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

Plan(et) 9 from Outer Space BuckGalaxy May 13, 2025 10:58 am (Space/Science)

Shouldn't there be an Afrikaaner-American studies department in our universities? ER May 12, 2025 2:59 pm (CurrentEvents)

The April numbers ER May 8, 2025 5:59 am (Space/Science)

The Orange Criminal POS abandons another ally BuckGalaxy May 7, 2025 10:18 am (CurrentEvents)

Orion spacecraft for crewed Artemis II lunar mission ready BuckGalaxy May 3, 2025 8:13 pm (Space/Science)

Australia election more bad news conservatives BuckGalaxy May 3, 2025 11:54 am (CurrentEvents)

Massive cuts to NASA budget proposed BuckGalaxy May 3, 2025 9:19 am (Space/Science)

Say what? ER May 1, 2025 8:53 pm (CurrentEvents)

Radio Broadcasts BuckGalaxy May 1, 2025 12:28 pm (Space/Science)

The Last of Us BuckGalaxy April 30, 2025 12:37 pm (Science Fiction)

You can't make this stuff up... RobVG April 29, 2025 1:43 pm (CurrentEvents)

The Accelerating Universe and Dark Energy Might Be Illusions. by Lee September 27, 2011 2:34 pm

Meh... Been saying this for years. MOG Theory eliminates the need for dark energy, and I've always found it difficult to ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-09-27 22:35:11

Cont'd. TB's You don't get it. It's the regulatory system, exploited, that creates this monopoly. by Eri September 27, 2011 11:51 am

You have to get past the centralization myth. The idea that if we just put the right angels in ... by TB 2011-09-27 12:35:54
- P.S. by TB 2011-09-27 13:29:22
Forget it, Eri. TB's position is "It's crooked cops that cover for the gangsters, so therefore, if there were ... by ER 2011-09-27 12:09:38

Surface-to-air missiles missing from Libya by TB September 27, 2011 10:45 am

It's not a new story. Easily produced weapons of mass destruction, toxins, microbes, compact high explosives and detonators, cheap and ... by ER 2011-09-27 13:19:14
- More along those lines. by TB 2011-09-27 13:35:00
Oh crap! What else can one say? I'm glad they're equipping the jets with the protection systems. They ... by Eri 2011-09-27 11:41:33
- A million dollars a plane would break a lot of airline companies. I don't know if there are cheaper ... by TB 2011-09-27 11:47:51

Could a form of ecstasy fight cancer? by Jody September 27, 2011 9:11 am

Black Hole Jet Captured by Eri September 26, 2011 8:48 pm

I like the way the black hole "burps" after it eats the star. by TB 2011-09-27 10:31:30
- LOL! That's funny because I posted this link on a writer's site i frequent and put BURP! as the ... by Eri 2011-09-27 12:03:35

Why we need less democracy by TB September 26, 2011 7:13 pm

Another view along these lines. by TB 2011-09-27 13:33:08

And we wondered what is wrong with our education system? by Eri September 26, 2011 4:11 pm

So that's why I had trouble with math Senior year! Let me explain. One major problem with the textbook I ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-09-27 22:09:42
The Mad, Mad World of Textbook Adoption by TB 2011-09-26 21:02:15
- Interesting. I've read some of it; will go back and read more (I hope! Got some writing revisions to ... by Eri 2011-09-26 21:33:32
Wait till we start seeing the textbooks that give "fair and balanced" treatment to both the theory of evolution AND ... by ER 2011-09-26 18:01:03
- Yeah, that's a lot more important than having every other damn thing in the books wrong. by TB 2011-09-26 19:11:59
  - They are businesses, TB. They don't educate kids. They sell books. by ER 2011-09-26 19:34:30
    - Who would you have writing and printing our textbooks? by TB 2011-09-26 19:39:08
      - Private businesses should print the books. Government-hired educators should write them. by ER 2011-09-26 20:09:00
        
        Who decides who gets hired to write them? Who do you think writes them now? by TB 2011-09-26 20:23:11
        
        It's a business, Tom. Companies lobby and court educators. Probably bribe, them, too. You guys even have a ... by ER 2011-09-26 20:38:53
        
        "It’s an ugly system, and it needs to be fixed. But the ideological content of the books must be determined ... by TB 2011-09-26 20:51:27
        
        Okay, so what would you suggest? by ER 2011-09-26 21:01:21
        
        Local control scares me quite a bit because in Kansas and Texas, the textbooks would have taught about creationism and ... by Eri 2011-09-26 21:45:32
        
        You've got two choices: by TB 2011-09-27 06:52:55
        
        You're absolutely correct, of course. Honest, I agree with you. It's just that competition and free choice is not what capitalists ... by ER 2011-09-27 07:48:59
        
        You don't get it. It's the regulatory system, exploited, that creates this monopoly. by TB 2011-09-27 08:48:19
        
        Monopoly existed long before there was regulation. And the seminal anti-monopoly legislation, Republican Teddy Roosevelt's "bust the trust" movement ... by ER 2011-09-27 12:21:13
        
        That's like the fourth post where you just sat down and made up your own facts. From experience, there's ... by TB 2011-09-27 12:56:55
        
        What I've always suggested. by TB 2011-09-26 21:11:48
- David Broder wrote a book about failures of the media by offering 'fair and balanced' reporting. For instance, providing ... by bowser 2011-09-26 18:53:05
  - One of the consequences of aggressive Reich-wing patrols of the media has been a reluctance of most media outlets to ... by ER 2011-09-26 19:32:48
    - Of course, since you have officially declared there is no "Left" in America, you might not be the most accurate ... by TB 2011-09-26 19:38:07
      - There are no influential leftists in America. Oh sure, there's a few pinko writers and professors here and there ... by ER 2011-09-26 20:19:04
        
        "No influential leftists in America?" Anybody else agree with that? Just trying to get a line on things ... by TB 2011-09-26 20:28:52
        
        So tell me, TB. Who do YOU think would be an "accurate meter"? And who would you describe ... by ER 2011-09-26 20:50:44
        
        Oh, I'm a conservative, no doubt about it. by TB 2011-09-26 20:59:37
        
        "I have a specific set of political and economic principles founded on more basic fundamentals of individual rights. They’ve served ... by ER 2011-09-26 21:17:20
        
        We might have different ideas on what "individual rights" means. by TB 2011-09-27 06:54:56
        
        I don't know what you mean by deep political philosophy Tom....but I do know that you and I come from ... by Jody 2011-09-27 09:04:26
  - Fortunately, we're technologically way past the point where Better and Wiser people can decide what information we should have or ... by TB 2011-09-26 19:32:13
Excellent article. by TB 2011-09-26 16:35:16

Bring your own dip by Eri September 26, 2011 3:34 pm

What hath we wrought? by Eri September 26, 2011 3:20 pm

You gotta admit, it beats pummeling Iran's nuclear facilities with bombs. by TB 2011-09-26 15:38:27
- I'm afraid it'll bite US in the butt, newly reconfigured for our power plants, etc. by Eri 2011-09-26 16:06:31
  - Assuming the U.S. created it, Rule Number One is never create a virus you don't have a vaccine for. ... by TB 2011-09-26 16:20:53
    - Even if we have a vaccine, if someone reconfigures it, our vaccine might not work. by Eri 2011-09-26 16:30:34
      - I think it was the Israelis. by ER 2011-09-26 19:47:30
        
        That was my first thought. My second was a partnership between US and them. by Eri 2011-09-26 21:50:48
        
        There is one reassuring thought. Apparently our enemies are just as stupid as we are. They have given the same ... by ER 2011-09-27 13:27:43
        
        Seconded. When handling sensitive files, you don't let it out of your sight. EVER. You also don't ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-09-27 22:16:46

Auroral Activity Tonight? by podrock September 26, 2011 3:12 pm

I don't understand... by Jody September 25, 2011 7:51 pm

Ron Paul has a very dedicated group of followers (of which I am definitely not a member) who have a ... by TB 2011-09-25 20:59:13
- Just what does bombing online polls mean? by Jody 2011-09-25 21:10:32
  - Thanks Tom. by Jody 2011-09-26 03:38:48
  - If you have a powerful social network setup (and many famous people and organizations do, not just politicians), it's pretty ... by TB 2011-09-25 21:16:41
Something fishy in GOP land but, hey, this is Fox news. If the owner of Fox likes Romney, he'll ... by Eri 2011-09-25 20:47:58
- Fox News CEO Roger Ailes is repositioning the network away from the extreme nut cases on the far right. ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-09-26 11:08:39
  - When I lived in Port Charlotte, I used to buy my ammo at a little gunshop run by a real ... by ER 2011-09-26 19:46:41

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