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So you Millennials think the world has given you a raw deal? ER November 25, 2025 5:27 pm (Off-Topic)

Xi called Trump RobVG November 24, 2025 10:26 am (CurrentEvents)

This is not a drill. NOT a drill. General Quarters, General Quarters. All hands man your battle stations. ER November 24, 2025 4:58 pm (CurrentEvents)

I thought this was fake news when I first saw it online BuckGalaxy November 23, 2025 10:13 pm (Space/Science)

And the worms ate into his brain BuckGalaxy November 23, 2025 7:37 pm (CurrentEvents)

Cracks propagate podrock November 22, 2025 8:54 pm (CurrentEvents)

Carmakers want to build robot armies BuckGalaxy November 18, 2025 5:50 pm (Flame)

Moonage Daydream BuckGalaxy November 16, 2025 2:48 pm (Space/Science)

Debunking simulation theory with more simulation theory RobVG November 20, 2025 3:09 pm (Space/Science)

"Pluribus" RobVG November 10, 2025 9:06 am (Science Fiction)

SR72 RobVG November 20, 2025 1:00 pm (Off-Topic)

Just going to put this out there... BuckGalaxy November 16, 2025 10:46 pm (GeekSpeak)

White House Chief Of Staff Daley Resigns by Jody January 9, 2012 10:16 pm

Another article on Daley: by TB 2012-01-11 11:05:03
"Mr. Daley... whose original mission was to reach out to business and congressional Republicans..." I was wondering how long it would ... by ER 2012-01-10 08:00:40
- Really? That's what you've rewritten history into now? by TB 2012-01-10 11:27:16
  - History is meant to be rewritten, that's why we have so many historians, because no single one can be trusted. ... by ER 2012-01-10 12:00:10
    - ER, I don't need "historians" in this case. I watched it happen. by TB 2012-01-10 12:41:58
      - Yeah, Tom. Ive been watching it too, but I don't see it. All I see is a Republican party ... by ER 2012-01-10 15:12:21
        
        Your stock just dropped by RobVG 2012-01-10 18:32:57
        
        To me it is self evident that Obama's first two years in office stopped the hemorrhage of the Bush Crash. ... by ER 2012-01-10 19:09:02
        
        I'll give you that one by RobVG 2012-01-10 20:30:50
        
        No need to roll over, Rob, believe me, I've got my gripes about Obama too, and I think he's made ... by ER 2012-01-10 21:21:41
        
        Very nice ER! by Jody 2012-01-11 13:11:34
That's an interesting development. The analysis of it is also fascinating. He may just be able to turn ... by bowser 2012-01-10 01:44:09
- ...and we wait as our fate deteriorates by Jody 2012-01-10 09:20:18
Curious...Jacob Lew was a former Citigroup Hedge Fund Manager... not that there is anything wrong with that by Jody 2012-01-09 22:25:28

Don't everybody start posting at once...n/t by RobVG April 24, 2011 8:55 pm

testing by podrock by visitor 2012-01-10 22:10:01
LMAO!!!!! by Jody 2011-04-25 12:07:54

"How Art History Majors Power the U.S. Economy" by TB January 6, 2012 11:21 pm

Another article on college and the economy, by TB 2012-01-10 13:25:19
Good points, all. And there is a flip side. The founders of our country who got a higher ... by bowser 2012-01-07 10:03:55
An excellent analysis, by ER 2012-01-07 06:42:30
- "College taught me to think, how to learn..." by TB 2012-01-07 10:28:31
  - 1 Corinthians 13:11 St. Paul: "When I was a child, I used to talk as a child, think ... by bowser 2012-01-07 12:01:06
    - Now that you've got this evil world all figured out... by RobVG 2012-01-07 15:32:49
      - I'm not sure what you meant by that, except that the idea the world isn't what children are taught bothers ... by bowser 2012-01-07 23:12:08
        
        Just attempting a bit of levity Bowser. n/t by RobVG 2012-01-07 23:48:11
  - One of my bosses told me the same thing your Dad told you. by ER 2012-01-07 11:44:03
    - In places I've worked, an Honorable Discharge looked pretty good on a resume, particularly in aerospace. by TB 2012-01-07 12:21:54
      - The loss of human capital, like the nuclear workers we referred to, is what really hurts. This is how ... by ER 2012-01-07 13:26:11
        
        To be fair, there are skills that outlive their usefulness over time as technology changes. by TB 2012-01-07 13:43:31
        
        That's the argument we usually use to reassure ourselves. But most jobs, even medieval peasant, require some skill. In our ... by ER 2012-01-07 14:58:27

Friendly Fire by ER January 9, 2012 9:40 am

"You know a philosophy is corrupt and self-serving not when it attacks its opponents’ principles, but when it is ready ... by TB 2012-01-09 09:46:32
- Tom, you're already thinking pre-emptively, preparing your excuses for the future. You know perfectly well the Republicans can't deliver on the ... by ER 2012-01-09 10:20:11
  - MSNBC decides what will be "news" and what won't. They don't have to be the source. by TB 2012-01-09 10:39:42
    - There's no Democratic knee-cutting going on here. Romney is the victim of this attack, and other Republicans are the ... by ER 2012-01-09 12:13:11

Obama's military plan by TB January 7, 2012 7:53 pm

That's a very shallow comparison, TB. You may as well say that Rumsfeld breathed in and out at least ... by bowser 2012-01-07 23:26:26

The Tea Party wins in Iowa. by bowser January 4, 2012 2:29 am

Care to elaborate? by RobVG 2012-01-04 10:50:44
- Sure. The Tea Party embodies GWBs view of the world, in that there are only Good guys and Bad ... by bowser 2012-01-04 14:58:05
  - Seriously, Rob, what did you expect? by TB 2012-01-04 17:59:00
    - Well I wanted to know what he thinks. It was a good answer. n/t by RobVG 2012-01-04 18:53:56

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

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