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Bad news for air travellers... by BuckGalaxy September 29, 2011 10:12 am
  • I don't understand why the WH is not willing to send teams of SEALS, Green Berets, and CIA operatives into ... by Jeff-Wash 2011-09-29 18:55:00
    • They may have. But they're not going to announce it if they have. Would kind of defeat ... by Eri 2011-09-29 21:37:34
      • If Obama publicly sends U.S. troops into Libya on the ground, his base will flay him alive. He's already ... by TB 2011-09-29 19:15:32
        • Yeah, and I'm sure if he sent in the Airborne the Tea Party would wholeheartedly support him. Besides, that may be ... by ER 2011-09-29 19:52:16
          • Like I said, I hope Special Forces are working this stuff. by TB 2011-09-29 19:54:59
            • I think that's pretty much a no brainer. There were a few reports about CIA and millitary adivors working ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-09-29 20:49:49
              • I can't wait for the kudos from the Right for Obama to come rolling in now that Al-Awlaki has been ... by ER 2011-09-30 06:00:54
      • Over and above the terrorist threat to commercial aviation, the world might look very different if technology made military aircraft ... by ER 2011-09-29 10:43:02
        • Cavalry was quickly replaced with tanks. Military aircraft already have a lot of defenses against these things. I've seen some questions about ... by TB 2011-09-29 11:34:07
        No Child Left Behind but Where are the Teachers? by Eri September 29, 2011 9:24 am
        • I don't like to yell type in caps lock much, but ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-09-30 18:46:22
          • Another article on this subject. by TB 2011-09-29 15:59:11
            Ma Chalmer's Soybeans by TB September 28, 2011 2:29 pm
              New Kindles out by TB September 28, 2011 8:45 am
              • If there's no keyboard, how do you input? Telepathy? by Eri 2011-09-29 09:39:35
                • The cheap one has you clicking through an onscreen keyboard (yech.) The touch-screen versions, I assume, have onscreen keyboards ... by TB 2011-09-29 11:24:06
                Gold crashing (a little anyway) by FrankC September 27, 2011 3:49 pm
                • I've always wondered why gold has always had such intrinsic monetary value. Sure, I know the textbook reasons: compactness, ... by ER 2011-09-28 06:43:48
                  • I think it's mostly density of value. A small amount of gold has a lot of value. The ... by TB 2011-09-28 06:56:01
                  • Volatility. Expect more in the future. To properly address the issue would require a rather long post documenting the past ... by podrock 2011-09-27 17:01:51
                    • I have two physical gold funds (shares represent actual gold in a vault someplace). by TB 2011-09-27 21:07:06
                      • Why don't governments, or corporations, go after the vast amounts of gold and silver located on the wrecks located throughout ... by Lee 2011-09-27 17:44:45
                        • Much news on that front lately, but understand, the big players deal in tons of gold. It's that it is ... by podrock 2011-09-27 18:25:20
                          • Seems like a good way for a small country to build up its gold reserves. by Lee 2011-09-27 18:57:10
                      • There is no end of theories. by TB 2011-09-27 15:54:47
                        Cont'd. TB's You don't get it. It's the regulatory system, exploited, that creates this monopoly. by Eri September 27, 2011 11:51 am
                        • You have to get past the centralization myth. The idea that if we just put the right angels in ... by TB 2011-09-27 12:35:54
                          • P.S. by TB 2011-09-27 13:29:22
                          • Forget it, Eri. TB's position is "It's crooked cops that cover for the gangsters, so therefore, if there were ... by ER 2011-09-27 12:09:38
                            Surface-to-air missiles missing from Libya by TB September 27, 2011 10:45 am
                            • It's not a new story. Easily produced weapons of mass destruction, toxins, microbes, compact high explosives and detonators, cheap and ... by ER 2011-09-27 13:19:14
                              • More along those lines. by TB 2011-09-27 13:35:00
                              • Oh crap! What else can one say? I'm glad they're equipping the jets with the protection systems. They ... by Eri 2011-09-27 11:41:33
                                • A million dollars a plane would break a lot of airline companies. I don't know if there are cheaper ... by TB 2011-09-27 11:47:51
                                Could a form of ecstasy fight cancer? by Jody September 27, 2011 9:11 am
                                  Why we need less democracy by TB September 26, 2011 7:13 pm
                                  • Another view along these lines. by TB 2011-09-27 13:33:08
                                    And we wondered what is wrong with our education system? by Eri September 26, 2011 4:11 pm
                                    • So that's why I had trouble with math Senior year! Let me explain. One major problem with the textbook I ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-09-27 22:09:42
                                      • The Mad, Mad World of Textbook Adoption by TB 2011-09-26 21:02:15
                                        • Interesting. I've read some of it; will go back and read more (I hope! Got some writing revisions to ... by Eri 2011-09-26 21:33:32
                                        • Wait till we start seeing the textbooks that give "fair and balanced" treatment to both the theory of evolution AND ... by ER 2011-09-26 18:01:03
                                          • Yeah, that's a lot more important than having every other damn thing in the books wrong. by TB 2011-09-26 19:11:59
                                            • They are businesses, TB. They don't educate kids. They sell books. by ER 2011-09-26 19:34:30
                                              • Who would you have writing and printing our textbooks? by TB 2011-09-26 19:39:08
                                                • Private businesses should print the books. Government-hired educators should write them. by ER 2011-09-26 20:09:00
                                                  • Who decides who gets hired to write them? Who do you think writes them now? by TB 2011-09-26 20:23:11
                                                    • It's a business, Tom. Companies lobby and court educators. Probably bribe, them, too. You guys even have a ... by ER 2011-09-26 20:38:53
                                                      • "It’s an ugly system, and it needs to be fixed. But the ideological content of the books must be determined ... by TB 2011-09-26 20:51:27
                                                        • Okay, so what would you suggest? by ER 2011-09-26 21:01:21
                                                          • Local control scares me quite a bit because in Kansas and Texas, the textbooks would have taught about creationism and ... by Eri 2011-09-26 21:45:32
                                                            • You've got two choices: by TB 2011-09-27 06:52:55
                                                              • You're absolutely correct, of course. Honest, I agree with you. It's just that competition and free choice is not what capitalists ... by ER 2011-09-27 07:48:59
                                                                • You don't get it. It's the regulatory system, exploited, that creates this monopoly. by TB 2011-09-27 08:48:19
                                                                  • Monopoly existed long before there was regulation. And the seminal anti-monopoly legislation, Republican Teddy Roosevelt's "bust the trust" movement ... by ER 2011-09-27 12:21:13
                                                                    • That's like the fourth post where you just sat down and made up your own facts. From experience, there's ... by TB 2011-09-27 12:56:55
                                                            • What I've always suggested. by TB 2011-09-26 21:11:48
                                              • David Broder wrote a book about failures of the media by offering 'fair and balanced' reporting. For instance, providing ... by bowser 2011-09-26 18:53:05
                                                • One of the consequences of aggressive Reich-wing patrols of the media has been a reluctance of most media outlets to ... by ER 2011-09-26 19:32:48
                                                  • Of course, since you have officially declared there is no "Left" in America, you might not be the most accurate ... by TB 2011-09-26 19:38:07
                                                    • There are no influential leftists in America. Oh sure, there's a few pinko writers and professors here and there ... by ER 2011-09-26 20:19:04
                                                      • "No influential leftists in America?" Anybody else agree with that? Just trying to get a line on things ... by TB 2011-09-26 20:28:52
                                                        • So tell me, TB. Who do YOU think would be an "accurate meter"? And who would you describe ... by ER 2011-09-26 20:50:44
                                                          • Oh, I'm a conservative, no doubt about it. by TB 2011-09-26 20:59:37
                                                            • "I have a specific set of political and economic principles founded on more basic fundamentals of individual rights. They’ve served ... by ER 2011-09-26 21:17:20
                                                              • We might have different ideas on what "individual rights" means. by TB 2011-09-27 06:54:56
                                                                • I don't know what you mean by deep political philosophy Tom....but I do know that you and I come from ... by Jody 2011-09-27 09:04:26
                                                  • Fortunately, we're technologically way past the point where Better and Wiser people can decide what information we should have or ... by TB 2011-09-26 19:32:13
                                                • Excellent article. by TB 2011-09-26 16:35:16
                                                  What hath we wrought? by Eri September 26, 2011 3:20 pm
                                                  • You gotta admit, it beats pummeling Iran's nuclear facilities with bombs. by TB 2011-09-26 15:38:27
                                                    • I'm afraid it'll bite US in the butt, newly reconfigured for our power plants, etc. by Eri 2011-09-26 16:06:31
                                                      • Assuming the U.S. created it, Rule Number One is never create a virus you don't have a vaccine for. ... by TB 2011-09-26 16:20:53
                                                        • Even if we have a vaccine, if someone reconfigures it, our vaccine might not work. by Eri 2011-09-26 16:30:34
                                                          • I think it was the Israelis. by ER 2011-09-26 19:47:30
                                                            • That was my first thought. My second was a partnership between US and them. by Eri 2011-09-26 21:50:48
                                                              • There is one reassuring thought. Apparently our enemies are just as stupid as we are. They have given the same ... by ER 2011-09-27 13:27:43
                                                                • Seconded. When handling sensitive files, you don't let it out of your sight. EVER. You also don't ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-09-27 22:16:46
                                                    I don't understand... by Jody September 25, 2011 7:51 pm
                                                    • Ron Paul has a very dedicated group of followers (of which I am definitely not a member) who have a ... by TB 2011-09-25 20:59:13
                                                      • Just what does bombing online polls mean? by Jody 2011-09-25 21:10:32
                                                        • Thanks Tom. by Jody 2011-09-26 03:38:48
                                                          • If you have a powerful social network setup (and many famous people and organizations do, not just politicians), it's pretty ... by TB 2011-09-25 21:16:41
                                                        • Something fishy in GOP land but, hey, this is Fox news. If the owner of Fox likes Romney, he'll ... by Eri 2011-09-25 20:47:58
                                                          • Fox News CEO Roger Ailes is repositioning the network away from the extreme nut cases on the far right. ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-09-26 11:08:39
                                                            • When I lived in Port Charlotte, I used to buy my ammo at a little gunshop run by a real ... by ER 2011-09-26 19:46:41
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