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RU Conscription podrock September 26, 2022 9:42 pm (CurrentEvents)

In which David Corn writes about what we have been saying for years podrock September 22, 2022 7:19 am (CurrentEvents)

Seriously sad GOP podrock September 23, 2022 2:13 pm (CurrentEvents)

DART set for September 26 asteroid impact BuckGalaxy September 9, 2022 2:11 am (Space/Science)

Court of appeals humiliates Trump's hired judge RL September 21, 2022 6:01 pm (CurrentEvents)

Trump claims he telepathically declassified the Top Secret documents... RL September 22, 2022 7:55 am (CurrentEvents)

Ken Burns' new Holocaust Documentary. ER September 21, 2022 8:10 pm (CurrentEvents)

Deja effin' vu all over again ER September 21, 2022 7:58 am (CurrentEvents)

The winter of discontent RL September 21, 2022 5:48 pm (CurrentEvents)

Foo Fighters II. I read that Ukrainian UFO paper, RL. Its gibberish. ER September 19, 2022 7:45 pm (Off-Topic)

Hurricane Merbok ER September 16, 2022 12:49 pm (Space/Science)

Democrats pushing bill to eliminate debt ceiling by TB September 15, 2011 11:38 am

The REAL debt ceiling is What credit markets will lend at a reasonable rate. Even after the S&P downgrade the ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-09-15 23:41:40

How disgusting is this? by Eri September 15, 2011 7:04 am

Almost anything originating with Robertson is disgusting. Independent of Robertson, I am somewhat conflicted. My wife's step mother died with Alzheimer's. ... by FrankC 2011-09-15 10:38:38
- Frank, I can understand that there are circumstances where one may want to go on with their lives and I ... by Eri 2011-09-15 16:09:04
My wife sometimes pops up with how I got kind of a crappy deal when I married someone who got ... by TB 2011-09-15 09:19:41
- RESPECT. by BuckGalaxy 2011-09-15 23:51:37
- TB, I so very admire that and your wife is a very lucky woman. (Now, if we could only change your ... by Eri 2011-09-15 16:16:04
  - The part you're going to find very odd is that my political views come from the same principles. :) "This is ... by TB 2011-09-15 16:54:56
    - My sister has the same principles and is not a Republican or a conservative. Your assumption is, and this ... by Eri 2011-09-16 13:21:54
      - Actually, the point was the consistent presentation of conservatives on this board as people who have no morals or compassion. ... by TB 2011-09-16 13:49:16
        
        I have to admit guilt to labeling some conservatives as morally bankrupt and some very well are. I shouldn't ... by Eri 2011-09-16 16:03:15
        
        I'm not sure why you think compassion for individuals or local people doesn't "touch my wallet." Where do you ... by TB 2011-09-16 16:09:25
        
        Not hardly. My wallet helps take care of it. I pay my share of taxes, a larger percentage ... by Eri 2011-09-16 23:26:17
        
        That's great, seriously, but you aren't the one in the dock here. As a liberal Democrat, your virtue and ... by TB 2011-09-17 07:28:06
- Exactly TB. Although my husband pushed the boundaries of *for better or worse* a few years back, on an emotional level ... by Jody 2011-09-15 09:42:47
This boils my blood. by Jody 2011-09-15 08:15:02
Have you noticed how this guy always has that same phony smile painted on his face? It's not just ... by ER 2011-09-15 07:42:26

More on Bachmann and vaccinations by TB September 14, 2011 8:27 am

Whether or not the government should be involved in forcing medical procedures on those who don't want them (even for ... by ER 2011-09-14 10:29:34
- I have not done any survey either, but gonadification is STILL rampant. You bring up an interesting view ER.....I have to ... by Jody 2011-09-14 11:05:03
  - gonadification? by ER 2011-09-14 11:20:01
    - yep....actually when I was a youngin' we would add 'ification' to everything...heh..we were groovy!... by Jody 2011-09-14 13:44:40
    - I think it's a polite way to say by Robert 2011-09-14 11:29:20
      - ROBERT!!!! :) by Jody 2011-09-14 13:45:24

AP has called NY-09 race for Republican Bob Turner by TB September 13, 2011 9:08 pm

Pournelle on compulsory vaccinations by TB September 13, 2011 8:54 pm

EDITED: It’s her taking the bait from Blitzer, whose sole task up there was to try to get Republican candidates to ... by ER 2011-09-14 05:36:11
- Oh, speaking of paranoia... Before anyone pops back, think hard about what you would have said about Bush if he had ... by TB 2011-09-14 09:52:48
  - A story on this from the Washington Post. Interestingly, when I looked at this yesterday, the headline said "laughing ... by TB 2011-09-15 09:58:05
  - That's pretty funny, but I can't decide whether its someone making fun of liberals, or someone making fun of conservatives ... by ER 2011-09-14 11:17:38
    - Are you talking about the website or the YouTube? The website is real, and totally serious, put out by Obama For ... by TB 2011-09-14 11:47:53
      - Then I'm all for it. Someone needs to put the kabosh on the Fascist agitprop machine. For example, multiple GOP ... by ER 2011-09-14 12:31:00
        
        And on the subject of "agitprop:" Something interesting has happened in the past few years. Remember the old Soviet Union, ... by TB 2011-09-14 13:28:07
        
        Nice jump from "this has to be a joke" to "great idea." Interesting choice of color scheme on the website, by ... by TB 2011-09-14 13:19:49
  - Heh. Sure doesn't take long nowadays to gin stuff like this up. by TB 2011-09-14 09:58:44
    - Well, at least it's nice to know Gilbert Gottfried got another job after he got fired from being the voice ... by ER 2011-09-14 10:45:15
      - But he sure makes a great 'Digit' by Jody 2011-09-14 11:08:37
- By the way, there's a debate transcript here. by TB 2011-09-14 06:53:17
  - Thanks for the link TB...now a question...who do you think "came out on top?" by Jody 2011-09-14 09:28:57
    - Jody, at this point, I personally don't care. I don't watch these "debates." They aren't really debates anyway, ... by TB 2011-09-14 09:45:03
  - From the transcript: "MR. BLITZER: Congresswoman Bachmann, do you have a problem with anything that Governor Perry just said? You're a ... by ER 2011-09-14 07:11:23
    - Look at all the questions. Almost all of them are straight along the planned Democratic lines of attack for ... by TB 2011-09-14 08:12:29
      - I agree with Ron Paul....there should be an *opt out* for the up and coming generation. by Jody 2011-09-14 09:30:57
        
        ...sorry...that is for S.S....not the actual topic on the right...sigh...I digress...as usual. by Jody 2011-09-14 09:32:37
      - Tom, I have no doubt whatsoever you actually believe what you're saying, or you would never have posted a link ... by ER 2011-09-14 09:29:53
- You are very quick at dismissing a lot of people you know little about. Pournelle, who I have read ... by TB 2011-09-14 06:37:24
  - There is no reason you can't be crazy and smart at the same time. In fact, there seems to be ... by ER 2011-09-14 06:57:09
- heh....you should try being a social liberal/fiscal conservative. by Jody 2011-09-14 05:38:37
  - Jody, I am a social liberal and fiscal conservative. But with these yahoos, you're always too liberal and never conservative enough. by ER 2011-09-14 06:00:18
    - I am also...thus my post.....I do not feel that I am too liberal or not conservative enough...I feel that THEY ... by Jody 2011-09-14 06:09:57
      - You're right, social and fiscal issues should have no connection, and a position on one should not automatically translate to ... by ER 2011-09-14 06:30:28
        
        ER! ;) by Jody 2011-09-14 06:35:17

Japanese earthquake, six months later by TB September 13, 2011 7:23 pm

Perry Asks for Federal Funds to Fight Wildfires After Slashing State Fire Budget by BuckGalaxy September 12, 2011 4:03 pm

Yep, State's rights are great and people should pull themselves up their own bootstraps and living off the Feds is ... by Eri 2011-09-12 20:59:11
Nothing good ever came out of Texas. by ER 2011-09-12 16:50:46
- oh hush you ole poop...I am from thar and dems fightin' words. I am the best damn thing that has come ... by Jody 2011-09-12 20:50:37
  - Of which Perry is a steady customer, of course, on alternate nights when he's not thumping Bibles. by Eri 2011-09-12 21:00:19

Greek bonds by TB September 12, 2011 8:39 am

9/11 by TB September 11, 2011 11:57 am

I have been compelled to watch anything I could find today about 9/11. I settled in with the History Channel ... by Jody 2011-09-11 20:11:42
The serendipitous free verse of memories by TB 2011-09-11 18:35:15
Another film here of the new memorial. by TB 2011-09-11 18:28:23

The story of "Lucky" Penney by TB September 10, 2011 7:35 pm

I call BS. ... by Lee 2011-09-11 07:14:07
- Yes, the bullets could have, probably would have, brought it down, but where might it have landed? The idea ... by Eri 2011-09-11 18:27:40
- If you read the article, you see that they had to take off without live ammunition. by TB 2011-09-11 08:02:45
  - Not according to the article I read. ... by Lee 2011-09-11 09:39:01
Be careful what you hope for. The creeps who hijacked those planes came from countries that had no trouble ... by ER 2011-09-11 05:33:34

Time for Israel to reoccupy the Sinai. by Lee September 9, 2011 9:12 pm

Ten years after Pearl Harbor by TB September 9, 2011 7:22 pm

As I've alluded before, the wallowing in 9/11 nostalgia is not for me, in fact, I feel it a form ... by ER 2011-09-11 06:04:45
- Agreed! It's too painful. by Jeff-Wash 2011-09-11 15:09:05
- The simplest explanation was that Japan was an ally by 1951, and things were different. Wars seemed to settle ... by TB 2011-09-11 08:05:38
  - There's also the guilt that was felt by many Americans over the dropping of the bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki; ... by Jeff-Wash 2011-09-11 15:18:47
    - In addition, a little off topic, speaking of Hiroshima, President Truman felt guilty in the years after 1945 over the fact ... by Jeff-Wash 2011-09-11 15:28:56
      - I'm not sure why Hiroshima and Nagasaki would generate any more or less guilt than, for example, the firebombing of ... by TB 2011-09-11 17:56:18
  - The common people in warring countries used to go right back to normal trade and travel as soon as their ... by ER 2011-09-11 09:01:48

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