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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)

Panetta: Iraq will ask for some US troops to stay by TB June 10, 2011 9:24 am

I call bullshit. Their puppet government might, but the people will complain. by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-10 17:37:21

Portable hard drive by TB June 10, 2011 7:26 am

Looks like it might be a drum memory rather than a disk, but the difference is mainly topological (and interesting ... by Robert 2011-06-14 09:45:50
- I'd love to plug another drive into my system and make it a full mirror of my C-drive (system/applications) but ... by TB 2011-06-14 10:10:43
  - The only practical way to backup up a modern monster hard drive is another monster hard drive. by Robert 2011-06-15 09:41:17

Gingrich self-immolates. by Eri June 10, 2011 6:23 am

Actually, I don't think this is really Newt's fault. His campaign was in trouble, but its early and he could ... by ER 2011-06-10 21:34:05
This is a little scary. The premise now seems to be that if you're not running like an obsessed ... by TB 2011-06-10 19:50:12
..... So, President Gingrich vacations on the Black Pearl. IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW. by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-10 17:38:34
Another paleface bite dust, kemo sabe. by ER 2011-06-10 11:57:10
- LOL! Have you no reverence for the dead? by Eri 2011-06-10 14:15:31
  - He ain't dead yet. I still see a ticket with him and one of the harpies in our future. by ER 2011-06-10 17:34:05

Finally! Something good to watch out for. by Eri June 10, 2011 6:15 am

Meh.... I'll ONLY be satisfied when they start showing prices by volt in "gas" stations. by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-10 17:41:02
Another triumph for Barack Obama!! Not really, but since he got blamed for them going up, he's entitled to take ... by ER 2011-06-10 12:07:36

How can they proceed? by Eri June 10, 2011 6:11 am

Well, the girl will definitely be in a mental institution for years to come; however, their babysitter should be charged ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-10 17:46:51

You can help the Post and Times destroy Sarah Palin! by TB June 9, 2011 2:35 pm

The feeding frenzy continues. This blogger is accumulating the headlines we're getting from the "scores" of reporters on this story. Bonus points ... by TB 2011-06-11 12:00:34
I suspect there are no smoking guns in the Palin emails. If there were, one of her many enemies ... by ER 2011-06-11 05:14:24
Hmmm. From the CNN tapes I found here and here, there's a good possibility of this blowing up in ... by TB 2011-06-10 21:01:33
Liveblogging the Great Release at Pravda: MSNBC in partnership with Mother Jones. Might be hard for liberals to remember just how ... by TB 2011-06-10 12:19:57
The last thing any Democrat in his right mind wants to do now is destroy Sarah Palin. by ER 2011-06-09 15:52:07
- It's interesting though that for all the polls and pundits declaring her complete inability to win even the Republican nomination, ... by TB 2011-06-09 16:12:59
  - I wouldn't write Sarah off prematurely. "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public." H. L. Mencken by ER 2011-06-09 18:06:46
    - Just curious: did you vote for the guy who was going to bring all our troops home, end the ... by TB 2011-06-09 19:09:17
      - Yes, I'll have to give him a B+ so far. But he did turn the Bush Crash around and ... by ER 2011-06-09 19:30:11
        
        Yeah, the economy would have gone completely to hell without all the borrowing, printing, Wall Street bailouts, and spending (and ... by TB 2011-06-09 20:53:42
        
        Tom, these posts are pointless, they have to be answered lest observers think I am cowering under the onslaught of ... by ER 2011-06-10 03:49:32
        
        Jeepers. You set terms for debate where everything is an opinion, where numbers, facts, and "footnotes" are irrelevant, and ... by TB 2011-06-10 09:02:30
        
        Have FrankC coach you on the finer points of Code Duello. If you call me out, I get to pick the ... by ER 2011-06-10 11:32:26
        
        Actually, your side is the one fixated on Sarah Palin. I didn't start this thread. It was all ... by TB 2011-06-10 12:29:16
        
        "I didn’t start this thread." And with that, you become the undisputed heavyweight champ of revisionist history, denying what can be ... by mcfly 2011-06-10 17:37:46
        
        Cripes, you're right! I will, of course, leave my screwup for posterity. By the time I get down about forty ... by TB 2011-06-10 18:32:17
        
        Well, I guess that's understandable, given that the 'Zone's gone into hyper-mode on a few of these threads. And I was ... by mcfly 2011-06-10 20:23:05
        
        Sarah Palin doesn't tell me anything about conservative politics. The way conservatives try to cover up for her inanities does. ... by ER 2011-06-10 13:11:17
        
        See? You make my point for me. Adjectives strung together. Ugly. Dangerous. Shameful. Foul. ... by TB 2011-06-10 13:46:13
        
        Yep. That must be it. Or maybe its just because your political posts are junk mail. Spam. I wouldn't buy ... by ER 2011-06-10 13:58:54
        
        What sort of post on politics would you not consider spam? Looking through these things you seem to have ... by TB 2011-06-10 14:18:08
        
        Tom, I don't care what you post. Just don't get upset if I don't respond, or if I respond ... by ER 2011-06-10 14:42:35
        
        Just as a general point of information, I don't expect responses to any information posts or even opinion posts I ... by TB 2011-06-10 14:51:29
        
        Your Palin post quickly degenerated into Obama bashing, which is where it was headed all along. You initiate multiple posts ... by ER 2011-06-10 15:17:55
        
        The top story on the news you watch tonight is going to be Sarah Palin's e-mails. It was the ... by TB 2011-06-10 15:41:21
        
        Nervous laughter, my friend. Also? You have to spend money to make money. (Time counts as money). Therefore, ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-09 23:46:30
        
        Well, I guess that sets that parameter. The economy or anything else can't officially be declared as a problem ... by TB 2011-06-10 07:42:26
        
        Which was PRECISELY the attitude during the Bush Administration! :D by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-10 17:47:52
        
        It's hard to clean up what you've inherited. I knew when he was promising all those things that reality ... by Eri 2011-06-10 05:57:39
        
        Sounds reasonable. Now all you have to do is look us right in the eye and tell us you'd ... by TB 2011-06-10 08:57:29
        
        Considering the Neo-Radical Republican Congress Obama had to deal with in his second year.... IT scares me what McCain could ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-10 17:49:20
        
        That would be "third year." And lets not forget that the Democrats controlled both houses since January of 2007. ... by TB 2011-06-10 18:37:49
  - "obsessively focused" Hey, I said I was sorry... by mcfly 2011-06-09 16:19:45
Count me out. by Jody 2011-06-09 15:43:50
- Aw, c'mon. After that we're all going to get up, go outside, and look for Guy Montag! by TB 2011-06-09 15:47:37

Can a police state be far behind? by Eri June 9, 2011 1:40 pm

*Sigh* I wish I could say this is the first time I've heard about incidents like these, but..... The sad ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-09 23:33:29
Thanks for posting that Eri. There are quite a few related "raw" videos on YouTube, which of course must be watched ... by mcfly 2011-06-09 16:17:24
Incidents like this have become unpleasantly common recently. One of the sites I read regularly posts them. by TB 2011-06-09 14:56:44
- I really believe we need the courts to say we have the right to film them anytime, anywhere (well, other ... by Eri 2011-06-09 21:18:40
  - Apparently there are several lawsuits in the works. If a few PDs or municipalities are forced to pay some hefty ... by mcfly 2011-06-10 10:08:11

Iceland Crowdsources Constitution by Vitruvius June 9, 2011 1:01 pm

"As long as they can make sure that each and every suggestion taken into consideration is in the interests of ... by TB 2011-06-09 14:59:05
- Ummm.... TB..... The Althing HAS existed for about that time, but there have been many, many countries and transitions since then; ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-09 23:23:48
My constitution would be rather simple: Thou shalt not harm another person or animal either by intent or through negligence. ... by Eri 2011-06-09 13:47:25
- Loopholes Galore! If a person harms another person on accident (bumping into them, accidentally crashing into each other at the skatepark, ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-09 23:07:26

Bug, problem ?? by FrankC June 9, 2011 11:55 am

Closed and restarted your browser? Did you try refreshing the page first? I know of one problem with the JavaScript ... by Robert 2011-06-09 12:36:49
- I think I refreshed. If it happens again we'll see. by FrankC 2011-06-09 14:06:44
  - yes refreshing corrected the problem. Still seems odd, I posted the reply, got the message that the post was made, closed ... by FrankC 2011-06-09 14:18:50
    - That's cause I'm kind of faking it. Script submits your comment to the server, and the server's acknowledgment of success ... by Robert 2011-06-14 09:36:40
- Note: It happened with the above comment. The "reply" link works, which is interesting. I'll be revisiting this script in ... by Robert 2011-06-09 12:37:51
  - I've gotten used to throwing a refresh at the screen. As a high-speed browser of news sites, I have ... by TB 2011-06-09 12:55:54
    - Actually, Tom has been throwing coffee cups at his browser when this happens and the browser refreshes hasto pronto. by Eri 2011-06-10 14:20:07
      - Not true! For a couple of reasons: 1. I don't have that many coffee cups to spare, and I have ... by TB 2011-06-10 14:29:44

Not to make anyone feel guilty or anything, but... by Eri June 9, 2011 11:27 am

That cartoon just makes me want to go out and have a smoke. by ER 2011-06-09 12:05:54
- Lol...gonna have one in your honor ER!! by Jody 2011-06-09 15:42:19
- Hope you don't get dizzy on the ledge. :-) by Eri 2011-06-09 13:55:49
  - I just won't inhale. by ER 2011-06-09 16:15:22
    - After a couple packs, you won't be exhaling either *Demon Face* by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-10 17:53:42

American attacks in Yemen by TB June 8, 2011 9:12 pm

Every day my faith in Obama shrinks little by little. Is it just me, or are all recent presidents ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-09 00:08:12
- Actually, I think this action is perfectly justified. We are at war with Al-Quaeda in Yemen, Because ... by ER 2011-06-09 05:40:54

Why don't I like Sarah Palin? by mcfly June 7, 2011 10:30 pm

Ever since I had an epiphany last weekend about how I was taken hostage by denial of the way things ... by Jody 2011-06-08 07:16:18
- As ER says, there's much to recommend in conservative thought, and I'm reminded every time I come to the 'Zone ... by mcfly 2011-06-08 08:49:14
EDITED FOR CONTENT: Good for you, Mcfly. You seem to have arrived at a lot of the same gut conclusions ... by ER 2011-06-08 05:06:51
- Yeah, on the Left there's no arrogance, no obsession with the destruction of their enemies, no self-righteousness, no contempt for ... by TB 2011-06-08 08:53:54
  - Tom it isn't about what they do. It is about what we, as conservatives do. Someone has got to ... by Jody 2011-06-08 11:15:11
    - Good post, Jody. That is the type of Conservative with whom we can speak, find common ground and come ... by Eri 2011-06-08 21:08:44
    - Who do you think would do a good job on this? by TB 2011-06-08 15:16:14
      - Such a good question...that I can not answer yet because everything shifted last weekend and I have to sort this ... by Jody 2011-06-08 17:51:43
        
        I was a true believer in the American Dream. I am a traditional housewife. I am a loner to the ... by Jody 2011-06-08 18:04:53
    - That's about as perfect a post as I've ever seen, Jody. Everything you say is spot on. I think I understand ... by mcfly 2011-06-08 13:34:01
    - Wow! Well spoken, Jody. You go, girl. by ER 2011-06-08 11:23:01
  - I'm perfectly aware all those charges against the Left are true. That is the nature of every partisan conflict, since ... by ER 2011-06-08 10:59:00
  - Apologies. I guess I was just being irrational and partisan. Won't happen again. by mcfly 2011-06-08 10:50:54
    - Response was under ER's post, not yours. by TB 2011-06-08 15:14:54
      - Well, I started it, and you didn't say anything that wasn't fair. by mcfly 2011-06-08 15:29:18
    - You're still just too Canadian, Mcfly. :) by ER 2011-06-08 11:01:15
      - LOL!Awwwww...mcfly you mcsweetie! by Jody 2011-06-08 11:17:21

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