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Voter apathy phase change. by ER May 1, 2013 12:42 pm

The Economic Argument is Over--- by ER April 26, 2013 5:37 pm

It's amazing that everyone is Ignoring Monetary Policy. by RobVG 2013-04-28 09:27:08
- Banks have always loaned out more money than they had on hand. by ER 2013-04-28 10:23:12
Follow-up by ER 2013-04-27 18:32:52
Oh thank god...okay people...as you were. by Jody 2013-04-26 20:45:50
- Completely unrelated story... by TB 2013-04-26 22:44:52
  - Just a change in the way things are calculated. by alcaray 2013-04-27 00:38:58
"The only question now is whether the folks who have been arguing that we have no choice but to cut government spending while the economy is still weak will be big enough to admit that." by alcaray 2013-04-26 19:57:42
- I never supported the cuts. They made as much sense as overhauling the health care system while we were in the depths of the recession. n/t by RobVG 2013-04-29 07:18:27
  - It makes way more sense than that. by BuckGalaxy 2013-04-30 19:51:19
    - And it makes even more sense than that... by ER 2013-05-01 12:04:18
- That would be a first. by bowser 2013-04-29 06:26:39

Free open courses... by Jody April 29, 2013 11:48 am

And even more... by mcfly 2013-05-01 10:16:02
This is a great link Jody... by FrankC 2013-04-30 15:17:12

Gitmo A 'No Man's Land,' Situation Is 'Going To Get Worse' by BuckGalaxy April 30, 2013 7:56 pm

NIMBY by ER 2013-04-30 20:50:17

Well, I guess I was mistaken. by ER April 19, 2013 11:41 am

And more coming. by bowser 2013-04-25 15:05:18
- Yo, Bowz.... by ER 2013-04-25 19:43:29
  - Not at all. Not even close. by bowser 2013-04-26 03:41:20
    - There is a difference between criminal behavior and national policy. by ER 2013-04-26 05:07:42
      - Unresponsive, irrelevant and untrue. by bowser 2013-04-26 06:33:20
        
        Since when has any nation's national policy been guided by morality? by ER 2013-04-26 07:33:25
        
        We have both learned something over the years. by bowser 2013-04-26 09:58:59
        
        You act as if this were all something new. by ER 2013-04-26 14:26:37
- Precisely what standards do you hold this country to? n/t by RobVG 2013-04-25 18:14:10
  - Well, help me understand. by bowser 2013-04-26 03:52:07
    - As every nation in the world except the US knows, the way we have acted in the last 15 or ... by RobVG 2013-04-27 11:26:59
      - My only complaint. by bowser 2013-04-27 16:45:45
Okay what if it was a right wing nut job fanatic? What if it was full on crazier than shit house ... by Jody 2013-04-20 09:00:34
- The goal is criminalizing certain political beliefs. by TB 2013-04-20 20:07:42
  - An amazing lack of self awareness by Tony 2013-04-23 10:00:39
    - It does kind of make a difference if they're actually criminals. by TB 2013-04-23 10:10:00
  - Zeus did not give us a brain so we could spin. by ER 2013-04-20 21:31:17
    - Some points by TB 2013-04-21 12:44:17
      - It's pointless talking to you. by ER 2013-04-21 13:50:03
        
        "Moving the goalposts" by TB 2013-04-22 09:08:24
        
        So what is the REAL problem, Bucko? by ER 2013-04-22 11:07:50
        
        You did it again. by TB 2013-04-22 12:43:56
        
        I'm getting me a Hollywood toilet next week. by ER 2013-04-22 13:23:07
        
        I see. by TB 2013-04-22 14:03:02
        
        "Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions." - Jefferson by ER 2013-04-22 14:36:26
        
        Dunt! by TB 2013-04-22 15:04:05
        
        Dunt tread on me. by ER 2013-04-22 15:14:04
        
        Time's up. by TB 2013-04-22 15:28:11
- The fact that the nation is threatened by terror is obvious. by ER 2013-04-20 09:56:15
My usually defaults in these cases: male, young, religious, caucasian by podrock 2013-04-19 15:00:47
- They come from the area of the Caucasus Mountains. They actually are Caucasian! by ER 2013-04-19 15:29:58
Well said. by TB 2013-04-19 14:37:17
- You "might want to consider" the Waco massacre on 4-19-93 and the Oklahoma City bombing on 4-19-95. n/t by RobVG 2013-04-19 16:47:18
  - The first step in fixing a problem... by TB 2013-04-20 07:22:46
    - I get your point. by RobVG 2013-04-20 08:30:24
      - Rob, by TB 2013-04-20 19:41:30
        
        Thanks for that. n/t by RobVG 2013-04-23 19:28:01
      - No. by TB 2013-04-20 08:40:01
        
        Your own little world. n/t by alcaray 2013-04-20 11:47:39
        
        And as far as I can tell, by ER 2013-04-20 12:15:08
        
        So Mcveigh's all the Left's got, eh? by ER 2013-04-20 09:39:13
    - The easist way to screw up a solution... by ER 2013-04-20 07:38:12

Could someone explain the "enemy combatant" angle to me? by Tony April 23, 2013 10:03 am

The Conservatives are afraid that if the terrorist gets a fair civil trial he may be acquitted. by ER 2013-04-23 10:29:39
- Governments are afraid of acquittal... by FrankC 2013-04-23 14:08:29
  - You have a point. by ER 2013-04-23 14:41:05
    - on the plus side by Tony 2013-04-23 16:11:48
      - They don't have any oil. n/t by ER 2013-04-23 16:32:22
Some background by TB 2013-04-23 10:17:51
- Thanks for that by Tony 2013-04-23 16:23:59

Terror plot thwarted in Canada by TB April 22, 2013 1:32 pm

What's the scary part. Entrapment? I don't have a problem with it in these cases. n/t by RobVG 2013-04-22 18:27:18
- The scary part is that there's so many of these plots. by TB 2013-04-22 20:05:29
- It proves I'm wrong. by ER 2013-04-22 18:43:42

Right wing terrorism in the USA by ER April 20, 2013 9:44 am

Yeah but....and this is why I am the way I am....look at who wrote the link you posted. EVERYONE has an ... by Jody 2013-04-20 10:02:26
- "Everyone has an agenda." by ER 2013-04-20 10:13:33
  - "We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are." -- Anais Nin by Jody 2013-04-20 10:25:08
    - Did you know Anais Nin was part Cuban? by ER 2013-04-20 10:31:53
      - I absolutely love her. My Facebook quote for today...and this is how I feel about the Zoners... Each friend represents a world ... by Jody 2013-04-20 10:40:35
        
        "Each friend represents a world..." by ER 2013-04-20 11:15:58
        
        Reality by TB 2013-04-20 19:33:33
        
        Our brains are not designed to figure out how the world works. by ER 2013-04-20 21:48:09
        
        I think that we have a good idea what works ER...I think too many people don't care how it works. by Jody 2013-04-21 14:01:42
        
        We have 4 tools to help us understand the world. by ER 2013-04-21 14:53:59
        
        I agree. I think survival today is just as consuming as it always has been. The trick is making sense of it ... by Jody 2013-04-21 15:18:57
        
        "Our brains are not designed to figure out how the world works." by TB 2013-04-21 12:46:01
        
        It certainl does. by ER 2013-04-21 13:50:56
        
        That is where my detachment plays an integral part of my reality. I have to stand on my own solid ... by Jody 2013-04-20 11:39:33
        
        TB knew Anais in a previous life too. by ER 2013-04-20 11:49:26
        
        No bankers in my bloodline. by TB 2013-04-20 19:34:54
        
        We're not talking bloodlines. by ER 2013-04-20 21:33:22
        
        I think she and I were lovers in a previous life... by ER 2013-04-20 10:56:15
        
        :) You don't wanna know who I was in love with in a previous life. by Jody 2013-04-20 11:36:32
        
        Try me. by ER 2013-04-20 12:19:57
        
        Clue...he was a carpenter. by Jody 2013-04-20 14:19:08
        
        Wait, wait...don't tell me... by ER 2013-04-20 14:34:19
        
        I would say so. by Jody 2013-04-20 15:05:56
        
        Is it this guy? by podrock 2013-04-20 15:00:11
        
        LMAO! Nope... by Jody 2013-04-20 15:05:06
        
        That particular carpenter is still alive...the other guy is ummm...sorta dead now. by Jody 2013-04-20 15:06:39
        
        Is this what is meant by the 'Jody-o-Christian tradition'? n/t by ER 2013-04-20 18:26:31
        
        LMAO!!! ER!!...I am so gonna burn in hell...if there was a hell. The heart wants what the heart wants...or wanted ... by Jody 2013-04-20 19:35:35
        
        I wouldn't worry about it. by ER 2013-04-20 21:35:14

Gerard O'Neill's "High Frontier" available free on Kindle for limited time by TB April 20, 2013 8:21 pm

The terrorists won this one. by ER April 19, 2013 6:15 pm

When you think about it... by TB 2013-04-19 18:30:23
- I agree. by ER 2013-04-19 19:21:59
- And of course it's easier to destroy than to build. by TB 2013-04-19 18:32:39
  - I think that "war of civilizations" stuff is way exaggerated-- by ER 2013-04-19 19:12:03
    - As I said, it's not a war of civilizations. by TB 2013-04-19 20:12:19
      - After 9/11, I felt the same way. by ER 2013-04-20 05:22:25

Got him. Wounded, but alive. (n/t) by TB April 19, 2013 6:06 pm

A lucky break... by TB 2013-04-19 18:38:10

One bombing suspect dead, one being hunted down. by TB April 19, 2013 6:34 am

Webcam of police scanner by TB 2013-04-19 08:21:17
- Well, crap. by TB 2013-04-19 16:08:17
  - Location? by TB 2013-04-19 16:51:24

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