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All Along the Watchtower ER July 1, 2025 9:13 pm (CurrentEvents)

Birthright Citizenship RobVG June 29, 2025 3:34 pm (CurrentEvents)

To be blunt, NASA is now dead RL June 27, 2025 11:56 am (Space/Science)

Just for the record... ER June 22, 2025 8:59 am (CurrentEvents)

NSIDC offline? ER June 12, 2025 12:19 pm (Space/Science)

Musk trashes his own AI after it chose a liberal worldview. RobVG June 23, 2025 9:56 am (CurrentEvents)

Psyche keeps its date with an asteroid BuckGalaxy June 22, 2025 5:21 pm (Space/Science)

The Three Unknowns After the U.S. Strike on Iran BuckGalaxy June 22, 2025 12:58 am (CurrentEvents)

There are only nine meals between mankind and anarchy. BuckGalaxy June 22, 2025 12:29 am (Flame)

"Remember, what the dormouse said, ER June 5, 2025 4:14 pm (Space/Science)

Not ready for prime time BuckGalaxy June 19, 2025 12:18 pm (Space/Science)

hypocrisy ER June 15, 2025 2:30 pm (Flame)

NH GOP tries to eliminate employee lunch breaks by BuckGalaxy February 9, 2012 12:01 pm

Let's just simplify the language. "As a worker you are entitled to three breaks a day. One will ... by bowser 2012-02-09 17:30:36
OMG! Will this apply to Executive Power Lunches, too? And what about the famous "3 martini lunch"? by ER 2012-02-09 12:13:50

Game Change by ER February 4, 2012 10:38 am

US licenses first nuclear reactors since 1978 by bowser February 9, 2012 1:11 pm

Hallelujah and Amen! It's good to see nuclear power return. If we handle it with caution and care unlike the ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-02-09 14:41:06
- Sorry, VRB, but those articles, although technically correct, are highly misleading, misleading to the point of being scientific gibberish. ... by ER 2012-02-09 15:58:14

Opening an ice cream shop in San Francisco by TB February 7, 2012 4:15 pm

And as that guy said, "Now for the other side of the story". Very often entrepreneurs, erstwhile businessmen and women all, ... by bowser 2012-02-07 16:35:57
- Things are tough all over. by ER 2012-02-07 19:46:44
  - I liked the United Negro College Fund take-off during the Reagan years. Page One: Large letters - A Mind Is ... by bowser 2012-02-07 20:26:29
    - TB does have a point. The red tape involved in starting and operating a business needs to be reviewed ... by ER 2012-02-08 05:35:06
      - That's an easy one with which to agree. Where I might differ with TB is in the origin ... by bowser 2012-02-09 05:02:57
        
        Bowz, where I might differ with you is that I believe you are a lot more like TB than you ... by ER 2012-02-09 06:12:17
        
        Oh. Oh, yeah. You wanna step outside? C'mon, c'mon, bring your brother, I don't care. Bring ... by bowser 2012-02-09 13:48:44

Recall that frequently I harp on the idea that austerity can kill a recovery? by alcaray January 31, 2012 11:38 pm

I see your point by RobVG 2012-02-01 17:43:04
- It's really not a difficult concept to figure out. You don't reign in spending during bad times, you do ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-02-08 01:14:41
I see you only noticed part of that economic recovery equation. by TB 2012-02-01 15:04:38
- Educate me. by alcaray 2012-02-01 22:22:32
The CBO will be roundly condemned as irrelevant or biased when it makes a pronouncement that gores someone's sacred cow; ... by ER 2012-02-01 06:23:07
Sorta like stopping chicken soup after two days. However, higher taxes could help. Low taxes on the wealthy ... by bowser 2012-02-01 01:17:16
- The Republicans are always complaining that our problems are due to our having "the highest corporate taxes in the world". Does ... by ER 2012-02-01 06:06:55

"Santorum wins in Mo., Minn, giving boost to campaign" by bowser February 7, 2012 8:58 pm

Must be Santorum's turn. n/t by alcaray 2012-02-07 22:08:09
A convention in Tampa, in late August. Tampa is uninhabitable in Late August. I hope the air conditioning ... by ER 2012-02-07 21:10:31

Update on Komen by Jody February 7, 2012 9:02 am

Brinker, founder and CEO of Komen, said in an MSNBC interview that Handel had nothing to do with the decision. ... by bowser 2012-02-07 10:24:18
Sometimes you catch glimpses of a huge and bitter submarine battle going on deep beneath the surface. by ER 2012-02-07 09:46:18
- ...and THAT ER is where yours truly fails miserably. It usually SWOOSHES over this ole gal's head. I am either ... by Jody 2012-02-07 10:18:14
  - I probably used a military, or more precisely, a naval metaphor too glibly, expecting others would pick up on it. ... by ER 2012-02-07 10:55:14
    - I understood what you meant ER. Where I fail is that I don't usually know the underlying battle. I am ... by Jody 2012-02-07 11:18:42
      - You have nothing to be ashamed of. Most of us DON'T understand what is really going on, deep beneath ... by ER 2012-02-07 11:58:36
  - An example of what I mean from my post above: Yay, another victory for the totalitarian/Feinstein wing of feminism! After ... by Jody 2012-02-07 10:40:28
    - Now its my turn to ask... based solely on this post of yours, I can't tell on whose side you're on. Are ... by ER 2012-02-07 11:13:02
      - Ah...THANKS! I appreciate that! The quote is from my brother in law. I posted this link on Facebook also. I am ... by Jody 2012-02-07 11:23:56
        
        "Neutrality is Betrayal" by ER 2012-02-07 12:06:54
    - Look at it as it is. One side is saying others should have the same religious beliefs as do ... by bowser 2012-02-07 10:51:17

It begins with an idea... by Jody February 6, 2012 6:46 am

Apples and Oranges. by ER 2012-02-06 14:55:55
Iron Man by FrankC 2012-02-06 13:58:12

I heard a funny rumor..... by Vitruvius February 5, 2012 4:08 am

The Scots have been threatening this for years, too. The Irish actually got away with it. But you know what ... by ER 2012-02-05 07:36:05

"Israeli official implies strike on Iran nukes program is near" by bowser February 3, 2012 10:22 pm

The Israelis are really starting to piss me off. They are definitely playing some sort of political bluff game ... by ER 2012-02-04 07:08:36
- Punny choice of a quote source, ER :D Seriously though, I say we ditch 'em. In fact, if the ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-02-05 04:01:01
  - Disentanglement is going to be difficult politically, the Jewish lobby has been able to take advantage of a substantial portion ... by ER 2012-02-05 06:12:23

msnbc Breaking: In reversal, Susan G. Komen breast cancer charity says it will fund Planned Parenthood.n/t by Jody February 3, 2012 9:46 am

"Might be too little, too late for Komen, bioethicist says." I agree. I'll never see the Komen organization as a ... by bowser 2012-02-03 18:07:53
- Maybe destroying Komen is what this is about? n/t by alcaray 2012-02-04 13:11:00
- Being a strong supporter of pro choice...I hope it sheds light on the religious zealots that are attempting to force ... by Jody 2012-02-04 10:57:45
  - There's nothing new about these guys, Jody. They have been part of the American landscape since day one. ... by ER 2012-02-04 11:41:01
    - In my early thirties, when I was a self righteous dudette, I, too, held the holier than thou attitude. But ... by Jody 2012-02-04 12:26:16
- So let me see if I got this right. An attempt was made to essentially hijack a charitable organization and affect ... by ER 2012-02-03 21:46:18
  - ...and for supper...we are having... by Jody 2012-02-04 07:10:09
  - Hijack for a religious-political cause, really. No one here wanted to tell you RIGHT away. There are people out there ... by bowser 2012-02-03 23:29:27
- I agree. by Jody 2012-02-03 19:19:07
Does the Susan G. Komen charity depend on federal funding for their activities? by ER 2012-02-03 10:14:27
- Financial The following information is based ... by bowser 2012-02-03 12:21:27
- Not to my knowledge and research. by Jody 2012-02-03 11:50:29

The occupy mentality by RobVG January 31, 2012 8:10 pm

Well that's 15 minutes I won't get back. by alcaray 2012-02-01 13:14:28
- Yeah, well... by RobVG 2012-02-01 17:20:24
  - "80% of occupiers..." by alcaray 2012-02-01 22:27:29
    - I can't recall any movement to change society that was pretty. Unionization, civil rights, integrated schools, women's rights, gay ... by bowser 2012-02-01 22:54:49
      - Yeah. You know I've always been willing to do my part. But I've never joined any kind of ... by alcaray 2012-02-02 18:52:27
        
        Actually, when I was in high school... by alcaray 2012-02-03 13:58:59
        
        I have a friend who marched several times with the Occupiers. He is worth a couple of million, 73 ... by bowser 2012-02-02 21:08:25
- Yeah, but THAT's different. by ER 2012-02-01 14:50:12
Talk Radio. by ER 2012-02-01 06:28:38
- Yeah, so? by RobVG 2012-02-01 09:54:28
That has to be "whorehouse". by bowser 2012-01-31 22:27:16

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