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Starship V3 set to make its first launch 6:30pm ET on Monday, May 19 BuckGalaxy May 12, 2026 4:52 pm (Space/Science)

How are you supposed to win a war when you avoid killing people RobVG May 8, 2026 5:47 pm (CurrentEvents)

Good idea, for what it's worth... BuckGalaxy May 11, 2026 11:00 pm (CurrentEvents)

Consequences of the Orange Moron's idiotic war BuckGalaxy May 11, 2026 1:36 am (CurrentEvents)

Trump had to be stopped from using nuclear weapons on Iran (edit - no evidence for claim... BAD RL!) RL April 21, 2026 7:57 pm (CurrentEvents)

NASA's Moon Base User’s Guide BuckGalaxy April 16, 2026 3:10 pm (Space/Science)

There's no way the Post WW2 order can be revived after Trump BuckGalaxy April 30, 2026 5:26 pm (CurrentEvents)

Meanwhile, bye bye National Forest Service podrock April 9, 2026 8:13 am (CurrentEvents)

Is Isreal really a US ally RobVG April 8, 2026 5:21 pm (CurrentEvents)

New Glenn 3 flight profile BuckGalaxy April 18, 2026 12:08 am (Space/Science)

Dragonfly mission to Titan BuckGalaxy March 29, 2026 12:01 pm (Space/Science)

Eventually, one has to just admit it. podrock April 6, 2026 8:08 pm (CurrentEvents)

"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

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

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