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

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What an unimaginable asshole BuckGalaxy December 15, 2025 9:26 pm (Flame)

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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)

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My New Year's Dissolution ER December 12, 2025 7:22 pm (CurrentEvents)

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Take that, Global Warming Skeptics! by Eri October 22, 2011 7:10 am
  • Anyone that doubts global warming isn't paying attention. Anyone that doubts humans contribute hasn't considered the fact that there are 7 ... by FrankC 2011-10-22 13:35:47
    • Not so fast. by TB 2011-10-22 08:58:06
      North Korea by TB October 21, 2011 4:23 pm
        Trouble in paradise by TB October 21, 2011 11:05 am
        • New "Robin Hood Tax" by RobVG 2011-10-22 08:51:00
          • My kids used to like the Disney "Robin Hood" movie. by TB 2011-10-22 09:55:54
          • Wealth redistribution, cont. by TB 2011-10-21 19:57:05
            Some of the 1 % stands with 99% by Eri October 21, 2011 5:19 am
            • So how long before they begin going after the 2%...3%...4%...5%...etc? by Lee 2011-10-21 13:35:55
              • All this "1 percent" stuff is raw idiocy. by TB 2011-10-21 15:19:51
              • Did you notice what they had in common? by TB 2011-10-21 07:15:26
                • Yes, they're all right-thinking individuals (as in left brain rational). by Eri 2011-10-21 09:02:45
                  • All of them in that article are young people who inherited all their wealth. by TB 2011-10-21 09:22:38
                    • You're clawing at sand and it's giving way beneath you. Many made their own money, the article talks about ... by Eri 2011-10-21 10:14:58
                      • I don't play in sand, Eri. I work on granite. by TB 2011-10-21 10:32:25
                Sic Semper Tyrannis by Jeff-Wash October 20, 2011 9:59 am
                • Gaddafi's sin. Did you ever wonder why the West went after Gaddafi? "Gaddafi says looking at oil firm nationalization." http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/01/21/us-libya-gaddafi-oil-idUSTRE50K61F20090121 You mess ... by bowser 2011-10-20 20:50:36
                  • Ding dong, the warlock is dead. by Eri 2011-10-20 18:38:50
                    • There will be a lot more information on this, but it's going to take a while for the news chaff ... by TB 2011-10-20 12:54:34
                      Are you smarter than an "occupier?" by TB October 18, 2011 1:48 pm
                      • What do they want? I can't figure that out! Do they want EASIER work, and MORE money with it? At least the 1960's ... by Jeff-Wash 2011-10-19 12:39:03
                        Ron Paul to balance the budget by the 3rd year of his presidency by RobVG October 17, 2011 10:31 pm
                        • I hate to state the obvious, but then I guess it's not so obvious to people who ignore reality. ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-10-19 21:24:42
                          • I know what your saying but if you lay off a government worker making $75,000, whose taxes are say around ... by RobVG 2011-10-20 10:08:03
                            • You also have to calculate the reduced demand in the economy by that person's vastly diminished spending power. You ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-10-20 15:32:44
                              • I understand you, I really do by RobVG 2011-10-20 19:56:06
                            • No government job pays more taxes into the system than it uses up. Think about it. by TB 2011-10-20 10:06:15
                              • We've got 9% unemployment. We've got one job for every five people unemployed. This is not the ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-10-20 15:26:05
                                • So cutting government jobs is going to shrink the tax base? by TB 2011-10-20 15:30:51
                                  • Wow. Can you read? The tax base point was only one element I mentioned, but you latch onto ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-10-20 15:44:13
                                    • You can keep repeating it. It isn't going to help. by TB 2011-10-20 16:04:17
                                      • Still trying to drill into your head my point: regardless, when no one is spending in the economy the ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-10-20 19:42:11
                                        • "It’s been done many times successfully so any claims it has not are wrong." Name two. And before you pop ... by TB 2011-10-20 20:34:57
                                          • I'm really bored with this round and round BS. we've had this conversation. I've shown you proof of ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-10-21 23:32:49
                                            • Okay, let me get this straight: by TB 2011-10-22 09:36:39
                                              • No you don't get it straight. As always. The time to cut government IS when the budget is ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-10-23 13:58:13
                                                • Any politician who is standing over a $1.3 trillion deficit and thinks the government still isn't spending enough not only ... by TB 2011-10-23 15:12:31
                            • Actually, some of his ideas aren't bad. But he'll never get elected with this budget plan. Everybody wants cuts ... by Eri 2011-10-18 00:30:04
                              • "...Everybody wants cuts until it comes to their piece of the pie." Boy, you nailed that one. This attitude is ... by TB 2011-10-18 08:12:10
                              The succession of the Dalai Lama by TB October 17, 2011 6:06 pm
                                Far out, man! by TB October 17, 2011 5:48 pm
                                • Hanging on to the status quo by RobVG 2011-10-19 09:41:04
                                  • Is there any reason for having speed limits? Should speeding be treated any differently than marijuana possession? After ... by bowser 2011-10-17 20:41:54
                                    • Both marijuana and alcohol (in the form of wine) have medicinal benefits. My glass of wine a day raises ... by Eri 2011-10-18 00:41:06
                                      • That recreational drugs can be harmful is undeniable. But tossing people into jail for using them seems to me ... by TB 2011-10-17 20:54:43
                                        • And how are they any different from speeding, gambling, running stop signs, prostitution, etc., and so on. Or are the only ... by bowser 2011-10-17 21:25:27
                                          • They're not in the same category, and it's a lot more complicated than "victimless crimes" vs. "crimes against property." Someone who ... by TB 2011-10-18 08:22:35
                                            • Was that a low blow? n/t by RobVG 2011-10-17 21:59:48
                                              • Yeah, it probably was. I get a bit frustrated with two general types of crimes, victimless and crimes against ... by bowser 2011-10-17 22:29:01
                                        Cain would benefit greatly from his 9-9-9 plan by Eri October 16, 2011 5:53 am
                                        • Interesting. by TB 2011-10-18 14:17:36
                                          • I look at tax laws from a civil rights perspective. by Lee 2011-10-17 18:09:39
                                            • Interesting. Most of the concern seems to be less about economic growth than the nagging fear that somebody, somewhere, ... by TB 2011-10-16 12:45:39
                                              • You're still missing the point. The man comes up with a tax plan that will benefit him but will ... by Eri 2011-10-16 21:36:46
                                                • No, you're missing the point. by Lee 2011-10-17 10:32:16
                                                  • I've already made the point many times that the wealthy in this country are paying for the vast majority of ... by TB 2011-10-17 11:11:26
                                                  • You're missing the point. by TB 2011-10-17 07:40:34
                                                    • I talk regularly to someone who lives half the year in Greece and the other half in Canada. What ... by Eri 2011-10-17 14:23:39
                                                      • As someone now living in British Columbia, Canada, I like Cain. I would vote for him. In fact, I think that some ... by Jeff-Wash 2011-10-19 12:46:34
                                                        • In that case, everything in Greece and Europe should be great. There's LOTS of money left in Europe to ... by TB 2011-10-17 14:29:39
                                                          • He's from Canada and is retired. His wife is Greek and he's part Greek. He's been spending a ... by Eri 2011-10-17 16:45:22
                                                  • He scares me too Eri by RobVG 2011-10-16 11:01:35
                                                    • I could never vote for a candidate that opposed all abortion. Like you said he could not get it done ... by FrankC 2011-10-16 12:33:45
                                                      • We all might be surprised how much a truly right wing extremist on social issues could get done just by ... by Eri 2011-10-16 21:40:40
                                                        • "We all might be surprised how much a truly right wing extremist on social issues could get done just by ... by TB 2011-10-17 07:29:46
                                                      • I have my own problems with Cain's specifics. by TB 2011-10-16 11:14:25
                                                        • An interesting side effect of eliminating the personal interest deduction is the disappearance of usury controls. Consumer interest was capped ... by FrankC 2011-10-16 12:17:40
                                                          • I think 999 was designed to set Cain apart. by RobVG 2011-10-16 11:47:44
                                                            • Exactly right. But unless you believe that the wealthy have tax shelters to greatly lower their income, the “rich” are going ... by Eri 2011-10-16 21:44:29
                                                        • Note that his system taxes capital gains, just as normal income. by TB 2011-10-16 06:41:33
                                                          • It does NOT tax capital gains. That is the point of the article. Cain’s 9–9-9 proposal has kicked off fierce ... by Eri 2011-10-16 09:32:56
                                                            • You might be right. I am finding nothing specific on it either way. by TB 2011-10-16 10:05:18
                                                              • Yep, when that tax rate was peaking was when I sold my rental property. by Eri 2011-10-16 21:51:21
                                                                • I have never understood the reluctance of liberals to recognize the facts demonstrated in that chart. I try to keep ... by FrankC 2011-10-16 11:03:36
                                                                  • It's one of many facts. by TB 2011-10-16 11:06:24
                                                                    • That includes increasing taxes on consumers by RobVG 2011-10-16 12:44:22
                                                                      • The consumers who might have purchased a new car will simply put new tires on the old one, forgo purchasing ... by Eri 2011-10-16 21:54:49
                                                                        • Do you think nearly half of this country should pay no Federal income taxes? What happens when that gets ... by TB 2011-10-16 13:07:58
                                                                          • No I don't n/t by RobVG 2011-10-16 14:50:17
                                                              Calling for a "declaration of national emergency" by TB October 14, 2011 4:10 pm
                                                                Military advisors into Uganda by TB October 14, 2011 1:46 pm
                                                                • I realize the Zone's right-wing Realpolitik pundits have been busy worrying about other things lately, but the Chinese have been ... by ER 2011-10-15 07:34:23
                                                                  • Anybody who thinks ER would have written that for a Republican president, especially that last paragraph, twinkles up, please! by TB 2011-10-15 07:42:22
                                                                    • Ah, yes. Can't beat me on the facts. So shoot the messenger. 8) by ER 2011-10-15 07:44:14
                                                                      • "Ah, yes. Can’t beat me on the facts. So shoot the messenger." by TB 2011-10-15 07:59:43
                                                                        • "Head exploding?" What a colorful, and yes, Conservative metaphor. No Tom. I've seen this coming. For ... by ER 2011-10-15 09:27:49
                                                                          • That song lyric is almost fifty years old. by TB 2011-10-15 10:00:33
                                                                            • Yeah, and it was prophetic, wasn't it? by ER 2011-10-15 10:54:58
                                                                              • By the way, who the heck do you think "people like me" actually are? by TB 2011-10-15 11:16:35
                                                                                • You got it, Tom. If things didn't work out for you, it wasn't my fault. "Self-employed entrepreneurs don’t get unemployment ... by ER 2011-10-15 11:50:50
                                                                                  • You didn't pay much. by TB 2011-10-15 12:12:44
                                                                                    • Like I said. I don't make the rules, but I play by the rules. But I don't like ... by ER 2011-10-15 12:24:40
                                                                                      • I sympathize. by TB 2011-10-15 12:42:35
                                                                                        • To the mousie, it don't matter who's at fault. And by the time you get your new instructions, its ... by ER 2011-10-15 13:09:59
                                                                                    • Of course it's not your fault. by TB 2011-10-15 11:58:16
                                                                                  • As with the other song you posted, the lyrics are basically senseless rhythm. He was going for "Beat" back ... by TB 2011-10-15 11:06:10
                                                                                    • Well maybe you should try listening to it again. This time, listen to the words. I'm not the one who's ... by ER 2011-10-15 11:19:30
                                                                                      • P.S. by TB 2011-10-15 11:17:53
                                                                                        • Government deficit spending isn't the only form of national self-indulgence, waste and greed. It's just the one the Right ... by ER 2011-10-15 13:16:26
                                                                                          • "Profit" has a meaning. It means there's more wealth at the end than you started with. Even somebody ... by TB 2011-10-15 14:25:55
                                                                                            • Hey, weren't we talking about what a swell idea it was to put troops into Africa? by TB 2011-10-15 14:28:27
                                                                                              • THey have diamonds there. by ER 2011-10-15 14:35:03
                                                                                                • Mostly Uganda has coffee. by TB 2011-10-15 14:53:39
                                                                        • Now what could possibly go wrong with that? by ER 2011-10-14 15:56:09
                                                                          • You have to admire him for trying to please everybody. I'm not sure if it was the right or left but ... by FrankC 2011-10-14 17:27:04
                                                                          • Wiley Coyote would know better than that. What the hell is that guy trying to do, destroy Bush's legacy??!! Arf by bowser 2011-10-14 14:06:08
                                                                            • Might be fishing for another Peace Prize. by TB 2011-10-14 15:44:02
                                                                              • Suicide watch for our resident extremists. by FrankC 2011-10-14 15:47:51
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