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Posting just a title line sometimes links to an empty body. RobVG November 5, 2025 1:02 pm (GeekSpeak)

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Space X put on notice RobVG October 20, 2025 4:55 pm (Space/Science)

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The 1% RobVG October 27, 2025 10:54 am (Off-Topic)

Message in a bottle BuckGalaxy October 29, 2025 10:55 am (Off-Topic)

Taxmageddon by TB July 10, 2012 6:18 pm

What Obama has promised the Middle Class by BuckGalaxy 2012-07-11 14:49:28
- Did you notice the response in the Senate? by TB 2012-07-11 16:55:35
  - Do you really need an explanation? by alcaray 2012-07-11 23:05:42
Look for the Republicans to fillibuster... by alcaray 2012-07-10 18:47:10
- Remember the tax extensions at the end of 2010? by TB 2012-07-10 19:38:44
  - refresh my memory? by alcaray 2012-07-10 19:43:26

From the WSJ by ER July 8, 2012 9:12 am

Tell me about it. by TB 2012-07-08 11:31:03
- True. Only the stimulus spending of WWII stopped the Depression. by ER 2012-07-08 13:34:56
  - There is more than one school of thought on this. by TB 2012-07-08 15:15:24
    - WWII brought higher taxes, massive spending and full employment. End of depression. by bowser 2012-07-08 16:18:39
    - Yeah, and its wrong. FDR saved capitalism. by ER 2012-07-08 16:17:18
      - Believe it or not, I've gone way beyond Wikipedia studying this subject. by TB 2012-07-08 19:51:20
        
        Maybe you're beyond Wikipedia by ER 2012-07-09 05:38:04
      - Futile. by bowser 2012-07-08 16:44:45
        
        The American people by RobVG 2012-07-11 08:40:24
        
        You have a point by ER 2012-07-11 10:27:06
        
        Re-read comment above, "Yeah, and it's wrong." by TB 2012-07-11 11:04:44
        
        See how annoying it is? by ER 2012-07-11 13:57:42

Thomas Ricks on the draft by TB July 10, 2012 8:01 pm

Hey, it's McChrystal's idea. Obama's MacArthur. The Right should love this. by ER 2012-07-10 20:31:18
- P.S. There was no draft in Heinlein's book. by TB 2012-07-10 20:56:26
- Would they still pay the taxes for those services? by TB 2012-07-10 20:39:33
  - I was never in favor of the draft. by ER 2012-07-10 21:23:41
    - I was never in favor of the draft either, and the military seems to work damn well without it. by TB 2012-07-10 21:51:20
      - We're building one right now. by ER 2012-07-11 06:09:16

Obama wants to extend Bush tax cuts for a year by TB July 9, 2012 9:17 am

Not accurate by alcaray 2012-07-10 14:04:43
- Not accurate? I'm shocked! Shocked! by ER 2012-07-10 15:33:06
  - If you're wealthy, your taxes are going up. by TB 2012-07-10 18:03:48
    - The 4.6% solution. by ER 2012-07-10 18:38:08
      - You can't figure out what's in it for me? by TB 2012-07-10 19:33:15
        
        I don't have much choice, do I? by ER 2012-07-10 20:15:33
        
        You don't get it. by TB 2012-07-10 20:50:50
        
        I don't have to "get it" TB. by ER 2012-07-10 21:54:49
Election ploy! Needs all those jobs and prosperity those have brought. Strictly political. by bowser 2012-07-09 11:44:39
Romney's reaction " massive tax increase" by RobVG 2012-07-09 10:32:37
- This implies that there's something wrong with lower taxes. by TB 2012-07-09 11:26:41
  - Your surplus is based on a bubble. n/t by RobVG 2012-07-09 16:35:49

Bath Salts by Jody July 9, 2012 12:17 pm

Can you imagine if somehow this could be distributed... by FrankC 2012-07-10 11:03:07
Re your post on community by ER 2012-07-09 12:29:57

Ernie Borgnine dead at 95 by RobVG July 8, 2012 2:50 pm

...or forever hold your peace... by ER July 8, 2012 8:29 am

It's all over now, baby blue. by ER July 6, 2012 7:17 pm

She's a hum-dinger...folksinger. by ER 2012-07-06 19:50:39

More Colorado fire photos by TB July 5, 2012 8:25 pm

Thanks for the link, TB. It's so weird to look at those photos knowing the area like the back of ... by podrock 2012-07-06 07:58:44
- Weather radar map now shows the area getting a good soaking. by TB 2012-07-06 17:03:16
  - Not too much, please! by podrock 2012-07-06 19:27:36
Oh Tom :( by Jody 2012-07-05 20:29:08
- Good news, if you can call it that, is that these are old photos. by TB 2012-07-05 20:35:36

James Lovelock interview by TB July 5, 2012 10:37 am

As has been pointed out before. by bowser 2012-07-05 17:18:39
- You have no clue who this is, do you? by TB 2012-07-05 17:22:50
  - Your stock answer when you are wrong. NO ONE ELSE understands. Only you. And Rush. by bowser 2012-07-05 17:28:20
    - Nice ink cloud. by TB 2012-07-05 17:32:33

The Disappearance of the Middle Class by Jody July 4, 2012 12:13 pm

Ehrenreich is right on target, as always. by ER 2012-07-04 14:22:53
And yet, here we are, another generation later. by TB 2012-07-04 13:26:41
- It is our fault...that I am sure of. It is a cycle though. We went from total gestapo to total ... by Jody 2012-07-05 08:14:14
  - However ugly, there is a class system. There is the poor, the middle class, and the affluent. Of course there ... by Jody 2012-07-05 08:41:02
- It's the end result of what you advocate, TB. Your dream, your ideal, your doom. by bowser 2012-07-04 15:16:43
- Actually Tom I didn't get what you read. I got something else. I read that kids simply don't want to ... by Jody 2012-07-04 13:52:03
  - It's been a long time since I read FOF. by ER 2012-07-04 14:59:35
    - I don't see it as political either. I wouldn't be fascinated with it if it were. She is very calm, ... by Jody 2012-07-04 17:17:44
      - Take it, sister. May it serve you well. by ER 2012-07-04 17:41:49

Tom...would you, if you have the time...help me look to see if this is legit... by Jody July 3, 2012 7:02 pm

One article on this -here-. by TB 2012-07-03 20:36:45
- Yipes. There's at least one for every area of the ocean. See what you can find on this page. by TB 2012-07-03 20:40:15
  - THANK YOU so much!!!!!! by Jody 2012-07-03 20:46:13

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