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A Taste of Armageddon RobVG July 2, 2025 8:00 am (CurrentEvents)

Just for the record... ER June 22, 2025 8:59 am (CurrentEvents)

All Along the Watchtower ER July 1, 2025 9:13 pm (CurrentEvents)

Birthright Citizenship RobVG June 29, 2025 3:34 pm (CurrentEvents)

We've got company ER July 2, 2025 7:50 am (Space/Science)

To be blunt, NASA is now dead RL June 27, 2025 11:56 am (Space/Science)

NSIDC offline? ER June 12, 2025 12:19 pm (Space/Science)

Musk trashes his own AI after it chose a liberal worldview. RobVG June 23, 2025 9:56 am (CurrentEvents)

Psyche keeps its date with an asteroid BuckGalaxy June 22, 2025 5:21 pm (Space/Science)

The Three Unknowns After the U.S. Strike on Iran BuckGalaxy June 22, 2025 12:58 am (CurrentEvents)

There are only nine meals between mankind and anarchy. BuckGalaxy June 22, 2025 12:29 am (Flame)

"Remember, what the dormouse said, ER June 5, 2025 4:14 pm (Space/Science)

FBI raids solar power company by TB September 8, 2011 10:22 am

The end of Pax Americana? by TB September 7, 2011 8:08 am

One of the most important aspects of Pax Americana was our willingness to serve as the economic engine of the ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-09-07 18:42:43
- The American Middle class was created by people getting the crap beat out of them by company dicks on picket ... by ER 2011-09-07 19:31:17
Excellent analysis. I studied Mackinder and geopolitics extensively when I was in grad school, and Mahan because of my ... by ER 2011-09-07 08:34:15
- It's all very 19th century by Robert 2011-09-07 14:24:47
  - Old Irish curse: May you live in interesting times. I think we're there. Things change so quickly with overturns in ... by Eri 2011-09-07 18:26:52
    - For some of us, though, the leaps are a little too mind-boggling. by Robert 2011-09-08 12:20:40
      - Future shocked? Maybe you need to hang around more young people. My kids are swimming in this stuff ... by TB 2011-09-08 12:26:13
        
        Well, yeah, but young people are by definition immune to future shock, having experienced little of the future so far. by Robert 2011-09-08 19:28:33
        
        Keep that in mind when talking about immortality, or even lifespans in the hundreds. Might be cool for us ... by TB 2011-09-08 21:09:53
  - It may be a bit too early yet to declare that technology is going to make that much difference. ... by ER 2011-09-07 16:30:02
    - History will repeat itself with the Internet? by Robert 2011-09-07 17:18:33
      - And the net hasn't been a boon to propagandists and political agitators, especially reactionary ones? Of course, the same ... by ER 2011-09-07 19:04:24
        
        One man's "propagandists and political agitators" are another man's "empowered citizenry". by Robert 2011-09-08 12:16:43
        
        Sorry if I spoke too brashly, or unfairly. I'm just kind of jaded and bitter about these matters. ... by ER 2011-09-08 14:09:28
        
        Maybe you're just looking at the wrong things. I see the glass as at least half full. Some ... by TB 2011-09-08 14:46:48
        
        I suppose you're right. I'm just an old fart bitchin' about my days of black hair and flat belly, ... by ER 2011-09-08 18:34:15
        
        Wellll, ER, I avowed that I'm skeptical of new technology, for the sake of new technology, anyway. So I wouldn't ... by Robert 2011-09-08 19:39:56
        
        Maudlin crap? Well, maybe you're right, Robert. That's why I brought it up in my response to TB, in ... by ER 2011-09-10 07:38:26
        
        I'm sorry, ER. by Robert 2011-09-10 11:12:29
        
        Someone can point a cell phone at someone in Cairo and the film can be all over the world in ... by TB 2011-09-07 19:18:53
      - I like the trend. Decentralization of systems is a good thing, and should be encouraged. by TB 2011-09-07 17:51:13

Michael Bloomberg by Eri September 7, 2011 6:52 am

Anyone who can run New York City successfully is probably qualified to be President. Bloomberg (and Giuliani) are both ... by ER 2011-09-07 08:37:34
- I don't think quite as much of Guiliani just because he can't keep his pants zipped. I have no ... by Eri 2011-09-08 06:09:35
  - No way! Giuliani is a Republican and a patriot. In fact, lately he's been passing himself off as a ... by ER 2011-09-08 07:09:09
    - One more Republican by Eri 2011-09-08 18:38:47

Wind energy? "Whoa." by TB September 6, 2011 3:02 pm

Wind energy is the Liberal equivalent of Conservative 'drill, drill, drill'. Easy to say because we know it will never ... by ER 2011-09-07 08:12:41
- The future of natural gas is already here. The vast majority of new power plants being built use it, ... by TB 2011-09-07 08:30:12
  - Less gas than was thought. by podrock 2011-09-07 11:35:54
    - Note this, though: "The new estimates are much higher than the last assessment by the Geological Survey in 2002. Those estimates ... by TB 2011-09-07 13:18:28
      - Well, yes, of course. We get better at using long poles and ladders when the low fruit is gone. by podrock 2011-09-07 17:11:46
        
        That's a good way to put it. by TB 2011-09-07 17:43:05
  - EDITED: But TB, I'm an environmentalist... by ER 2011-09-07 09:00:41
Well, if I have anything to say, by Eri 2011-09-06 18:21:33
- For fun, pop your Zip code into the "My Community" section of this page and see what power plants are ... by TB 2011-09-06 18:51:54
  - G C O & L. Operating. None proposed or closed. by Eri 2011-09-06 20:35:49
- I saw a lot of giant windmills while driving across the country last month. Most were out in farm ... by TB 2011-09-06 18:37:22

Top Secret America by TB September 4, 2011 1:02 pm

Apparently, the news is now leaking out from Libya that a lot of our prisoners were being interrogated in Libya ... by ER 2011-09-04 13:18:55

Tropical storm Lee heads onshore by TB September 4, 2011 10:42 am

It won't be that much longer by Eri September 3, 2011 7:28 pm

But what CAN a poor boy do? ...except to sing for a rock and roll band... The greatest rock and roll ... by ER 2011-09-04 10:41:49
- Well, you could do worse. Ol' Mick's on the other side of that fancy gate, now. Ask not for whom ... by TB 2011-09-04 10:56:12
  - I don't resent Mick 's millions one bit. I pay for his product because I want to, I enjoy it, and ... by ER 2011-09-04 11:10:31
    - Nope. Didn't say any of that stuff. Not even remotely. I don't believe any of it either. Just ... by TB 2011-09-04 11:26:56
      - Actually, it's Mick that's being ironic, and deliberately so. He's no "street fightin' man", he's just a "singer in ... by ER 2011-09-04 11:39:15
        
        Second lyric is from the Moody Blues. I'm a big fan of theirs, too, and we saw them a ... by TB 2011-09-04 11:52:59
        
        mp3 @ amazon by Robert 2011-09-05 12:04:17
        
        I've never heard this work, but I've heard much about it. The personnel involved includes some real heavyweights, as ... by ER 2011-09-04 12:08:21
The protests will begin in earnest when the Republicans get elected and learn they can't make the recession go away ... by ER 2011-09-04 05:49:03

Meet the real Rick Perry by Eri September 3, 2011 7:25 pm

I know you won't listen...but hey...I swim upstream. what the hell by Jody 2011-09-04 11:08:00

....and then there is this... by Jody September 3, 2011 9:56 am

Well, Pat Robertson claimed the Teletubbies were gay propaganda designed to turn children into homosexuals, and Ariel Dorfmann was convinced ... by ER 2011-09-03 10:30:22
- I am gonna move to Timbuktu...I swan. Ya know though ER....digressing here...but look what you and I have been exposed to ... by Jody 2011-09-03 12:05:33
  - I wouldn't worry about it. For hundreds of years, Roman kids went with their parents to the Circus and ... by ER 2011-09-03 12:13:28

The current Wikileaks disaster by TB September 2, 2011 3:43 pm

CEO's earn more than companies pay in taxes by Eri August 31, 2011 5:12 am

You still don't get it, do you Eri? These are the "job creators". They're being rewarded for all those jobs ... by ER 2011-08-31 06:12:34
- In that case, the CEO's should be paying US. by Eri 2011-08-31 12:53:29
  - Oh, they will. As soon as they get their tax cut. by ER 2011-08-31 13:17:32
    - Of course they will. And what planet are YOU from? :-) by Eri 2011-08-31 14:46:58

Cheney afraid of War Crimes Prosecution? by Eri August 31, 2011 5:10 am

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