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the June ice report ER July 10, 2025 7:34 pm (Space/Science)

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 "freedom fries"? by bowser November 25, 2011 9:42 pm

How could anyone forget "freedom fries"? by ER 2011-11-26 06:53:57
The home page for that report is here. by TB 2011-11-25 22:35:51
- Speaking of lies... by TB 2011-11-25 22:48:28
  - Boy howdy!!! I got the one wrong and the other depends upon which scoundrel you believe. Regarding the cost of ... by bowser 2011-11-26 08:28:21
    - If Robertson is considered a reliable source, it would be the first time around here. by TB 2011-11-26 09:53:12
      - Excellent point. If it were anyone but GWB - - - - ! by bowser 2011-11-26 13:39:13
  - The Cheney quote was actually from Donald Rumsfeld, and the 20G$ figure was for the projected costs of the reconstruction ... by ER 2011-11-26 07:46:55

Bleepin' bleepin' bleeper by Eri November 20, 2011 6:22 pm

It is part of the Conservative program to demonize and otherwise malign the unemployed. After all if you are suffering ... by ER 2011-11-23 10:08:15
- They can stay in the shower right through the next election. Which may not turn out quite as they ... by Eri 2011-11-24 15:13:01
  - I think the 2010 election was a fluke. Now that the American people have actually seen the Teabaggers when ... by ER 2011-11-24 15:52:59
An actual survey of some OWS'ers by TB 2011-11-20 19:44:55
- What's your point by RobVG 2011-11-22 10:43:29
  - The point, based on the survey, by TB 2011-11-23 13:55:12
    - TB, another appeal for intellectual honesty. You are the only person I've seen characterize these people as unemployed and ... by bowser 2011-11-25 18:55:37
      - How it's done: by TB 2011-11-25 18:58:45
- Goes to prove Gingrich doesn't know what the hell he is talking about. The more I read about him, ... by Eri 2011-11-21 04:57:27

TB, an appeal for intellectual honesty. by bowser November 20, 2011 1:39 am

Can't recall where, but I recently read the observation that the most divisive change in American politics has been the ... by Robert 2011-11-20 12:08:27
- TB has no interest in seeking out facts. On a given issue he simply regurgitates whatever talking point he ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-11-25 16:53:49
- Robert, help me understand the rationalizations one can put on continuing mischaracterizations of plain English posts which will both confront ... by bowser 2011-11-20 17:01:03
  - You can stop now. You killed the discussion. It worked. by TB 2011-11-20 19:36:12
    - No, they stopped YOUR DISCUSSION. You don't have a leg to stand on so you've retired in defeat by ... by Eri 2011-11-21 05:03:11
    - I'm sorry. I'm sorry and I apologize for what is clearly inappropriate overkill. And I'm ever sorrier we ... by bowser 2011-11-20 19:50:59
      - The Injured Innocent doesn't really work, you know. We've all been around here too long. by TB 2011-11-20 21:35:00
        
        Please, please read what I say, abjuring the interpretation until after having absorbed the words, their meanings and context. ... by bowser 2011-11-21 10:31:58
- "drowning the conversation in the bathtub" by TB 2011-11-20 14:12:41
  - Are you channeling Newt? by Robert 2011-11-21 16:57:49
    - Do you even perceive the colossal irony of bringing Jon Stewart up in a post about "disdain and superciliousness?" Again, notice ... by TB 2011-11-23 13:43:01
  - TB, help me understand. I said "average high school graduate", "health insurance" and "pension".. You read - "And really, do ... by bowser 2011-11-20 16:26:03
    - "Ideal high school graduate Working Man." No commas. by TB 2011-11-20 19:27:38
- That is one thought-provoking, fun post Robert. I believe in the first half you suggest it is intellectually dishonest ... by bowser 2011-11-20 12:55:18

Latest icon of OWS by TB November 19, 2011 4:39 pm

A certain satisfaction. by bowser November 18, 2011 3:52 pm

Source document: by TB 2011-11-18 16:52:48
- A few months ago I gave a retired director of the Climate Services division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ... by bowser 2011-11-18 20:41:31
  - And fourth, you didn't read your own links. by TB 2011-11-19 10:33:34
    - There is a certain satisfaction - - - oh, I already said that. Type 2, the believer of whatever is in ... by bowser 2011-11-19 10:56:36
      - Just a hint: The "1 percent" meme is dead. by TB 2011-11-19 11:42:09
        
        Ah. Thanks. I thought "1%" was an approximation, there was a certain license there. And the polls. I ... by bowser 2011-11-19 16:02:12
        
        Polls are useful if their methodology is strict enough. by TB 2011-11-19 16:19:03

Why communism still terrifies capitalists. by bowser November 18, 2011 1:11 pm

Phrase of the day: Devil's Advocate, for FrankC by bowser November 17, 2011 12:52 am

When you choose to be the Devils advocate you risk demonizing yourself. Do you consider yourself a Big Dog Bowser? If ... by FrankC 2011-11-17 02:14:56
- Hi Frank. You've got me beat, I wasn't able to lead your mainstream life, and in ways I envy ... by bowser 2011-11-17 04:59:12
  - You're damn straight I've got you beat by FrankC 2011-11-17 13:15:54
    - Frank, I can look back on my life since I got sober and say I'm an honest and honorable man. ... by bowser 2011-11-17 14:19:27
      - A sort of half-assed apology. There are numerous places in my post above this where I say someone isn't ... by bowser 2011-11-18 22:41:37
    - All right, kids. Don't make me stop the car. by TB 2011-11-17 13:57:08
      - :-/)~ Guy who trimmed his moustache in the dark on Thursday night with a spaghetti noodle stuck in his teeth. by Jody 2011-11-17 16:37:50
      - Oh My God....TB that reminds me of the time I pissed my kids off. I used to go to friend's ... by Jody 2011-11-17 16:33:11
      - LOL, That one is called a typo smiley. But fair enough Tom, I am tired of piling up sympathy points ... by FrankC 2011-11-17 14:31:14
      - Please stop the car, Daddy, please. There's a cliff right there Daddy, please stop. I'll be good if ... by bowser 2011-11-17 14:26:09

"Fannie, Freddie execs score $100 million payday" - bonuses by bowser November 15, 2011 10:12 am

"Official plans 'gradual' curb on Fannie, Freddie pay. Regulator defends million-dollar bonuses as key to retaining executives." What a crock! by bowser 2011-11-15 11:22:34
- These organizations have been crooked for years. by TB 2011-11-15 11:49:58
- Yeah, who the hell WANTS to retain them? by Eri 2011-11-15 11:44:23

wow... by RobVG November 14, 2011 6:17 pm

Just being the Devil's Advocate, what if those people who had gone overseas to kill other human beings were killing ... by bowser 2011-11-15 10:59:12
His opinion is despicable. Unfortunately, he probably has tenure. I wonder if he's ever read "The Man Without ... by Eri 2011-11-14 22:05:34
Sort of disgusting IYAM by FrankC 2011-11-14 19:00:26

Bomb Iran by FrankC November 14, 2011 4:29 pm

Hey, let's invade Iran. Actually, we have to! by bowser November 14, 2011 3:06 pm

Don't look at me. by TB 2011-11-14 15:46:37
- Right now the only local nation over there with nukes is a rogue who could easily get the US involved ... by bowser 2011-11-15 10:46:37

Follow-up from Community by bowser November 13, 2011 7:03 pm

I was thinking about this by RobVG 2011-11-16 09:51:20
- Superb idea. I have tried on occasion to explain the meaning at the end of the post and that ... by bowser 2011-11-16 11:38:58
I have no idea of whom you are referring to, and I do not know if I am even important ... by Jody 2011-11-14 09:40:00
Nope. Going to have to delete this one. by TB 2011-11-14 08:57:44
- Aww come, on. All that popcorn I just popped wasted! Dayam. by Eri 2011-11-14 09:49:47

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