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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)

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A question about "legal, ethical and wise" drone strikes. by bowser May 25, 2012 6:51 pm
  • Accurate numbers on civilian casualties are difficult to come by. by TB 2012-05-26 09:14:08
    • Didn't touch on my issue, TB. Would it be OK for China to use a drone to take out that activist? by bowser 2012-05-26 09:34:33
      • You're not actually thinking this through. by TB 2012-05-26 10:03:33
        • Now that's a good answer. I don't agree with the conclusion, but it's responsive. by bowser 2012-05-26 12:28:06
    • A corollary question. by bowser 2012-05-26 00:33:37
      Romney is not as stupid as the tea partiers by BuckGalaxy May 25, 2012 4:15 pm
      • And he IS smarter than a potato. BTW, have you read "Prevention", or "The Happy Hooker"? by bowser 2012-05-25 18:29:52
        • Did you read the Time interview? by TB 2012-05-25 17:18:21
          Coming to realize just how thoroughly corrupt the US government is. by bowser May 22, 2012 7:06 pm
          • Is there a government that's not corrupt? by RobVG 2012-05-22 20:47:06
            • 64 allegations of sexual misconduct have been made against SS agents in the last 5 years. by bowser 2012-05-23 13:31:28
              • 'What', is the big deal by RobVG 2012-05-25 08:13:46
                • It's not the hooker. by bowser 2012-05-25 09:59:34
                  • Gotta agree about the DoD. Good post. n/t by RobVG 2012-05-25 16:04:44
            Pravda develops sudden interest in Mormon history by TB May 21, 2012 10:01 am
            • Yeah! It's not like the rightwing media has ever shown an interest in Obama's religious beliefs! by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-21 18:21:52
              • Do you understand what "mainstream" is supposed to mean? by TB 2012-05-21 20:00:58
                • Fox is as big a CNN and MSNBC combined by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-22 01:07:11
                  • There might be a reason for that. by TB 2012-05-22 08:44:59
                    • So now you'll stop whining about the liberal bias of the "mainstream media"? by bowser 2012-05-22 17:19:11
              • Nancy Reagan's astrology ruled Ronnie - that didn't bother Republicans. by bowser 2012-05-21 12:58:11
                • Jimmy Carter was a born-again Christian. by ER 2012-05-21 13:17:15
                • Meanwhile, over at the Völkischer Beobachter... by Robert 2012-05-21 10:20:31
                  • Boy, you're just desperate to pick a fight, aren't you? by ER 2012-05-21 10:10:14
                    • Okay...that really made me laugh out loud! by Jody 2012-05-21 12:02:29
                      • You've gotta laugh. by ER 2012-05-21 12:50:15
                    Eternally shifting sands of Obama's biography by TB May 20, 2012 9:04 am
                    • As a liberal, by ER 2012-05-20 09:25:32
                      • Couldn't agree more. by bowser 2012-05-20 10:52:57
                        • I couldn't agree more with both you and ER here by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-20 11:17:15
                          • Nice to see everyone agreeing. by TB 2012-05-20 13:36:19
                            • What we have learned by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-20 14:01:44
                              • "...a factual account of Mitt Romney committing assault and battery on a gay high school kid." by TB 2012-05-20 15:20:29
                                • Factual by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-20 15:50:09
                                  • It's pitiful watching these people. by ER 2012-05-20 16:59:24
                                    • Not quite. by TB 2012-05-20 20:24:13
                                      • "If a Republican had pulled that “born in Kenya” thing, it would have been front page news in the Washington Post." by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-21 18:27:10
                                        • It was in Obama's autobiography. by TB 2012-05-21 19:50:17
                                        • Class will out by ER 2012-05-21 05:11:54
                                          • Whoa. by TB 2012-05-21 09:20:01
                                            • We learned it all from the Cult of Reagan. by ER 2012-05-21 09:43:53
                        The US defense budget. by bowser May 20, 2012 9:25 pm
                          Never trust a still photo by TB May 20, 2012 8:25 am
                          • ...my how times have changed. Look at what FDR was able to pull off. n/t by Jody 2012-05-20 09:12:19
                            • They would never make it in the Pacific Northwest... n/t by RobVG 2012-05-20 09:06:02
                              • We get a pretty decent rainy season here in Northern California, too. by TB 2012-05-20 09:13:57
                              • If you take a movie of someone talking normally, even eloquently, you can always find one frame which if isolated, ... by ER 2012-05-20 08:55:26
                                • Bias Detector by TB 2012-05-20 09:08:02
                                  • If I was a magazine editor, by ER 2012-05-20 09:42:10
                                  • Drooling cretin? LOL...my new band name! by Jody 2012-05-20 09:01:39
                                  Was Obama born in Kenya? by TB May 18, 2012 9:44 am
                                  • "Embellishments"??? You have got to be kidding me by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-18 23:21:56
                                    • You're working at the agency. Sitting at the typewriter. Explain how you make that "mistake." by TB 2012-05-19 14:11:26
                                      • How do I know? Here's one possibilitiy... by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-19 16:40:45
                                        • Okay. by TB 2012-05-19 18:02:39
                                      • It's going to get a lot dumber before its over. by ER 2012-05-19 04:16:23
                                      • Another theory, by TB 2012-05-18 09:56:26
                                        • There's yet another alternative. by ER 2012-05-18 10:05:11
                                          • So which is worse, Obama lying about his birthplace or Romney being a high school bully? n/t by RobVG 2012-05-18 17:07:52
                                            • That's a good question. by ER 2012-05-19 04:57:37
                                              • Compared to other 'revelations' about past candidates, I think they're both mild 'blips' that will soon be forgotten. n/t by RobVG 2012-05-19 08:49:26
                                                • The media will forget the Democratic "blips." Not Republican ones. by TB 2012-05-19 14:54:30
                                                  • Never mind that one is factual and the other not. by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-19 12:20:39
                                                    • Yeah, but which? by TB 2012-05-19 14:04:35
                                                    • You're probably right. by ER 2012-05-19 10:43:59
                                                  • Since Obama never lied about his birthplace the answer is obvious. by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-18 23:23:54
                                                    • You expect an objective answer to that? by TB 2012-05-18 18:29:36
                                                      • Objectively, by ER 2012-05-19 04:25:13
                                                        • Okay, now that was just nuts. Seriously. by TB 2012-05-19 14:06:57
                                                          • You really want to see the list? by ER 2012-05-19 16:30:48
                                                            • Holy cats, you managed to top yourself. by TB 2012-05-19 18:10:15
                                                              • It was obvious and you missed it. by ER 2012-05-19 19:31:57
                                                                • Obvious? by TB 2012-05-19 19:47:09
                                                                  • No, I didn't vote for Bush or Reagan. by ER 2012-05-19 20:34:16
                                                                    • A "nation of shopkeepers." by TB 2012-05-19 21:17:15
                                                        • He is a legend in his own mind. by Jody 2012-05-18 20:01:22
                                                      • Obama only found out he was born in Hawaii in 2007? by TB 2012-05-18 10:07:46
                                                        • For every particle, there is an anti-particle, of opposite spin. by ER 2012-05-18 10:25:53
                                                          • The duck is a sign of your desperation, not mine. by TB 2012-05-18 11:38:17
                                                            • Desperation? by ER 2012-05-18 11:50:26
                                                    • Is that what they call flip-flopping? by ER 2012-05-18 09:53:59
                                                      • Is what what they call flip-flopping? by TB 2012-05-18 09:55:00
                                                        • You know, embellishing his family history for political purposes. by ER 2012-05-18 10:00:11
                                                          • Is Rubio running for president this fall? I hadn't heard. by TB 2012-05-18 10:04:28
                                                            • No, he's running for Vice President; haven't you been keeping up? by ER 2012-05-18 10:07:40
                                                      How do you view how Nixon handled the end of the Viet Nam War?n/t by Jody May 19, 2012 2:40 pm
                                                      • I had no clue...I have been watching Vietnam in HD on the History Channel. I can barely watch any war ... by Jody 2012-05-19 16:57:40
                                                        • I think he did a pretty good job. by ER 2012-05-19 15:55:48
                                                          • Those Republicans love wars. He dragged it out as long as he could. by bowser 2012-05-19 16:19:08
                                                          My gawd by RobVG May 17, 2012 8:10 pm
                                                          • These stories lead me to believe in capital punishment. by bowser 2012-05-17 22:38:15
                                                            • I agree with you totally. by ER 2012-05-18 07:45:17
                                                            An early start - Romney calls proposed Wright ads the 'wrong course' by bowser May 17, 2012 3:16 pm
                                                            • This is not new. by ER 2012-05-17 18:11:07
                                                              • I notice neither of you nor the news reporter seems to have any idea what information they're actually talking about. by TB 2012-05-17 21:13:42
                                                                • Pray tell, kind sir, how Rush spins this. by bowser 2012-05-17 22:03:02
                                                                  • Here's a radical idea: by TB 2012-05-17 22:45:55
                                                                    • When somebody pops up with something you haven’t heard of before, by ER 2012-05-18 07:11:54
                                                              America still unenlightened by TB May 15, 2012 11:42 am
                                                              • Link broken n/t by RobVG 2012-05-17 08:20:06
                                                                • I couldn't get it to work either. by ER 2012-05-17 08:55:17
                                                                  • That was a lot of comments here for someone who never read the link. by TB 2012-05-17 09:56:06
                                                                    • That should tell you something. by ER 2012-05-17 10:26:46
                                                                      • It does. by TB 2012-05-17 10:29:59
                                                                        • It certainly does by RobVG 2012-05-17 17:03:52
                                                                          • Don't buy into the crap. by TB 2012-05-17 21:23:47
                                                                            • MythBuster by RobVG 2012-05-17 22:15:40
                                                                              • I'm pretty sure I did go over these charts before. by TB 2012-05-17 22:39:38
                                                                            • Life in the fast lane. by ER 2012-05-17 17:51:14
                                                                            • If you asks the wrong questions, you can always get the right answers. by ER 2012-05-17 10:53:28
                                                                      • Link gone. by TB 2012-05-17 08:52:28
                                                                        • Link repaired. by TB 2012-05-17 09:54:53
                                                                      • I'm beginning to understand why Conservatives are so unhappy with the educational system. by bowser 2012-05-15 18:42:07
                                                                        • I know why they're unhappy with the education I got. by ER 2012-05-15 19:12:56
                                                                        • Life's been good to me so far. by ER 2012-05-15 12:36:08
                                                                          • I have that album. Anyone remember what an 'album' is? n/t by RobVG 2012-05-15 18:28:23
                                                                            • PS My Maserati does one eighty five.... n/t by RobVG 2012-05-15 18:29:43
                                                                              • I love Joe Walsh (the guitarist, not the politician). by ER 2012-05-15 19:07:10
                                                                                • I hear you nockin', .... n/t by RobVG 2012-05-16 17:40:17
                                                                                  • The Confessor by ER 2012-05-16 18:38:04
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