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A Taste of Armageddon RobVG July 2, 2025 8:00 am (CurrentEvents)

We've got company ER July 2, 2025 7:50 am (Space/Science)

All Along the Watchtower ER July 1, 2025 9:13 pm (CurrentEvents)

Birthright Citizenship RobVG June 29, 2025 3:34 pm (CurrentEvents)

To be blunt, NASA is now dead RL June 27, 2025 11:56 am (Space/Science)

Musk trashes his own AI after it chose a liberal worldview. RobVG June 23, 2025 9:56 am (CurrentEvents)

Psyche keeps its date with an asteroid BuckGalaxy June 22, 2025 5:21 pm (Space/Science)

Just for the record... ER June 22, 2025 8:59 am (CurrentEvents)

The Three Unknowns After the U.S. Strike on Iran BuckGalaxy June 22, 2025 12:58 am (CurrentEvents)

There are only nine meals between mankind and anarchy. BuckGalaxy June 22, 2025 12:29 am (Flame)

Not ready for prime time BuckGalaxy June 19, 2025 12:18 pm (Space/Science)

hypocrisy ER June 15, 2025 2:30 pm (Flame)

Tea Party violence by TB September 8, 2011 5:10 pm

There's a Law and Order segment on TV right now from 2009. The Tea Party and Libertarians don't come ... by Eri 2011-09-09 14:33:38
- Um...that's fiction, you know. by TB 2011-09-09 14:52:40
  - Ripped from the headlines. by Eri 2011-09-09 23:26:55
    - There are no headlines, Eri. There's only what TV writers want to believe. by TB 2011-09-10 09:52:01
      - Of course there are headlines. I see them every day and then they show up on TV. Jeez, ... by Eri 2011-09-11 05:36:13
        
        Link to one. Actual Tea Party violence even remotely resembling the union actions. by TB 2011-09-11 08:15:15

Is Apollo's past spoiling our future in outer space? by TB September 8, 2011 12:02 pm

Good article but shouldn't it be on Space/Science? by Eri 2011-09-08 18:31:54
- Maybe so, but if I suspect something might start heading political, I put even space-related stuff on CE. by TB 2011-09-08 21:10:34
  - My suggestion would be to post it in Space/Science and if it does take a political turn, then you can ... by Eri 2011-09-09 04:00:47
    - Good point. I keep forgetting how easy it is to shove things around now. by TB 2011-09-09 06:00:43

Hey, who needs jobs? by TB September 8, 2011 11:22 am

Looks like posting this on Flame didn't have the result you intended, TB. by Robert 2011-09-09 18:34:15
- Candy striper EDIT: Perhaps some explanation would be helpful here. I wrote a long post on the version of this ... by ER 2011-09-10 09:41:47
  - Well God knows I never looked like that...;). Back to your CE post on the idea that the kind heart ... by Jody 2011-09-10 10:20:15
- Sorry to disappoint Robert but this guy has taken the blue pill. "You take the blue pill – the story ... by Jody 2011-09-10 07:57:45
  - Okay, I'll bite...who picks who gets to be unemployed? ...and who would pay for it? by Jody 2011-09-10 08:22:47
    - That's easy, Jody. The boss gets to pick who is unemployed, and he never pays, the rest of us ... by ER 2011-09-10 10:11:25
    - You noticed that too, didn't you? by TB 2011-09-10 09:53:29
EDITED: He's right, you know. There have always been less people engaged in productive activity than in pure consumption, ever since ... by ER 2011-09-08 11:59:40
- There's a story that Milton Friedman was touring a big government project somewhere in China or Asia. There were ... by TB 2011-09-08 12:17:43
  - It doesn't matter how clever our technology is, if it can only support itself by denying employment to a large ... by ER 2011-09-08 12:38:16
    - I agree with you. That article is very interesting. A whole new way of perceiving. by Eri 2011-09-08 20:43:56
      - Heh. You guys never disappoint. by TB 2011-09-09 08:02:24
        
        And you, my friend, never surprise. by ER 2011-09-10 07:09:05

FBI raids solar power company by TB September 8, 2011 10:22 am

AA for Mooses? by Eri September 7, 2011 6:08 pm

Here's the link at the bottom for the "Elk or Moose?" deal. Back in Minnesota my folks had an ornamental crabapple ... by TB 2011-09-07 18:18:43
- LOLOL. I noted the use of Elk and Moose and figured it had to be something like that. ... by Eri 2011-09-07 18:33:52
  - In Northern Europe, "caribou" are called "reindeer". And of course, the North American "antelope" isn't an antelope at all, ... by ER 2011-09-07 19:22:15

Lunar orbiter takes more photos of Apollo landing sites by TB September 7, 2011 10:45 am

Maybe Hollywood build a prop 2,160 miles in diameter over 40 years ago, and faked everything. ILMAO. ;) I couldn't resist. ... by Jeff-Wash 2011-09-16 10:47:56
- Well, have you ever personally seen the other side of the Moon? Just saying. by TB 2011-09-16 11:26:22

The end of Pax Americana? by TB September 7, 2011 8:08 am

One of the most important aspects of Pax Americana was our willingness to serve as the economic engine of the ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-09-07 18:42:43
- The American Middle class was created by people getting the crap beat out of them by company dicks on picket ... by ER 2011-09-07 19:31:17
Excellent analysis. I studied Mackinder and geopolitics extensively when I was in grad school, and Mahan because of my ... by ER 2011-09-07 08:34:15
- It's all very 19th century by Robert 2011-09-07 14:24:47
  - Old Irish curse: May you live in interesting times. I think we're there. Things change so quickly with overturns in ... by Eri 2011-09-07 18:26:52
    - For some of us, though, the leaps are a little too mind-boggling. by Robert 2011-09-08 12:20:40
      - Future shocked? Maybe you need to hang around more young people. My kids are swimming in this stuff ... by TB 2011-09-08 12:26:13
        
        Well, yeah, but young people are by definition immune to future shock, having experienced little of the future so far. by Robert 2011-09-08 19:28:33
        
        Keep that in mind when talking about immortality, or even lifespans in the hundreds. Might be cool for us ... by TB 2011-09-08 21:09:53
  - It may be a bit too early yet to declare that technology is going to make that much difference. ... by ER 2011-09-07 16:30:02
    - History will repeat itself with the Internet? by Robert 2011-09-07 17:18:33
      - And the net hasn't been a boon to propagandists and political agitators, especially reactionary ones? Of course, the same ... by ER 2011-09-07 19:04:24
        
        One man's "propagandists and political agitators" are another man's "empowered citizenry". by Robert 2011-09-08 12:16:43
        
        Sorry if I spoke too brashly, or unfairly. I'm just kind of jaded and bitter about these matters. ... by ER 2011-09-08 14:09:28
        
        Maybe you're just looking at the wrong things. I see the glass as at least half full. Some ... by TB 2011-09-08 14:46:48
        
        I suppose you're right. I'm just an old fart bitchin' about my days of black hair and flat belly, ... by ER 2011-09-08 18:34:15
        
        Wellll, ER, I avowed that I'm skeptical of new technology, for the sake of new technology, anyway. So I wouldn't ... by Robert 2011-09-08 19:39:56
        
        Maudlin crap? Well, maybe you're right, Robert. That's why I brought it up in my response to TB, in ... by ER 2011-09-10 07:38:26
        
        I'm sorry, ER. by Robert 2011-09-10 11:12:29
        
        Someone can point a cell phone at someone in Cairo and the film can be all over the world in ... by TB 2011-09-07 19:18:53
      - I like the trend. Decentralization of systems is a good thing, and should be encouraged. by TB 2011-09-07 17:51:13

Liz's Jewelry - Wowee! by Eri September 7, 2011 6:55 am

Michael Bloomberg by Eri September 7, 2011 6:52 am

Anyone who can run New York City successfully is probably qualified to be President. Bloomberg (and Giuliani) are both ... by ER 2011-09-07 08:37:34
- I don't think quite as much of Guiliani just because he can't keep his pants zipped. I have no ... by Eri 2011-09-08 06:09:35
  - No way! Giuliani is a Republican and a patriot. In fact, lately he's been passing himself off as a ... by ER 2011-09-08 07:09:09
    - One more Republican by Eri 2011-09-08 18:38:47

How Schrodinger's cat got into that box by TB September 6, 2011 7:20 pm

1000th post on the HZ-WordPress by podrock 2011-09-06 19:52:42

Wind energy? "Whoa." by TB September 6, 2011 3:02 pm

Wind energy is the Liberal equivalent of Conservative 'drill, drill, drill'. Easy to say because we know it will never ... by ER 2011-09-07 08:12:41
- The future of natural gas is already here. The vast majority of new power plants being built use it, ... by TB 2011-09-07 08:30:12
  - Less gas than was thought. by podrock 2011-09-07 11:35:54
    - Note this, though: "The new estimates are much higher than the last assessment by the Geological Survey in 2002. Those estimates ... by TB 2011-09-07 13:18:28
      - Well, yes, of course. We get better at using long poles and ladders when the low fruit is gone. by podrock 2011-09-07 17:11:46
        
        That's a good way to put it. by TB 2011-09-07 17:43:05
  - EDITED: But TB, I'm an environmentalist... by ER 2011-09-07 09:00:41
Well, if I have anything to say, by Eri 2011-09-06 18:21:33
- For fun, pop your Zip code into the "My Community" section of this page and see what power plants are ... by TB 2011-09-06 18:51:54
  - G C O & L. Operating. None proposed or closed. by Eri 2011-09-06 20:35:49
- I saw a lot of giant windmills while driving across the country last month. Most were out in farm ... by TB 2011-09-06 18:37:22

Favorite fast food survey by TB September 6, 2011 7:41 am

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