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Iran continues to ignore UN directives by RobVG May 27, 2012 10:04 am

Did Israel have UN permission to develop nuclear weapons? by bowser 2012-05-27 21:09:55
What do you propose Israel do? And it's not like they're the only ones banging the drums. by TB 2012-05-27 18:28:42
- No comment? by RobVG 2012-05-28 19:37:52
  - I don't have one. It's too late, now. by TB 2012-05-28 20:40:16
- Do what we did with the Soviets, be prepared for war- but don't start one. by RobVG 2012-05-28 10:00:26

The student loan bubble by TB May 25, 2012 8:19 pm

Interesting article but it left out one important point by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-26 13:31:07
Students are caught in the same hedge fund depression as everyone else. by bowser 2012-05-25 20:33:08
- Yeah, that's exactly the conclusion a normal person would draw from that graph and article. by TB 2012-05-25 20:35:19
  - I appreciate your discernment and the courage it took to admit that. by bowser 2012-05-25 20:45:31

Exactly how much has Obama increased government spending? by BuckGalaxy May 23, 2012 9:49 am

Well. Three "Pinocchios" from the Washington Post. by TB 2012-05-25 09:04:55
- And the Associated Press version is -here-. by TB 2012-05-26 08:55:02
So, it's all about the "growth?" What about the actual amount? by TB 2012-05-23 11:14:45
- We're getting decreases in real terms. by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-23 12:07:44
  - Go look at that -CBO budget analysis- and tell me where we are in ten years. by TB 2012-05-23 15:01:42
    - you're ignoring the point by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-23 15:39:49
      - They don't care, Buck. by bowser 2012-05-23 16:33:35
        
        Someday you might have to sit down and consider what the term "transfer" actually means. by TB 2012-05-23 16:34:48
        
        Someday you may want to consider issues. When the rich become richer there is a transfer. Why do ... by bowser 2012-05-23 16:49:14
        
        "When the rich become richer there is a transfer." by TB 2012-05-23 17:09:45
        
        Doesn't pass any test at all. Here's the test for you. by bowser 2012-05-23 23:30:54
        
        Well, leave it to me, I don't know what it means Tom...please explain. Thank you! by Jody 2012-05-23 20:49:37
        
        Wealth can be created, and not just taken from someone else. by TB 2012-05-23 21:21:27
      - You're "stuck on stupid." by TB 2012-05-23 16:31:13
        
        Missed the part I bolded in the OP? by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-23 19:23:15
        
        Horse apples. by TB 2012-05-23 21:15:25
        
        Damn you really don't realize how much egg you have on your face? by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-23 23:42:47
        
        Egg on my face? You kidding? by TB 2012-05-24 10:24:26
        
        By the way by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-24 16:37:26
        
        Where are you getting that half trillion? by TB 2012-05-24 17:27:54
        
        Again you count 2009 in Obama's column, WTF!? by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-24 19:59:55
        
        I've put the budget history table in the -Zone library-. by TB 2012-05-24 20:36:33
        
        Yeah you're smarter than those guys by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-24 15:56:31

Drones. by RobVG May 23, 2012 10:19 pm

Might have had a few drones around here last night. by TB 2012-05-24 10:32:20
I very well might shoot at it after observing for awhile by FrankC 2012-05-24 03:28:56
If I could reach it with a shotgun I'd blow it away without a second thought. by bowser 2012-05-23 23:24:17

The next time we fulminate about fundamental Muslims. by bowser May 22, 2012 5:45 pm

Words can not convey my outrage. If they ever develop a pre natal test that will predict homosexuality then all ... by Jody 2012-05-22 20:19:18
O...M...G. by Jody 2012-05-22 19:02:33

Tomorrow is a day in Tax History by BuckGalaxy May 17, 2012 6:01 pm

The statement is not hers, but Senator Carl Levin's. by TB 2012-05-17 22:24:56
Facebook Co-Founder Saverin Gives Up U.S. Citizenship Before IPO by ER 2012-05-17 18:55:29

Second year in a row... by TB May 16, 2012 3:04 pm

The Republican solution - ensure suffering at home and abroad. by bowser 2012-05-16 16:13:52

Where our stuff comes from by podrock May 15, 2012 7:13 pm

Only slightly tangential. by bowser 2012-05-15 20:26:47
Wish you could tell your coal-mining grandfather about the awfulness of jobs like this. by TB 2012-05-15 20:17:39
- (I posted the two posts as a tandem, on purpose.) by podrock 2012-05-15 20:28:47
- Similar and different. by podrock 2012-05-15 20:23:22
It's the future of labor. by ER 2012-05-15 19:44:41

The Ten Thousand Commandments by TB May 15, 2012 7:17 am

Moved from "Why we regulate" by ER 2012-05-15 08:22:18
- All right. by TB 2012-05-15 09:25:57
  - How cleverly you twist the words...Now eat them. by ER 2012-05-15 09:50:58
    - My grandfather could be in that picture. by podrock 2012-05-15 18:47:12
      - Good for you Pod. by ER 2012-05-15 20:18:59
    - That's it? by TB 2012-05-15 10:50:28
      - Conservatism did not come from the Tea Party. by ER 2012-05-15 11:49:21
And the reason is that the first 10 are ignored. Look at what happens without regulation. by bowser 2012-05-15 07:37:50

Why we regulate by BuckGalaxy May 14, 2012 2:02 pm

A comparison: by TB 2012-05-14 18:06:43
- The human factor. by bowser 2012-05-15 00:06:03
- Do you think American society is "slightly" more complex than the NFL? by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-14 19:21:17
  - Yeah, I read the link. I've been reading a lot of what Krugman has written lately. by TB 2012-05-14 19:57:34
    - The religion is on your side by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-14 21:38:28
      - "Pass more laws." How unexpected. by TB 2012-05-15 07:32:03
        
        A little history lesson by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-15 10:23:49
        
        Where do you people keep getting the word "unregulated?" by TB 2012-05-15 10:29:29
        
        Perhaps I misunderstood you by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-15 10:32:24
        
        There is a huge difference between "no more laws" and "no laws." by TB 2012-05-15 10:46:43
        
        Can you EVER step outside your ideology and look at the facts? by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-15 10:58:44
        
        How many were repealed? by TB 2012-05-15 11:15:42
        
        What was repealed covered a broad range of risky investments by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-15 16:06:28
        
        So go for it. by TB 2012-05-15 17:03:01
        
        How shallow is that? by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-15 18:32:33
        
        Further by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-15 18:52:26
        
        Meanwhile... by TB 2012-05-15 17:04:56
        
        Nice dick tuck. by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-15 18:32:55
      - It's not religion, its business. by ER 2012-05-15 05:50:10

Obama Restarts Culture Wars on Offense by ER May 14, 2012 7:14 am

Do you know what "cocooning" is? by TB 2012-05-14 08:56:25
- I never knew what 'cocooning' was until I started reading your posts. by ER 2012-05-14 09:10:16
  - Q.E.D. by TB 2012-05-14 09:21:15
    - "Q.E.D.", "Heh" and "Nice Try" means TB's run out of anything meaningful to say. by ER 2012-05-14 09:33:41
      - Look, by TB 2012-05-14 11:37:25
        
        In the absence of proper government, the strong will simply take from the weak. by ER 2012-05-14 11:51:41
        
        Key word there is "proper" isn't it? by TB 2012-05-14 12:03:45
        
        Refuse? by ER 2012-05-14 13:01:53
Test n/t by RobVG 2012-05-14 08:27:48

Rare-earth mining rises again by TB May 13, 2012 8:52 pm

Its a good reminder... by podrock 2012-05-13 21:24:34
- When we stopped making everything from wood and thatch, our toys have always come from holes in the ground. by TB 2012-05-14 08:58:38
  - Once again we are the agents of entropy. by ER 2012-05-14 09:54:50

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