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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

Mississippi floods by TB May 19, 2011 4:04 pm

what is a page vs. a post by FrankC May 18, 2011 10:56 am

So much for web research by Eri May 19, 2011 12:30 pm

I'm getting in the habit of "feeling" posts with my mouse to look for links. I've tried underlining or ... by TB 2011-05-19 15:41:20

Any AT&T I-phone, I-pad users here? by Eri May 19, 2011 7:24 am

They are a bunch of ass holes. My land lines are with Comcast but my cells are with them Like Tom, ... by FrankC 2011-05-19 14:40:51
I can't afford to purchase high usage plans. Period. I can no longer do physical shopping. Everything ... by Eri 2011-05-19 12:35:16
- My wife can't do physical shopping either, but we've adapted to using online a lot. She buys clothes and ... by TB 2011-05-19 15:35:17
  - Returning things are a pain in the ass requiring obtaining packaging (if it didn't come with the product where you ... by Eri 2011-05-19 16:20:56
    - One thing a lot of Amazon purchases will do for you is get you a nice collection of boxes of ... by TB 2011-05-19 16:29:51
Anybody who has a "smartphone" of any kind really needs to buy a plan that has high or unlimited data ... by TB 2011-05-19 09:33:28
- My family plan for non-smart phones is unlimited for texting and data. When you go to a smart phone or ... by FrankC 2011-05-19 13:11:19
- Wouldn't do it any other way. We've got 5Gig monthly limit per phone. High, but not impossible to reach if ... by mcfly 2011-05-19 11:03:10

Stuck on stupid by TB May 18, 2011 5:52 pm

GM is going to install a six acre, 516 kilowatt solar energy system that will save them $15,000 a year. For ... by TB 2011-05-18 18:45:42
- Added a comment where the links actually show up and edits actually change things. by TB 2011-05-18 18:47:23

Current status of the War Powers Act by TB May 18, 2011 3:45 pm

Speaking of enemy missiles in our hemisphere... by TB May 16, 2011 7:57 pm

Cripes. When are the Iranians going to revolt already? by mcfly 2011-05-17 10:31:37
Hmmmm....This could be the GOP's worst nightmare; A foreign military crisis just in time for the 2012 election? This ... by ER 2011-05-16 21:38:58

Cameras in school cafeterias by Jody May 16, 2011 12:23 pm

Ah Crap! U win sum, & lose sum by Eri May 11, 2011 9:31 am

Taking the lightbulb back...for TB by Jody May 11, 2011 6:29 am

More lightbulb stuff here. Fifty dollars a bulb. Although we might get them down to $12 someday, and we could ... by TB 2011-05-17 07:12:04

Watching a "US-less" NATO in Libya... by mcfly May 11, 2011 5:05 am

You can't expect a committee to run a campaign, especially if you don't have much at stake in the outcome. ... by ER 2011-05-11 09:22:13
- They do have a stake in the outcome. A big one. They've just been under the U.S. military umbrella so ... by TB 2011-05-11 11:26:26
- I thought about that too. Having had enough of war is no sin, I'm sure. But so much talk came out ... by mcfly 2011-05-11 11:22:59
  - TB (above) is right, on both counts. The Euros need Libyan oil more than we do, and they are ... by ER 2011-05-11 13:34:41
    - "The Cold War is over, and if they want a NATO with us in it, they are going to have ... by TB 2011-05-11 14:00:47
- It's the end result of the welfare system. For decades the Europeans have been under the American defense umbrella. ... by Lee 2011-05-11 10:35:57

If we take away the $4 Billion... by Eri May 10, 2011 9:35 am

Why don't you look at the real cause for the increase in oil prices instead of the smoke politicians are ... by Lee 2011-05-10 10:34:12
- This does not help me make a decision. by Eri 2011-05-10 17:12:23
  - By the way, who's sponsoring the petition? by TB 2011-05-10 17:46:02
    - Sen. Claire McCaskill. And while she is a Democrat, she's moderate. She has to be in Missouri to ... by Eri 2011-05-10 21:45:27
      - Thanks. I see that the legislation was being proposed today to come up for a vote next week. ... by TB 2011-05-10 21:53:06
        
        On that oil tax legislation, I think it's S.940, but Thomas doesn't have the text up yet. Again, this ... by TB 2011-05-11 14:26:47
  - The point is you're chasing a red herring. Or in modern cat language, you're running after a little red ... by TB 2011-05-10 17:25:11
    - We have to deal with what's before us. The issue of Government owned oil companies is more complex than ... by Eri 2011-05-10 21:48:35
      - Careful. You're getting perilously close to a fundamental epiphany. :) by TB 2011-05-11 15:17:06
Oil prices oscillate up and down, and the party in power usually gets blamed by the opposition when they go ... by ER 2011-05-10 10:20:56
- "If you really need a villain, find out who was opposing energy conservation and alternative energy in the 70s. Even ... by TB 2011-05-10 11:55:21
  - Oh really... What killed any chances of a turn-around in our energy habits was Detroit, remember, that was the era of ... by ER 2011-05-10 13:37:24
    - When gas prices go up, people buy smaller cars. When they go down, not so much. This doesn't ... by TB 2011-05-10 14:07:15
      - The anti-nuke movement is now left and right, anyone who looks at Japan and says, "Damn! I don't want ... by Eri 2011-05-10 21:51:14
        
        You noticed Japan's reactors have dropped out of the news? I'm still following the recovery of the nuclear systems. ... by TB 2011-05-11 14:46:16
      - TB, anyone who isn't in total agreement with you is a leftist. I have never heard you describe anyone or ... by ER 2011-05-10 18:24:40
Of course, the "subsidy" premise was a lie to begin with. The oil industry simply exploits tax laws and ... by TB 2011-05-10 09:59:46
- I demonize Big Oil along with Big Pharma and any other corporation that gets so big it no longer gives ... by Eri 2011-05-10 17:22:07
  - I use ATT for my land line, and that's about it. Mostly habit at this point. AT&T is ... by TB 2011-05-10 17:44:48
    - I had Cingular as my cell service and loved them. Guess who gulped them up? AT&T. ... by Eri 2011-05-10 21:54:03

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