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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)

So, it is official RL June 6, 2025 5:39 pm (Space/Science)

Brandy and cigar anyone? by Jody December 1, 2011 6:34 pm

Not me! I prefer the company of women. by FrankC 2011-12-02 11:56:33
- Hah! :) Now *that* is what I am talkin' about!!! by Jody 2011-12-02 11:57:26
Looks like a fire hazard there to me. by TB 2011-12-01 19:24:46
Is that where they keep the drawers? by ER 2011-12-01 19:08:36

Where's the fleet? by TB December 1, 2011 3:15 pm

OK. STRATFOR says that one Carrier Task Force is on the way back from the 5th Fleet Area of ... by bowser 2011-12-01 20:31:05
That usually means they are all refitting for an important occasion. Any time the normal rotation is interrupted there's ... by bowser 2011-12-01 16:13:44
- What's a "normal" rotation? by TB 2011-12-01 16:19:25
  - A third to a half of them out. Don't be coy. by bowser 2011-12-01 16:28:39
    - Serious question. I didn't know. Others here might. by TB 2011-12-01 16:30:07
      - My ship spent half of the 13 months I was aboard underway, half in port, and that period fell between ... by ER 2011-12-01 17:08:53
        
        I'll stand by what I said, AND, and allow that what may be happening is long delayed maintenance and retrofitting ... by bowser 2011-12-01 17:36:44
        
        Fear not, war clouds may be gathering up yet. Although we've heard some small talk here of bombing Iran, ... by ER 2011-12-01 18:07:06
        
        There may not be war, but a lot of things in Iran seem to be spontaneously blowing up. by TB 2011-12-01 18:56:06
        
        Far be it from me to make excuses for the Iranians, Tom, but you have to admit, they really do ... by ER 2011-12-01 19:05:08
        
        It wouldn't be spontaneous. Re the carrier task forces, Bill Clinton wrote that whenever there was trouble in the ... by bowser 2011-12-01 20:27:48
        
        The leadership of Iran thinks the Apocalypse will raise a great Imam for his people. by TB 2011-12-01 19:23:55
        
        One suggestion. Give equal time to Israeli rhetoric. by bowser 2011-12-01 19:43:06

"China's superior economic model" by TB December 1, 2011 2:28 pm

We did have "a government that could do any damn thing it pleased." Remember? Bush-Cheney? 2000 to 2008? ... by bowser 2011-12-01 15:52:02

Egyptian election results coming in by TB November 30, 2011 9:28 pm

Well, to paraphrase the Great Yogi; If the people don't want a secular democracy, there's nothing you can do to stop ... by ER 2011-11-30 21:56:04
- To paraphrase Mustafa Kemal Ataturk: Wanna bet? by TB 2011-11-30 22:04:14
  - Good point. But Ataturk was one of history's truly remarkable men. They don't always show up when they're ... by ER 2011-12-01 05:49:34
    - First two paragraphs, total agreement. by TB 2011-12-01 10:13:32
      - My third paragraph was not a proposition, but a question. by ER 2011-12-01 10:41:43

Newt not "technically" a lobbyist by RobVG November 30, 2011 12:07 pm

Of course not. Technically. If he were, he'd be in jail now for breaking the law by not registering ... by ER 2011-11-30 12:39:42

Businesses making plans for euro breakup by TB November 29, 2011 3:45 pm

I think Europe has an enormous presence in the world, and is critical to US interests. In my opinion, ... by bowser 2011-11-29 18:10:11

Iranian students storm British embassy, Cain thinking about pulling out by RobVG November 29, 2011 12:27 pm

Hopefully, this move by Iran is just a maneuver to distract the world from the mess their bosom buddies the ... by ER 2011-11-29 17:57:09
- Can you imagine the US response if Iran did the same? The US has been busy killing Iranian scientists, ... by bowser 2011-11-29 19:19:04
  - What's really funny is that before "Bush's Axis of Evil" speech, Iran was rapidly becoming a co-conspirator to the US, ... by ER 2011-11-29 19:52:04
I think its too late for Cain to pull out. by ER 2011-11-29 14:27:58
- *giggle* ER!!!!!!!!!! by Jody 2011-11-29 16:18:52
So the same people who loyally defended Cain when he was accused of multiple counts of sexual harassment are now ... by ER 2011-11-29 13:05:09
- That's not why Cain is in trouble. by TB 2011-11-29 13:22:15
  - Dang by RobVG 2011-11-29 14:19:12
    - When I snark, its wit. by ER 2011-11-29 14:23:42
  - Yeah, its scary, isn't it? by ER 2011-11-29 13:44:24
    - After Gore, Kerry, and Obama, I wouldn't be too smug if I were you. :) by TB 2011-11-29 13:59:07
      - Gore, Kerry or Obama would all be far superior to Gingrich. So would Huntsman, Romney or Santorum. But I'm not smug, ... by ER 2011-11-29 14:21:25
        
        All of them superior? Based on what criteria? Particularly Obama. by TB 2011-11-29 14:55:55
        
        Cain always answered embarrassing questions he couldn't handle by turning them right back on to his questioners. "I don't ... by ER 2011-11-29 15:48:49
        
        You didn't ask a question. You ventured an opinion. by TB 2011-11-29 15:59:37
        
        EDITED: I don't have to answer your questions, Tom. And I don't need to justify my opinions. However... A few months ... by ER 2011-11-29 16:06:34
        
        This is where Gingrich got that idea. Gingrich even credited the author back in 2010. It is indeed the nature ... by TB 2011-11-29 18:15:34
        
        D'Souza's book was thoroughly debunked months ago. Pointing a citation to it don't make it so. You will note no ... by ER 2011-11-29 18:32:44
        
        I think we all know by now which side's "shock troops" are doing the most political damage. by TB 2011-11-29 19:05:27
        
        P.S. by TB 2011-11-29 18:20:52
        
        Republicans vowed to sabotage anything Obama proposed except tax reductions. Signed a vow. No matter how good it ... by bowser 2011-11-29 15:07:48
Cain may as well keep going, his race is over. by bowser 2011-11-29 12:33:24
- Good riddance n/t by RobVG 2011-11-29 12:37:02
  - (Sorry, was intended to be a crude pun.) by bowser 2011-11-29 13:54:24
    - Just to be clear, I was referring to Cain, not you n/t by RobVG 2011-11-29 17:22:38

The consequences of repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." by TB November 28, 2011 10:30 pm

America has a lot to be proud of in this respect. Anti-Trust laws, Child Labor Laws, the 8 hour ... by ER 2011-11-29 05:56:06
Thanks for posting that. In my experience people were opposed to homosexuality in the abstract. If they didn't ... by bowser 2011-11-28 23:16:08

Grim and grimmer. The plot thickens and Pakistan looks a bit more formidable. by bowser November 28, 2011 4:20 pm

Yeah, I think this situation is starting to get out of control. If I was Obama I'd take advantage ... by ER 2011-11-28 17:48:20

The other bailout by TB November 28, 2011 11:48 am

Pay attention to the "moral hazard" part. by TB 2011-11-28 12:21:03
- There's nothing there to disagree with. But as always, it's never quite that simple. If a bank can't manage ... by ER 2011-11-28 13:13:16

Banks making plans for euro breakup by TB November 26, 2011 3:43 pm

Newt, in his own words by BuckGalaxy November 26, 2011 11:10 am

Mother Jones? Really? by Lee 2011-11-26 17:19:28
- Newt Gigrich? In his own words? Really? Yes. by BuckGalaxy 2011-11-26 19:13:39
  - The words are skewed by the "OMG, how terrible!" commentary. It's like how the sound track to a movie ... by Lee 2011-11-26 19:36:36
    - Aside from an opening paragraph there is no "omg commentary." Twit. by BuckGalaxy 2011-11-27 12:02:18
      - The picture doesn't help by Lee 2011-11-27 22:22:34
Newt never intended to run for President. His lackadaisical and hastily cobbled together campaign suggests he was using the GOP nomination ... by ER 2011-11-26 13:45:59
- I remember 2008, and another candidate being "propelled to the forefront." by TB 2011-11-26 15:01:32
  - Yeah, but he had some real competition. by ER 2011-11-26 16:14:37
    - That's the point. by TB 2011-11-26 16:20:50
      - Ewwwww. Is that a snark I hear bustling in the hedgerows? by ER 2011-11-26 18:17:54
The article is from April. Best I can tell, it didn't seem to do much damage. Edit: I just ... by TB 2011-11-26 11:40:27
- Newt was irrelevant when the articles were written. Now he is the frontrunner. It doesn't take a genius to ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-11-26 12:14:55
  - I didn't say the articles weren't accurate. by TB 2011-11-26 12:28:07
    - I disagree. No one had interest reading those articles when Gingrich was poling at 2%. Did you read them ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-11-26 12:51:46
      - "These days, Gingrich takes all the credit. Liberals prefer to focus on the effect of Clinton's 1993 budget. Others point ... by TB 2011-11-26 15:26:04

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