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You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. ER September 10, 2025 4:56 pm (Space/Science)

All we are saying, is give war a chance BuckGalaxy September 5, 2025 1:30 pm (CurrentEvents)

"Cancel culture" podrock September 3, 2025 8:32 am (CurrentEvents)

He should know better. ER September 1, 2025 8:20 pm (Space/Science)

Clare Torry RobVG August 26, 2025 7:42 pm (Off-Topic)

Lateral Thinking BuckGalaxy August 23, 2025 11:57 am (Off-Topic)

SNW: The Finest Frontier BuckGalaxy August 23, 2025 12:20 am (Science Fiction)

There's more than Floyd RobVG August 20, 2025 12:24 am (Off-Topic)

Existing instrument on Mars Curiosity Rover could be used to detect life BuckGalaxy August 18, 2025 12:48 pm (Space/Science)

Trump grovels BuckGalaxy August 17, 2025 12:43 pm (CurrentEvents)

Alien:Earth RobVG August 16, 2025 1:44 pm (Science Fiction)

"Project Hail Mary" RobVG August 14, 2025 11:12 am (Science Fiction)

Robert? Can I use actual trade names in my story? by Jeff-Wash November 9, 2011 2:21 pm

You wanted a speedy reply. by Robert 2011-11-11 13:36:10
Jeff, see this article: Usually it would be OK. If your main character were drinking a Miller Lite, the company might even ... by Eri 2011-11-09 18:42:47
- Winston Forded the small stream in his Explorer, having decided between Town & Country to live in the Outback. ... by bowser 2011-11-10 23:19:47
  - Actually, there is. They pay movie producers millions for placement in movies. But you gotta be highly visible. ... by Eri 2011-11-11 08:49:06
    - Remember when the M & Ms people decided they didn't want to have a lumpy little alien eating their candy ... by TB 2011-11-11 09:35:01
      - You may well be right. I was only saying that, IF someone like those authors approached someone like Coke ... by Eri 2011-11-11 18:51:51

Moscow? We have a problem! by Jeff-Wash November 9, 2011 12:42 pm

It's too bad. I was really looking forward to this mission. by Lee 2011-11-12 10:31:03
Missing the link by TB 2011-11-10 13:58:54
- One of the links: Spaceflightnow.com. (My opinion.) If the Russian computer engineers manage to send the Fobos-Grunt beyond LEO to Mars it will ... by Jeff-Wash 2011-11-10 15:17:57

Republicans had better wake up! by Eri November 9, 2011 10:43 am

Not a bad assessment The attempt to criminalize abortion was a good example of what you are talking about. But as far ... by RobVG 2011-11-09 11:42:15
- Too many mistakes on all sides of the spectrum. The Dems were fat with powerlust after Obama was elected ... by Eri 2011-11-09 18:35:15
  - I keep telling everybody that the "power" itself is the problem. by TB 2011-11-09 20:36:39
    - Maybe it's time for a benevolent dictator. n/t by RobVG 2011-11-09 20:52:29
      - I proposed a theory once: by TB 2011-11-09 21:00:48
        
        What about regulation by RobVG 2011-11-09 21:23:17
        
        The EPA, like all regulatory agencies, is wildly overstepping its bounds, and doing a lot of things that would normally ... by TB 2011-11-09 21:37:56
  - They all should be keelhauled n/t by RobVG 2011-11-09 18:57:09
    - You have my vote. by Eri 2011-11-09 22:05:58

Only a little more than three more hours until YU55's closest approach by Jeff-Wash November 8, 2011 1:05 pm

"He reached for my genitals" by RobVG November 8, 2011 9:48 am

He or his agents paid off two women. I'm going to assume he did something to warrant the pay-offs, ... by bowser 2011-11-08 17:46:21
- It's not necessarily the case that a payoff indicates guilt. by TB 2011-11-09 13:25:08
  - Of course not. But they don't pay for THESE things unless they want a coverup. If he hadn't ... by bowser 2011-11-09 23:11:33
- Yay! As much as I'm disappointed by Obama, I do NOT want a Republican asshole in there. You ... by Eri 2011-11-09 10:49:51
  - I predicted last spring... by TB 2011-11-09 13:17:49
    - If you'll notice, it's the Republicans who brought this up. And Clinton's, too. As far as "shitstorm" just ... by bowser 2011-11-09 14:46:10
      - Nobody knows who actually brought this up. by TB 2011-11-09 15:50:43
        
        Perry is widely attributed to have brought that matter up. And Karl Rove, Bush's brains, has an alleged $240 ... by bowser 2011-11-09 17:31:39
        
        I'm going by actual incidents, not money raised. by TB 2011-11-09 18:25:04
        
        42 Republican Senators SIGNED a paper to obstruct Obama. Lockstep, party liners reminiscent of Soviet or Nazi politicians were forced ... by bowser 2011-11-09 23:15:42
        
        Interesting. by TB 2011-11-10 09:56:09
        
        Yeah, but he just had sex with them. No pervert groping shit like Cain, trying to get some head ... by Eri 2011-11-09 18:40:24

Pretty cool ad by RobVG November 7, 2011 8:36 pm

Okay, here's a hint, what's the acceleration of gravity?... n/t by RobVG 2011-11-09 09:23:24
- Gaining weight. by Jody 2011-11-09 09:56:51
  - 0 to 60 in 0.4 seconds dropped from a plane. In that time it should be going around 10mph. You ... by RobVG 2011-11-09 21:06:37
On the Quickreach project we were dropping full-sized mockup rocket boosters out of a cargo plane. A lot bigger, and ... by TB 2011-11-08 09:50:03
- Just sitting around, were you, noticed the plane, saw the mockup and came up with the idea? Someone said ... by bowser 2011-11-08 17:08:00
  - We were testing the drop phase for an air-launched booster for DARPA. It cost less to build several basic ... by TB 2011-11-08 18:32:42

A non-nuclear, airless submarine capable of 30 days underwater. by bowser November 7, 2011 11:25 am

Portland Occupiers starting to disband. by bowser November 7, 2011 12:11 am

Reality check by RobVG 2011-11-07 09:18:22
- The "99 percent" are finding out that there is still a pretty large percentage under them on the ladder of ... by TB 2011-11-07 15:05:28
- Skin in the game. by Robert 2011-11-07 14:07:14

"- - - they would reject a deficit-reduction plan even if it included $10 in spending cuts for every dollar in new taxes." by bowser November 6, 2011 8:05 pm

Oil is infrastructure by RobVG November 6, 2011 7:04 pm

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