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Maxwell's Silver Hammer ER July 26, 2025 6:58 am (CurrentEvents)

Retirement home Spirit cover -- yeah, we had better music. ER July 26, 2025 7:31 am (Off-Topic)

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How Groupthink Protected Biden and Re-elected Trump, or put another way... BuckGalaxy July 19, 2025 2:32 pm (Flame)

just passin' thru... ER July 16, 2025 2:08 pm (Space/Science)

Why Trump Can’t Shake Jeffrey Epstein BuckGalaxy July 18, 2025 8:07 pm (CurrentEvents)

Colbert cancelled. ER July 17, 2025 8:20 pm (CurrentEvents)

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Turning off the cell phone before takeoff by TB June 10, 2011 2:20 pm

Well, if they're anything like those sound control devices at my high school theater, then I can definitely see why ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-10 17:34:11
Some 20 years ago, I once had an airline stewardess request I turn off my headphone transistor radio because there ... by ER 2011-06-10 14:50:48

Dead count for Joplin tornado now 151 by Eri June 10, 2011 2:14 pm

More on Texas and jobs by TB June 10, 2011 2:02 pm

Politics and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission by TB June 10, 2011 10:09 am

Panetta: Iraq will ask for some US troops to stay by TB June 10, 2011 9:24 am

I call bullshit. Their puppet government might, but the people will complain. by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-10 17:37:21

Gingrich self-immolates. by Eri June 10, 2011 6:23 am

Actually, I don't think this is really Newt's fault. His campaign was in trouble, but its early and he could ... by ER 2011-06-10 21:34:05
This is a little scary. The premise now seems to be that if you're not running like an obsessed ... by TB 2011-06-10 19:50:12
..... So, President Gingrich vacations on the Black Pearl. IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW. by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-10 17:38:34
Another paleface bite dust, kemo sabe. by ER 2011-06-10 11:57:10
- LOL! Have you no reverence for the dead? by Eri 2011-06-10 14:15:31
  - He ain't dead yet. I still see a ticket with him and one of the harpies in our future. by ER 2011-06-10 17:34:05

Finally! Something good to watch out for. by Eri June 10, 2011 6:15 am

Meh.... I'll ONLY be satisfied when they start showing prices by volt in "gas" stations. by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-10 17:41:02
Another triumph for Barack Obama!! Not really, but since he got blamed for them going up, he's entitled to take ... by ER 2011-06-10 12:07:36

How can they proceed? by Eri June 10, 2011 6:11 am

Well, the girl will definitely be in a mental institution for years to come; however, their babysitter should be charged ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-10 17:46:51

You can help the Post and Times destroy Sarah Palin! by TB June 9, 2011 2:35 pm

The feeding frenzy continues. This blogger is accumulating the headlines we're getting from the "scores" of reporters on this story. Bonus points ... by TB 2011-06-11 12:00:34
I suspect there are no smoking guns in the Palin emails. If there were, one of her many enemies ... by ER 2011-06-11 05:14:24
Hmmm. From the CNN tapes I found here and here, there's a good possibility of this blowing up in ... by TB 2011-06-10 21:01:33
Liveblogging the Great Release at Pravda: MSNBC in partnership with Mother Jones. Might be hard for liberals to remember just how ... by TB 2011-06-10 12:19:57
The last thing any Democrat in his right mind wants to do now is destroy Sarah Palin. by ER 2011-06-09 15:52:07
- It's interesting though that for all the polls and pundits declaring her complete inability to win even the Republican nomination, ... by TB 2011-06-09 16:12:59
  - I wouldn't write Sarah off prematurely. "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public." H. L. Mencken by ER 2011-06-09 18:06:46
    - Just curious: did you vote for the guy who was going to bring all our troops home, end the ... by TB 2011-06-09 19:09:17
      - Yes, I'll have to give him a B+ so far. But he did turn the Bush Crash around and ... by ER 2011-06-09 19:30:11
        
        Yeah, the economy would have gone completely to hell without all the borrowing, printing, Wall Street bailouts, and spending (and ... by TB 2011-06-09 20:53:42
        
        Tom, these posts are pointless, they have to be answered lest observers think I am cowering under the onslaught of ... by ER 2011-06-10 03:49:32
        
        Jeepers. You set terms for debate where everything is an opinion, where numbers, facts, and "footnotes" are irrelevant, and ... by TB 2011-06-10 09:02:30
        
        Have FrankC coach you on the finer points of Code Duello. If you call me out, I get to pick the ... by ER 2011-06-10 11:32:26
        
        Actually, your side is the one fixated on Sarah Palin. I didn't start this thread. It was all ... by TB 2011-06-10 12:29:16
        
        "I didn’t start this thread." And with that, you become the undisputed heavyweight champ of revisionist history, denying what can be ... by mcfly 2011-06-10 17:37:46
        
        Cripes, you're right! I will, of course, leave my screwup for posterity. By the time I get down about forty ... by TB 2011-06-10 18:32:17
        
        Well, I guess that's understandable, given that the 'Zone's gone into hyper-mode on a few of these threads. And I was ... by mcfly 2011-06-10 20:23:05
        
        Sarah Palin doesn't tell me anything about conservative politics. The way conservatives try to cover up for her inanities does. ... by ER 2011-06-10 13:11:17
        
        See? You make my point for me. Adjectives strung together. Ugly. Dangerous. Shameful. Foul. ... by TB 2011-06-10 13:46:13
        
        Yep. That must be it. Or maybe its just because your political posts are junk mail. Spam. I wouldn't buy ... by ER 2011-06-10 13:58:54
        
        What sort of post on politics would you not consider spam? Looking through these things you seem to have ... by TB 2011-06-10 14:18:08
        
        Tom, I don't care what you post. Just don't get upset if I don't respond, or if I respond ... by ER 2011-06-10 14:42:35
        
        Just as a general point of information, I don't expect responses to any information posts or even opinion posts I ... by TB 2011-06-10 14:51:29
        
        Your Palin post quickly degenerated into Obama bashing, which is where it was headed all along. You initiate multiple posts ... by ER 2011-06-10 15:17:55
        
        The top story on the news you watch tonight is going to be Sarah Palin's e-mails. It was the ... by TB 2011-06-10 15:41:21
        
        Nervous laughter, my friend. Also? You have to spend money to make money. (Time counts as money). Therefore, ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-09 23:46:30
        
        Well, I guess that sets that parameter. The economy or anything else can't officially be declared as a problem ... by TB 2011-06-10 07:42:26
        
        Which was PRECISELY the attitude during the Bush Administration! :D by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-10 17:47:52
        
        It's hard to clean up what you've inherited. I knew when he was promising all those things that reality ... by Eri 2011-06-10 05:57:39
        
        Sounds reasonable. Now all you have to do is look us right in the eye and tell us you'd ... by TB 2011-06-10 08:57:29
        
        Considering the Neo-Radical Republican Congress Obama had to deal with in his second year.... IT scares me what McCain could ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-10 17:49:20
        
        That would be "third year." And lets not forget that the Democrats controlled both houses since January of 2007. ... by TB 2011-06-10 18:37:49
  - "obsessively focused" Hey, I said I was sorry... by mcfly 2011-06-09 16:19:45
Count me out. by Jody 2011-06-09 15:43:50
- Aw, c'mon. After that we're all going to get up, go outside, and look for Guy Montag! by TB 2011-06-09 15:47:37

Can a police state be far behind? by Eri June 9, 2011 1:40 pm

*Sigh* I wish I could say this is the first time I've heard about incidents like these, but..... The sad ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-09 23:33:29
Thanks for posting that Eri. There are quite a few related "raw" videos on YouTube, which of course must be watched ... by mcfly 2011-06-09 16:17:24
Incidents like this have become unpleasantly common recently. One of the sites I read regularly posts them. by TB 2011-06-09 14:56:44
- I really believe we need the courts to say we have the right to film them anytime, anywhere (well, other ... by Eri 2011-06-09 21:18:40
  - Apparently there are several lawsuits in the works. If a few PDs or municipalities are forced to pay some hefty ... by mcfly 2011-06-10 10:08:11

Iceland Crowdsources Constitution by Vitruvius June 9, 2011 1:01 pm

"As long as they can make sure that each and every suggestion taken into consideration is in the interests of ... by TB 2011-06-09 14:59:05
- Ummm.... TB..... The Althing HAS existed for about that time, but there have been many, many countries and transitions since then; ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-09 23:23:48
My constitution would be rather simple: Thou shalt not harm another person or animal either by intent or through negligence. ... by Eri 2011-06-09 13:47:25
- Loopholes Galore! If a person harms another person on accident (bumping into them, accidentally crashing into each other at the skatepark, ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-09 23:07:26

American attacks in Yemen by TB June 8, 2011 9:12 pm

Every day my faith in Obama shrinks little by little. Is it just me, or are all recent presidents ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-09 00:08:12
- Actually, I think this action is perfectly justified. We are at war with Al-Quaeda in Yemen, Because ... by ER 2011-06-09 05:40:54

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