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

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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)

Taliban Willing to Talk by RobVG January 3, 2012 11:36 pm

"Liu Xiaobo’s Plea for the Human Spirit" by TB January 2, 2012 11:11 am

Acts of war by the US: alloting $400 million to destabilize Iran, flying drones over Iran, killing Iranian scientists in and out of Iran. US threatens Iran over closure of the Strait. by bowser December 30, 2011 4:10 am

Bowser, you're making the same error the other side does, and consequently, you wind up arriving at the same wrong ... by ER 2011-12-30 06:14:52
- First, the US is violating Iranian airspace regularly. Secondly, the US has vowed to destabilize the Iranian government. ... by bowser 2011-12-30 09:03:04
  - Well, you've heard my story and I'm stickin' to it. They broke into our embassy and took diplomats hostage. In ... by ER 2011-12-30 09:33:44
    - The embassy break-in and hostage taking is especially heinous when viewed as occurring in a vacuum. It would be ... by bowser 2011-12-30 10:23:14
      - Who benefits? by ER 2012-01-02 18:55:43
        
        It also includes something like 3/4 of the oil imported to Japan. Other allies as well. by TB 2012-01-02 22:09:01
        
        It sure would be nice to see a couple of Japanese and Euro tin cans out there. by ER 2012-01-03 08:39:08
        
        Japan seems to be doing its part, at least locally. by TB 2012-01-03 11:50:43
        
        Ron Paul has more native good sense than the rest of the Republican Party, even if you leave out the ... by bowser 2012-01-02 21:39:31

How SF fans made a campus safe for free speech (fixed) by TB December 29, 2011 5:49 pm

Santorum surging in Iowa by BuckGalaxy December 29, 2011 11:03 am

...and down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. by Robert 2011-12-29 14:34:47
The reason that there are so many idiots running for the GOP nomination isn't because there are no smart Republicans, ... by ER 2011-12-29 13:23:29
- Again, you give them too much credit. You are assuming "they" have the same interest as the Dems for ... by bowser 2011-12-30 04:16:05
  - I think they live in their own little world, where they only need compete with each other in pointless acquisition ... by ER 2011-12-30 07:40:48
    - Did you read my "A bit more crony capitalism" comment in the ethanol thread below? by TB 2011-12-30 10:44:41
      - Actually, I couldn't agree with you more. In fact, I could go you a step further--that virtue and greed ... by ER 2011-12-30 13:55:59
- Do you have any idea how many times I've heard this kind of lament during economic downturns? by TB 2011-12-29 17:54:08
  - Ever wondered why you hear this lament? Ever wonder where the smart ones are? Let me help. The smart ... by bowser 2011-12-29 23:35:50
    - You hear this lament when miserable failures in government are trying to defend the power they won a few years ... by TB 2011-12-29 23:45:17
  - Night Thoughts of a Baffled Humanist by ER 2011-12-29 18:28:32
    - Much of the article describes her own ideology, no less divorced from reality. What's the point here? by TB 2011-12-29 18:49:17
      - It's a meditation on the seductiveness and limitation of ideology. by ER 2011-12-29 18:56:59
        
        The essay covers a lot more territory than that. by TB 2011-12-29 19:01:51
        
        And incidentally: by TB 2011-12-29 19:19:20
        
        My original post wasn't about economic downturns. It was about why smart Republicans were staying out of this election ... by ER 2011-12-29 19:43:53

Good news on the ethanol front by TB December 27, 2011 9:12 pm

An ethical issue. Let's say there are two villages with a large farm harvesting corn in between. South Village, pop. ... by bowser 2011-12-28 09:40:53
- Just to drag a small clue across your path: Government subsidies of corn ethanol to benefit crony industries is not capitalism. In ... by TB 2011-12-29 09:41:45
  - Wow. Deserves a new thread. One interesting point. "In a socialist country, all companies are cronies. Their CEOs ... by bowser 2011-12-29 12:12:54
  - Related: A bit more crony capitalism here. by TB 2011-12-29 09:57:21

Ben Nelson is retiring by TB December 27, 2011 1:12 pm

He was already a republican in everything but party title. If his seat goes to the gop, I'd gladly ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-12-27 19:30:52
Who is Ben Nelson? I'm sure he was an interesting guy and this is an interesting post. However, ... by bowser 2011-12-27 13:27:04
- Sorry, it's enough work doing my own thinking. by TB 2011-12-27 14:04:15
  - And when you post like that we can see you don't. :-) A post which just references something without the ... by bowser 2011-12-27 15:21:26
    - If someone posts on a subject I don't know about, by TB 2011-12-27 15:35:55
      - You do have a legitimate point. And I believe if the guy were well known, it would be a ... by bowser 2011-12-27 19:03:00

CIA has suspended drone strikes in Pakistan on lower level militants by BuckGalaxy December 25, 2011 11:39 am

There's hope for the republic! by BuckGalaxy December 25, 2011 11:35 am

I like E.R., (no relation), I've been following his work a lot lately. He is often brought in for ... by ER 2011-12-25 15:31:15
"Pragmatist:" A Republican who will do whatever the Democrats want. by TB 2011-12-25 15:27:06
- Oh Come All Ye Faithful, And May The Rest Of You Rot In Hell. Our way or the highway. ... by bowser 2011-12-25 18:39:27
  - Deck the Halls with Balls of Traitors, fa la la la la la, 'Tis the season to be surly, fa la ... by bowser 2011-12-25 18:49:59
    - Ever see what happens to a leftist who takes one step off the reservation? by TB 2011-12-25 19:07:55
      - The "leftist" reservation is huge, bigger'n a tea cup. by bowser 2011-12-25 20:11:01
More here on the GOP fracture... by BuckGalaxy 2011-12-25 11:40:55
- Progressives should not take too much comfort from the Right's internal schisms. Like all aggressive, inflexible movements, there are ... by ER 2011-12-25 18:19:18

The greatest political poster I've ever seen! by bowser December 24, 2011 8:17 am

Put on your Putin, by ER 2011-12-24 08:47:05

N.R.C. approves new nuclear reactor design by TB December 22, 2011 10:21 pm

I'd like to see around 500-600 of these built in the US. by Lee 2011-12-27 07:38:38
It would be a very good thing to have those dotted around the landscape. And if Yucca Flats could ... by bowser 2011-12-23 19:18:04

Boehner quote for the ages! by BuckGalaxy December 22, 2011 8:31 pm

I expected him to cry. by ER 2011-12-22 21:37:44

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