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NASA vs. the private sector by TB May 20, 2011 9:42 pm

Jeez, TB, how could you let this happen? by Eri May 21, 2011 6:16 am

You're being lied to. If you care, I can tell you exactly how. If not, I won't bother. by TB 2011-05-21 12:47:40
- That is a broad statement. Who's lying and about what? Is the new guy bad? Or is ... by Eri 2011-05-21 17:50:00
  - Anyone telling you that the problem with education is "not enough spending" is lying. There is no correlation between ... by TB 2011-05-21 19:57:01
    - Shorter version: 1. We're spending more money now on education than we ever have, for arguably worse results than when we ... by TB 2011-05-21 20:12:00
  - : ) by ER 2011-05-21 18:42:18

Black Holes have jets? by Eri May 20, 2011 11:22 pm

What? Huh? There are a few things I don't understand. Nothing is supposed to escape the gravity of a black hole, ... by RobVG 2011-05-25 08:08:29
- Maybe I can explain. From my understanding, black holes are extremely dense collapsed held together by gravity. They grow by ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-05-31 01:12:06
  - Nicely explained and it all sounds perfectly logical. Thank you. by Eri 2011-05-31 08:50:33
Sounds fascinating to explore this topic. by Eri 2011-05-22 07:25:40
- Oops, this was supposed to go under ER's post. Somebody's fiddling with Space/Science? :-) No. The Edit wasn't ... by Eri 2011-05-22 07:26:45
A lot of rapidly spinning fluid bodies exhibit jets from their N and S poles, at right angles to the ... by ER 2011-05-21 07:16:01

It never rains but it pours by Eri May 20, 2011 7:24 pm

This is how the dems go after those who dare oppose them. Thee political death machine is in full ... by Lee 2011-05-21 12:09:45
- Trump is a joke. His life and his finances won't stand up to scrutiny and that has nothing to ... by Eri 2011-05-21 17:59:33
  - The one thing I've never been able to understand is if liberals are so stupid, weak, evil, pathetic and cowardly, ... by ER 2011-05-22 10:13:37
    - It turned out that the Nazi Master Race was actually "the inferior mongrelized breed." They certainly acted like a ... by Eri 2011-05-22 12:16:43
      - The Nazis got it wrong on all counts. From a purely Darwinian point of view, the "mongrelized" strain is always ... by ER 2011-05-22 12:48:49
        
        Bingo. The more mixing, the better. When you pick out a dog, get a mutt every time. ... by TB 2011-05-22 12:55:28
        
        He's a lucky man. Brazilians are gorgeous. "Oye como va, mi ritmo, bueno pa' gozar, mulata." by ER 2011-05-22 13:07:06
        
        Yeah, but according to my son they can be a bit, well, mercurial. by TB 2011-05-22 13:33:29
        
        Better mercurial than saturnine. by ER 2011-05-22 13:49:35
Is that really him? Not sure I've seen him smile before. by mcfly 2011-05-20 19:59:40
- That's him but I think someone dropped a vat of butter on his head. Acckkkkkk. The hair and ... by Eri 2011-05-20 23:26:18
  - The Donald and Callista Gingrich have the same barber. by ER 2011-05-21 09:36:14

Cookies! by TB May 20, 2011 12:34 pm

I'd have to add a few steps: --Add ingredients to big bowl and mix --eat raw dough --waddle to store for more ingredients --add ... by mcfly 2011-06-07 22:41:26
- LOL! I can tell you that cookie dough wouldn't last very long between you and me. Nuttin' better ... by Eri 2011-06-08 21:14:55
  - When I make them with real eggs, nobody gets to eat the dough. Don't trust raw eggs nowadays, even ... by TB 2011-06-08 21:34:35
Num num. I can almost smell them baking. Ooh, I love taking chocolate chip cookies out of the ... by Eri 2011-05-21 21:22:32

Poor kitty by Eri May 19, 2011 8:21 pm

That is gonna be me if they make smoking illegal. by Jody 2011-05-21 18:51:38
Lucky they weren't trying to pull a joint away from him. by TB 2011-05-19 20:47:56
- That's probably how Fat Freddy's cat got started. by ER 2011-05-20 08:52:51

New book on Area 51 by mcfly May 19, 2011 6:51 pm

I have my own theory on what happened... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-05-31 01:16:33
- You might want to correct your link. If you prefer, Pod or maybe I can do it for you. ... by Eri 2011-05-31 08:28:15
  - I'd appreaciate help with that. I BLAME GOVERNMENT FOR MY FAULTS! :D by VelociraptorBlade 2011-05-31 14:27:07
    - fixed. by podrock 2011-05-31 18:37:42
      - Damn. Every other time I log in as test user (Author permissions) I get something different: either I can edit ... by podrock 2011-05-31 20:20:13
        
        Is Wordpress going to be the nw DamnTikiWiki? by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-01 10:51:38
I gotta read that. Amazon, here I come. by Eri 2011-05-22 07:22:27

Wrapping is working on Off-Topic now. (n/t) by TB May 19, 2011 4:31 pm

All the the replies aren't opening up on Current Events. Are they for you? I"m particularly talking about ... by Eri 2011-05-21 18:02:35
- They're opening now. Gremlins gone. by Eri 2011-05-21 21:20:49
Now links seem to be underlined properly, too. Good - I hated the "all caps" trick. Don't know ... by TB 2011-05-21 13:48:00
- Yep, that was me. Thought I'd fixed that once before, but whatever, here it is again. by Robert 2011-05-21 13:54:08
  - Dang, you're good. You should get a job doing this kind of thing or something. :) by TB 2011-05-21 14:47:12

Leftist cartoonist gets his wakeup call by TB May 19, 2011 4:16 pm

A lot of righties are getting rude awakenings, too. It's inevitable in a society that has become as polarized as ... by ER 2011-05-19 17:19:07
- I agree. The wing nutz on both sides have a death grip on political dialog (if it can still be ... by mcfly 2011-05-19 18:19:39
- I find it interesting that "lunatic fringe" is now defined as anyone who thinks that socialism isn't going to be ... by TB 2011-05-19 18:09:11
  - TB, you're not growing older, you're getting bitter. You want criteria, bucko? How about the biggest economic collapse since the ... by ER 2011-05-19 19:40:18
    - Fine, I hope we do it your way. I hope nothing is done and the whole system falls into ... by Lee 2011-05-21 12:16:09
    - Okay. First, every bit of your first paragraph is crap. I could pull up the facts - again ... by TB 2011-05-19 20:34:11
      - Nothing new in any of that, Tom, just your usual Neocon bilgewater We've heard it all before, with and without ... by ER 2011-05-20 06:43:45
        
        Cripes, you don't even use the word "neocon" correctly. by TB 2011-05-20 07:52:40
        
        Probably not. Troglodyte taxonomy is not very high on my list of priorities right now. by ER 2011-05-20 08:21:16
        
        Then use a taxonomy you can work with. I'm flexible. by TB 2011-05-20 08:37:55
        
        It really isn't about correct facts and incorrect facts nowadays. It's about "good" facts and "bad" facts. Or ... by TB 2011-05-20 07:22:18
        
        TB, I'm not about to let the "correctness" of my facts be decided by someone who equates suspicion of the ... by ER 2011-05-20 08:41:54
        
        "TB, I’m not about to let the 'correctness' of my facts be decided..." "Decided?" Bingo. In a recent poll, a "generic" ... by TB 2011-05-20 09:00:55
        
        Another demographic heard from HERE. Maybe they've discovered that an administration that has declared war on the private sector ... by TB 2011-05-20 09:08:11
        
        TB, your "far left" starts way to the right of me. But even taking that into account, if you ... by ER 2011-05-20 09:33:14
        
        "TB, your “far left” starts way to the right of me." No. It doesn't. And I have never called ... by TB 2011-05-20 09:54:04
        
        I'm sorry, Tom. That was not an explanation. That was a justification. I just do not agree ... by ER 2011-05-20 10:09:47
        
        I've said this before: if someone would nail a term down hard enough so it holds still, I'll be ... by TB 2011-05-20 10:40:26
        
        Nice to see that this board "squishes" to the right like the other ones. Nostalgia... by TB 2011-05-20 11:30:14
        
        Sure, sure...squishing to the RIGHT's just fine wiith you, isn't it? What about left squishers, huh??? by mcfly 2011-05-20 12:48:37
        
        A SIMPLE DESULTORY PHILIPPIC Paul Simon I been Norman Mailered, Maxwell Taylored. I been John O'Hara'd, McNamara'd. I been Rolling Stoned and Beatled till ... by ER 2011-05-20 13:50:18
        
        I've never heard those lyrics. What a hoot! I assume that's to Linda Ronstadt's song tune for When Will ... by Eri 2011-05-22 12:20:51
        
        That actually works in "squish!" by TB 2011-05-20 22:12:27
        
        Let's see if it squishes more. We got to get a pun going one of these days. by Eri 2011-05-22 12:22:20
      - True, 2010 happened...past tense. The future's a blank slate. If the roster of potential GOP contenders continues to run from ... by mcfly 2011-05-20 04:25:13
        
        Trump is an idiot, at least in politics. Keep in mind the mainstream media essentially is the party organ ... by TB 2011-05-20 06:57:28
        
        Well, I'm not going to dispute your assertions...you could well be correct. Everytime I think I've got a feel for ... by mcfly 2011-05-20 10:06:49
        
        PPS...I meant "eases ON the brakes on spending..." As in "applies them with some degree of restraint." As in, "is a surgeon, ... by mcfly 2011-05-20 10:29:43
        
        PS...I WISH I was an idiot like Trump. (I know what you're all thinking and it isn't nice.) With all his ... by mcfly 2011-05-20 10:10:39
        
        You may get your chance yet, McFly, with a Gingrich-Bachmann ticket. I'm sure the GOP could field candidates which could ... by ER 2011-05-20 05:13:09
        
        Thanks goodness for m-w.com! "...half the Republican constituency considers them too “socialist”." It's been interesting to watch. Some of the Tea Partiers ... by mcfly 2011-05-20 10:19:57
        
        The problem is that both "compromise" and "extreme" have been redefined. Obamacare, and its method of passage, was not ... by TB 2011-05-20 10:53:12
        
        Point taken. I see both sides as culpable in this, though. As we've recently seen, too many "fiscal conservatives" have a ... by mcfly 2011-05-20 11:11:38
        
        The 2010 election was about economics. Go back and look at what the Republicans ran on. Try and ... by TB 2011-05-20 11:22:05
  - The latest Medicare trustees report can be found HERE. I call particular attention to the actuarial opinion at the end of ... by TB 2011-05-19 18:37:17
It's a sad state for political affairs when both sides are corrupt and can't take an attack like a man. ... by Eri 2011-05-19 16:35:11
- I heard on TV today some enterprising entrepreneurs are advertising on the net a pet boarding service to cater to ... by ER 2011-05-19 17:25:55
  - Revelations describes the host of heaven as riding down from heaven on many white horses. As I see it, ... by TB 2011-05-19 18:14:22
Good idea! I'll try that, too. so I can quit typing "Link Here." (no link there in case ... by Eri 2011-05-19 16:24:04
- The smiley showed up. The interface is very eccentric. I've noticed myself refreshing or reloading pages a lot ... by TB 2011-05-19 16:26:34
  - Eccentric? Diabolical is more like it. by ER 2011-05-19 19:45:04

My former boss by Eri May 19, 2011 4:13 pm

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