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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)

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"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)

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Nobel Laureate Economist latest victim of partisan politics by Eri June 6, 2011 4:49 am
  • Eri, how dare you confront our conservative friends with something they would consider a "bad fact!" It's ok though...as we can ... by mcfly 2011-06-06 11:43:50
    • Near the end of his term, the Democrats were sitting on something like 200 of Bush's appointees. The article ... by TB 2011-06-06 09:41:15
      • What makes you think this guy would create any real jobs? And exactly how? I have a pretty good idea ... by Eri 2011-06-06 18:53:36
        • I looked at some of his ideas. Mostly along the lines of more "stimulus." A lot of people, ... by TB 2011-06-06 20:55:55
      Whittling away at the Fourth Amendment by TB June 5, 2011 2:24 pm
      • Cool! The lone dissenter on the Supreme Court was a liberal judge! by mcfly 2011-06-05 14:38:06
        • I noticed that. Good for her! by TB 2011-06-05 14:40:26
        Death of an American Dream 2 by Jody June 5, 2011 9:05 am
        • EDITED:There's not much there I can disagree with (I located and read Part I, too). But neither is there much ... by ER 2011-06-05 12:01:04
          • YOU may have seen it coming..to be honest..I didn't. I am a late bloomin' baby boomer. by Jody 2011-06-05 14:09:55
            • Like I said somewhere else in here recently, change is the only constant. People will always have dreams and ideals. If ... by mcfly 2011-06-05 14:49:36
            • Well put, ER. My initial response was "here we go again, whining about the evil left destroying America with all ... by mcfly 2011-06-05 12:07:00
              • Hey...ALWAYS wear clean underwear...you never know...you might get in an accident. I will have Havarti cheese with that whine,btw. by Jody 2011-06-05 14:07:23
            Anti-circumcision super hero by TB June 4, 2011 4:57 pm
            • What is that all about, a satire or parody? Or is it some kind of Nazi antisemitic porn? It took forever ... by ER 2011-06-05 08:31:28
              • Hey ER!!!It maybe in response to this bullshit by Jody 2011-06-05 11:33:43
                • Jody's right. It's an anti-circumcision group, and they think this crap is making their point for them. Here's another article ... by TB 2011-06-05 12:33:36
                  • I've often wondered about the moral rightness of circumcision. It is performed without anesthetic, (considered too risky for infants, even ... by ER 2011-06-05 15:00:17
                    • I had it done to my son as an infant, and they did indeed use a locally injected dermal anesthetic, ... by TB 2011-06-05 15:17:26
                  • This Arab dude goes into an unemployment office, looking for a job. When the lady behind the desk asks ... by ER 2011-06-05 12:15:49
                    • How does a camel get its humps? Usually with flowers and a box of chocolates. Thanks, I'll be here all week. Try ... by mcfly 2011-06-05 14:28:31
                  • It took forever for me too ER. I went and fixed a pot of coffee while I waited. You couldn't get ... by Jody 2011-06-05 08:57:01
                  Tornado protection: Storm rooms by TB June 4, 2011 1:41 pm
                  • I want one. I just have to figure out where to put it. I could actually make a ... by Eri 2011-06-04 19:07:24
                    • One problem is it has to be mounted directly onto a concrete slab. This is probably why a lot ... by TB 2011-06-04 19:17:22
                      • Actually, that's perfect for me. My house is built on a concrete slab so all they'd have to do ... by Eri 2011-06-04 22:45:28
                        • It just has to be big enough to hold you and your cats, like the lady in the article. ... by TB 2011-06-05 14:13:54
                          • Remember to glue down some carpet for the cats to hold onto (I recommend a good contact cement). And 2 litter ... by mcfly 2011-06-06 12:20:26
                    Germany prepares to commit energy suicide by TB June 4, 2011 12:12 pm
                    • I love it. Nice to see other countries taking the risk instead of insisting we go first. by FrankC 2011-06-05 12:28:24
                      • Switzerland just followed Germany's lead today. by ER 2011-06-05 07:38:53
                        • I work for the American branch of a Swiss-based company. Don't ever worry about the Swiss doing something that would ... by mcfly 2011-06-05 15:07:32
                          • Switzerland seems to be phasing out slowly, not building new reactors but not shutting down the five existing ones that ... by TB 2011-06-05 13:09:06
                          • Since when is purchasing a commodity "sponging off?" by mcfly 2011-06-05 00:33:12
                            • Good point. Not the best term I could have used. Maybe "hypocritical" applies more to anti-nukes who don't ... by TB 2011-06-05 13:11:28
                              • I getcha. Don't misunderstand, I'm for nuclear power generation (except in Iran). I hope we persue it vigorously. But if ... by mcfly 2011-06-05 15:03:51
                                • I'm all for many solutions being sought in many ways. It just seems like the ones who make the ... by TB 2011-06-05 15:18:57
                            • How f***ing hypocritical..... Inglorious Bastards don't want to spend their own time, effort, money, and public morale on their own energy-forever ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-04 19:58:09
                              • Thanks to its many nuclear power plants, France already exports excess electricity to countries like Britain, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, ... by TB 2011-06-04 21:10:13
                                • Dammit.... I wonder what the French public's opinion on nuclear energy is.... 'cause seriously, that's a sweet set up right there. ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-05 08:30:45
                                  • Here's a good article on French nuclear power attitudes. It's part of an informative Frontline site. It's worth browsing through ... by TB 2011-06-05 12:37:14
                              Got the SOB! by Eri June 4, 2011 9:56 am
                              • Plus the fact that these things can be mass-produced. Taking one of them out isn't really a victory ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-04 17:57:40
                                • Maybe we need to take out the factories where they're mass produced. (The Mosques or at least the Imams ... by Eri 2011-06-04 19:08:52
                                  • No, no, no...you guys have it all wrong. Have we learned nothing from Bomber Harris? Structures, like factories or mosques, can ... by mcfly 2011-06-05 00:45:48
                                    • Bad Eri! BAD! Hellfire armed Predators are not the answer to that! This is what Navy SEALs are for! XD by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-04 20:01:09
                                      • I know! They need to take them out with Mosquitos! by Eri 2011-06-05 07:11:40
                                  • The last few years have been hell on Al-Quaeda in Pakistan. These drone attacks must be taking their toll, and ... by ER 2011-06-04 12:08:24
                                    • Invisible death from the sky. An added plus has to be the continuous dread the terrorists have to live under. ... by TB 2011-06-04 10:38:14
                                      • "Hey did you hear about Abdulla?" "What about him?" "He got martyred. I saw it. He got really seriously martyred." "Did you bring ... by mcfly 2011-06-05 15:24:05
                                      Can you believe her ignorance? by Eri June 3, 2011 10:23 pm
                                      • She's not as ignorant as you might think. The Palins of this world know exactly what they are doing. They're just ... by ER 2011-06-05 05:40:54
                                        • Apparently you missed how the current president got elected. Just shut off your brain, ignore the reality of the ... by TB 2011-06-05 12:56:40
                                          • Really? You're making this accusation? "Anyway, since your philosophical definition of “evil” seems to be “things ER doesn’t like,” I’m not ... by mcfly 2011-06-05 15:27:35
                                            • Explain. by TB 2011-06-05 15:36:05
                                              • You've put your conclusions on a pedestal. They're not to be touched. Supporting evidence is enshrined, detracting evidence is dismissed ... by mcfly 2011-06-06 11:34:48
                                                • Have you ever seen me reject actual facts or real detracting evidence? Just because I don't like them? "Consistency" means ... by TB 2011-06-06 11:42:36
                                                  • It's probably obvious that I can't claim to agree. Frankly, I think that if your ideas don't collide in the real ... by mcfly 2011-06-06 12:11:22
                                            • Sure, Tom. I shoulda voted for a guy who's first presidential decision was picking Palin as his running mate? And ... by ER 2011-06-05 15:15:15
                                              • I don't know. Did you vote for the guy who picked Biden as his running mate? I could ... by TB 2011-06-05 15:30:06
                                                • For reasons of space, my reply is above, filed under "Fundamental Ideas and Philosophy". by ER 2011-06-05 17:08:08
                                            • I am sorry you perceive them as evil. I personally don't feel they are but that is my point of view. Obnoxious ... by Jody 2011-06-05 08:59:32
                                              • You ought to hear what her friends say about me. by ER 2011-06-05 12:18:37
                                                • Dammit ER!!!!! LOL! by Jody 2011-06-05 13:18:05
                                            • Palin's ignorance of history isn't really the issue here. The issue is the way she gleefully, publically and obliviously demonstrates that ... by mcfly 2011-06-05 01:07:13
                                              • You folks would have a hay day with my recollection of historical events!...It is a lot like my spelling...I may ... by Jody 2011-06-04 12:13:10
                                                • Yes, but dear, you're not running for public office. If you were, and you made a fool of yourself, ... by Eri 2011-06-05 07:15:32
                                                • Just for fun, here's Revere's own account of his ride. by TB 2011-06-04 09:58:33
                                                  • Very interesting to read. Thanks for posting. by Eri 2011-06-04 10:15:48
                                                  • A year of Palin's policy statements, and this is the best hit they've got? Anyone thinking of running for President should ... by TB 2011-06-04 08:15:55
                                                    • There is no such thing as "fundamental errors in his entire ideology". First, you have defined WHAT his ideology ... by ER 2011-06-04 09:06:02
                                                      • Really? Then you wouldn't mind a Republican president next time around since ideas and ideology aren't "right" or "wrong," ... by TB 2011-06-04 09:14:38
                                                        • Cmon TB, you know that's not what ER said. by mcfly 2011-06-04 09:44:46
                                                          • Go read it again. Tell me what he did say. by TB 2011-06-04 09:59:31
                                                            • Hell, do you own leg work. You read it again, and show me where he says all ideologies are the ... by mcfly 2011-06-05 00:52:00
                                                            • That's called "reframing", a favorite conservative rhetorical maneuver. He dilutes the milk with water, and when you find the ... by ER 2011-06-04 09:48:47
                                                            • I never said there was no right or wrong. I just think that's a decision that must be made ... by ER 2011-06-04 09:24:53
                                                        • ...... Why did I know it'd be Sarah Palin before I clicked on the link? by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-03 23:54:07
                                                          • Sarah is like a child, she should be seen and not heard. by ER 2011-06-04 05:55:41
                                                            • And like a 2nd Lieutenant, can be given guns or ammo, but never both. by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-04 18:01:10
                                                              • In the AF, they used to call them Greenies. Now, a Greenie is a cat treat. Which is actually about ... by Eri 2011-06-04 19:12:37
                                                          Adventures of the Charity Police by TB June 3, 2011 7:58 pm
                                                          • As always, there may be more to this story than meets the eye. To begin with, the activist group ... by ER 2011-06-04 05:30:54
                                                            • Oh, it's fairly obvious that the group is deliberately provoking a legal response, much the same way as protestors have ... by TB 2011-06-04 08:24:26
                                                              • Then again, maybe they're just shameless opportunists who have seized upon a legitimate cause in order legitimize their own agenda. ... by ER 2011-06-04 08:52:30
                                                                • The real charitable efforts don't make the newspapers much. My son volunteers at a food bank now and then. ... by TB 2011-06-04 09:17:00
                                                                  • Matt. 6:1-4. Good for him. Real philanthropists do not brag about their good works. by ER 2011-06-04 09:35:34
                                                            • Jesus *Random Sexual Expletive* Nice coincidence that I read a certain quote today: "The Constitution is not an instrument for the government ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-03 23:57:41
                                                              • "The poor have to labour in the face of the majestic equality of the law, which forbids the rich as ... by ER 2011-06-04 05:39:38
                                                              Official recovery is two years old this month. by TB June 3, 2011 7:55 pm
                                                              • Piggies (J Lennon P McCartney) Have you seen the little piggies Crawling in the dirt? And for all the little piggies Life is getting ... by ER 2011-06-04 05:52:59
                                                                • Do we all remember that Lennon and McCartney are (or were) richer than Croesus? McCartney's wealth has been lovingly detailed in ... by TB 2011-06-04 08:28:11
                                                                  • That really steams you doesn't it? Isn't that what U Peeple call "Class traitors"? Or is it just that rich or ... by ER 2011-06-04 09:44:31
                                                                    • Nah. Nothing that profound. Just pointing out people who live in mansions who make money singing about those ... by TB 2011-06-04 10:47:14
                                                                      • I agree with you TB...hypocrisy on such a basic level. by Jody 2011-06-04 12:16:14
                                                                • Funny.... I thought we had just started our economic return a couple of months ago. by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-03 23:58:22
                                                                  • The National Bureau of Economic Research, which seems to be the go-to place for deciding when recessions start and end, ... by TB 2011-06-04 08:40:20
                                                                    • I've often wondered about that. I guess the official definition of recession does not take unemployment into account. by ER 2011-06-04 09:09:47
                                                                      • I don't know what their exact methodology is. They discuss it a little here. by TB 2011-06-04 10:50:03
                                                                  54,000 new jobs. Half of them hamburger flippers? by TB June 3, 2011 2:46 pm
                                                                  • Ten bucks says these same people lose their jobs before the year is out. by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-03 18:26:32
                                                                    • McDonalds does have a very high turnover rate, but not from losing jobs. It's from people finding better ones. ... by TB 2011-06-04 08:31:08
                                                                      • The traditional entry-level job for young men when I was in my late teens and early twenties was construction (if ... by ER 2011-06-04 09:18:04
                                                                        • Out in the midwest, at least in the small town where I lived, entry-level was agricultural grunt work. I ... by TB 2011-06-04 09:30:15
                                                                          • Bingo. Government policies may play some role, especially in the short term, but in general, our economic problems are ... by ER 2011-06-04 10:04:38
                                                                            • I still have a lot of confidence in people's ability to create new industries and jobs. While a lot ... by TB 2011-06-04 10:20:04
                                                                              • Yes, as soon as us old farts hurry up and die off so all the young dudes can take over. ... by ER 2011-06-04 11:19:08
                                                                                • U.S. fertility peaked in 1957. A lot of what we're seeing now may be due to immigration and descendants ... by TB 2011-06-04 11:52:45
                                                                      • The carbon units are interchangeable, replaceable and disposable. Welcome to the Machine. by ER 2011-06-04 05:48:23
                                                                      The coming Age of Fossil Fuels? by TB June 3, 2011 2:23 pm
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