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Boulder will be in your news soon. podrock June 1, 2025 3:14 pm (CurrentEvents)

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Where 3.4 billion dollars would be better spent. by Jeff-Wash May 3, 2011 7:09 pm

Unfortunately, Pakistan is the only friendly country with a seacoast bordering Afghanistan we can use to supply our troops there. ... by ER 2011-05-04 04:23:38
- Excellent points. Particularly the logistics issue, which was a primary reason we couldn't get boots on the ground during ... by TB 2011-05-04 12:50:23
- Interesting analysis. by Eri 2011-05-04 06:03:34
  - http://globalspin.blogs.time.com/2011/05/03/could-bin-ladens-death-speed-the-end-to-the-afghan-war/?xid=rss-world-yahoo Apparently I'm not the only one thinking along these lines. Just a few months ago, a withdrawal from Afghanistan ... by ER 2011-05-04 11:45:40
    - The current annual cost of Afghanistan floats somewhere around $107 billion a year. This is less than ten days ... by TB 2011-05-04 13:11:06
      - It's not just dollars and cents. It's wear and tear, and immense human costs. We've been redlining our ... by ER 2011-05-04 14:18:57
        
        Look at the diagram I linked to. How much money is currently spend on the money spent on "the ... by TB 2011-05-05 09:38:15
        
        Pay attention, Tom. It's not about the money. It's about wrecking our military, which I concede is being done ... by ER 2011-05-05 10:18:35
Yep. $3.4 billion would pay a few teacher salaries, a few firemen, police, maybe a replacement bridge somewhere. ... by Eri 2011-05-03 22:13:24
- Again, those aren't Federal expenditures. Please try to retain this information. by TB 2011-05-04 12:45:28
  - I believe our Federal Government provides dollars to various states for projects which flow into all the things I mentioned. ... by Eri 2011-05-04 22:26:32
    - In 2008, government money accounted for about 26 percent of state expenditures, and of that, 57 percent was Medicaid, leaving ... by TB 2011-05-05 09:49:24
      - Sweet Jesus, TB, leave it alone. You're beating a dead horse. by Eri 2011-05-05 16:37:12
        
        Maybe so, but it might be instructive to someone other than the dead horse. I am well aware that there is ... by TB 2011-05-05 16:48:56
        
        You always have to have the last word, don't you? :-) by Eri 2011-05-05 21:25:50

Some good ones by Eri May 3, 2011 7:01 pm

So it is true! by Jeff-Wash May 3, 2011 6:54 pm

I don't see a name on this post. I didn't think it was possible to post without a name. by Eri 2011-05-03 19:04:47
- It's me! Jeff-Wash! My email hasn't changed. Info on me on the old site? Still the same. I'll get hold of Robert ... by Jeff-Wash 2011-05-03 19:18:52
  - Good to see you. I thought maybe we had ghosts. :-) by Eri 2011-05-03 21:54:13
  - Fixed it. by podrock 2011-05-03 19:25:52
  - I think I fixed it by going to "Profile," plugging your handle into the "nickname" box, and telling it to ... by TB 2011-05-03 19:24:12
    - That was close by podrock 2011-05-03 19:27:48
      - In THAT case, I'm twice happy to see him here. Or I'm glad to see him here twice or... Oh ... by Eri 2011-05-03 21:55:29
- I had to change an entry in my profile to get my name on the posts. Until then, it ... by TB 2011-05-03 19:14:35
  - Mine always showed. I guess I'm just a show-off. No wait. That makes me a show-on. ... by Eri 2011-05-03 21:57:30
- It must be the UFO-CIA. I also tried to edit one of my posts for a typo and I ... by ER 2011-05-03 19:12:24
  - not so strange. by podrock 2011-05-03 19:33:49
    - It does work. I've seen half-done posts this way. Very weird. It never occurred to me that while I'm ... by TB 2011-05-03 19:50:28
      - You would only do that in devil edit mode. ;) by Eri 2011-05-03 21:59:13
      - Yup. by podrock 2011-05-03 20:00:56
        
        Double shudder. Madness lies there. by Eri 2011-05-03 21:59:51
        
        God, the potential for secretly "gaslighting" people... Adding subtle typos, little bits here and there that would not be obvious screwups. ... by TB 2011-05-03 20:22:18
        
        Of course it would be wrong. Oh temptation. TB just took a turn to the Left. *JK* I would NEVER, ... by Eri 2011-05-03 22:03:06
        
        Biggest temptation for me? Fixing typos or bad links for other people. There's one that's bugging the hell ... by TB 2011-05-04 13:18:31
        
        TB...if it is a post of mine, you have my permission to fix it. I trust you. Just let me ... by Jody 2011-05-04 15:01:48
        
        If I had to let everybody no, it would be too much work. by TB 2011-05-04 20:39:53
        
        I know how you feel. Although I leave a wake of bad typos myself. by podrock 2011-05-04 13:58:09
        
        Do you have any idea how bad I want to add or delete something in this post of yours...huh?...do ya?..huh? ... by Jody 2011-05-03 20:27:50
        
        Can someone take Jody's powers away temporarily? I think she's gone round the looney bend. :) by Eri 2011-05-03 22:04:31
I don't think that is physically possible. You could build optics that accurate, but the atmosphere would not allow ... by ER 2011-05-03 19:01:23

A little black humor on the Osama topic by Eri May 3, 2011 2:47 pm

Need more help (Yeah, I'm a noob) by Vitruvius May 3, 2011 12:01 am

Great success! I have accessed the site from the school computer which uses Firefox, and the comments show upon ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-05-04 14:39:00
- All is well with the world now. IE will not be missed. by VelociraptorBlade 2011-05-04 22:47:59
  - Hey VRB....you on Facebook? by Jody 2011-05-05 14:19:35
    - NO NO NO NO A THOUSAND TIMES NO This is my polite way of saying I do not sell my body, ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-05-05 16:25:04
      - Jeebus a simple no would have sufficed. I am not THAT stupid. by Jody 2011-05-05 19:56:08
        
        I apologise I I came off rude, but I do not see myself going near Facebook anytime soon. Barring ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-05-05 23:40:41
        
        We had a guy at my former place of employment (I retired from there) who was fired for playing Farmville ... by Eri 2011-05-06 03:41:29
        
        It's nice to know VRB feels about it the same way I do. I keep getting invites to Facebook, ... by Eri 2011-05-05 21:30:49
  - You were on IE? Arghhh. I hate IE. As with most MS software, it's a piece of ... by Eri 2011-05-05 07:44:57
- Alright! Can't wait for you to really check in here. We're in a 5-day everybody loves everybody ... by Eri 2011-05-04 17:33:49
- yeah! by podrock 2011-05-04 15:04:17
Hey VRB, by podrock 2011-05-03 06:52:12
- I'd guess JavaScript too. Clicking the title triggers a script that loads the message body. No script, no message body. The ... by Robert 2011-05-03 11:06:09

Families who lost loves ones react to bin Laden's death by RobVG May 2, 2011 8:32 pm

Wow, congressman Peter King says by FrankC May 2, 2011 5:17 pm

A more nuanced look here. by TB 2011-05-03 10:35:41
Truth is truth. "Enhanced" interrogation techniques were used to get the identity of the courier. Evidently they've been ... by Lee 2011-05-02 22:19:34
I've seen sources that say that non-waterboard interrogation was used to get most of that information. by TB 2011-05-02 17:35:52
- I think it was Condoleeza Rice this morning who said that of all the prisoners at Guantanamo, water boarding was ... by Eri 2011-05-03 06:59:33
  - That information was released by the CIA back in 2008. The interrogations took place in 2002 and 2003, and ... by TB 2011-05-03 10:13:30
- Who knows, it just seemed odd that King seemed to be hailing it as a redemption of waterboarding by FrankC 2011-05-02 18:02:32
- I think it would be very dangerous to base a mission like this this on information provided by someone who ... by ER 2011-05-02 17:58:56
  - you wouldn't base the mission on information obtained that way but if you use the info as a starting point ... by FrankC 2011-05-02 18:12:10
    - There are always good reasons for our side to do it. But there are never any good reasons for ... by ER 2011-05-02 18:18:02
      - Their side used power drills, beheading and dismemberment, not wet washcloths. That's one thing to remember. Their motivations are to ... by TB 2011-05-02 20:11:34
        
        I knew it was only a matter of time before you homed in on the first little whisper of dissent. ... by ER 2011-05-03 05:22:30
        
        We "examined" the issue for many months. Nobody's going to "examine" it now because the right party is holding ... by TB 2011-05-03 07:02:57
        
        So it really IS all about the tax cuts? by ER 2011-05-03 07:27:49
        
        You brought them up, not me. by TB 2011-05-03 10:05:10
      - Thankfully, god is on our side by FrankC 2011-05-02 19:12:36

Space photo of bin Laden compound...today by TB May 2, 2011 4:37 pm

The secret team that killed bin Laden by TB May 2, 2011 4:14 pm

Another article here. Just an unrelated note: Is anybody else bugged by things that look like informational links in article ... by TB 2011-05-03 19:17:32
I'll second that. I've been privileged to know a bit more than the average public about SpecOps and I've ... by Eri 2011-05-02 21:09:05
- Heh. Remember back when the JSOC was the "Cheney Assassination Team?" by TB 2011-05-03 10:30:36
  - I don't think you will ever find I said that. I would not. I have the highest respect ... by Eri 2011-05-03 14:38:05
    - I know you wouldn't. I know who your friends are, and have been. by TB 2011-05-03 15:49:44

The Situation Room by TB May 2, 2011 2:46 pm

One thing I'm worried about is that the administration is going to be so anxious to make its national security ... by TB 2011-05-02 17:39:25
- I hope Obama is smarter than that. I have to say, though, that I'm glad they're sharing with the ... by Eri 2011-05-02 21:22:53
- It won't be the first time. Remember when we gave away to the USSR that we could monitor their ... by ER 2011-05-02 18:46:22

You think you're having a bad day? by TB May 2, 2011 2:36 pm

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