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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)

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How disgusting is this? by Eri September 15, 2011 7:04 am

Almost anything originating with Robertson is disgusting. Independent of Robertson, I am somewhat conflicted. My wife's step mother died with Alzheimer's. ... by FrankC 2011-09-15 10:38:38
- Frank, I can understand that there are circumstances where one may want to go on with their lives and I ... by Eri 2011-09-15 16:09:04
My wife sometimes pops up with how I got kind of a crappy deal when I married someone who got ... by TB 2011-09-15 09:19:41
- RESPECT. by BuckGalaxy 2011-09-15 23:51:37
- TB, I so very admire that and your wife is a very lucky woman. (Now, if we could only change your ... by Eri 2011-09-15 16:16:04
  - The part you're going to find very odd is that my political views come from the same principles. :) "This is ... by TB 2011-09-15 16:54:56
    - My sister has the same principles and is not a Republican or a conservative. Your assumption is, and this ... by Eri 2011-09-16 13:21:54
      - Actually, the point was the consistent presentation of conservatives on this board as people who have no morals or compassion. ... by TB 2011-09-16 13:49:16
        
        I have to admit guilt to labeling some conservatives as morally bankrupt and some very well are. I shouldn't ... by Eri 2011-09-16 16:03:15
        
        I'm not sure why you think compassion for individuals or local people doesn't "touch my wallet." Where do you ... by TB 2011-09-16 16:09:25
        
        Not hardly. My wallet helps take care of it. I pay my share of taxes, a larger percentage ... by Eri 2011-09-16 23:26:17
        
        That's great, seriously, but you aren't the one in the dock here. As a liberal Democrat, your virtue and ... by TB 2011-09-17 07:28:06
- Exactly TB. Although my husband pushed the boundaries of *for better or worse* a few years back, on an emotional level ... by Jody 2011-09-15 09:42:47
This boils my blood. by Jody 2011-09-15 08:15:02
Have you noticed how this guy always has that same phony smile painted on his face? It's not just ... by ER 2011-09-15 07:42:26

Robot a Real Ironman? by Eri September 15, 2011 5:49 am

It's cool, but doesn't seem that impressive. It's a battery-powered toy. I could get a battery-powered toy to run almost ... by TB 2011-09-15 11:09:49
- Underwater and on a bicycle? by Eri 2011-09-15 16:37:31

Democracy in remission, It's ovah, y'all by FrankC September 14, 2011 3:52 pm

It's not a surprise, and thanks for the compliment. by Robert 2011-09-14 19:19:24
- I see nothing's changed around here....;~) by Lindy 2011-09-25 15:57:52
- I know how you feel Robert. I feel the same way...but for different reasons. Encroachment. That word comes in many flavors. by Jody 2011-09-15 09:08:10
- I keep saying it and no one listens. Liberalism and conservatism are just words that mean different things to different ... by FrankC 2011-09-14 21:15:43
  - You're making the same mistake others have made. That people are doing their best to dilute or even destroy the language ... by TB 2011-09-15 08:59:32
    - Observation indicates that both parties should change their mascot to Dr.Doolittle's Pushmepullme. Someone must have noticed that well into his term, ... by FrankC 2011-09-15 11:14:28
      - The idea that there "is no difference" between political ideologies is part of the trap. by TB 2011-09-15 11:18:30
    - Analyze this. People experience things, and give them names. It doesn't work the other way round, unless you were ... by ER 2011-09-15 10:26:16
      - Took you one post to slam the control rods down. Might be a record. by TB 2011-09-15 10:38:33
        
        I believe the correct technical term is "to scram" (verb, infinitive). My BS sensors detected the imminent risk of ... by ER 2011-09-15 10:46:59
        
        ROFLMAO! "imminent risk of a severe meltdown of pompous pseudo-ideological flatulence." Now THAT is a phrase I can love. Oy vey. by Eri 2011-09-15 23:35:12
        
        You have to admit, few people can blow an impotent raspberry more eloquently. :) by TB 2011-09-16 07:00:03
        
        Tom, that was no raspberry. I was in tailgunner, not bombadier mode. by ER 2011-09-16 09:49:35
        
        I'm so glad you and I agree on most things. I'm so out of practice, you'd skewer me in ... by Eri 2011-09-16 13:24:41
        
        And the most important part, any activity has been stopped. by TB 2011-09-15 11:04:55
        
        "Liberalism and conservatism are just words that mean different things to different people." You hate it when people say things like that, ... by ER 2011-09-15 11:20:15
        
        Good God, you actually invoke Orwell and 1984 while lecturing me on the "tyranny of words" and the arbitrariness of ... by TB 2011-09-15 11:30:52
        
        Absolutely. Orwell understood that he who writes the ideological dictionaries gets to control the political language. That is what ... by ER 2011-09-15 11:53:48
        
        I remember what Newspeak was for. It was to obliterate the language that permitted people to discuss or debate ... by TB 2011-09-15 12:17:58
        
        Stop? I'm just getting started! The purpose of Newspeak was to limit the language so that only IngSoc principles could be ... by ER 2011-09-15 12:53:23
        
        I didn't put the link in for your benefit. It's a bit weird to tout Orwell as a great thinker and ... by TB 2011-09-15 13:12:53
        
        Perhaps an example might clarify my position. Conservatives, when trying to emphasize some subtle constitutional point or controversy, often ... by ER 2011-09-15 13:40:21
        
        (Edited) It is quite possible to get past terminology issues in a conversation if both sides are willing. A ... by TB 2011-09-15 13:56:06
        
        Anyway, basically I was just trying to reassure Frank that things aren't as bad as he thinks they are. by TB 2011-09-15 13:26:37
        
        He's right, Frank. by ER 2011-09-15 13:45:06
- Me? Fling poo? by Jody 2011-09-14 20:54:52
  - Heeheeheeheehee. That is one of the cutest pics I've seen. by Eri 2011-09-15 16:31:19
  - I think I'm going into sugar shock! (n/t) by Robert 2011-09-14 21:34:27
Actually, I think things may be looking up. But it's going to be a long year, and not just ... by TB 2011-09-14 15:53:39

More on Bachmann and vaccinations by TB September 14, 2011 8:27 am

Whether or not the government should be involved in forcing medical procedures on those who don't want them (even for ... by ER 2011-09-14 10:29:34
- I have not done any survey either, but gonadification is STILL rampant. You bring up an interesting view ER.....I have to ... by Jody 2011-09-14 11:05:03
  - gonadification? by ER 2011-09-14 11:20:01
    - yep....actually when I was a youngin' we would add 'ification' to everything...heh..we were groovy!... by Jody 2011-09-14 13:44:40
    - I think it's a polite way to say by Robert 2011-09-14 11:29:20
      - ROBERT!!!! :) by Jody 2011-09-14 13:45:24

AP has called NY-09 race for Republican Bob Turner by TB September 13, 2011 9:08 pm

Pournelle on compulsory vaccinations by TB September 13, 2011 8:54 pm

EDITED: It’s her taking the bait from Blitzer, whose sole task up there was to try to get Republican candidates to ... by ER 2011-09-14 05:36:11
- Oh, speaking of paranoia... Before anyone pops back, think hard about what you would have said about Bush if he had ... by TB 2011-09-14 09:52:48
  - A story on this from the Washington Post. Interestingly, when I looked at this yesterday, the headline said "laughing ... by TB 2011-09-15 09:58:05
  - That's pretty funny, but I can't decide whether its someone making fun of liberals, or someone making fun of conservatives ... by ER 2011-09-14 11:17:38
    - Are you talking about the website or the YouTube? The website is real, and totally serious, put out by Obama For ... by TB 2011-09-14 11:47:53
      - Then I'm all for it. Someone needs to put the kabosh on the Fascist agitprop machine. For example, multiple GOP ... by ER 2011-09-14 12:31:00
        
        And on the subject of "agitprop:" Something interesting has happened in the past few years. Remember the old Soviet Union, ... by TB 2011-09-14 13:28:07
        
        Nice jump from "this has to be a joke" to "great idea." Interesting choice of color scheme on the website, by ... by TB 2011-09-14 13:19:49
  - Heh. Sure doesn't take long nowadays to gin stuff like this up. by TB 2011-09-14 09:58:44
    - Well, at least it's nice to know Gilbert Gottfried got another job after he got fired from being the voice ... by ER 2011-09-14 10:45:15
      - But he sure makes a great 'Digit' by Jody 2011-09-14 11:08:37
- By the way, there's a debate transcript here. by TB 2011-09-14 06:53:17
  - Thanks for the link TB...now a question...who do you think "came out on top?" by Jody 2011-09-14 09:28:57
    - Jody, at this point, I personally don't care. I don't watch these "debates." They aren't really debates anyway, ... by TB 2011-09-14 09:45:03
  - From the transcript: "MR. BLITZER: Congresswoman Bachmann, do you have a problem with anything that Governor Perry just said? You're a ... by ER 2011-09-14 07:11:23
    - Look at all the questions. Almost all of them are straight along the planned Democratic lines of attack for ... by TB 2011-09-14 08:12:29
      - I agree with Ron Paul....there should be an *opt out* for the up and coming generation. by Jody 2011-09-14 09:30:57
        
        ...sorry...that is for S.S....not the actual topic on the right...sigh...I digress...as usual. by Jody 2011-09-14 09:32:37
      - Tom, I have no doubt whatsoever you actually believe what you're saying, or you would never have posted a link ... by ER 2011-09-14 09:29:53
- You are very quick at dismissing a lot of people you know little about. Pournelle, who I have read ... by TB 2011-09-14 06:37:24
  - There is no reason you can't be crazy and smart at the same time. In fact, there seems to be ... by ER 2011-09-14 06:57:09
- heh....you should try being a social liberal/fiscal conservative. by Jody 2011-09-14 05:38:37
  - Jody, I am a social liberal and fiscal conservative. But with these yahoos, you're always too liberal and never conservative enough. by ER 2011-09-14 06:00:18
    - I am also...thus my post.....I do not feel that I am too liberal or not conservative enough...I feel that THEY ... by Jody 2011-09-14 06:09:57
      - You're right, social and fiscal issues should have no connection, and a position on one should not automatically translate to ... by ER 2011-09-14 06:30:28
        
        ER! ;) by Jody 2011-09-14 06:35:17

Japanese earthquake, six months later by TB September 13, 2011 7:23 pm

Takes Dirty Dancing to a Whole New Level by Eri September 13, 2011 5:55 am

Disgusting. by Jody 2011-09-13 10:39:32
- Yes, it is and these were cops! Did you see the grin on that one's face? I would ... by Eri 2011-09-13 14:22:41
  - A lesson that we as women will not (or never) learn unless: To quote Jim Morrison: "The most important kind of freedom ... by Jody 2011-09-14 16:12:13
It falls under the category of "community relations". by ER 2011-09-13 06:54:23

Insulin Nasal Spray May Slow Alzheimers by Eri September 12, 2011 8:42 pm

Older drugs often safer than new by Eri September 12, 2011 8:40 pm

Like software, I believe it's smart to let something simmer in the marketplace for a few years before diving into ... by TB 2011-09-13 09:10:13
- You know what's odd about the percentages? I think they're slanted or outright lies. I've taken a lot ... by Eri 2011-09-13 14:30:02
  - So, how much do you trust the FDA to decide what drugs are safe and effective or not? Which ... by TB 2011-09-13 14:33:28
    - Sidestepping firecrackers. ;-) I know enough about the FDA, met a couple of their doctors while I was working for ... by Eri 2011-09-13 18:47:24
      - Somebody will always hold the purse strings. And there isn't anyone who doesn't have an axe to grind. ... by TB 2011-09-13 19:17:47
- P.S. did you notice Bachmann going off the rails on HPV vaccines? by TB 2011-09-13 09:17:00
  - I guess she'd rather young women die of cancer. She certainly doesn't live in the real world. by Eri 2011-09-13 14:25:04
    - On this particular issue, I agree. by TB 2011-09-13 14:27:39
      - Heard on the news this morning that she THEN said that one child had become mentally retarded as a result ... by Eri 2011-09-14 09:37:59
        
        Yeah, I heard that. Somebody came up and told her this had happened to her daughter, so I guess ... by TB 2011-09-14 09:48:26
        
        But then to state it to people including news media as fact... That is totally irresponsible. God knows what ... by Eri 2011-09-15 06:54:03

Perry Asks for Federal Funds to Fight Wildfires After Slashing State Fire Budget by BuckGalaxy September 12, 2011 4:03 pm

Yep, State's rights are great and people should pull themselves up their own bootstraps and living off the Feds is ... by Eri 2011-09-12 20:59:11
Nothing good ever came out of Texas. by ER 2011-09-12 16:50:46
- oh hush you ole poop...I am from thar and dems fightin' words. I am the best damn thing that has come ... by Jody 2011-09-12 20:50:37
  - Of which Perry is a steady customer, of course, on alternate nights when he's not thumping Bibles. by Eri 2011-09-12 21:00:19

NASA launches GRAIL satellites by TB September 12, 2011 11:02 am

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