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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)

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

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)

Not ready for prime time BuckGalaxy June 19, 2025 12:18 pm (Space/Science)

hypocrisy ER June 15, 2025 2:30 pm (Flame)

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

So, it is official RL June 6, 2025 5:39 pm (Space/Science)

Wouldn't it be nice BuckGalaxy June 11, 2025 3:13 pm (Off-Topic)

Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin BuckGalaxy June 9, 2025 1:35 pm (Off-Topic)

Jon Stewart gets it right. by Lee June 14, 2011 2:30 pm

A long time ago the Left arrived at the point where what's inside their heads became far more important than ... by TB 2011-06-14 15:22:52
- Fiasco? Sorry, it's not ringing a bell... by mcfly 2011-06-14 17:30:04
  - How long have you been in this country, Fly? Or more specifically, how long have you been studying our ... by ER 2011-06-14 19:06:37
    - Yeah, I guess that's the story behind politics everywhere, except of course in the US we're talking real money and ... by mcfly 2011-06-14 20:18:46
      - Well, for definitions of politics, there's "the art of the possible." But that's how politicians define politics. The question is, ... by mcfly 2011-06-14 20:56:48
        
        Politicians would like us to believe politics is groups of dedicated statesmen wrangling over lofty ideals and noble philosophies as ... by ER 2011-06-15 03:59:31
        
        Conclusion: We really need to give these people more power and more of our money. by TB 2011-06-15 09:31:25
  - LOL! by TB 2011-06-14 18:32:07

Space policy debate question by TB June 14, 2011 9:47 am

Weiner bytes by Eri June 13, 2011 6:35 pm

Great performance, great material. This is really no big deal. At least as far as I'm concerned, although if I was ... by ER 2011-06-14 04:26:29
Is there a link? by ER 2011-06-13 19:43:55
- I found it. I'm surprised it's up so soon. Maybe I'm overreacting but I was offended that he would ... by Eri 2011-06-13 21:11:23
  - Awww Eri....you are so cute. This is tame! by Jody 2011-06-13 21:36:53
    - Sigh. I'm not a prude. Anyone who knows me well knows I'm not. But there are some ... by Eri 2011-06-14 05:53:36
      - Beats going Laurena Bobbit on him, I guess. by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-14 14:41:21
      - How WELL I know. I am collateral damage. I have grown immune to this behavior because my walls have become ... by Jody 2011-06-14 08:18:56

Living with a silent heart by Eri June 13, 2011 1:50 pm

I dunno, not having a heart never seemed to bother Dick Cheney. by ER 2011-06-13 16:03:09
- Zing! Oh wait, you're serious. Let me laugh harder. by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-13 16:07:10
I saw the movie "Threshold" years ago, about the controversial first transplant of an artificial heart into a young girl. ... by TB 2011-06-13 15:52:27
- Per the research, evidently it does (work exactly right). The only reason a pulse is needed is because the ... by Eri 2011-06-13 18:29:31
I can imagine the look on his doctor's face at his next physical: "No heartbeat, How are you even alive? ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-13 13:54:14

Medicare SAVES money by BuckGalaxy June 13, 2011 9:10 am

Foreign countries have good medical care for everyone at a lower cost per patient (and with better overall results)than the ... by ER 2011-06-13 10:27:59
You wouldn't like what would come out the other end if medical care became a state-controlled monopoly. But by all means, ... by TB 2011-06-13 09:35:15
- Ah, TB. The ever-present Boogeyman/Eldritch Sea Monster of Current Events and Flame. Would it be so WRONG for people to ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-13 13:44:02
  - There's no such thing as "paying for each other's stuff." There are the people who are made to pay for other ... by TB 2011-06-13 16:15:39
    - We're not giving people discounts, we're RAISING TAXES. And we probably wouldn't have to do that if A) everyone ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-14 00:05:58
      - The top ten percent of income earners already pay 55 percent of all Federal taxes, including payroll. If you ... by TB 2011-06-14 09:19:32
- Medicare for all would be what is called a monopsony, or single buyer. Like a monopoly, it can apply ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-06-13 09:59:34
  - Are you people ever going to realize that "the producer as the enemy" is not conducive to a prosperous and ... by TB 2011-06-13 10:09:04
    - No one is advocating turning the entire economy into a state run system. No one is saying producers are ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-06-13 10:26:08
      - The apologists for laissez faire economics WANT you to believe there is no alternative to their system of private monopoly ... by ER 2011-06-13 11:42:08
        
        See? Your first sentence blows up right off the bat. There is no "private health monopoly." There ... by TB 2011-06-13 12:04:46
        
        My wife and I are both in our sixties, with pre-existing medical conditions. Even though we are fairly well-off ... by ER 2011-06-13 13:13:51
        
        How did you buy life insurance? Did you start shopping at 60? Why or why not? by TB 2011-06-13 16:25:29
        
        Life insurance was provided at work for a substantial discount, now that I'm not working, I pay full price, and ... by ER 2011-06-13 16:59:01
      - Of course it should be for profit. Where do you think all of those new medicines and gadget's come ... by Lee 2011-06-13 11:09:51
      - There's more to it than mere profit. Better minds than ours have given this a lot of thought. Most middle class ... by ER 2011-06-13 10:55:56
        
        Holy crap. You know what? Skip it. The excavation alone at this point is just too damn ... by TB 2011-06-13 11:02:24
      - There are nations where nobody is allowed to do things "for profit." How does that work out? Every ... by TB 2011-06-13 10:54:48
- Some numbers found here. I haven't looked through them yet myself, but I put it here so everyone else ... by TB 2011-06-13 09:54:51

3 Myths about Social Security by Eri June 13, 2011 6:41 am

That reminds me... the Boomsday movie adaption is coming out this September. by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-13 13:48:06
One of the biggest myths about SS arises from the statement "SS was never meant to replace a personal retirement ... by ER 2011-06-13 11:19:45
- That's what I need... An "old man" with a very large life insurance policy made out to me as ... by Eri 2011-06-13 13:55:00
  - Oh, do you mean a "trophy husband"? by ER 2011-06-13 19:49:36
Okay, but you got to admit those aren't very good refutations. by TB 2011-06-13 07:45:47

Tax cut zombies have created the deficits by BuckGalaxy June 12, 2011 7:54 pm

Ah, beware, phantom poster. You threaten the very foundations of the Faith. by ER 2011-06-13 04:53:05
Whose post is this? Can you please edit and insert a moniker? If you are not a member, ... by Eri 2011-06-13 00:20:08
- It's Buck. He's having the name-adding problems we've all had. by TB 2011-06-13 07:46:44
  - To get your name to show on original posts, go to your profile, and under "name" make sure you have ... by TB 2011-06-13 09:18:51
    - Got it. Thanks! by BuckGalaxy 2011-06-13 10:04:09
- Me thinks it is our very own Buck Galaxy! From infinity and beyond! by Jody 2011-06-13 06:18:36
The U.S. corporate tax rate is 39 percent, not 13. As for the rest, I've covered all this. More than ... by TB 2011-06-12 21:23:10
- Just because *anyone* in here says "I've covered that before" hardly means the discussion is over. Perhaps we doubt the ... by mcfly 2011-06-12 22:25:29
  - Naive? Actually, it seems pretty smart to me. Look how long TB has gotten away with it. by ER 2011-06-13 04:44:23
    - Sorry, but weren't you yelling at me for repeating the same stuff over and over again? There are probably a couple ... by TB 2011-06-13 08:23:30
      - Tom, you keep on bringing it up, you leave us no choice but to respond. Besides, you love this stuff, or ... by ER 2011-06-13 11:49:10
        
        Oh, I do enjoy using my brain on these things. But it does get frustrating sometimes. It's like trying to ... by TB 2011-06-13 12:10:22
        
        Yeah, but just because its not really green cheese doesn't mean there's an alien base on the Far Side. by ER 2011-06-13 12:54:54
        
        First there's no cheese, and now there's no aliens? Crap. Crappity crap crap. by mcfly 2011-06-14 13:39:04
        
        Maybe there are space mice. by TB 2011-06-14 14:11:30
  - I just get a little tired of dragging out the same damn numbers to meet the same damn tropes that ... by TB 2011-06-12 23:07:46
- Yeah, and in the real world corporations pay how much? Get your head out of that very dark place ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-06-12 21:54:17
  - Also, see this related article linked to from the Reuters page you posted. "Companies: Drowning in Taxes or Artful Dodgers?". http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/14/us-usa-taxes-corporate-idUSTRE73D7EL20110414 by ER 2011-06-13 05:18:47
  - I looked it up. In 2008, out of about half a million returns, and every tax loophole was applied, ... by TB 2011-06-12 22:24:05
    - So you've jumped from 39% to 23 % in one short post without an "oh shit I was wrong" in ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-06-13 09:02:38
      - I found no source anywhere that said "13 percent." I found endless papers on this, all over the map, ... by TB 2011-06-13 09:56:35
    - Extra Credit on Slide 10: After you've marked up that curve by year (I did every two years), circle the years ... by TB 2011-06-12 23:02:09

Update on Congresswoman Giffords by TB June 12, 2011 9:44 am

Gilfords: The Six Million Dollar (Wo)Man. This shooting incident ought to help her a LOT in politics. by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-12 13:01:20
- I don't really know any more about this case than you do, perhaps its too early for anyone to say, ... by ER 2011-06-12 13:40:04

Consumers' electric bills likely to spike as coal plants close by TB June 12, 2011 9:40 am

One solution remains - every household in the US must find a way to generate it's own power. I ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-13 13:51:11
- The people who can afford solar panels, large scale battery installations, and the associated systems, will manage. The vast ... by TB 2011-06-13 16:27:17
  - There's got to be a better way..... Hmm..... If you rigged the plumbing in your home to flow through a ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-14 00:07:44
    - Don't do that. The rapid and unimpeded flow of wastewater is a factor in keeping the entire sewage system ... by TB 2011-06-14 09:06:42
    - I was brought up on the Florida Gulf Coast, an oppressively hot, humid and windless climate for 9 months of ... by ER 2011-06-14 05:21:18
      - I guess it's engineers to the rescue, huh? by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-14 14:44:05
        
        Yeah, Right. The old Cracker shotgun shacks weren't built by engineers. The engineers built those glass and concrete greenhouse ... by ER 2011-06-14 19:53:12

Palin e-mail update by TB June 11, 2011 5:05 pm

Not schizophrenic. But certainly paranoid, and definitely narcissistic. Classic case. by ER 2011-06-13 11:58:40
So we created a paranoid schizophrenic. The seeds were already there, just waiting to sprout. And TB, if ... by Eri 2011-06-11 20:01:50
- *Cue woman/kitchen comment* by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-11 23:32:43
- The main point of the post eluded you. The "paranoid schizophrenic" is a complete invention of the media, the ... by TB 2011-06-11 21:05:21
  - You're the one who missed the point. I've seen the woman's reactions; she is exactly as described, a paranoid ... by Eri 2011-06-11 23:06:24
    - No, what you've "seen" is what the same Democratic media has told you. Think about it. We've all gone through ... by TB 2011-06-12 08:26:36
....WTF? Are they being literal here, or are they talking about a change in behaviour? I can't tell. by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-11 20:00:32
- They're talking about a change in behavior. Before the VP campaign she had different ideas, mindset than after it ... by Eri 2011-06-11 23:08:03
- They're making something up to try and save their asses from the Capone Vault they've generated. Nothing in that article is ... by TB 2011-06-11 21:07:15
  - Hey, lets not be too harsh on Capone Vault journalism. After all, Geraldo still has a job, and ... by ER 2011-06-12 06:17:24
    - Yeah, unfortunately, Geraldo still has a job. His performance for Fox during Katrina was abysmal. In my opinion, all television ... by TB 2011-06-12 09:46:55

Part Time Congress... by Jody June 11, 2011 3:23 pm

Considering how little they get done anyway and how they're all in the pockets of lobbyists, part time might give ... by Eri 2011-06-11 19:54:16
- Congress operating costs skyrocket by Jody 2011-06-11 20:53:50
- Oh yeah, and would save us a helluva lot of money. We could outsource Congress and take away their ... by Eri 2011-06-11 19:55:22
  - I like the idea by Jody 2011-06-11 21:03:52
    - I say we dock their paychecks. They get paid more than the friggin' President, for Christ's sake! Not ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-11 23:37:32

A good summary of the lightbulb issue by TB June 11, 2011 12:10 pm

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