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Question: by Jody September 30, 2011 2:05 pm
  • The empirical answers are clearly written across history, including what practically amounted to scientific experiments: East and West Germany. ... by TB 2011-09-30 14:49:46
    • Tom, Tom, Tom. It's disappointing to see you raise this again. You know that both East Germany was ... by bowser 2011-09-30 22:12:00
      • Tom can always find an example that will demonstrate his points. So can I. Germany today is one of ... by ER 2011-10-01 05:50:40
        • Better hope Germany's luck holds, by TB 2011-10-01 10:25:33
          • And you'd better hope Germany's luck doesn't hold, or the entire foundation of your universe and worldview will come crashing ... by ER 2011-10-01 10:45:20
            • Only one side in these discussions typically ends them by throwing data and evidence out the window and descending to ... by TB 2011-10-01 11:39:40
              • Yeah, but you're scared of Liz Warren, by ER 2011-10-01 11:48:19
                • It's hard to take this stuff lightly. My kids are going to be living in this country for a ... by TB 2011-10-01 12:49:33
                  • And losing your sense of humor and of the absurd is really going to improve the situation immeasurably. Not ... by Eri 2011-10-01 23:17:35
                    • Didn't it ever occur to you that I and everyone I love also live in this country? And that ... by ER 2011-10-01 12:57:22
                      • See, I can't quite wrap my head around a term like "rightly or wrongly, I'm convinced." Nothing hostile or ... by TB 2011-10-01 13:38:50
                        • "Rightly or wrongly" is not an expression or admission of possible uncertainty or error on my part. It is an ... by ER 2011-10-01 14:47:05
      • You don't have to choose between a blue pill and a red pill. The correct answer to your question is what ... by ER 2011-09-30 14:33:51
        • I guess some could say that the right amounts of the two depend on when and where the people are. ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-09-30 18:37:36
          • You can't figure out the right mix, it has to evolve naturally and be implemented politically. Hopefully, that will ... by ER 2011-10-01 06:31:07
            • If you want an answer to that, just go out and look. See for yourself which systems adapt, grow ... by TB 2011-09-30 21:32:40
              • I'm afraid I'm a bit more cynical than that. Most people want what is best for them, in the ... by ER 2011-09-30 19:13:20
                • No offense... ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-09-30 21:52:31
                  • I'm the cynic. I have learned that people have a tendency to talk themselves into believing what they want ... by ER 2011-10-01 06:13:29
                    • ...Touche. I understand that the rest of Scandinavia is still a bit sore about that (Word has it you can't sit ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-10-01 16:08:35
                      • Well, that's something I won't be using on my bread. by Eri 2011-10-01 23:22:53
                        • Another inadequacy of the Spanish language. They have no slang for excrement, so they wind up using words like butter ... by FrankC 2011-10-01 16:43:20
                          • They don't need slang for by ER 2011-10-01 18:19:25
                            • Yeah but we are talking about slang not legit words. Still the imagery of the phrase in question is poignant, ... by FrankC 2011-10-01 19:36:37
                              • That there's a fightin' word, hombre! My favorite Spanish phrase (learned on the radio during Cinco de Mayo) which I had ... by Eri 2011-10-01 23:32:28
                                • It just occurred to me, that might have originated as an abbreviation for prostituta. That is a legitimate word too, as ... by ER 2011-10-01 20:04:41
                  • I could not agree more by FrankC 2011-09-30 16:52:14
                  The new oil boom by TB September 30, 2011 9:49 am
                    9 More Years of Drought for Texas? by Eri September 30, 2011 5:56 am
                    • :( Some areas are in Stage 3 of water restrictions. The trees are in shock. My shrubs are burned. It has been a ... by Jody 2011-09-30 07:05:18
                      • Fox hated Texas. He detested the heat. Texas has two weather cycles: hotter'n hell and Blue Norther. by Eri 2011-09-30 11:39:24
                      • Then they get frogs and flies. by ER 2011-09-30 06:08:02
                        • Or... by Eri 2011-09-30 11:41:46
                        Conficker worm is scarey by Eri September 29, 2011 9:27 pm
                        • Meh... always these scares. The internet may become somewhat crippled, but the only thing that could completely take it down is ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-09-30 18:44:06
                          • There are plenty of defenses against this worm. by TB 2011-09-30 08:12:15
                            • I clicked on each of the images and was led to sites for downloading those products. Since the sites ... by Eri 2011-09-30 12:05:01
                              • You're not supposed to click on them. The test is whether or not all the links are visible. ... by TB 2011-09-30 14:13:00
                                • There were all visible. I didn't see any directions. by Eri 2011-10-01 23:34:52
                            The arrest of a physicist for possessing a model aircraft. by Jeff-Wash September 29, 2011 7:03 pm
                            • Remember, one of the goals of terrorism is to not only cause damage and casualties, but to force governments to ... by ER 2011-09-29 19:21:02
                              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
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