12-21 10:27:47
- Programming incompetence virus is airborne by FrankC 2011-12-21 11:35:52
  - Double-plus yep yep by Robert 2011-12-21 12:05:36
  - BTW, the spoiler tags I put on my original post are from a site that uses that method to hide ... by FrankC 2011-12-21 11:48:31
    - I picked up on the general idea, and I like it. The design that flashed into my head would have ... by Robert 2011-12-21 12:07:05

"The Hobbit" Trailer... by podrock December 20, 2011 9:07 pm

"US general in Afghanistan: Troops may stay past 2014" by bowser December 20, 2011 9:00 pm

We need to leave Afganistan. by Lee 2011-12-26 16:11:03
We reached the point of diminishing returns in Afghanistan a long time ago. The only reason we've stayed was ... by ER 2011-12-21 15:39:02
Didn't Obama say something about removing troops from Iraq by the end of the year? Plus, the New York Times isn't ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-12-21 13:28:10
- The NYT is considered to be a superb source for he facts, disputed only by those who don't like those ... by bowser 2011-12-21 13:47:11
  - Bowser's right on this one. It's a valid source, particularly direct quotes. by TB 2011-12-21 17:36:38
- The Iraq Status of Forces Agreement signed in 2008 set December 31, 2011 as the deadline for all troops to ... by TB 2011-12-21 13:39:50

From years-end survey of business by bowser December 20, 2011 11:59 am

Obama perceives himself fourth best President... by Jody December 20, 2011 8:13 am

Whoops! Not quite accurate, I'm afraid. What Obama really said does not include anything like that. "I would put ... by bowser 2011-12-20 13:54:12
Has a lot in common with Washington, Lincoln and Truman. It takes a big man to inherit wars, financial ... by bowser 2011-12-20 10:46:26
Well, it's too early to tell yet, after just three years. But if you consider that, like Lincoln, he ... by ER 2011-12-20 09:43:14
- I don't know... by TB 2011-12-20 10:46:53
  - You want to debate that? He could have added that you agreed with Limbaugh when Limbaugh proposed killing him ... by bowser 2011-12-20 14:03:12
    - Source that. by TB 2011-12-20 14:06:27
      - By the way, that's how a person says "I was wrong." by bowser 2011-12-20 15:21:55
      - I suppose I could be crazy. I cannot find any reference to that episode while googling "Limbaugh assassination Obama" ... by bowser 2011-12-20 15:20:07
        
        A general rule of thumb I have for when I remember something is if I can't find ANY reference to ... by TB 2011-12-20 18:40:14
- Just my own personal opinion...but that has to be the single most arrogant statement for him...hell anyone to make. ... by Jody 2011-12-20 10:46:45
  - He probably felt that way too, after he thought about what he said. That's why he probably asked it to ... by ER 2011-12-20 12:02:54
    - Some politicians can ask 60 Minutes to "remove" something from interviews. by TB 2011-12-20 12:20:27
      - You do have a point there. It's one of the few you've ever made successfully to me. But you also ... by ER 2011-12-20 13:10:35
        
        An update on Obama's 60 Minutes interview: by TB 2011-12-21 08:55:17
  - If this president were Republican, with the same statistics on foreign policy and the economy, every list in the media ... by TB 2011-12-20 10:53:54
    - Actually, I think he's turning out all right. My only criticism is that he tries too hard, and is ... by ER 2011-12-20 11:28:24
      - Okay, now you're just pulling my chain. by TB 2011-12-20 11:57:54
        
        Tom its impossible not to pull your chain. Do you really think its possible for me to present documentary evidence that ... by ER 2011-12-20 12:49:58
    - This president could not be Republican. He considers others, asks for advice, tries to forge agreements which incorporate considerations ... by bowser 2011-12-20 11:16:55
      - "He considers others, asks for advice, tries to forge agreements which incorporate considerations for the opposition and find something which ... by TB 2011-12-20 11:21:30
        
        We do live in different universes. by ER 2011-12-20 11:41:52

In Kim's death, an extensive intelligence failure by bowser December 19, 2011 11:08 pm

It's a war, the other side fights back. You win some and you lose some, and some are rained ... by ER 2011-12-20 05:15:58
- I couldn't agree with you more. What concerns me is the magnitude of some of these failures and the ... by bowser 2011-12-20 06:46:38
  - Remember, we don't hear about all the defeats. And we don't hear about all the victories, either. We only ... by ER 2011-12-20 07:14:44
    - ENIGMA was prior to the CIA. There are wins, losses, and ties. What I'm saying that's not heard ... by bowser 2011-12-20 10:54:05

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

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