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

The July numbers (Edited 8/13) ER August 11, 2025 3:48 pm (Space/Science)

Houston, we have a problem BuckGalaxy August 8, 2025 2:50 pm (Space/Science)

Nagasaki memories ER August 6, 2025 1:51 pm (Off-Topic)

Afrikaan- American news ER August 5, 2025 8:01 am (CurrentEvents)

Season 3 - Foundation BuckGalaxy August 2, 2025 12:33 pm (Science Fiction)

Shoot the messenger BuckGalaxy August 1, 2025 2:00 pm (CurrentEvents)

AI and the superconducting relativistic monkey collider RL July 26, 2025 10:14 pm (Off-Topic)

Trump's namecalling is no match for the Scots BuckGalaxy July 26, 2025 2:15 pm (Flame)

Retirement home Spirit cover -- yeah, we had better music. ER July 26, 2025 7:31 am (Off-Topic)

Maxwell's Silver Hammer ER July 26, 2025 6:58 am (CurrentEvents)

♫ I tell you to enjoy life I wish I could but it's too late ♫ BuckGalaxy July 22, 2025 1:32 pm (Off-Topic)

Photobomb! by TB September 21, 2011 9:51 am

Next up from the Fed: "The Twist." by TB September 21, 2011 9:44 am

Well, after the Fed spoke, stocks are down globally. Is the Fed trying to undermine economic recovery? by Eri 2011-09-22 09:51:19

Operation Smile by TB September 20, 2011 5:43 pm

Okay...gonna cry...doesn't help that she looks like my granddaughter....those eyes!!!!! by Jody 2011-09-20 19:08:54
- This organization has been doing this for almost 30 years, using volunteer doctors and medical personnel. They have done ... by TB 2011-09-20 20:03:31
That little girls's smile when she saw herself after the surgery was absolutley delightful...and I have an extremely high tolerance ... by ER 2011-09-20 18:51:39

Captcha by TB September 20, 2011 5:35 pm

Gamers succeed where scientists fail by TB September 20, 2011 12:39 pm

Drones that make kill-no-kill decisions by TB September 20, 2011 12:33 pm

It DOES seem like a good idea to keep the drones under human control for now. Also, didn't they use the ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-09-20 17:57:37
Great clip from a highly underrated movie (from the same director as "Starship Troopers"). Yeah, the idea of autonomous weapons ... by ER 2011-09-20 13:36:06
- Most of those weapons are used on battlefields, where there is mostly you and the enemy. A Phalanx point ... by TB 2011-09-20 14:49:46
  - I brought up the Phalanx because it is programmable. It can be configured to ignore certain flight plans and ... by ER 2011-09-20 16:52:31

Dead Beat Joe Walsh by BuckGalaxy September 20, 2011 10:43 am

Didn't he used to play guitar in the James Gang? by ER 2011-09-20 10:45:09

Cash4Gold's favorite customer by TB September 20, 2011 10:20 am

How to get corporate America to invest its record trillions in cash in jobs by BuckGalaxy September 20, 2011 10:02 am

So let me get this straight: the job creation engines are the tax breaks, investment write-offs, and other business ... by TB 2011-09-20 11:22:59
- EDITED: No. You've got it dead wrong. "... tax breaks, investment write-offs, and other business tax 'expenditures'" are tax ... by ER 2011-09-21 05:40:41
  - You are right about the dangers of "crony capitalism" (businesses using the power of government to serve their own ends.) ... by TB 2011-09-21 08:42:10
    - "Why not force the crony capitalists to move towards a more competitive economy?" By George. I think he's got it! Force? ... by ER 2011-09-21 08:56:38
- You don't read very well. Because of tax breaks, the wealthy are just SITTING on their money. Without ... by Eri 2011-09-20 22:12:19
  - And you're not reading at all. by TB 2011-09-21 07:37:54
    - But they are NOT investing. Which is the point. They are letting the money sit there. Got ... by Eri 2011-09-23 05:44:50
    - Tom, if it isn't taxed, he doesn't HAVE to invest in order to save it from the taxman. He ... by ER 2011-09-21 08:44:32
      - Okay, one more time: by TB 2011-09-21 08:54:25
        
        I saw the former Governor of Michigan, Jennifer Granholm, on the Jon Stewart Show overnight and she was quite impressive. ... by Eri 2011-09-23 06:01:55
        
        The Johnson Controls battery plant in Holland, Michigan. Federal grant for building the plant: $299 million. Michigan state incentives for ... by TB 2011-09-23 09:33:45
        
        We're not quite that dense, pal. We know exactly what is going on. Listen carefully. The rich used to be ... by ER 2011-09-21 09:10:47
        
        Are you saying that taxing someone at 90% is a "fair share? I really hope you don't think that. by Lee 2011-09-21 20:08:35
        
        Yes. Yes. Of course. The idea was to "get them to plow that back into productive use, like foundations, ... by TB 2011-09-21 09:13:30
        
        Cripes. Screw this. by TB 2011-09-21 09:20:41
        
        I apologize. You're right, I did not express myself clearly, in fact, I said something that was misleading, and it ... by ER 2011-09-21 09:55:59
- Bonus question: by TB 2011-09-20 11:36:49
Outstanding! Now why didn't I think of that? Of course, the "job creators" would rather actually create jobs than ... by ER 2011-09-20 10:40:29
- "Job Creators". Don't you just love that? It's right up there with "Patriot Act", "Peacekeeper Missile", "Death Tax", "Marriage Penalty" and "Freedom ... by ER 2011-09-20 10:47:58

A prediction (of sorts) by TB September 20, 2011 9:36 am

Anything's possible, I guess. But I tentatively disagree. It's a long time before the election and anything can happen. Obama ... by ER 2011-09-20 11:24:08
- Watched Noam Chomsky the other evening. He said that the very rich vote to stay very rich, but they ... by bowser 2011-09-20 22:31:59
  - I wish I shared your optimism. The IQ over 80 plus morals cohort may be the majority, but the majority ... by ER 2011-09-21 04:38:04
    - PS. Beware of Chomsky. He's smart, but he's also crazy. He's sort of a lefty Krauthammer. by ER 2011-09-21 04:43:06
      - Huh. I don't see the meanness and hostility in Chomsky I do in Krauthammer. And you must know ... by bowser 2011-09-21 06:56:15
        
        "People can look at the same thing and see different realities." Liberals know that, but Conservatives refuse to believe it. Chomsky is ... by ER 2011-09-21 09:33:30

Military gay ban lifted by RobVG September 20, 2011 8:40 am

Ask, tell! by BuckGalaxy 2011-09-20 08:44:42
- If you've got it, flaunt it >:-) by VelociraptorBlade 2011-09-23 01:07:46

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