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How we did it in the old Navy. ER December 4, 2025 4:17 pm (CurrentEvents)

How we did it in the old Navy II. ER December 4, 2025 5:09 pm (CurrentEvents)

Rocket man BuckGalaxy December 1, 2025 9:54 pm (CurrentEvents)

Collapse of the service access platform at Site 31 in Baikonur? BuckGalaxy November 27, 2025 12:54 pm (Space/Science)

SR72 RobVG November 20, 2025 1:00 pm (Off-Topic)

All I know is what I see on the Internet. ER November 30, 2025 7:21 am (CurrentEvents)

Yesterday was the 332nd day of the year 2025 ER November 30, 2025 1:41 pm (Space/Science)

Xi called Trump RobVG November 24, 2025 10:26 am (CurrentEvents)

"Pluribus" RobVG November 10, 2025 9:06 am (Science Fiction)

I'm a California Man BuckGalaxy November 27, 2025 2:35 pm (CurrentEvents)

This is not a drill. NOT a drill. General Quarters, General Quarters. All hands man your battle stations. ER November 24, 2025 4:58 pm (CurrentEvents)

Why the reflections? ER November 27, 2025 8:16 am (GeekSpeak)

"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

How national TV teaches people how to dodge questions. by bowser November 11, 2011 4:10 pm

There are also stupid questions, irrelevant questions, loaded questions, and questions designed not to get information but to attack the ... by TB 2011-11-11 16:30:10
- Unless one remembers that Obama inherited a country on the very edge of financial collapse due to the irresponsibility of ... by bowser 2011-11-11 20:20:47
  - You do realize you're stuck in a loop, right? by TB 2011-11-11 22:11:19
    - Yes. One fruitless appeal for intellectual honesty after another after another. Bush didn't lie, Cheney didn't lie, ... by bowser 2011-11-12 01:03:54

Maybe MY funny bone is broken! by bowser November 10, 2011 4:58 pm

Hate to say it but I agree with you by RobVG 2011-11-10 17:34:26
- Of the four mentioned Gingrich might be a good potus. I am far from deciding at this point. Others of interest ... by FrankC 2011-11-10 23:23:40
  - I'll have to disagree, Frank. We saw enough of Gingrich when he was in Congress. We learned what ... by Eri 2011-11-13 13:16:32
    - I understand Eri, we have learned long ago that we don't change anyone's mind here and the most that we ... by FrankC 2011-11-13 17:36:58
      - Pennywise the Clown??? :) by Jody 2011-11-14 08:42:00
        
        I was thinking of the character that was a salesman (bibles I think) who became a presidential canidate. :) edit: Yeah, ... by FrankC 2011-11-14 14:07:23
- Remember, the people feeding you this stuff do not want a Republican to win in 2012. by TB 2011-11-10 19:27:53
  - Which one are you proudest of? Anyone who isn't "batshit" at the thought of any of these people ... by bowser 2011-11-10 21:13:42
    - The person holding the office now was a back-bench Senator who attained that office only because Axelrod kneecapped his opposition ... by TB 2011-11-11 09:32:45
      - The question was "Which one of these people are you proudest of?" Track, man, track. Focus. by bowser 2011-11-11 12:24:37
        
        It was a stupid question. by TB 2011-11-11 12:38:32
        
        And "What do you read?" is ambush journalism. Thought-provoking questions are labelled as "stupid", because the Party hasn't got ... by bowser 2011-11-11 13:22:53
        
        I explained why it was stupid. by TB 2011-11-11 14:01:16
        
        That should make it easier to answer, then, right? by bowser 2011-11-11 16:13:54
  - I didn't waste my breath on Bowser by RobVG 2011-11-10 20:45:26
    - You're still buying the false premise they're feeding you. by TB 2011-11-10 20:57:52
      - And you have your head in the sand by RobVG 2011-11-11 10:07:46
        
        I haven't watched the debates. by TB 2011-11-11 10:28:17
        
        And here's some perspective: by TB 2011-11-11 10:49:06
      - Or to put it more briefly: The "weak Republican field" is a lie the Democrats and media are selling you. ... by TB 2011-11-10 21:04:31
        
        Think you can get him to sign a contract pledging eternal fealty to any and all candidates approved by the ... by bowser 2011-11-10 21:34:38
        
        "Eternal fealty" to the State and its leaders is not a conservative virtue. It is a socialist one. by TB 2011-11-11 09:08:02
        
        Slate, not State. "I pledge allegiance to the Slate of the Party of the Tea, and the Banana Republic ... by bowser 2011-11-11 12:16:23

"He reached for my genitals" by RobVG November 8, 2011 9:48 am

He or his agents paid off two women. I'm going to assume he did something to warrant the pay-offs, ... by bowser 2011-11-08 17:46:21
- It's not necessarily the case that a payoff indicates guilt. by TB 2011-11-09 13:25:08
  - Of course not. But they don't pay for THESE things unless they want a coverup. If he hadn't ... by bowser 2011-11-09 23:11:33
- Yay! As much as I'm disappointed by Obama, I do NOT want a Republican asshole in there. You ... by Eri 2011-11-09 10:49:51
  - I predicted last spring... by TB 2011-11-09 13:17:49
    - If you'll notice, it's the Republicans who brought this up. And Clinton's, too. As far as "shitstorm" just ... by bowser 2011-11-09 14:46:10
      - Nobody knows who actually brought this up. by TB 2011-11-09 15:50:43
        
        Perry is widely attributed to have brought that matter up. And Karl Rove, Bush's brains, has an alleged $240 ... by bowser 2011-11-09 17:31:39
        
        I'm going by actual incidents, not money raised. by TB 2011-11-09 18:25:04
        
        42 Republican Senators SIGNED a paper to obstruct Obama. Lockstep, party liners reminiscent of Soviet or Nazi politicians were forced ... by bowser 2011-11-09 23:15:42
        
        Interesting. by TB 2011-11-10 09:56:09
        
        Yeah, but he just had sex with them. No pervert groping shit like Cain, trying to get some head ... by Eri 2011-11-09 18:40:24

"Rick Perry’s long faith journey culminates in presidential run" by bowser November 6, 2011 1:56 am

Guess who doesn't want to cut the budget the best place to start? by bowser November 4, 2011 11:10 pm

To his eternal shame, Obama tries a page from Bush-Cheney. by bowser November 4, 2011 10:35 pm

Media continues to try and pump air into "Occupy" movement by TB October 29, 2011 8:16 am

I don't see the "pump air". I see reporting. And I think it's a legitimate story. Meanwhile in Afghanistan ... by bowser 2011-10-29 09:14:07
- Hey thank you Bowser for pointing that out to Tom, as if it makes a difference... He still believes in the ... by Lindy 2011-10-29 20:17:38
  - Both of you missed or ignored Tom's point. Not surprising. Kept flogging your points across. ( And these guys complain ... by RobVG 2011-10-29 20:51:02
    - Help me understand his points then. Correct me if I'm wrong. By "pumping air" I thought he meant that the ... by bowser 2011-10-29 22:34:48
      - Bowser's right. I did, as they say in the old Perry Mason shows, "open the door." I've used ... by TB 2011-10-30 08:50:25
      - The way I understood it was, the media is inflating the story and keeping it aloft. I guess you did ... by RobVG 2011-10-29 22:57:01
        
        And I appreciate this heartfelt apology, even though the inclusion of the Afghan remarks were absolutely appropriate as noted by ... by bowser 2011-11-05 16:16:40

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