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The Browning of America by ER May 18, 2012 6:53 am

A couple of thousand years of uninterrupted progress... by FrankC 2012-05-18 10:49:56
- I still love this line... by RobVG 2012-05-18 19:27:21
  - A high school paper. by bowser 2012-05-18 19:53:23
- Racial prejudice may be a recent issue. by ER 2012-05-18 11:36:26

Meanwhile, in the real world... by ER May 19, 2012 7:05 am

The planet has been getting steadily warmer since the Little Ice Age (about 1350 to 1850). by TB 2012-05-19 14:00:56
- Nice Try by ER 2012-05-19 15:14:03
  - I might be less hostile... by TB 2012-05-19 17:53:13
    - That Chart is useless. by ER 2012-05-19 19:14:21
      - Friend, ALL the data jumps all over the place. by TB 2012-05-19 19:37:13
        
        The N icecap is melting. by ER 2012-05-19 20:17:21
        
        All gone by next year, actually. by TB 2012-05-19 21:36:02
        
        The Graph is titled "Reconstructed Temperatures." So they are not "actual", are they? by podrock 2012-05-19 19:57:51
        
        Fair point. But you know what I meant. by TB 2012-05-19 21:28:55
  - Qualitive v. Quantitive by bowser 2012-05-19 16:27:04
Yeah, but it's not that unusual. by bowser 2012-05-19 07:33:40

To Petition the Emperor by ER May 19, 2012 6:00 pm

You're fishing with dynamite, TB. by ER May 20, 2012 6:06 am

And on "outliers:" by TB 2012-05-20 08:40:33
So just what is a linear regression, anyway? by ER 2012-05-20 08:08:08
- Charts by TB 2012-05-20 08:31:15
I don't deny the data, which I've been watching a lot longer than you have. by TB 2012-05-20 08:05:51
- How can you keep a straight face? by bowser 2012-05-20 14:08:08
- I don't know who James Hansen is or what he wants. I thought he was a pupetteer. by ER 2012-05-20 08:38:43
  - You don't know who James Hansen is. by TB 2012-05-20 08:49:41

Another GPS-Assisted Grounding by ER May 25, 2012 6:24 am

Human interactions with GPSs. by bowser 2012-05-25 10:31:58
- Your speculations are pretty accurate. by ER 2012-05-25 11:18:18

This explains a lot by ER May 25, 2012 6:47 am

Be careful. "Evangelical religious belief" is not confined to the Christian religion. Or gods, for that matter. by TB 2012-05-25 07:15:58
- Substantially incorrect by Robert 2012-05-25 11:00:11
  - I'd be happy to use any term you can agree on. by TB 2012-05-25 12:58:24
    - Not sure what you mean by "belief parameters" by Robert 2012-05-25 20:47:10
      - The study was less than rigorous, by TB 2012-05-25 21:08:28
- "Born again" Protestant or Catholic is confined to Christianity, though. by bowser 2012-05-25 10:06:33
  - Poor TB. by ER 2012-05-25 11:03:41
- P.S. Welcome back! by TB 2012-05-25 07:16:43
  - Thanks. But I can't stay long, or often. by ER 2012-05-25 11:04:46

Facebook Co-Founder Saverin Gives Up U.S. Citizenship Before IPO by ER May 11, 2012 12:23 pm

Lance Armstrong, team, coaches accused of doping. by bowser June 13, 2012 11:09 pm

China builds special factory, has skilled workers the US can't match. For US job. by bowser June 5, 2012 12:27 am

Bethlehem Steel "13-week vacations for senior workers and United Nations Day, Oct. 24, as a paid holiday." by RobVG 2012-06-05 07:21:14
- The rest of the story by Robert 2012-06-05 11:16:55
  - Out of context? Pretty much stands alone in my opinion. n/t by RobVG 2012-06-05 21:15:23
    - Well, that's kinda the definition of "out of context", isn't it? n/t by Robert 2012-06-05 21:58:16
      - I'm still stuck on this. by RobVG 2012-06-10 07:54:21
        
        Really? by Robert 2012-06-10 13:09:30
        
        Just a fly in the ointment then. n/t by RobVG 2012-06-11 08:12:16
        
        PS. It was in the context of US steel competing with Chinese labor. n/t by RobVG 2012-06-11 08:22:50
        
        Nested context by Robert 2012-06-11 09:07:27
      - I would say something taken out of context loses definition. Not the case here. n/t by RobVG 2012-06-06 07:39:27
  - There's a lot more article beyond that point. by TB 2012-06-05 13:57:15
    - Yes there is, but how is it relevant? by Robert 2012-06-05 15:31:06
      - I wasn't "defending" anything. by TB 2012-06-05 15:54:32
        
        BS. Your euphemisms are the Emperor's clothes. by bowser 2012-06-05 18:14:48
  - And another part. The US doesn't have anyone that could do it. by bowser 2012-06-05 12:15:21
    - Why is that? by Robert 2012-06-05 15:37:25
      - The good news is that people are building smaller and better versions of the Saturn V. by TB 2012-06-05 16:26:52
"Bay Area leaders mandated the new bridge be “iconic” in its design. " by RobVG 2012-06-05 07:03:47
- The traditional role of governments is to build monuments. by bowser 2012-06-05 12:10:54

An interesting situation by bowser June 7, 2012 9:39 pm

When was the last time a Mexican crossed the boarder and planted an IED? by RobVG 2012-06-07 21:45:13
- Oh, THAT Mexican. by bowser 2012-06-08 18:16:22
- Help me understand how that relates. by bowser 2012-06-07 23:05:36
  - I fuddled that one. by RobVG 2012-06-08 19:19:39
    - No, you didn't fuddle it. I got your point. by TB 2012-06-09 12:12:52
      - Both - And by bowser 2012-06-09 12:53:25

Watching Wisconsin by TB June 5, 2012 9:56 pm

Big win for Citzens United. by BuckGalaxy 2012-06-06 08:30:48
- But Buck, thanks to John Roberts, we have the best democracy money can buy. by Robert 2012-06-06 11:13:58
  - Yep. That was it. Go back to sleep. by TB 2012-06-06 12:35:35
    - We've achieved Free-Market Democracy® by Robert 2012-06-06 19:14:48
      - Obama outspent McCain in 2008 by two to one and won by the exact margin Walker did. by TB 2012-06-06 19:39:49
        
        And how does that compare to 4 to 1? by bowser 2012-06-06 21:54:19
  - And still it was close. But the oligarchy is here. by bowser 2012-06-06 12:06:01
- Cheer up. The Democrat pulled ahead last night in the District 21 Senate recall. by TB 2012-06-06 09:03:27
The four Republican senators also won their recalls. Most by very large margins. by TB 2012-06-05 23:10:41
You should love that one. by bowser 2012-06-05 22:20:18

Entitlements are affordable by BuckGalaxy June 6, 2012 3:26 pm

Jared is blowing smoke. by TB 2012-06-06 16:10:01

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