Uncategorized. « The HabitableZone

Recent posts

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)

It's election day in Canada RobVG April 28, 2025 2:26 pm (CurrentEvents)

K2-18b BuckGalaxy April 21, 2025 12:07 pm (Space/Science)

Maverick of the Rings by mcfly July 28, 2011 10:13 am

Not surprisingly, the media loves McCain again. Nothing gets more positive press than any Republican willing to take a big, greasy ... by TB 2011-07-28 21:10:36
- And conservative efforts to destroy McCain have begun! by mcfly 2011-07-29 05:21:44
I remember the Lord of the Rings and the hobbits, and how that worked out in the end. The 2010 election, ... by TB 2011-07-28 11:07:50
- Why should Dems be any different from Republicans who never acknowledged that Barack Obama was voted in as President. ... by Eri 2011-07-28 12:43:47
- A lot of Republican leaders seem to think that if they just spend the next fifteen months doing whatever the ... by mcfly 2011-07-28 11:22:58
  - I'd like to see McCain's actual speech, too. I don't know in what context he was quoting that article. ... by TB 2011-07-28 14:53:13
  - We're out of time. Trillion dollar deficits are now our ground state. Cripes. And do you really think we should be ... by TB 2011-07-28 14:42:29
  - Some older people won't even be able to afford their usual cat food for dinner. by Eri 2011-07-28 12:44:55

Up, up and away! by TB July 27, 2011 8:32 pm

Detroit triage by TB July 27, 2011 1:12 pm

Typical by VelociraptorBlade 2011-07-27 23:41:50

Those darn financial regulations by TB July 26, 2011 10:04 pm

Coming to Terms with Right-Wing Movements by mcfly July 26, 2011 11:14 am

I was born in the Spanish-speaking neighborhood of Tampa, Florida, (Ybor City) but we moved to a rural, very rednecky ... by ER 2011-07-26 13:11:40
- Seems your parents preferred living with the "Rednecks" in the country to their own kind in Ybor city. I ... by Lee 2011-07-26 18:43:09
  - Seems like we agree on one thing. The ones who do the "inviting" are the cause of most of ... by Lee 2011-07-26 19:18:01
    - My family has been here for over a century. They and their countrymen were invited here to work because Americans ... by ER 2011-07-26 19:38:18
      - No one here thinks that, ER. In fact, everyone here has a great deal of respect for you....and that ... by Lee 2011-07-27 13:21:43
  - The apologists and excuse makers for the Confederacy are always whining that the Civil War had nothing to do with ... by ER 2011-07-26 18:52:53
    - The funny thing is, every damn one of us, if not Native American, is an import. I'll never understand ... by Eri 2011-08-05 06:22:32
- PS. It's a good thing its got lots of footnotes, or Tom might not take it seriously. by ER 2011-07-26 13:51:14
Wow, an entire paper demonizing a political ideology for demonizing political ideologies. by TB 2011-07-26 11:48:22
- Maybe someday you'll get around to reading it? by mcfly 2011-07-26 11:58:58
  - Did you? The last part is complete horseshit. I also checked out the main website, which was essentially ... by TB 2011-07-26 12:02:10
    - Yep. Bookmarked and URL forwarded to my home email for future reference. Thought it was spot-on. by mcfly 2011-07-26 12:06:33
      - Go git 'em, McFly! by Eri 2011-07-26 16:01:28
        
        Consider 'em got! :-) by mcfly 2011-07-26 19:25:53

College education bubble by TB July 25, 2011 9:24 pm

No this is what happens when they become profitable enterprises and marketed to the middle class. I went to college in ... by ER 2011-07-26 06:17:28
- Sorry, but "for profit" colleges (not to be confused with private ones) enroll about eight percent of the students in ... by TB 2011-07-26 07:42:52
  - Yeah, who are "they"? The academic socialist media intellectual conspiracy? They are the ones who are losing jobs and tenure. ... by ER 2011-07-26 08:54:24

A little further down the road we're on... by TB July 25, 2011 8:22 pm

One symptom of tyranny... by TB July 25, 2011 11:34 am

See if you need glasses... by TB July 24, 2011 9:28 pm

Until August 1914 by TB July 24, 2011 8:59 pm

Oh sure, post-Edwardian Britain was such a Libertarian paradise! That is, unless you were an industrial worker in the massive ... by ER 2011-07-25 04:43:57
- You make some very good points, particularly on colonialism and the British class system. I don't concede that either colonialism or ... by TB 2011-07-25 09:37:04
  - It's all relative, Tom, which is my point. In spite of my harangue, the English peasant always had it ... by ER 2011-07-25 10:22:37
    - Absence of all-pervasive state control does not automatically lead to freedom, but it is a prerequisite. I use "the state" as ... by TB 2011-07-25 10:55:08
      - You and I must have completely different views of the social universe. I have never felt threatened by the ... by ER 2011-07-25 11:33:50
        
        That's actually surreal. Is this what happens to your head when you work for even a local government? ... by TB 2011-07-25 13:21:34
        
        I spent most of my life working for private industry: Mom and pop shops, giant corporations, but also the ... by ER 2011-07-25 14:01:36
        
        A Soviet science guy might not have been the best example. They were on the upper tiers in those ... by TB 2011-07-25 16:09:26
        
        Not to worry, TB. China and Russia will carry the torch for free enterprise (ta-dah!). Just think, they're ... by ER 2011-07-25 16:28:28
        
        The sad part is that you think China and Russia are "free enterprise" just because they contain rich businessmen. by TB 2011-07-25 18:48:30
        
        Tom, they are rich businessmen, they get to decide what capitalism is, not two unemployed old geezers in North America ... by ER 2011-07-25 19:34:40
        
        A great series of posts, ER! Thanks. by mcfly 2011-07-26 04:51:04
        
        Thanks, super fly! It's reassuring to know someone is reading these posts who might actually benefit from them. by ER 2011-07-26 05:18:13
        
        The Soviet Union had rich people running businesses. A lot of them managed to hang on to those government-sanctioned ... by TB 2011-07-25 20:51:22
        
        Oh, quelle surprise! Rich, powerful industrial managers and financiers take advantage of a vacuum in political power and seize ... by ER 2011-07-26 05:16:08

Page 877 of 933«1...875 876877878 879...933 »