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Anyone read "2001 a Space Odyssey" ? RobVG January 18, 2025 6:48 pm (Science Fiction)

Of Milkvetch and Snail Darters RobVG January 19, 2025 10:56 am (Flame)

Every day the record is broken. ER January 17, 2025 7:43 am (Space/Science)

The "Publish" button RobVG January 19, 2025 11:10 am (GeekSpeak)

More on Diamond Batteries BuckGalaxy January 15, 2025 12:29 pm (Space/Science)

Flip a coin BuckGalaxy January 16, 2025 4:41 pm (Space/Science)

LAFD: "Design For Disaster" - The Story of the Bel Air Conflagration | 1962 podrock January 14, 2025 8:34 am (CurrentEvents)

New Glenn gets FAA launch approval, test fires engines BuckGalaxy December 28, 2024 7:54 pm (Space/Science)

The population bomb is still ticking ER January 12, 2025 7:41 am (CurrentEvents)

Tow the party line RobVG January 13, 2025 11:59 am (CurrentEvents)

AI created a diagram RobVG January 13, 2025 11:32 am (Off-Topic)

Well here's a depressing opinion piece from one of my favorite columnists BuckGalaxy January 12, 2025 2:16 am (CurrentEvents)

The TSA is both a problem and a symptom. by bowser December 26, 2011 1:13 pm

Stay out of Tennessee then...the TSA are there with their guns and dogs doing random traffic stops and searches... by Lindy 2012-01-18 16:18:47
Y'know, somehow this doesn't bother me. You have an enormous problem, protecting the traveling public from terrorist attack, and it ... by ER 2011-12-26 13:41:13
- I agree it's a huge problem. I'm suggesting it could be done professionally and competently, with continuity across the ... by bowser 2011-12-26 16:20:27
- It should not have to be done by a "massive bureaucracy." by TB 2011-12-26 15:05:17
  - Comparing pre- and post-WTC airport security is a bit like comparing kittens and lions. by bowser 2011-12-26 16:22:30
  - I hear the Israeli system is pretty effective, but then again, One of our big airports probably handles more traffic ... by ER 2011-12-26 15:39:08
    - That's a factor very few people seem to realize when pushing the "Israeli" approach. by TB 2011-12-26 17:05:20

Night of the Long Knives by ER January 13, 2012 6:56 am

Good Lord, I found the reply button! Hey ER...you see exactly the same thing I have seen for years and tried ... by Lindy 2012-01-18 16:10:14
Please, tell me, are you just baiting? n/t by RobVG 2012-01-13 20:53:58
- No I’ve just been amusing myself by drawing historical parallels between present day United States and Germany in the 1920s. ... by ER 2012-01-13 21:58:58
- The hook is empty. by TB 2012-01-13 21:09:29
History repeats.... Strategy for success:pick the tallest, richest stiff you can from Massachusetts. Don't worry that he's rich, nobody will hold it ... by Tony 2012-01-13 11:49:12
- Well, if nobody else is going to do it...Howdy Stranger! n/t by RobVG 2012-01-13 18:05:19
  - :) Thanks Rob by Tony 2012-01-17 07:58:02

"First they came for the Liberals." by ER January 16, 2012 8:13 am

"Language: A Key Mechanism of Control" by Robert 2012-01-16 10:29:18
- Housekeeping note by podrock 2012-01-16 12:48:45
  - Bad HTML. Thanks. (n/t) by Robert 2012-01-16 21:54:19
- Newt is not the prototypical conservative SOB. That honor goes to Lee Atwater. by ER 2012-01-16 11:47:56
  - Oh, that Newt is SO much more! by Robert 2012-01-16 12:45:36
    - “Mass murderer analogies” by ER 2012-01-16 19:43:52
    - The couple of weeks delay in the Sunday strip means Trudeau is always hitting the Democratic Meme of the Hour ... by TB 2012-01-16 13:05:59
- You really don't want to go there. by TB 2012-01-16 11:15:20
Remember, all Democrats are at least socialists or communists. And of course the purists are all socialists. Bankers and hedge ... by bowser 2012-01-16 10:09:37

Non-ideological, non-controversial post. by ER January 15, 2012 7:28 am

There is a powerful incentive to battle Romney down to the wire. Even if he opens up a big ... by bowser 2012-01-15 13:39:45
I think the days of floor fights and smoke filled rooms are gone... by FrankC 2012-01-15 12:14:00
The primary process is a complete dog's breakfast. by TB 2012-01-15 10:01:03

Freedom fry deja vu (excuse my French) by ER January 13, 2012 9:26 am

What kind of person or party would regard knowing a second language as a failing or a fault? That reminds me ... by bowser 2012-01-13 19:00:35
- If English was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for me! by Robert 2012-01-13 20:00:50
  - You're both right: I was making a joke and being facetious. by Robert 2012-01-14 22:58:57
  - I know you are making a joke, but I actually heard a fundamentalist once say, during a discussion of Biblical ... by ER 2012-01-14 10:41:33
  - I suspect you are being facetious, but read your Bible. The Revised Standard Version is good enough. Now ... by bowser 2012-01-13 23:09:59

Apocalypse Now. by ER January 7, 2012 7:01 pm

Well.I just watched the debate and I am undecided on who might beat Obama but I can say who I ... by FrankC 2012-01-07 21:05:18
- I like Huntsman. I may not agree with his politics, (actually, he's quite conservative) but I sense he's an ... by visitor 2012-01-08 10:02:41
  - He doesn't turn me off by any means but he seems to have the Adlai Stevenson disease. I just doubt ... by FrankC 2012-01-08 13:45:09
    - "The Adlai Stevenson Disease" by ER 2012-01-08 18:30:22
      - Yes, but also perceived by many as weak and ineffectual. I think it is possible to portray the positive without the ... by FrankC 2012-01-08 19:57:51
        
        It may be unfair, but I've always felt many Americans to equate "intelligent and refined" with "weak and ineffectual". ... by ER 2012-01-09 07:01:26
  - PS. The post above, "I like Huntsman", was mine, not by "visitor". I just was not logged in. BTW, ... by ER 2012-01-08 10:07:04
    - After clicking the "Remember Me" box on the login screen, I haven't had to log on since. It didn't used ... by RobVG 2012-01-08 11:25:57
      - By George, you're right! by ER 2012-01-08 13:11:08
There's a large gap between the number of Christians who believe Christ will return "someday" (part of the basic faith) ... by TB 2012-01-07 20:20:42
- I never said these people are representative of Christians in general, or even that they make up a substantial fraction ... by ER 2012-01-07 21:12:00
  - They make your flesh crawl because that's part of your belief system. by TB 2012-01-07 22:18:14
    - Yeah, I'm perfectly aware that a bunch of crazy ragheads want to fly airliners into our office buildings, but they ... by ER 2012-01-08 06:08:49
      - You're blowing smoke again. by TB 2012-01-08 16:07:25
        
        Boy did you walk right into that one, in spite of all the warnings I gave you and all the ... by ER 2012-01-08 18:13:40
        
        Although you seem to forget the line of thought in a particular thread, I don't. by TB 2012-01-08 21:08:55
        
        Tom, you're the one who's selectively obsessing about the Gulag and Cultural Revolution. You're crawling into bed with religious ... by ER 2012-01-09 06:46:17
        
        Thinking about the sharks in the metaphor I mentioned is normal, not "selective obsession." by TB 2012-01-09 09:55:20
        
        Tom, I've never met either you or the President personally, or know anything about either of you, but if I ... by ER 2012-01-09 10:29:41
        
        You missed the point. by TB 2012-01-09 10:49:57
        
        Well, I've never made a secret of my religious affiliations, but I don't post under my own name either. You ... by ER 2012-01-09 11:49:34
      - "Yeah, I’m perfectly aware that a bunch of crazy ragheads want to fly airliners into our office buildings, but they don’t live here, and they are not the spiritual heart of the Tea Party." by RobVG 2012-01-08 12:24:52
        
        Maybe not all conservatives are bible-bangers, but not too many bible-bangers are liberals. Fundamentalist Christianity and political conservativism are ... by ER 2012-01-08 13:08:28
    - They make one's flesh crawl because of their belief system. It's absolutely terrifying to think there are people out ... by bowser 2012-01-07 23:34:07

Observation. by bowser January 6, 2012 8:49 pm

Be sure to give us their response. Then I'll give mine. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-01-07 00:40:46
If you want to know the party of Oregon candidates, start here. It took me twenty seconds to find this information. by TB 2012-01-06 22:31:19
- Republican attempts to hide their affiliation from the casual observer are just one more example of deceit and deception. One candidate ... by bowser 2012-01-07 12:59:29
  - I see. by TB 2012-01-07 13:09:34
    - Do you know the difference between not at all and not blatantly? The difference between hiding something and not ... by bowser 2012-01-07 14:05:32
      - If we're going to be slicing terminology to molecular thinness, there is no real difference in the "blatancy" of the ... by TB 2012-01-07 14:42:06
- By the way... by TB 2012-01-06 22:38:24
Portland is liberal. Staunchly. Do you think that a Republican candidate could get his views even considered by liberals if ... by RobVG 2012-01-06 21:06:07
- If a politician does not represent the views of his constituents, then maybe he shouldn't be running at all. ... by ER 2012-01-06 21:33:53
  - I think it would be fairly easy to discern the candidates party by the context of his website or "Poster" ... by RobVG 2012-01-07 00:04:54
    - And there is always Wikipedia. by ER 2012-01-07 07:09:21
      - Wikipedia can be unreliable, but it's pretty good about numbers and dates. by TB 2012-01-07 10:31:22

"National hospice company accused of fraud" by bowser January 5, 2012 9:25 pm

"Corporations are people, too." by ER 2012-01-06 04:35:57
- None of the free enterprise people are on board for this. Or those who complain about the cost of ... by bowser 2012-01-06 18:27:43
  - Try to put yourself into their head, see it from their point of view. For example, I used to ... by ER 2012-01-06 21:25:26
  - I hope you didn't expect comments from "free enterprise people" after your "sentiments". n/t by RobVG 2012-01-06 18:47:55
    - Well, my sentiments are simply that, my sometimes rash opinions. And have no bearing on my crude attempt to deny the ... by bowser 2012-01-06 20:28:09
      - Your points about medicare fraud and patient victims are valid n/t by RobVG 2012-01-06 21:01:35

"What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America" by bowser December 29, 2011 8:41 pm

America was the first country in the world with a truly large and politically influential middle class. This has ... by ER 2011-12-30 08:11:33

Why don't they leave Tim Tebow alone? by bowser December 27, 2011 6:03 pm

Probably the best college football player since Roger Staubach. I doubt he will have a long or illustrious pro career. There is ... by FrankC 2011-12-28 01:49:52
Maher is basically a dick. by TB 2011-12-27 20:45:43
- Maher can be a dick. He isn't a dick, but can be. by bowser 2011-12-27 21:41:29
Matt 6:5-8 by ER 2011-12-27 19:30:30
- No, Tim 15 by bowser 2011-12-27 19:49:54
  - ... by ER 2011-12-27 22:07:32

When a special interest is too powerful, too irresponsible. by bowser December 25, 2011 8:23 pm

In related stories by ER 2011-12-26 13:50:43

Battleship by TB December 23, 2011 9:47 pm

That's the game I was trying to think of in a previous post. Those years when Walker, Ames and ... by bowser 2011-12-26 09:54:45
- You may have a somewhat distorted view of how intelligence, counter- intelligence and counter-espionage (NOT the same thing) agencies actually ... by ER 2011-12-27 13:38:32
And then there are the people that move their boats...n/t by RobVG 2011-12-25 10:07:19
That's when its time to stop playing, or find another game. "Battleship" is a silly game anyway, particularly for ... by ER 2011-12-24 05:44:15
- Miss. by TB 2011-12-24 10:23:40
  - OK. I give up. by ER 2011-12-24 10:33:51

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