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Well, there goes the Nobel Peace Prize ER January 6, 2026 6:39 am (CurrentEvents)

Trump’s Attack on Venezuela Is Illegal and Unwise BuckGalaxy January 3, 2026 12:04 pm (CurrentEvents)

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Damn the Defiant! ER December 22, 2025 4:31 pm (CurrentEvents)

Mark your calendars for February 6 BuckGalaxy December 22, 2025 11:24 pm (Space/Science)

The answer is blowin' in the wind BuckGalaxy December 22, 2025 6:05 pm (CurrentEvents)

The gecko in the mailbox ER December 18, 2025 4:54 pm (Off-Topic)

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Ancient footprints RL December 16, 2025 5:28 pm (Space/Science)

We are soooo fucked RL December 15, 2025 6:59 pm (Space/Science)

In the eye of the beast ER December 14, 2025 7:40 am (Space/Science)

Day 346 ER December 14, 2025 10:53 am (Space/Science)

Libya oil eyed by Western companies by bowser October 25, 2011 7:11 am

Imagine if oil in Libya had been discovered in the 1930s. by Lee 2011-10-26 10:21:42
Funny that it was Obama's crew that spearheaded the war effort by RobVG 2011-10-25 10:15:43
- Both parties are in the back pockets of all big corporations. No one can get elected if they aren't. ... by bowser 2011-10-25 11:06:09
- Most of that oil went to European nations, by TB 2011-10-25 10:48:05

Occupy Oakland by TB October 24, 2011 7:35 pm

What a nightmare. by Jody 2011-10-25 04:19:42
I'm extremely surprised by the scope, length and acceptance of these demonstrations. Apparently they have also been relatively civil. ... by bowser 2011-10-24 23:14:42
- Civil? by TB 2011-10-25 07:03:19
  - Yes, relatively civil. By what measure are these people "idiots" except that you disagree with them? They are developing other ... by bowser 2011-10-25 07:31:16
- As well as probing for weak spots, creating new command, control and communication techniques, they are also training a new ... by Jody 2011-10-25 06:19:14
  - "I am not very bright…please explain." You are very bright, Jody, and here's a link with sophisticated explanations of ... by bowser 2011-10-25 07:38:22
    - So do you feel the wealth re-distribution could conceivably be realized by a hostile takeover? by Jody 2011-10-25 10:03:56
      - Were your questions about C3 answered to your satisfaction? by bowser 2011-10-25 12:10:39
      - Yeah... by TB 2011-10-25 10:20:35
        
        Is that what happens in all those revolutions the US finances and forces? In Iraq, in Afghanistan, in Nicaragua, ... by bowser 2011-10-25 12:09:17

There must be an answer to this. by Eri October 24, 2011 2:43 pm

The worst of two worlds. Drug companies are socialized. R & D paid for by the US, which ... by bowser 2011-10-24 18:01:24
I hope this isn't the first you've heard of this. by TB 2011-10-24 15:35:06
- Tom, I KNOW all that. I worked in clinical research. I don't need a restatement of the problem. ... by Eri 2011-10-24 18:53:43
  - I gave a solution. Reduce the time and costs required to approve a drug. by TB 2011-10-24 19:22:41
    - That is not a solution; it's laissez-faire and it's obvious you don't care if people are killed by drug companies ... by Eri 2011-10-25 09:21:42
      - By your parameters, there is no answer. by TB 2011-10-25 09:42:27
        
        I certainly don't trust you to make decisions for anyone. You're blinded by your own rhetoric and by the hype ... by Eri 2011-10-25 13:53:24
        
        Where on earth does any part of this come out with me making the decisions? Is authoritarianism so ingrained ... by TB 2011-10-25 14:10:29
- And don't forget that for every successful drug there are many failures. by Lee 2011-10-24 18:03:50
- A history of Lipitor. I use this one. This article was written in 2003, and says Lipitor had been on the market ... by TB 2011-10-24 15:37:25

Rhode Island: Athens of America by TB October 24, 2011 8:51 am

TSA by Jody October 24, 2011 8:36 am

Oh my... :-) by Eri 2011-10-24 14:34:53

Just when the mortgage gets paid: "12 ways the world (as we know it) could end" by bowser October 23, 2011 8:59 pm

Ha! I took out another mortgage. by TB 2011-10-24 08:13:08
Oh well by Jody 2011-10-24 07:59:20

Bobby Jindal gets four more years by TB October 23, 2011 7:59 pm

Notice To Editors: by podrock October 23, 2011 2:17 pm

As far as I know, I do not have that privilege, nor do I have a key to the wardroom ... by Ainz 2011-10-28 14:41:00
- Hey Ainz....nice to see you here. I came back, and post every now and then when I can REMEMBER that ... by Lindy 2011-10-29 20:41:08
- Actually, you do have that priviledge, you are an editor, just like everyone who made the jump from the Damn ... by podrock 2011-10-28 16:25:03
By the way, love the "global post." by TB 2011-10-23 20:03:36
- For when Robert or Podrock are unavailable by Jody 2011-10-23 21:06:04
  - You're incorrigible. A good thing, of course. LOL by Eri 2011-10-23 23:10:57
Thanks for trying to herd the cats, podrock. I expected things to get a bit chaotic when a whole group ... by Robert 2011-10-23 15:07:16
- Now, listen, Robert, that last line was so small I had to copy it to my Word Processor and enlarge. ... by Eri 2011-10-23 15:17:36
  - I'm just a modest kinda guy, what can I say? by Robert 2011-10-24 12:26:40
    - And my eyes ain't what they used to be. Of course, the rest of me isn't, either. by Eri 2011-10-24 14:57:10
Has anyone besides Bowser complained about his stuff being tampered with? Jeff's turned out to be a misfire. This may ... by TB 2011-10-23 15:00:29
- The bigger picture is that, regardless of what really happened, doubt has crept in. This rickety software does not foster ... by Robert 2011-10-23 15:10:08
  - Not to worry, Robert. I got fine with it as long as I was reassured there was transparency and ... by bowser 2011-10-23 16:52:32
  - The obvious solution is fixing things so that people can only edit their own stuff. Point is, nobody's really had a ... by TB 2011-10-23 15:25:38
Pod, mark me off your list. As I stated in the thread below, I would NEVER do that. ... by Eri 2011-10-23 14:52:41

Ron Paul by Eri October 23, 2011 11:53 am

The current higher education system is a racket. by TB 2011-10-23 12:17:26
- The economical downswing has had its effect on higher education, too. States have reduced the budgets for their universities ... by Eri 2011-10-23 15:03:41
  - That graph on higher education costs speaks for itself. by TB 2011-10-23 15:32:51

Posted without comment by Eri October 23, 2011 11:31 am

Eight out of 100 examined fell into this category. So? by TB 2011-10-23 13:00:25

Why we need to fix the tax code by TB October 22, 2011 8:55 pm

6000 pages, 6 million words by RobVG 2011-10-23 10:29:31
- I couldn't do my taxes myself any more without the tax software. by TB 2011-10-23 11:15:58

Running out of other people's money by TB October 22, 2011 8:00 pm

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