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This is not a drill. NOT a drill. General Quarters, General Quarters. All hands man your battle stations. ER November 24, 2025 4:58 pm (CurrentEvents)

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Things I've learned from my cats by Eri August 1, 2011 6:02 am

Economists warn this is not the time to cut spending by Eri August 1, 2011 3:39 am

Okay...I don't understand. How can cutting spending be bad? by Jody 2011-08-01 13:03:25
- Maybe "bad" isn't the most useful word here. Look at the FAA situation and how it's negatively affected so many ... by mcfly 2011-08-03 11:23:02
  - So you don't think cuts to government funding will cause any hardship at all, is that it? Politics aside, the FAA ... by mcfly 2011-08-03 18:45:43
    - The private sector goal is to invest money where it will earn more money back. To make a profit. ... by TB 2011-08-03 19:38:01
      - Jesus Christ, it's like pulling goddamn teeth. Do you in fact give a shit at all about your fellow Americans? ... by mcfly 2011-08-04 05:13:32
        
        I refuse to accept the premise that turning this country into a debt-ridden statist hellhole is "giving a shit about ... by TB 2011-08-04 06:40:02
        
        One more time. The coming cuts in government spending are going to have a huge impact on [likely] many thousands ... by mcfly 2011-08-04 10:39:56
        
        Again, until the next election we're talking cuts of $22 billion. For all of 2012. When the limit ... by TB 2011-08-04 11:02:21
  - The FAA issue is mostly politics. The Federal government is spending twice the money it was in 1988. Somehow the ... by TB 2011-08-03 11:43:50
- Here you go, Jody. Tom is a one-note man. Do your own reading. From the NYT And another ... by Eri 2011-08-01 15:12:15
  - Thanks Eri...the Krugman peice is great. You know, great in a depressing sort of way. by mcfly 2011-08-03 11:15:06
    - Again, spending is not being cut. It is going to grow a bit less. Spending "cuts" between now and the ... by TB 2011-08-03 11:26:53
      - Gee, sorry TB. Did my act of thanking Eri for a link bother you? I'll be more careful in the ... by mcfly 2011-08-04 05:18:55
  - *This* is what I mean when I consider cutting spending...It is a start.. by Jody 2011-08-01 16:05:33
    - Most of this spending has one thing in common: It delivers more political power (votes, favors) to various political ... by TB 2011-08-01 16:22:45
  - A bit more from Krugman. Suddenly the deadline for the annihilation of the Milky Way Galaxy on August 2 isn't quite ... by TB 2011-08-01 15:48:15
  - I recommend Jody do her own reading from the Congressional Budget Office and other sources that carry hard information, not ... by TB 2011-08-01 15:21:17
- Number one, spending is not being cut. The spending increases over the next ten years will be smaller than ... by TB 2011-08-01 13:57:02
  - You're trying to rewrite history and it's not going to fly. The Great Depression was the fault of the ... by Eri 2011-08-01 15:19:47
    - Do some real research, Eri. And somewhere besides the New York Times and Huffington Post. by TB 2011-08-01 15:27:34
      - Here you go. A good history and analysis of the Great Depression We may be repeating some mistakes made ... by Eri 2011-08-01 22:46:46
        
        The second article was pretty good. Notice the constant thread of arbitrary, inconsistent, and usually wrong-headed government policies that ... by TB 2011-08-02 06:24:21
You could at least wait for the bait to hit the water before you bite at it. This deal is going ... by TB 2011-08-01 10:00:37

Tell me it ain't so! by Jody July 31, 2011 8:45 pm

There is something Jim Jones-ish/Damien-ish about him. A full body scan is going to be required by FrankC 2011-07-31 23:32:53
and is in favor of a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. by Jody 2011-07-31 20:49:13
- The first is irrelevant, if he keeps it out of national government. A lot more damage has been done ... by TB 2011-07-31 21:54:10
  - "A lot more damage has been done to this country by people who believe in the mythology of socialism than ... by Jody 2011-07-31 22:07:45
    - ...but not well made. There are creationists out there still pushing for our children to be taught only creationism, ... by Eri 2011-08-01 00:12:12
      - Tell you what, you point to the creationists in government currently trying to force us all into their mold, and ... by TB 2011-08-01 09:25:53
      - I feel I am caught between a rock and a hard place. There are no Libertarians that will be running ... by Jody 2011-08-01 05:16:50
        
        Run for President. Then you'll have someone to vote for. Hell, I'll vote for you as long as ... by Eri 2011-08-01 06:05:37

Preparation by TB July 31, 2011 4:42 pm

Thoughts travel by Eri July 31, 2011 3:40 pm

I suppose I could step in here: "Wormholes" are supposed tunnels through the substance of "spacetime". which theoretically exist through the ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-08-03 12:52:47
- I do believe in telepathy since I have experienced it first hand. Also, my father had an experience for ... by Eri 2011-08-03 22:51:38
  - Ah, but the brain, nor the body in general has no such apparatus for sending communications between itself and other ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-08-04 01:09:08
    - Unfortunately science does not have an answer to everything. If you believe that telepathy is real, then it is ... by johannes 2011-08-15 12:46:36
      - Good post, great answer to those who just automatically say, "doesn't exist." by Eri 2011-08-20 18:47:50
        
        *Bumps post* I never said that this was "absolutely not possible". I just said that at this time, I fail ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-09-25 15:08:35
    - You're making assumptions now. You may say there is no "apparent" means but you cannot say unequivocally that there ... by Eri 2011-08-04 05:30:18
      - But then we loop back to podrock's argument: Science is based on proof. With the information and observations ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-08-04 11:19:15
        
        Intuition One of my very favorite inventors, Buckminster Fuller, believed that his inventions were really discoveries, aided by focused intuition. ... by podrock 2011-08-04 20:40:14
        
        In recent months I've had ideas for projects that might make money but have not had the capability to carry ... by Eri 2011-08-08 00:02:23
        
        Bucky had the same point of view. He said that ideas come to many at the same time. He also ... by podrock 2011-08-08 20:27:33
        
        Wish I could afford a patent attorney. I'd be rich. I get a lot of ideas for new ... by Eri 2011-08-08 22:04:29
        
        Amen. I've had dreams that featured people who turned out to have died that night. My best writing has always seemed ... by Mary Anne 2011-08-07 20:01:08
        
        Wow, Hi Mary Anne. Dunno if you're still around, but it's still great to see you here. I've been gone ... by Lindy 2011-09-25 19:28:35
        
        What an unexpected, pleasant surprise. Glad you're here. by Eri 2011-08-07 23:57:11
        
        Well knock me over with a book cart! by podrock 2011-08-07 20:47:14
        
        Nice to see you Mary Anne! What a pleasant surprise! I agree with you...and yes...I have a name for mine, ... by Jody 2011-08-07 20:12:29
        
        Bingo! by VelociraptorBlade 2011-08-07 20:03:20
        
        You call yours Bingo? ;) by Eri 2011-08-07 23:56:20
Seeing that I miss him as well, allow me to throw in this in defense of science: Science recognizes that there ... by podrock 2011-07-31 17:07:25
- Maybe we could rename this by Eri 2011-07-31 19:37:09
  - My psychic abilities hit a crescendo a couple of years back. Not that a couple of doctors have been compiling information ... by Lindy 2011-09-25 19:33:17
  - "...feet on the ground / head in the sky..." by podrock 2011-07-31 20:02:48

This is the Senate's Minority Leader by Eri July 30, 2011 1:23 am

Filibusters. Yeah, only the Republicans are making political hay out of this. by TB 2011-07-30 10:15:23
Tea Party Caucus uniform of the day. by Robert 2011-07-30 09:56:11
- And speaking of the Tea Party: by Eri 2011-07-30 21:20:08
- There are many other great examples of the Left's "political civility," a term that was useful only so long as ... by TB 2011-07-30 10:22:05

Famous Belgian UFO Photo Shown To Be A Hoax by Ainz July 29, 2011 11:17 pm

Wasn't Ainz the guitar guy from AZ....Art?? Even if that photo was fabricated, the sightings weren't. I have a video taken ... by Lindy 2011-09-25 19:43:06
- Nope, Ainz isn't Art. Ainz made the jump and changed his handle. n/t by RobVG 2011-09-30 23:34:38
- Tech didn't make the jump. Left the HZ-DamnTiKiWiki with an opportunity in the world of the published. Don't know how ... by podrock 2011-09-25 21:05:00
  - I have it in my favorites and read something he'd done a few months back. Too timid to write him; ... by Lindy 2011-09-26 17:48:37
Ok..... ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-07-31 10:31:56
- Well,...so far the hoaxers haven't come forward. Darn sun dogs. by Ainz 2011-07-31 20:51:00
- That was fake, too. Time travelers went back in time and faked it up so that it looked real. ... by Eri 2011-07-31 15:42:20
  - Tech1's fingerprints are all over that one. by podrock 2011-07-31 16:35:14
    - LOL. by Eri 2011-07-31 19:39:48
  - That was about the time God snuck out in the middle of the night and buried all those fossils to ... by TB 2011-07-31 16:31:55
    - Damn! You KNOW about that? Even God cant' keep a secret any more. by Eri 2011-07-31 19:39:16

Where's the heat? by Lee July 29, 2011 5:55 pm

Further reading: by podrock 2011-07-29 19:50:10
- I didn't pay much attention to the original OpEd article, because I knew the writer was biased. Of course, ... by TB 2011-07-29 21:13:12

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