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Michael Yon in Afghanistan by TB September 23, 2011 10:12 am

Best line today on debates by TB September 23, 2011 10:01 am

We will see how he does in the future. We have a long way to go. The beauty of critiques ... by Jody 2011-09-24 09:23:41
"Over-Prepping"? Here was my favorite. by ER 2011-09-23 10:17:53
- A good indicator that someone knows their stuff (applies to any field, not just politics) is that they can tune ... by TB 2011-09-23 10:34:47
  - To be fair, the ability to think on one's feet quickly is not necessarily a sign of great intelligence or ... by ER 2011-09-23 11:13:57
    - I'm not talking about the ability to quickly fire off great-sounding "duckspeak" in response to a question (a common tactic ... by TB 2011-09-23 11:37:49
      - I've seen Gingrich say things even he knows can't possibly be true. I have absolutely no respect for the ... by ER 2011-09-23 12:04:06
        
        Well, who's to say what's true or not? :) by TB 2011-09-23 12:05:27
        
        There is a difference in saying something you do not know to be false, and saying something you know perfectly ... by ER 2011-09-23 12:07:05
        
        But who decides if it's false or not? by TB 2011-09-23 12:13:24
        
        You can't always tell when someone else is lying. And you never know for sure if someone else is mistaken. ... by ER 2011-09-23 14:44:53
        
        By that logic, by TB 2011-09-23 16:16:23
        
        Tom, as Haldane pointed out, the world is stranger than we CAN think. The questions with the easy answers ... by ER 2011-09-23 16:35:37
        
        See? There you go again. by TB 2011-09-23 17:04:56
        
        Tom, if they're so obviously wrong, why can't any of them see it when it it's so clear and obvious ... by ER 2011-09-23 17:26:53
        
        You basically answered your own question with your last sentence. by TB 2011-09-23 17:57:12
        
        Yep, that sure sounds like ὕβρις to me. Everybody is deluding themselves except you. by ER 2011-09-23 18:23:36
        
        I don't know. by TB 2011-09-23 18:31:56
        
        Tom, most of the opinions you are desperate to push here are ideological and philosophical anomalism and political fundamentalism. ... by ER 2011-09-23 19:18:36
        
        Q.E.D. by TB 2011-09-23 19:25:53

Okay Jody.... by Jody September 23, 2011 9:17 am

Give up. Indulge :) by VelociraptorBlade 2011-09-25 12:35:50
- Waves hand in air. Try me! Give us chvzzz/ ... by Eri 2011-09-28 20:05:38
  - ??? by VelociraptorBlade 2011-09-29 22:05:27
    - I did NOT write that post. What the hell.... I wasn't even online last night. I had ... by Eri 2011-09-29 22:16:43
      - Hmmm. Odd. It's got your IP chop on it. Change your password and let's get Robert on this. by podrock 2011-09-29 22:26:19
        
        I noted it had my IP. I had a really stressful day and by the time I got home ... by Eri 2011-09-30 05:41:42
        
        Probably has to do with all those spam posts.... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-09-29 23:09:17

Neutrinos breaking the law? by TB September 22, 2011 1:10 pm

Just wondering... The official speed of light is the speed of light in a vacuum (light travels more slowly through various ... by TB 2011-09-26 10:15:14
- I'll get the Enterprise right on that their next trip into deep space. by Eri 2011-09-26 10:21:59
  - I thought about it for a while. I know that signals from deep space probes travel through such a ... by TB 2011-09-26 11:15:32
xkcd Hate to say it, but it's probably true that this won't pan out. by TB 2011-09-25 21:35:37
Joke Time! by TB 2011-09-23 18:41:06
- Since I live in Canada, I have a neutrino joke with a Canadian flavor(ooops)flavour. A Canadian neutrino enters a crowded bar and says to ... by Jeff-Wash 2011-09-25 20:37:45
  - LOL! by Eri 2011-09-26 10:19:52
- Wouldn't the neutrino get to the bar first? by bowser 2011-09-24 14:30:10
  - No, it would meet itself coming and going. by Eri 2011-09-24 18:27:08
    - Imagine the return visits..... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-09-25 00:16:08
      - "As to relativity, I must confess that I would rather have a subject in which there would be a half ... by ER 2011-09-25 10:28:22
- That's a tacky one. by ER 2011-09-23 20:05:25
  - It took me a minute but... LOLOL!!!! by Eri 2011-09-23 22:18:10
  - Owww! Nice one! by TB 2011-09-23 20:12:04
First practical application posited, The Ansible. by FrankC 2011-09-23 16:24:22
- Oh, ANSIBLE. For a minute I thought you said something else. Something everyone already has one of. 8) by ER 2011-09-23 17:42:31
- Not a very good one. by TB 2011-09-23 16:33:17
Better link?. Don't know why nobody can see the other one. I can. by TB 2011-09-22 20:23:03
I tried your link and it took me to an AP portal site with links to the 50 states and ... by ER 2011-09-22 16:10:23
- Maybe you ended up traveling though time. Could you tell us how the stock market mess will turn out? ;) ;) ... by Jeff-Wash 2011-09-22 18:50:45
  - You don't want to know. by ER 2011-09-22 19:53:09
- The link worked for me. The title of the article is "Roll over Einstein: Law of physics challenged." ... by TB 2011-09-22 16:13:58
  - It was in today's NYT. by Eri 2011-09-22 21:20:51
    - Not surprisingly, the NYT's story is much more informative and a lot more lucid, than the WSJ's. 8) by ER 2011-09-23 04:42:40
  - Found it via Google, too. On WSJ. "CERN reported that a neutrino beam fired from a particle accelerator near Geneva ... by ER 2011-09-22 20:15:46
  - I found it via google. Cosmologists slay me with stories like this, Einstein is challenged, but not really. This discovery is ... by FrankC 2011-09-22 17:19:31

Alcohol may not be the problem with making mistakes by Eri September 22, 2011 9:43 am

Hah! I don't need alcohol for that any more. by Jody 2011-09-23 09:16:06

Obviously, this guy fell for a Nigerian e-mail by Eri September 22, 2011 9:19 am

For people thinking about OnStar by TB September 21, 2011 3:51 pm

Update: Onstar cancels tracking plan. by TB 2011-09-28 08:54:52

Recounting the Civil War dead by TB September 21, 2011 3:44 pm

The prevailing thought for me, about the Civil War has always been, Can I even imagine what it must have ... by Jody 2011-09-22 09:59:49
Most men die in war (at least until the very modern time) as the result of disease, and wartime increases ... by ER 2011-09-22 06:12:37

For the geek who has everything by TB September 21, 2011 2:49 pm

Hikers imprisoned in Iran have been freed by TB September 21, 2011 12:22 pm

Their next vacation is to go hiking in beautiful North Korea. by Lee 2011-09-21 19:48:03
- I hear that Viet Nam is beautiful...but I could never go there...it is stamped in my brain forever with the ... by Jody 2011-09-22 07:50:33
  - Not weird at all. Your remarks are quite revealing. We lost the Viet Nam war, our first defeat. But remember, ... by ER 2011-09-22 08:34:04
    - VietNam was OUR generation's war so we are emotionally tied to it, an unpleasant tie. WWII was before most ... by Eri 2011-09-23 05:42:37
      - My mother hated the Japanese and Germans, but especially the Japanese (because that's who my father was fighting!). Both Japan ... by ER 2011-09-23 06:26:17
        
        Our family couldn't hate Germany since our heritage is German. In fact, we still had quite a few relatives ... by Eri 2011-09-23 22:02:13
        
        Me, too Eri...I was double cursed with my stout legs...either the Scottish Highlander or the German Heritage I boast. I ... by Jody 2011-09-24 12:04:40

The triumph of individualism? by TB September 21, 2011 12:34 pm

If the Fundowacko Bible-Bangers were on the Left, the Right would be doing everything they could to exterminate them. But ... by ER 2011-09-21 15:30:46
- What does "individualism" mean? "Hooray for me and the hell with you", in brief. In practice it means ... by bowser 2011-09-22 18:47:03
  - If you can convince everyone they're rugged individualists, they won't organize against you. -Lawrence J Peter by ER 2011-09-23 19:49:07
- "My only question is, 'What Socialists?' I don’t see any organized or influential Left in this country, certainly not ... by TB 2011-09-21 15:34:05
  - Tom, you see creeping socialists everywhere, its part of your charm. I know exactly who and what I am. ... by ER 2011-09-21 16:07:00
    - No organized "Left" in this country? Good, now maybe the Left on this board will concede that the "Right" isn't ... by RobVG 2011-09-21 22:58:59
    - I see. by TB 2011-09-21 16:15:18
      - Yeah, see how arrogant and pig headed that comes across? by ER 2011-09-21 16:30:15

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